Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Les Stansell - US

” Instrument building is the ultimate in woodworking, and in my opinion the Flamenco Guitar is the ultimate in beauty, design, and function. My goal is to build light, and powerful, to allow the natural character of the woods and the players to realize their full potential.” Les Stansell.


http://www.stansellguitars.com/virtual-tour

here is a "Shop tour" video , made by Stansell, with a a wide panoramic on the tools and woods that he has in his shop, very interesting, i must say also the construction videos made with "time laps" method are very instructional and show in a shart time a very thorough work on the parts of the guitar.


Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Kris Barnett - US

Kris writes in his blog about his moving to a new workshop, and there is one panoramic photo describing the space' here it is:
"With the new space I was able to buy a new drum sander which will make the double tops a whole lot easier to construct. The new space is about 300 square feet, which is not huge, but it is triple what I had before. I am going to start my first instrument in the new shop tomorrow. The new space will also allow me to start back on the armrests and finish a few projects that need to be completed. I am not sure if I will still make one instrument at a time, or whether I will build in pairs. I guess I will just have to wait and see. Here is a pic of the new shop. I couldn't get a complete 360 degree shot, but it is close enough. It is not 100% completed as I still need to have some friends come in and decorate for me. I want it to feel like a comfortable space that will inspire me. Right now it is simply too drab and boring for my tastes. We will see what they can do with it this weekend!"

blog: http://krisbarnettguitars.blogspot.com/
Site: http://www.krisbarnettguitars.com/

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Michael Peters - US

"My intention as a builder is to make a guitar to be as close a match to the player as possible while satisfying my own artistic vision.
I am truly lucky to be a part of such a great endeavor as to be a luthier. I continually strive to build the best guitar that I can hopefully improving with each one. I truly love what I do and hopefully this translates to my guitars." Michael Peters

http://www.petersguitars.com/
http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/podcast-14-interview-with-michael-peters/



Kathy Matsushita

i think everyone who began navigating through the web for information regarding the art of luthiery and guitar building crossed Kathy's web site, though it is very simple, it is very thorough and educating (she is a teacher after all)
here is the link to her current workshop:
http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushita/matsplace/htmlpages/oddsandends2.html