Artisan Luthiery

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Some of the guitars I saw at this year’s NAMM trade show are true works of art.  Masterpieces of woodworking, incredibly fine detail, yes.  But, I must ask – have these instruments lost sight of their own musicality?  Do they sound any good?

I was afraid to (or not allowed to) play many of these, so I have to wonder.  I imagine that some of these do indeed triumph both as musical instruments and as works of art, but perhaps others will be better as pieces of furniture or wall art, rather than playing instruments…

Minarik Double Neck Minarik Acoustic with Hummingbird Inlays Minarik Acoustic with Hummingbird Inlays

Minarik Acoustic with Hummingbird Inlays Minarik Trinity Minarik Trinity Anniversary Lag Flip Guitar, One side steel string, other side nylon. Epilog Laser Etched Soundboard Teye Guitars Electric Gypsy Wyn Carved Bass Fibenare 10th Anniversary Basic Jazz Fibenare Rock Nation Eagle Fibenare Globe Bass (for giant hands) DBZ Venom Snake Skin Flying V

Manufacturers:

http://www.minarikguitars.com/

http://www.lagguitars.com/

http://www.epiloglaser.com/

http://teye-guitars.com/

http://www.wynguitars.com/

http://fibenare.webzeppelin.hu/

http://dbzguitars.com/