Category: Contemporary Luthiers

McCollum’s Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 1

Mar 16, 2013

Today’s blog started out as a simple (and melancholy) story about one of the last harp guitars of...

Feb 21, 2013

Yes, it’s a giant Italian bass harp-mandolin! Three, actually…the pet project of one Antonio...

Feb 15, 2013

You all remember Iwan Hasan from Jakarta, I expect…he’s the one-time student of John...

Feb 6, 2013

The title just gives me an excuse to present two new discoveries; what I recognized that they have...

Jan 29, 2013

Another milestone that will go down in history – Europe’s first harp guitar festival! As...

Jan 27, 2013

This year’s visit to the Anaheim Convention Center (yesterday) for their annual...

Dec 4, 2012

I wish we could make it a rule that we only hold the Harp Guitar Gatherings on the weekend of...

Nov 28, 2012

For our 10th Anniversary Harp Guitar Gathering, we were hoping for an interesting mix of old and...

Nov 26, 2012

Immediately after Hiro, we again switched to something completely different, unique, and, most...

Sep 8, 2012

The Thumb-buster is now a reality! And if you go to the London Acoustic Guitar Show in 2 weeks,...