Dan Koentopp Custom “17 Chicagoan Archtop
This is the second in a series of articles from that day featuring one of Dan’s custom built Archtop Guitars. To learn more about Dan’s guitars and his thoughts on guitar making, check out:
This is the second in a series of articles from that day featuring one of Dan’s custom built Archtop Guitars. To learn more about Dan’s guitars and his thoughts on guitar making, check out:
So you’ve seen the guitar of your dreams, but it has a nightmare price tag. What are your options? And should you spend more than you can afford to up-front?
Guitar International was recently invited to take a tour of luthier Dan Koentopp’s Chicago workshop. We spent the afternoon checking out Dan’s tools, several guitars he had in the works and hearing about his journey as an up and coming custom-guitar builder.
Guitar International was recently invited to take a tour of luthier Dan Koentopp’s Chicago workshop. We spent the afternoon checking out Dan’s tools, several guitars he had in the works and hearing about his journey as an up and coming custom-guitar builder.
Leave it to Gibson Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz to be at the cutting edge of innovation and connectivity.
Having used a PRS guitar for over twenty years, and being the first guitarist to appear on a magazine cover with a PRS back in the day, it’s not a big surprise that Al Di Meola would team up with the American guitar giant to produce the PRS Al Di Meola Signature guitar, otherwise known as the Prism.
There are many decisions guitarists have to make in order to find their optimal tone. What guitar do they play, what strings do they use? Do they use their fingers or a pick? What effects pedals, if any, do they run through and what amp(s) do they run that signal through. While many guitarists spend countless hours searching for the best tone possible, using some or all of these methods, the one thing that often misses their radar is the cable they’re using.
New Zealand based luthier Richard Ralston has been building archtop guitars since 2004. We first became connected by email in early 2007 and began discussing his various projects. He is also teaching roughly 50 private guitar students per week.
Imagine you’re looking for a piece of art to hang in your home. You have an idea of a certain style you are looking for, the size and colors you think might look nice. You might even have specific details in mind regarding the pieces subject matter. At some point you decide to go the route of a facsimile from a home supply store and, though it isn’t an original, it ends up being not all that cheap.
For the third year in a row the Paul Reed Smith has pulled out the stops for a full force gale of a guitar company trade show near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Stevensville, Maryland.
