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Jean-Nöel Rohé Guitar Review From Guitare Classique

Written by Clément Follain for the leading classical guitar French publication Guitare ClassiqueIn t..

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Jean-Noël Rohé: Article, taken from the French magazine Guitare Classique, 2004

ALL SET FOR WORKOn Friday the 23rd of January 2004, the board of the 22nd competitive examination “O..

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Kenneth Brogger At Work

Here’s a lovely little video of Danish luthier Kenneth Brögger at work in his shop, accompanied by t..

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Hermann Hauser III

David Collett visited Germany last week to meet with some of our German luthiers. While there he sto..

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Vicente Carrillo Wins Spain's 2010 Artisan Of The Year

Our congratulations go out to luthier Vicente Carrillo, who has been awarded Spain’s 2010 Premio Nac..

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Jose Romanillos - How To Select Wood

Here’s a cool video of José Romanillos talking about wood and about reinventing the wheel. I love th..

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Interview with Dominique Field, Part 4

Here’s part 4 of our interview with French luthier, Dominique Field, picking up where we had left of..

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Tour of the Ramirez Museum

At the back of the Ramírez shop there’s a little museum with some truly historic guitars. Of course,..

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Dominique Field Interview, Part 3

In part three Dominique Field tells us how he got his start (have I mentioned that they’re all frust..

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Interview With Dominique Field, Part 2

Here’s part 2 of David Collett’s interview with French luthier Dominique Field, in which Field tells..

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Interview with Dominique Field, Part 1

While on a recent trip to France, David Collett sat down with French luthier Dominique Field to disc..

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Visit to the Ramirez Shop

So here’s my little semi-guided tour of the Ramírez workshop in Madrid. This is where all of the hig..

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Manuel Reyes Interview, Part 3

Here’s Manuel Reyes telling me about his meeting with Marcelo Barbero in 1956...

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Felipe Conde

Here’s Felipe Conde talking about how his dad, uncle and Paco De Lucia changed everything when they ..

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Manuel Contreras II on the Perfect Guitar

I like to ask luthiers what the perfect guitar would sound like. It’s a dumb question, of course, bu..