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

“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.”