Every year at Zoukology in Albuquerque, NM, we take a little field trip to the legendary Pimentel & Sons workshop! Check out my photo collection…

Can’t seem to keep myself away from fine guitars! Some new demos from The Music Emporium.

CVE goes on the road to the Artisan Guitar Show in Harrisburg, PA!

“I’ve always operated under the principle that if you can build a guitar, you can do anything.” – Jeff Jewitt

“With acoustics, I find there's a lot more levels to it, a lot more details you can refine and tweak...it's all down to you, really, to get the best out of a piece."

“I always thought that making guitars and listening to them, having the guitar experience, is multi-sensory." Michel Aboudib's approach to guitar-making feels almost synesthetic.

"It feels appropriate to me that when you’re open to other arts, other things in the world, your own creative output is going to be richer and more dimensional because of that.”

With a family steeped in both traditional music and violin making, Zach Lefebvre’s journey into guitar building was so natural, it almost sounds inevitable as he tells you about it!

J.W. Gallagher’s achievements as one of the first boutique guitarmakers in the mid-20th century are carried into this new “Golden Era” by David Mathis and his team.

Interview with luthier and fingerstyle guitarist Ryan Gerber for The North American Guitar in Nashville, TN.

Interview with Canadian luthier Mario Beauregard for The North American Guitar in Nashville, TN.

Within seconds of first playing a lightly built Wilborn guitar, you’ll have no doubt that it was built by a serious player. And that, Ben Wilborn most certainly is.