Author Archives: steve

About steve

Luthier in the northwest of the Northwest. Classical guitars, custom instruments, repairs and restorations.

Turn Around – Lefty to Righty

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Sometimes I get requests to build left-handed guitars.  Some players learn to play lefty.  It just seems ‘right’ to them.  Hey, Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix…  So anyway, there are left-handed guitars on the market to satisfy the relatively small … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

A new month, December, a new GOTM

It’s for a young lady in Vancouver and you can check it out  

Posted in workshop | Leave a comment

A new guitar of the month…

Big news … there is a new guitar of the month. Go see it here….

Posted in workshop | Tagged | Leave a comment

New music from de Falla…

Nacio sent me a couple of recordings.   You can find them on the music page…http://www.ganzguitars.com/music/ but here are direct links Sparrows Watch Sun Dog Playful Loons Brujo – 8 string Thanks Nacio! You can visit his facebook page…  

More Galleries | 1 Comment

Experimental 8 – “Spare Partita”

This gallery contains 6 photos.

In 2002 I built this guitar , Spare Partita For an individual luthier, labor is the most expensive part of any instrument.  That is why quality materials are so important.  However, when creating a prototype, downgrading the materials just a … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Angelito Agcaoili plays Weiss Suite in D maj.

18 minutes of music!  Recorded with a camera from the audience…. there was a tripod.  Mr Agcaoili displays his musicality and focus, in addition to command of the 8 string guitar. A couple years ago I got an email from … Continue reading

Posted in workshop | 3 Comments

Neck shape standards and templates

This gallery contains 5 photos.

There are a infinite possibilities for shaping a guitar neck. The luthier needs to work within constraints, making decisions about what is desirable and how to carve the neck to execute those decisions. For example, I am working on a … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Some changes ’round here.

This gallery contains 7 photos.

Having someone else in the shop for a month made me realize that I wasn’t making the most of my space. Places to store tools (d)evolved from their original locations, and with another builder at one of my benches, I … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Why buy a custom built classical guitar?

Here is one player’s perspective. Click to go

More Galleries | 1 Comment

Santa’s guitar progress

This gallery contains 2 photos.

For the last 3 weeks, I have been trying to get my shop in order. I have two pretty important machines that are down. My thickness drum sander and a bandsaw are down. I won’t recount exactly what is wrong, … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment