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Here are the manufacturers I have listed. If you have any information on acoustic steel guitar makers who aren't listed here, please let me know. In roughly alphabetic order, they are Jim Adams, Randy Allen, Amistar, Sachar Amos, Asher, B & B Resophonic Guitars, Paul Beard Guitars, Bear Creek Guitars, Benoit Guitars, Berkeley Musical Instrument Exchange, Greg Beeton, Beltona, Daniel Brauchli, Paddy Burgin, Canopus, Celtic Cross, Churchill Guitars, Todd Clinesmith, Cole Clark, Barron Clarke, Continental, Crafters of Tennessee, David Dart, Davis-Cox Musical Instruments, Dean Guitars, Dick DeNeve, Dobro, Michael Dunn, Ellie Erickson, F1 Resophonic Instruments, Fine Resophonic, Fishook Guitars, Peter Gosden, Halua, Ivan Guernsey, Tom Hansen, Bill Hardin, Frank Harlow, Brad Harper, Butch Hodgkins, Ondrej Holoubek, Humbert, Johnson (MusicLink) , Rudy Q. Jones, Tim Kill, K&S Guitar Company, Lazy River, Liberty Guitars, Luttrell Guitars, S. B. MacDonald, Manzanita, Maricopa, Mattsen, Paul McGill, Gregg McKenna, Melobar, Meredith Guitars, Mermer Guitars, Ken Miller Guitars,Don Morrison/Donmo, John Morton, Musikalia, National Resophonic Instruments, Ozark, Ron Phillips, Rayco, Rednote, Red Line Resophonics, Reuter Guitars, Regal/Saga, George Rizsanyi,Tim Scheerhorn, Kurt Schoen, Shaw Guitars, Schoonover, Michael Terris, Timm Guitars, Julian Tubb,Ville Tyyster, Weber, Wechter/Scheerhorn, Bobby Wolfe and Joseph Yanuziello. Dobro® was purchased in 1996 by Gibson, who consolidated their operations in Nashville, Tennessee. The Gibson site contains information about their entire line of Dobro® guitars, basses and banjos. Check their website for more information. Gibson Guitars National Resophonic Guitars is making brass, steel & wood body guitars, ukuleles and more, mechanically amplified with hand-spun aluminum speaker cones for the loudest, sweetest, warmest sound on the planet. All instruments andmade at the factory in San Luis Obispo, California. You can obtain the catalog or a cassette featuring Bob Brozman which discusses the various instruments they make (over 19 different models!) and their variations. They have a good Flash-based website with a full list of dealers and much good information about their guitars. National Resophonic Guitars Asher Guitars makes an acoustic Weissenborn style guitar that beautifully compliments their high quality line of electric lap steels.
Celtic Cross Instruments are the creation of Neil Russell in Victoria, BC, who is making Weissenborns (and mandolins, etc) that are very affordable and played by people like Steve Dawson of Zubot and Dawson. Neil Russell Melobar, producers of the "Melobro" acoustic resonator guitars, have resumed production of their instruments in Illinois. The fiberglass body allows them to build an instrument with no internal ring or support allowing the sound to reverberate through the body. The hard sides of the fiberglass reflect the sound better than wood bodies that absorb the sound. They attach wood baffles in the body to redirect the internal sounds out of the soundholes on the upper bout. The vibration of the wood baffles give the Melobro a more wood like sound than we've heard on any other resonator. The volume is also much louder (some bluegrass players have jokingly referred to the Melobro as the "banjo killer").
F1 Resophonic Instruments has closed due to the recent death of Alan Timmins.
Tim
Scheerhorn makes beautiful custom resonator
guitars and excellent steel bars. His many satisfied
clients include Sally
Van Meter and Jerry
Douglas. He is no longer accepting orders for guitars. Wechter Guitars Paul Beard Guitars specializes in truly custom stuff, all solid wood including choice of exotics such as bubinga and zebra wood. He has a wide choice of custom and/or unique finishes. Paul's shop carries a full line of accessories under his own name as well as other commercially available stuff, including the low-priced Flinthill resonator guitar line. His video on Dobro® setup and maintenance has received very favorable reviews in the bluegrass-oriented magazines. Check out his "road-o-phonic" travel guitar! Paul's website has many examples of his guitars and a complete list of the parts and accessories he carries. This is a beautiful site, well worth visiting. Paul Beard Guitars "Tooter" Meredith builds one of the most highly regarded high-end resonator guitars currently being made. He describes them as "The Muscle Car of Resonator Guitars" on his website. He uses the finest woods, Quarterman cones and a traditional design. For more details visit his website.
Berkeley Musical Instrument Exchange (formerly K&S) is now offering acoustic Hawaiian lap style slide guitars made in the style of the Weissenborn, Hi-Lo and Knutsen instruments of the 1920s. These guitars are available in various combinations of woods including California acacia (similar to koa wood), Spanish cedar, Honduras mahogany, etc. with tops of Sitka spruce, Canadian red cedar, or California acacia. These are very nice instruments with a sound and feel close to that of the old Weissenborn guitars at a very affordable price. The Berkeley Musical Instrument Exchange Paul McGill is a guitar maker in Nashville, Tennessee. His classical guitars have been used by such artists as Earl Klugh and Muriel Anderson. His resonator guitar is similar in design to the old DelVecchio guitar made in Brazil. It has been very well received in the guitar community. McGill resonator guitars have been used by Earl Klugh, Chet Atkins, Los Indios Trabajaras, Don Potter, Ricky Skaggs, and Phil Keaggy. McGill Guitars Joseph Yanuziello builds a very fine resonator guitar and hollow-neck Hawaiian steels, as well as wonderful mandolins, electric guitars and lap steels. His Weissenborn-style "Hawaiian King" guitar is used by Don Rooke of the Henrys among others. Joseph Yanuziello Bear Creek's Bill Hardin worked at OMI during the 1970's and 1980's, and at Santa Cruz Guitars after that. His Weissenborn-style acoustic lap steel guitars are heartily endorsed by Bob Brozman among others. His web page has more information and some nice images. Bear Creek Guitars Crafters of Tennessee builds the "Tut Taylor" resophonic guitars. Headed by Tut's son Mark, this small shop is turning out some of the best resophonic guitars currently made. Crafters of Tennessee, LLC Saga Musical Instruments imports a line of resonator guitars from Korea and Japan under the name Regal. They seem to be of variable quality. I've played one that ranked as one of the best resonator guitars I've heard, and played many others that were of lesser quality. Their prices are very reasonable, especially if you have the instrument properly set up. They are carried by Fifth String Music in Berkeley, Elderly Instruments in Michigan, (see addresses below) and many other music stores. Saga is a wholesale distributor only. Saga Musical Instruments David Dart has a nice website with several images of his Weissenborn style guitars. For more information, visit his website or contact him via: David Dart Beltona was formed in 1991 by Steve Evans (a luthier/repairman) and Bill Johnson (an engineer) with the intention of producing the finest resonator instruments. All components, including resonator cones, are made by Beltona. Steve Evans moved to New Zealand recently and continues to offer these fine guitars. His brochure is one of the most beautiful ads I've seen! Beltona Dick DeNeve has been recommended as building a very nice resonator guitar. I haven't seen his work, so cannot comment any further. Dick DeNeve Ondra Holoubek now has a distributor for his resophonic guitars in the USA and Canada. See the Gallery of Strings website for more information. Outside the USA and Canada, you may contact Mr. Holoubek via: Ondra Holoubek George Rizsanyi has become recognized world wide for the design and construction of his exquisite, hand-made, custom-built guitars. His black cherry resophonic guitar, the Rizsaniphonic, looks really nice.. More information can be found on his website, or by contacting him at: Rizsanyi Guitars Custom Shop Daniel Brauchli writes: I am currently producing original instruments based on the Weissennorn idea but using a graphite brace system to increase volume. The sound has the balance of a wooden soundboard with the volume and dynamics of a resonator guitar. My website is www.danielbrauchli.com Randy Allen has been building fine stringed instruments since 1982. His resophonic guitars are available with 12 or 14 frets to the body, square neck or round neck, maple back and sides, and a maple or spruce top. His slogan, "Building tomorrow's collectible instruments today" is symbolic of the care and attention he puts into each instrument. For more information, check out his website or write to: Allen Guitars Ivan Guernsey has built resonator guitars for Mike Auldridge, Stacy Phillips and Jerry Douglas among many others. His resophonic instruments are considered to be among the best currently being manufactured. For more information: Ivan GuernseyGregg McKenna individually handcrafts each guitar in his New England shop using high quality woods and hardware. He has built many fine instruments through the years. McKenna guitars are known for their consistency in setup, tone, excellent volume, as well as the overall quality and durability of construction. Gregg McKenna Mermer Guitars is a Florida luthier building Weissenborn style guitars with a difference. The internal bracing pattern has been modified to take advantage of the large resonating cavity, and several additional design features have been altered/added such as the offset soundhole(s) and "trap door". The Maalaea is available with a single or double offset soundhole which allows for modification of the top bracing, resulting in increased volume and a more balanced tone. A "trap door" (insert) at the butt of the instrument allows for easy access to the interior and serves as a platform for the mounting of electronics if desired. More information can be found here, or by contacting Rich Mermer at: Mermer Guitars Ken Miller has been building guitars since 1962. He specializes in Hawaiian acoustic steel guitars, classical guitars, and ukuleles. His Acousteel is an modern redesign of the Weissenborn-style guitars of the 1920's, with a modern design and bracing pattern that's quite interesting. For more information: Kenneth Miller Rudy Q. Jones has started building resophonic guitars again after many years. He was one of the top resophonic luthiers during the 1970's and makes a fine resonator guitar today. RQ Jones In France, Fine Resophonic manufactures a complete line of resonator instruments: tricone and single-cone resonator guitars, mandolins and ukuleles in wood and metal. Mike builds, restores and repairs National guitars. He has built guitars for Bob Brozman and Louisiana Red. For more information: Fine Resophonic Bobby Wolfe has been making outstanding resophonic guitars for many years and is considered one of the true experts on this type guitar in the USA. He has done a number of articles on the subject in Bluegrass Unlimited magazine and published a book of interviews with four of the leading players of this instrument today: Jerry Douglas, Tut Taylor, Mike Auldridge, and Josh Graves. He can be reached at: Bobby Wolfe Musikalia is an Italian manufacturer for Weissenborn-style Acoustic Hawaiians and folk instruments like Bouzoukis, Mandolins etc. For more information, contact them at: Musikalia Liberty Guitars offers a series of affordable resonator guitars in both round neck and square neck styles. Retail prices are quite reasonable; the guitars are also sold through auctions on eBay. For more information: Liberty Guitars According to Christopher Ellis (cakra@gsat.edu.au), there is a very fine maker of metal bodied resophonic guitars in Newcastle, Australia by the name of Greg Beeton. He makes high quality National style single cone and tricone guitars. They are played by Australia's leading slide guitarists Phil Manning and Domonic Taylor (Backsliders). Beeton Brass Guitars The American Guitar Company of Los Angeles has been absorbed by Crafter of Tennessee. See their link above. Ron Phillips began building metal bodied resonator guitars in 1992. He writes, "My main motivation for building the first guitar was that I wanted an old National, but couldn't afford one, so I figured I'd give it a shot. To date, I've built 29 guitars, some of which have gone to National Heritage Award recepients John Jackson, and John Cephas, Robert Lowery, West Coast Blues Queen Del Rey, and many other fine players. I build about five guitars a year, on a part time basis, with no two being alike, and I try to stay away from typical National themes, i.e., no "f" holes or sieve coverplates and no palm trees. I try to draw my inspiration from the Art Deco period mainly." R.E. Phillips Metal Guitars Manzanita guitars are made in Germany. Two different luthiers using the same company name build resophonic, Weissenborn-style, Dobro-style and acoustic steel string guitars in three different workshops. David Lindley is the proud owner of their Weissenborn guitar, and is featured on their website. They have some very striking guitars, with unusual combinations of features that sound interesting. Their website is available in English and German. Manfred Pietrzok Canopus steel guitars are made in Japan by luthier Yas Kamiya. Yas worked at the Sho-Bud factory in Nashville in '70s, then came back to Japan and started making his own steel guitars (both electric and acoustic). The Canopus acoustic Hawaiian guitars are made from several kind of materials --- mahogany, maple, bubinga. There are Weissenborn style hollow necks or Kona style solid round necks with 6 or 7 strings. His guitars are played by David Lindley and Ben Harper among others. Yasu Kamiya,"Picking Parlor" Jerry Timm builds a nice looking squareneck resonator guitar. On his website, he says, "What sets this guitar apart from others on the market are several things: its simple beauty and the full, clear, warm sound generated from its small body and Quarterman Cone. It's pleasing to the eye and to the ear. The "Wavelength" Soundhole and abalone or mother of pearl fret indicators are unique qualities that you can't help but notice right away. These guitar bodies are available in all mahogany, koa, or mahogany with a sitka spruce top." Timm Guitars Dean Guitars, famous for their pointy-headed guitars during the 1980s (and for a series of ads featuring women in bikinis caressing their guitars), has a line of resonator guitars. Some have cutaways and are obviously better suited for standard guitar playing. They offer both biscuit and spider-type resonators and a couple of different finishes. Dean Guitars Butch Hodgkins is a resophonic guitar builder living in Allardt, Tennessee. He started building about 8 years ago as a hobby but has recently been devoted full time to it. Satisfied owners of his guitars include Richie Owens, Johnny Beller and Tom T. Hall. Butch writes, "George Gruhn is a dealer of my guitars and a picture of one can be seen by visiting the Gruhn Guitars inventory site. My guitars are known for their volume and pleasing, modern type tone." Butch Hodgkins Michael Terris builds custom square-neck resonator guitars in New Jersey. His guitars were recently featured in the March 1999 issue of Guitar Player, in the Slide Zones article. For more information: Michael Terris S.B MacDonald builds custom flat-top, resophonic and resonator-equipped electric guitars in Huntington, New York. He too was featured in the March 1999 issue of Guitar Player, in the "Slide Zones" article. For more information: S.B.MacDonald Don Morrison makes a beautiful resonator guitar line. His motto is "shining, loud and magnificent", and his guitars live up to the motto. Don is located in Adelaide, South Australia and has a very nice site. Donmo@donmo.com The Johnson resonator guitar line is distributed in the USA by The Music Link Corporation, although these links point to their wholesale-only website. The Johnson line is sold by a number of online dealers and by music stores across the USA. The Johnson Style O resonator guitars I've seen are made in Shanghai, China, and feature Gotoh tuners and a biscuit-style bridge. The Johnson resonator guitar brand has been replaced by the Recording King brand in the USA. Continental resophonic guitars are handcrafted in Germany by AMI GmbH - Munich . They have eight different models of National-style resonator guitars (single cone and tricones), plus they can make custom instruments to your specification. They have a beautiful website as well. For more information: AMI Musical Instruments Amistar resophonic guitars are made in the Czech Republic and distributed worldwide. They make bell-brass and graphite resophonic guitars, as well as the bodies and the metal parts for the CONTINENTAL guitars. AMISTAR Ltd. Mike Dotson's Maricopa Guitar Company has a unique lineup, including his Weissonator (a Weissenborn style resonator guitar) that's quite striking. Some of his guitars have been featured in the ASIA magazine Guitarmaker. His email address is maricopaguitars@cox.net if you're interested in more information. According to C.J. Benoit of Benoit Guitars, " My love for music goes back to 1950 when I was a freshman in high school and two friends and I learned to play the guitar together. The acoustic guitar had a big influence on my life. After years of building acoustic guitars, I acquired a deep interest in the way various woods and bracings made so much difference in the quality of sound. A friend of mine who plays a resonator guitar, kept insisting that I build one for him. So I applied my acoustic guitar knowledge to the resonator guitars and much to my surprise found that besides the resonator, the wood that I was using on acoustic guitars also gave a magnificent tone to the resonator guitar. Through my guitar-building experience, I achieved a beautiful lacquer finish, which I still use on the resonator guitar today. I use the finest domestic and exotic woods to be found, never using laminated or veneer wood. Each instrument is built one at a time with great care. If you have a little time to view my website, I think you will see how much pride I take in each of my instruments." Benoit Guitars
Michael Dunn makes Weissenborn and Knutsen-style acoustic lap steel guitars entirely from yellow cedar (Alaskan Cypress) with a Mexican wood, Chakte-Kuk, used for the trimwork, fingerboard and bridges. Both have 640 mm string lengths. Michael Dunn John Reuter builds acoustic and acoustic/electric resonator guitars as well as Weissenborn-style acoustic lap steels. He is the director of training at the Roberto-Venn school of Luthiery in Phoenix, Arizona, and has built resonator guitars for Jorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. For more information visit his website. Reuter Guitars Julian Tubb is a Canadian builder with some striking resophonic guitars in his repertoire. Julian lives in the town of Bergen which is about an hour west and north of Calgary. His instruments are an especially good deal for U.S. buyers at this time. Julian Tubb Guitars Todd Clinesmith has been building resophonic guitars in Fortuna, California since 1996. All of his resonator guitars are hand crafted and made of solid woods personally chosen from thousands of board feet. He uses a unique sound post/baffle construction instead of the plywood "soundwell" found in traditional resonator guitars such as Dobros® and Regals. With sound posts under each leg of the spider bridge, the entire body of the guitar - along with the resonator chamber - contributes to the sound, producing superior volume, bass, and projection, as well as a brighter, fuller sound that grows as the instrument ages. The sound isn't restricted to the resonator chamber, and this construction is best for bringing out the wood's tonal qualities. Todd Clinesmith Frank Harlow is a respected resophonic guitar maker in Ohio. Stacy Phillips plays one of his instruments. For more information: Frank Harlow Tom Hansen builds custom square-necked dobros on the island of Maui using all solid wood. Beautiful Koa grown in Hawaii makes a nice top, Honduras mahogany is used for the back and sides, with soundpost design, and ebony is used for the fretboard and headstock overlay. Abalone is used for fret markers, with Schaller tuners and an ivoroid-bound neck and body, Quarterman cone, bone nut, and a maple bridge. The finish is a high gloss lacquer. Tom Hansen Mark Thibeault and Jason Friesen founded Rayco Resophonics in 2002, in a humble basement workshop in Vancouver BC. All Rayco Resophonics have the following features:
Rayco Resophonics Emile Humbert makes some beautiful and well-crafted resonator guitars. See his website for more information or contact him directly. Humbert String Instruments Elllie Erickson says on her website, "I build guitars. Acoustics and electrics, lap steels, both baritone and semi hollow electric, electric harp guitars, electric mandolins and octave mandolins. " Among her many unique creations is the Flying Veissenborn, an acoustic Weissenborn-style squareneck guitar. Ellie Erickson Tim Kill is an experienced luthier based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Tim creates all kinds of custom stringed instruments including electric and acoustic guitars, 12-string guitars, basses, stick basses, slide guitars, lap steel guitars, double basses, dobros, Weissenborns and more. He has a nice website - check out his beautiful Weissenborns! Tim Kill Cole Clark Guitars is an another Australia luthier with a unique vision . One of his specialities is the SK8Lap lap steel, a combination skateboard/lap steel endorsed by Ben Harper. He makes a nice set of acoustic steel guitars as well as electric lap steels. In Australia, please consult his website for a list of authorized dealers. Direct inquiries outside Australia through the information given below. Cole Clark GuitarsVille Tyyster is a Finnish luthier making a range of acoustic and electric lap steels. His resonator guitars appear to me to be influenced by Rich and Taylor, and his electrics by Ben Asher. Either way, he makes a beautiful looking guitar. Contact information from his website. Ville TyysterOzark resonator guitars are distributed in the United Kingdom by Stentor Music. They appear to be similar in design and quality to the Regal guitars sold in the USA and referenced above. For more information: Stentor Music Co. Ltd Lazy River - Rance White makes a fine looking Weissenborn style guitar under the brand name Lazy River. The only contact information on his site is via email, rance@lazyriverguitars.com. Sachar Amos is an Australian luthier building acoustic and electric slide instruments including Weissenborn, square neck resonators and electric lap steels. His Flash-based website requires a bit of navigation to get around, but his guitars look very nice indeed. For more information: Sachar AmosAccording to Russ Mattsen of Mattsen Resophonic Guitars in New Zealand, "I hand craft metal body custom resonator guitars from my Nelson, New Zealand workshop. I build my own unique bodies, shape my necks and spin my own cones." His website has audio samples of his unique instruments. His email address is mattsen.guitars@xtra.co.nz. Peter Gosden is an independent luthier based in Devon, England. His speciality is acoustic and electric lap steel guitars. All instruments are truly hand crafted by one man from start to finish. This traditional approach together with a genuine passion for instrument making result in a beautiful and personal instrument. Gosden GuitarsKurt Schoen is a self-taught luthier living in the hill country outside of Louisville, Kentucky. Kurt has focused on making very finely crafted resophonic box guitars. The instruments are unique in that all are box-shaped, with woods recycled from cigar boxes, wine tanks, salvage lumber, and cabinet makers scrap. The cover plates are hand-hammered from roofer's sheet metal or scrap brass. Each instrument takes over 50 hours to build. Despite this, each instrument has piercingly loud tone, low action, and truly are player's instruments. Kurt SchoenBrad Harper crafts fine resophonic guitars in North Carolina. His website includes helpful links to sound files, so you can hear what he builds, as well as a fine photo gallery and some instructional material. Harper ResophonicsPaddy Burgin specialises in Weissenborn style instruments and wood bodies resonators. His instruments are made of sapele mahogany and Tasmanian Blackwood, and come with a variety of trim, including traditional rope binding. David Linley plays one of his instruments, a mahogany Weissenborn. Paddy BurginChurchill Guitars of Australia makes the Jeff Lang model acoustic steel guitar (Weissenborn style). David Churchill is one of Australia's leading steel string flat top guitar makers, established 30 years. All guitars are hand built by David Churchill, using only aged timbers and specialising in cedar tops with Indian rosewood back and sides. Used and played by some of Australia's finest musicians such as Jeff Lang, Darren Jack, David Ross Macdonald (Waifs), Hat Fitz, Adam Hole, Matt Fagan, Ray Beadle, Don Neander, and Shannon Bourne. Churchill GuitarsKristian Äng is the only known Swedish builder of resophonic guitars. He has been building resophonic guitars since 1999, as you can see on his website Rednote.se. He makes six and eight string guitars, with optional HipShot Trilogy bridges. Kristian ÄngAdams Resonator Guitars are built by Jim Adams in Louisiana. He makes a very affordable resonator guitar in several models and with various wood and hardware options. James AdamsIf you're looking for great sound in a resophonic, B & B Resophonic Guitars will hand-craft you a top-quality instrument with exceptional tone and volume at a competitive price. B & B Resophonics feature only the best in craftsmanship, materials, tonewoods and value - and they're guaranteed against construction defects for the lifetime of the original owner. You can see and hear a B & B Resophonic Guitar LIVE at every performance by The Rarely Herd. B & B Resophonic Guitars Halua guitars are acoustic steel guitars, hand made in Melbourne, Australia (previously in Oslo, Norway). Built from carbon fiber and titanium, the Halua is a radical twist to the traditional hollowneck lapslide guitars introduced by Christopher Knutsen and Herman Weissenborn around 1915. They are very interesting looking and sounding guitars, based on the website. Contact Hans J. Jahr at post@halua.no for more information. Luttrell Guitars is a builder of fine hand crafted resonator guitars. Ralph Luttrell hand selects and mills his own tonewoods and hand builds each instrument. His designs incorporate the entire guitar body as the sound well. The neck and body are an integral part of the tone. This makes the selection of tonewoods very important in his designs compared to most resonator designs. Luttrell's elegant design also produces an instrument with the volume and punch normally associated with metal body resonators yet possesses the warmth and character of the worlds best all wood designs. Luttrell Guitars Shaw Guitars creates custom, unusually beautiful lap steels, as well as regular guitars and basses. For more information, contact Rick Shaw directly. Shaw Guitars Redline Resophonics is the Resophonic Division of Cumberland Acoustic. From their production facility just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, they handcraft each instrument from quality domestic and imported hardwoods.
Doug Myers has been building resonator guitars for eleven years under the label Fishook Guitars. His guitars are quickly climbing to the high end custom market.
Barron Clarke is the owner of Clarke
Guitars, Australia's only comprehensive resophonic guitar repair, parts
and custom building site. He says, "I carry the only comprehensive range
of resonator parts in Australia. I also repair and upgrade (cheaper) resophonic
guitars as well as build Spider bridge guitars based on original 30's guitars.
Whilst my specialty is resophonics I also build six string lap steels out
of solid Australian timbers and build acoustic guitars by order only. Phone 02 6293 1513 Kent Schoonover has been building fine handcrafted resos of his own design since 1992. His "No Soundwell, No Posts, No Baffles" design utilizing an arched "Free" back was another departure in reso design at the time. He has excellent examples of his work available on his web site.
Bruce Weber leads a team of experienced luthiers with the goal of providing you with the best hand-built acoustic guitars and mandolins in the world. In operation since 1997, you can be assured of not only excellence in quality, but reasonable delivery times and the best price. They have two resophonic guitar models, the Bandit and the Outlaw. For more details, visit their website or contact an authorized dealer.
John Morton builds a unique and fine sounding Weissenborn-style metal body guitar, although he is currently focus on brass and nickel silver ukuleles (concert and tenor), and on a 14 fret stainless steel parlor guitar. He makes his own cones and hardware, everything except the tuning pegs, strings and nickel plating..
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