Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
I have just returned from a trip to Northern California. What an amazing feeling it is to stand in the redwood groves there, among trees that are over 3,000 years old! I find that a staggering age to imagine. These trees were growing before Homer wrote the Odyssey and Iliad. They were already 1,000 years [...]
Music Wood
Tags: conservation, Forest Stewardship Council, music wood, tone wood, wood
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
A new CD by Laurence Juber, plus a new songbook and DVD. Then there’s the film about Dagmar guitars.
A New Laurence Juber CD!
Tags: Dagmar Custom Guitars, Laurence Juber, Pete Swanson, Wooden Horses
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
I am finally getting to post more about the incredible range of guitars that I saw at the Montreal Guitar Show in July. I will intersperse posts about luthiers with the other reviews for the next few months, so be sure to keep checking back regularly.
I will start with Dagmar Guitars of Niagara-on-the-Lake, made by [...]
An Amazing Luthier in Our Own Backyard
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