By: Matt Warnock Photos: Courtesy of J. Grassel With the decline of Gibson and Fender over the years, two things have happened to the guitar industry, there has been a dramatic rise in more affordable, foreign-made guitars, and the private, small luthier market has also grown in leaps and bounds. There is something about working one-on-one with a master maker that more...
By: Staff Virtuosic jazz-guitarist Jack Grassel has recently teamed up with master luthier Dan Smocke to build his latest, and as Jack calls it “his best,” guitar. Jack was gracious enough to sit down and record a video where he talks about the history of the guitar, why he chose to design it the way he did and perform on the instrument so our readers can hear this more...
By: Staff Guitar International is happy to announce that we've teamed up with master luthier Dan Smocke and legendary jazz guitarist Jack Grassel to showcase Jack and Dan's new guitar, the JG-1. In this article, the second in a 3-part series, we have 10 great photos of the guitar being made in Dan's shop, as well as a full list of specs on the guitar and a video demo more...
