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Gucci guitar, bridge close-up.

The Design Genius of Luthier Mark Nicol

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Not long ago, I’d spotted an Alessandro Michele-designed leather Gucci guitar case in the back pages of a fashion magazine with a design that reminded me of the old 70s-era Lite Brite toy screen. Michele’s … Read more…

Luthier Thomas Fredholm

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Guitar maker Thomas Fredholm started making acoustic steel string guitars then dedicated himself to making classical guitars for two decades before coming full circle to creating his distinctive steel string acoustics again in the old … Read more…