Northfield Archtop Octave Mandolin
By: Teja Gerken
May 20, 2020
Joe K. Walsh demonstrates his archtop guitar–inspired octave mandolin.
Bourgeois OMSC Odyssey
By: Teja Gerken
May 18, 2020
A modern 12-fret OM built with a redwood top and master-grade Brazilian rosewood back and sides.
Tags: Bourgeois, Guitar Demos
Froggy Bottom G Deluxe
By: Teja Gerken
April 27, 2020
A thunderous sounding maple jumbo.
Tags: Froggy Bottom, Guitar Demos
Santa Cruz Guitar Company Shop Visit, Part 2
By: Teja Gerken
April 14, 2020
Santa Cruz’s Richard Hoover and Carolyn Sills discuss the process of ordering a custom guitar.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Froggy Bottom K Deluxe
By: Teja Gerken
March 30, 2020
A versatile small jumbo built with Adirondack spruce and figured mahogany.
Tags: Froggy Bottom, Guitar Demos
Preston Thompson D-GA
By: Teja Gerken
February 24, 2020
An understated dreadnought built with granadillo and Adirondack spruce.
1988 Fylde Caliban
By: Teja Gerken
February 10, 2020
An unusual flattop built with Selmer-inspired aesthetics.
Froggy Bottom S-12 LTD Koa
By: Teja Gerken
January 27, 2020
A 12-fret dreadnought built with stunning koa.
Tags: Froggy Bottom, Guitar Demos
Santa Cruz Guitar Company Shop Visit
By: Teja Gerken
January 9, 2020
Santa Cruz co-founder Richard Hoover discusses the company’s approach to building a custom instrument.
Preston Thompson D-BA CRL
By: Teja Gerken
December 30, 2019
A signature model dreadnought for rising flatpicking star Chris Luquette.
Preston Thompson 0000-SBA
By: Teja Gerken
October 21, 2019
A custom guitar built with “shipwreck” Brazilian rosewood.
Tags: Guitar, Preston Thompson
Lowden F-35
By: Teja Gerken
October 14, 2019
Mid-size steel-string built with Guatemalan rosewood and Alpine spruce
Tags: Guitar Demos, Lowden Guitars
Huss and Dalton TD-R Custom
By: Teja Gerken
October 7, 2019
A vintage-style dreadnought built with a thermo-cured red spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Huss and Dalton
Hawthorn Top Tension Banjo
By: Teja Gerken
September 23, 2019
Peghead Nation instructor Wes Corbett demonstrates his main banjo.
Ken Parker “Lucky”
By: Teja Gerken
September 3, 2019
Fingerstyle master Adam Miller demonstrates a recent creation by archtop-guitar visionary Ken Parker.
