Thursday, August 30, 2012

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..


Petros Guitars: In The Shop  Fitting the back
Petros Guitars: In The Shop  At the big benchPetros Guitars: In The Shop  Aligning the finger boardPetros Guitars: In The Shop  Luke and Obi WonPetros Guitars: In The Shop  dressing the boardPetros Guitars: In The Shop  Final shaping of the neck

http://petrosguitars.zenfolio.com/

Monday, August 27, 2012

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

Sunday, August 26, 2012

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/

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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

A.J. Lucas - UK

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



http://www.lucasguitars.co.uk

Monday, August 13, 2012

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



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.




















Thursday, August 2, 2012

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