Posts tagged: Lutherie

A look at a koi fish-themed Thompson Masterpiece guitar.

Members of the Thompson Guitar crew talk about the heart and passion that goes into the instruments they make.

The guitarist and songwriter surprises his father with the first Billy Strings signature model Thompson DBS-EIA.

One Sky Films visited the Preston Thompson Guitars shop to film an upcoming video, and here is a taste of what they filmed, with music by Peter Rowan.

The winner of the prestigious guitar contest tries out his grand prize guitar, a Thompson D-MA dreadnought.

The guitarist and songwriter talks about his Thompson D-BA at the 4 Peaks Music Festival in Bend, Oregon.

Watch an informal picking session with two of the most influential pickers of their respective generations, live at Wintergrass 2019.

Guitarists Steve Blanchard, Don Share, Tim Stafford, Dale Adkins, Billy Strings, and Josh Rinkel talk about and play their Preston Thompson guitars for a live audience at Wintergrass 2019.

The songwriter and guitarist talks with Preston Thompson Guitars about tracking down the Martin guitar his father had to sell because the family was short on money.

Luthier Preston Thompson shows the guitar he built for the great flatpicker in 1986, modeled after Sawtelle’s 1937 Martin.

A look at the beautiful sunburst finishes created in the Thompson Guitars shop.

Luthier Preston Thompson talks about the new Thompson dreadnought built for guitarist, songwriter, and singer Molly Tuttle.

Luthier Kaleb Klein shows the process of binding a custom Preston Thompson Guitar with Brazilian rosewood for Dream Guitars.

Bluegrass guitarist Jake Workman talks about his guitar playing path, gig with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and his signature model Thompson Guitar.

The great guitarist and songwriter plays a song he wrote about Charles Sawtelle and talks about Charles introducing him to Preston Thompson.

Take a look at luthier Simon Haycraft adding a sunburst in the Preston Thompson Guitars workshop.

Billy Strings stops by Preston Thompson Guitars in Sisters, Oregon, to pick up his second Thompson Guitar.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Thompson Guitars shop in Sisters, Oregon, with Preston Thompson, Peter Rowan, and members of the Thompson Guitars team.