Browse the articles below for a wealth of information on the process of ordering a custom guitar, and profiles on some incredibly talented luthiers who specialize in working with you to build the guitar of your dreams.
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20 Years of Great Acoustics |
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Andrew White Guitars Based in West Virginia, luthier Andrew White builds primarily fingerstyle guitars. |
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Bashkin Guitars Profile Colorado luthier creates finely tuned custom flattops. |
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Batson Guitars Profile A fascination with engineering guides the Nashville-based Batson brothers in the pursuit of a richer-sounding acoustic guitar. |
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Breedlove Guitars Profile How Breedlove Guitars has grown from the dream of two luthiers to one of the most successful mid-size manufacturers in America. |
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Custom Dreadnoughts Acoustic Guitar checks out five small luthiers who are giving traditionally minded dreadnought players a custom-shop experience. With links to video. |
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Custom Guitars Five makers' approaches to building a customer's dream guitar |
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Dana Bourgeois’s Victoria Guitar Celebrating 35 years as a guitar maker, Dana Bourgeois built a Victorian-size gem for his 5,000th instrument. With video. |
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Designing the Perfect Fingerstyle Guitar Five renowned guitarists and guitar makers talk about the process of designing and building a great fingerstyle guitar. |
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Doerr Guitars Profile Michigan-based luthier specializes in fingerstyle guitars with innovative double bevels. |
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Franklin Guitar Company Profile A pioneer in the 1970s individual luthier revolution returns with the designs that put him on the map. |
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Goodall Guitars Profile Four decades into building his unique custom guitars, James Goodall is making his most refined instruments ever. |
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Great Guitars, Small Shops Independent luthiers are not only building some of the world's finest guitars, many of them are also vanguards of acoustic-guitar design. Acoustic Guitar interviewed eight of North America's finest to get their take on the state of the trade. |
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How to Buy a Custom Guitar Everything you need to know to order your dream guitar. |
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Independent Luthiers Go Mainstream How custom guitars have changed in the past 20 years. |
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John How Guitars Northern California luthier John How specializes in building vintage-style ladder-braced guitars. |
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Julius Borges Guitars Profile New England–based luthier explores the nuances of the OM. |
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Ken Parker Guitars Profile Innovative archtops from the inventor of the Parker Fly electric guitar. With video. |
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Kipp Krusa Guitars Profile Luthier combines traditional woodworking with innovative guitar designs. |
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Linda Manzer Pat Metheny Signature 6 Lutherie and jazz-guitar superstars collaborate on an exclusive instrument. With video. |
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Local Phenomenon Besides standard models, many dealers now also stock custom guitars made specifically for their shops. |
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Made to Order Shopping for a Custom Guitar |
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Mark Blanchard Guitars Profile. Montana luthier Mark Blanchard specializes in custom fingerstyle guitars. |
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McKnight Guitars Profile Ohio-based luthier specializes in steel-strings with innovative double tops. |
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Mirabella Guitars At a young age, Cristian Mirabella fell in love with archtop guitars—and he's never looked back. |
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Muiderman Guitars Profile North Dakota luthier Kevin Muiderman builds remakably expressive instruments. |
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Multi-Talented Luthiers Bernie Lehmann, Alan Perlman, Allan Beardsell, Stephen Marchione, and Aaron Andrews build a huge variety of instruments, which helps them perfect their building techniques, and in some cases, invent radical designs. |
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Mustapick Guitars Profile The California-based luthier specializes in a wide range of custom options. |
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Phoenix Guitar Company Profile Arizona shop offers custom guitars, repairs, and lutherie courses. |
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Ryan Guitars Known for his meticulous craftsmanship and innovative building techniques, luthier Kevin Ryan specializes in custom fingerstyle guitars. |
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Sound to Earth Instruments A strong force in the mandolin world for the past decade, Sound to Earth now offers a line of guitars. |
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The Guitar of a Lifetime How to choose the right builder, come up with the perfect specs, and order your ideal custom instrument |
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Tony Yamamoto Guitars Profile Northern California luthier specializes in unusual designs. |
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Wendler Instruments Profile Kansas City luthier Dave Wendler specializes in electric guitars with an acoustic voice |
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