An inspiring and virtuosic fingerstyle player, Matt Thomas is also deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the world of boutique luthier-built guitars.

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.

Wherein I delve half-blindly into vintage guitar territory for TNAG’s Connoisseur V1E6.

My personal favorite “Behind the Songs” interview, featuring three Boston friends!

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.

Does it get much cooler than being on a best-of list put together by THE Tony Polecastro?

Interview with harp guitarist and fingerstyle master Muriel Anderson at The North American Guitar, Nashville, TN.

Diving in on the strengths of the 00-sized Santa Cruz H13 model as a vocal accompaniment gem.