Gideon Weigert - Israel

I met Gideon in 2008 during a visit to the Galilea, he showed some of his guitars, i was very impressed.
His workshop was very spacy, not too many tools around, i believe they moved to the house not so much time before, so the place was still relatively empty, lately i heard Gideon and his son Noah did a very nice video using the tools of the trade as animated objects, here it is

here is Gideon website:

http://gwguitars.com/

Herve R. Chouard - Germany/France

Here is a fine Luthier, with some innovative sytems for fine tuning his instruments, like the "Fret Mobile"
http://www.chouard.de/en/feinstimmbare-gitarre-fret-mobile.html
the video is from the late 90' i think, but the workshop is fully and nicelly pictured.



http://www.chouard.de/en/index.html

 

Peter Coombe - Australia

Here is a fine instrument maker, mainly mandolins but also guitars

and here is his workshop:
the clean room:

the machines room:

the workbench:

http://www.petercoombe.com/Workshop_and_tools.htm

Sylvan Wells - US

http://www.wellsguitars.com

Some original jigs and benches from this shop

Here is an interesting workstation that Sylvan Wells invented:

http://www.wellsguitars.com/Articles/Guitar_Workstation/Guitar_Workstation.php

Here is another "Guitar Station"

http://www.wellsguitars.com/Articles/Guitar_Station/Guitar_Station.php

Dennis Scannell - True North Guitars - US

look at the thickness dial calliper, a very original design.

http://www.truenorthguitars.com

Petros Guitars - US

Petros guitars seem to be very well made instruments, the craftsmanship is super fine, they produce some very interesting decorations to thier guitars, must have a look..

http://petrosguitars.zenfolio.com/

Claudio Kezen - Brazil

Here is blog of luthier Claudio Kezen from Brazil, i like the fact that he took so much effort in documenting his workshop, tha\ere some very interesting pictures of his tools exposed as like in an exhibition as well, Enjoy.

http://claudiokezenluthieratelier.blogspot.com

Greg Pacetti - US

Enjoy this one

and this one

http://www.pacettiinstruments.com/

James Goodall - US

I found these pictures in his blog, very interesting workshop and jigs here, take a look, also the guitars seem to be very fine instruments.

notice the mirror behind the table helping James control his work

wife and son

with visitor

http://www.goodallguitars.com

Don Gallagher - US

"In some ways as I think back over the past thirty-five years, it seems like a very long time ago when we first started making guitars. What has made this business so special over the years are all the people we have had the pleasure of making instruments for.
Our guitar making is not just a business, it is a way of life. We take a lot of pride in what we do, and we hope we are making instruments today that can be enjoyed for many years to come. We hope you enjoy the pictures of our shop."

Don Gallagher

http://www.gallagherguitar.com

Lawrence Smart - US

Here is a Mandolins builder workshop, i liked this B/W picture as it captures the space and the workspace of the luthier in its essence.

http://smart-instruments.com/

Bruce Sexauer - US

http://sexauerluthier.com

Brook Guitars - UK

Here is another nice footage featuring a guitars luthier workshop, what an amazing space again, Enjoy!

http://www.brookguitars.com/

Brent McElroy - US

new shop here, very nice space indeed

here is also a video about Brent, with some nice views of his workspace:


https://vimeo.com/26701193

http://www.mcelroyguitars.com

John Gilbert - US

In memory and Hommage to the great American luthier here are two videos of him in his workshop, enjoy!

part 1

part2

there are more parts of this footage on Utube if you want to see more

Alan Fontanilla - US

I saw these videos a long time ago, and now i finally rememberd about them and their main character, Alan. these videos are from the 80' i think, and quality is not HD, but, its always a good example of luthierie and "workshopship"

part 1

part 2

part 3

http://www.fontanilla.com/

A.J. Lucas - UK

Adrian has a very amall workshop, even so relatively tidy, and the guitars are excellent!

http://www.lucasguitars.co.uk

Eric Monrad - US

here is the only picture i found of his workshop, check out the black guitar!!!

http://www.monradguitars.com

Howard Klepper - Dovetail Madness II - US

here is another post about dovetailed guitars. this time a Howard Klepper guitar

http://www.klepperguitars.com

sorry, no picturesof the workshop here

Michihiro Matsuda - US/Japan

i have waited allot till i finally posted this luthiers work, i wanted to have more pictures of his workspace, this is an amazing luthier, the video has somme very nice shots of him working and yoiu can feel the place is breathing music.

http://www.matsudaguitars.com/

Angela Waltner - Germany

i like this image, very tidy workbench with all the hand tools hanges on the walls,

http://www.waltnerguitars.com

Dave and Sharon Thormahlen - US

Although this blog is mainly dedicated to guitar Luthiers, i decided to post this video about Harp builders and /luthiers: Dave and Sharon Thormahlen
here is a video about thier workshop, Enjoy.

http://www.thorharp.com/

Maxwell T. Sipe - US

Guitar Hugger:



Shop area:

Workbench Spae:

http://www.mtsguitars.com



Raymond Kraut - US

After some time that i have been visitng these wonderfull workshops on the web, i have come a first general categorisation of them:
there are messy, wood in every corner, tools hanging everywhere workshops and then there are the super tidy and clean workshops, here is one of the tidy and clean ones.

this is the only photo i found of the workshop

here is video about the luthier:

http://www.krautguitars.com

Kerry Char - US

here are some realy nice views of Chars workshop:

http://www.charguitars.com/

http://www.charguitars.com/