Edmund Blöchinger
Born in a small town 30 miles outside of Munich, Edmund Blöchinger grew up with a love of both the aural and the visual qualities of music...
Kenneth Brögger
Born in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, Kenneth Brögger is Denmark's leading classical guitar builder of his generation...
Michel Brück
Michel Brück was born in 1965 in Gießen near Frankfurt on the Main, Germany...
Conde Hermanos
Sucesores de Estesoby Miguel Saldivar, GSIThe story of the Conde Hermanos workshop dates back to the early 20th Century...
Ignacio Fleta
Ignacio Fleta was born in Huesca, Spain, on July 31st, 1897, into a famiy of cabinet makers - an auspicious beginning for one destined to become a fine instrument builder...
Daniel Friederich
Daniel Friederich was influenced by the legendary French luthier Robert Bouchet and has established himself as one of the most respected and influential luthiers in the world...
Sean Hancock
Sean Hancock was born on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia and has lived there most of his life...
Masaru Kohno
Masaru Kohno (1926-1998) is not only the most important luthier toemerge from Japan, but also one of the best worldwide...
Stefano Moccetti
A Swiss-Italian, Stefano Moccetti has been building guitars since 1982...
Frederick Noad
(August 8, 1929-September 13, 2001) by Miguel Saldivar, GSI August 8, 1929, was a day that left a significant imprint on the history of contemporary guitar pedagogy...
The Ramirez Family
The Ramirez Family: Masters of the Guitartext by Marco Bazzottiphotos from the Ramirez archiveThe great adventure of the Spanish ancient luthier dynasty...
Amalia Ramírez
Very few names have been as influential in the development and history of the guitar as the name José Ramírez...
José Ramirez I
The guitars of José Ramírez I (1858-l923) look backwards: but the workshop he established was to dominate Spanish guitar making to the present day...
José Ramirez III
José Ramírez III was without doubt one of the most influential and important luthiers in the second part of the 20th century...
Rafael Moreno Rodriguez
Rafael Moreno (b...
Celedonio Romero
Recuerdos de Celedonio Romero(1913 - 1996) by Laurel Ornish For me to write an article in memory of, in tribute to Celedonio Romero has been a labor of love, as well as a labor of joyful tears as I reminisce about a man who has such an impact on my life...
David Rubio
David Rubio, luthier1934 - 2000by Prof...
Antonio De Torres
ANTONIO DE TORRES: FATHER OF THE MODERN GUITARIn the story of the classical guitar, no single individual is more important than Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817-1892), known as Torres, a guitar maker who achieved some local renown in his life but was never free from poverty...