Free workshops for luthiers and amateur luthiers

[guitarjunky]

Just want to let you know that the Montreal Guitar Show will present free workshop by great luthiers. A perfect place to meet amazing luthiers, ask them questions and learn about their work.

Topics will include

Ervin Somogyi: Handmade versus Factory-Made

Tom Ribbecke: The modern archtop guitar

William “Grit” Laskin: New Innovations in Acoustic Guitars and the Art of Inlays

Jeff Traugott: A Builder’s Perspective on Finding Your Next "Best" Guitar

Other major specialists will also be on hand, from various guitar-related disciplines, including Tim Brookes, author of the best-seller Guitar: An American Life, Jeff Doctorow, a major collector of luthier guitars, and Georges Gruhn, writer, collector and authority on the vintage guitar.

Subject will include


Tim Brookes and Rick Davis: The Custom Guitar

Tim Brookes: Guitar: An American Life

Jeff Doctorow: Collecting High-End Luthier Guitars

Tim Brookes: How the Guitar Invaded America

Georges Gruhn: Speed appraisals

Hope to see you there!

More details at http://www.montrealguitarshow.ca/activites_2008_en.aspx

[Lowtones]

Great informataion and I would love to go but unfortunately I'm out of town until the first of July. Seems that all the good stuff happens when I'm away.