A Passion for Guitars
You and I share a common passion for the guitar. We are drawn to its engaging and beautiful voice, intimate response to our touch, and the visual allure of its wood and form. My mission as a builder is to craft unique, world-class concert guitars that respond to your every musical expression.
You and I share a common passion for the guitar. We are drawn to its engaging and beautiful voice, intimate response to our touch, and the visual allure of its wood and form. My mission as a builder is to craft unique, world-class concert guitars that respond to your every musical expression.
June 26-July 1, 2012:
Vendor Exhibition and Luthiers Showcase
Guitar Foundation of America Convention
Charleston, South Carolina
Vendor Exhibition and Luthiers Showcase
Guitar Foundation of America Convention
Charleston, South Carolina
Meet Garrett Lee and his guitars at the following events
New Option: Adjustable-Action Neck
With a quick and smooth turn of the key, you can fine-tune the action of your guitar without loss of tonal quality, power, or intonation. Each half-turn of the key changes the action height at the 12th fret by 0.5 mm. No more need for credit card shims or appointments with luthiers!
May 17, 2012:
Performance and lutherie demonstration
NJ Guitar and Mandolin Society Guitar Night
Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, NJ
Performance and lutherie demonstration
NJ Guitar and Mandolin Society Guitar Night
Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, NJ
Remembering Luthier John Gilbert (1922-2012)
John Gilbert was one of the kindest, most generous people I have known. The warmth of his friendship and guitar building mentorship will be with me forever. I know that hundreds of other luthiers who knew John would be able to share the same. Even before I started building, his writings and thinking man’s approach to classical guitar building already had a huge influence on the way I would build: keep an open mind and make rational decisions based on thought and testing.
I didn’t meet John until five years ago, when by providence, he was seated behind me at a guitar recital performed by his long-time champion Raphaella Smits. Starry-eyed, I introduced myself at intermission and thanked him for all the inspiration and encouragement he had given me. His immediate reply was, “Come over to the shop.” That invitation started a brief but cherished friendship with the only person I can call my lutherie mentor.
I didn’t meet John until five years ago, when by providence, he was seated behind me at a guitar recital performed by his long-time champion Raphaella Smits. Starry-eyed, I introduced myself at intermission and thanked him for all the inspiration and encouragement he had given me. His immediate reply was, “Come over to the shop.” That invitation started a brief but cherished friendship with the only person I can call my lutherie mentor.
John in his Woodside, CA workshop in 2010
October 4, 2012 at 7 PM:
Lecture/Demonstration
New York City Classical Guitar Society
Manhattan Theater Club, 311 W. 43rd St., New York City
Lecture/Demonstration
New York City Classical Guitar Society
Manhattan Theater Club, 311 W. 43rd St., New York City
June 23, 2012:
Exhibition of guitars
New York Guitar Seminar
Mannes College New School for Music, New York City
Exhibition of guitars
New York Guitar Seminar
Mannes College New School for Music, New York City