I am Malcolm Rose-Zadow, a Canadian-Belgian Luthier, and I make forward-thinking acoustic archtop guitars and guitar making tools out of my shop in Brussels, Belgium, under the name Rose-Zadow Instruments. I became obsessed with guitar-making around age 17, when I started building in the shop of my first mentor, the Harp-Guitar maker Benoit Meulle-Stef (BMS…
Rob Goldberg makes guitars, violins, cellos, mandolins, and other stringed instruments in a spruce forest near Haines, Alaska. He made his first guitar in 1973. “No matter what type of instrument I am making, my goal is to allow the soundboard to sing to its fullest potential. My job is to find the balance between lightness…
Rich Raezer started building speaker cabinets to fill a void in the market: a small cabinet with a big sound. Many musicians complained that in order to get a great sound from their guitar, they had to carry about 80 pounds of equipment. After building many cabinets, Rich found the solution to the weight and…
I was born at Kitakami City in Iwate Prefecture on February 15, 1980.I was crazy about fishing in my boyhood.I didn’t actually care about music, though my father loves music and has always listened to mostly jazz at home. One day just having a look at my father’s Epiphone archtop guitar, I unintentionally held the…
Stephen Marchione started building instruments in 1990 after graduating from Naropa University in Colorado with a degree in Music. He completed his graduate education at Cooper Union where he studied Spanish Culture and later finished an SBA Business Program at Baruch College in Manhattan. In his early twenties, Stephen had the opportunity to begin working…
I have spent years weighing the relative merits of different guitars and found things I love and things I really hate. I’m not a guitar factory, and the instruments I make are different than a factory guitar. Factories make money by moving more units, and they use machines to crank out thousands of identical parts…
D’Arcy Guitars was founded by accident when tough times called for a shift in lifestyle. At the beginning of 2020 when the world largely shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and my career as an art historian was put on temporary hiatus, I turned back to my first love: carpentry. I was born and…
D’Ambrosio Guitars represent the pinnacle of one-of-a-kind guitar creations personally built for the most discerning artist, dealer or patron. Each individual piece below is methodically constructed using raw materials from a curated stock of aged tone woods combined with thirty years of expertise. Working closely with my clients I’m able to deliver unique personal works of art…
Combs Instruments is dedicated to building deeply expressive, acoustic-first archtop guitars inspired by the legendary designs of the pre-war Golden Era. Heavily influenced by the historic 1920s and 30s jazz scene, luthier Combs crafts premium archtops that seamlessly bridge vintage mojo with modern precision. From the punchy, mid-range presence of the 16” Aldridge model—named after…
Tad R. Brown is an American luthier renowned for crafting lightweight, powerful archtop guitars, celebrated for their exceptional responsiveness and unparalleled comfort. With over 30 years of experience in lutherie, repairs, music, and art, Tad has devoted his life to meticulously handcrafting every detail of each guitar, ensuring the highest quality. Brown Guitars offer a…