TGBP | WHY… 2018

TGBP | WHY… 2018

WHY OUR GUITAR LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES… PART I. In 1755, on November 1, a tragedy of unprecedented proportions occurred in Lisbon. An earthquake followed by a tsunami and a conflagration with thousands of deaths. Until today the worst natural disaster in Europe. This of...
TGBP | WHY… 2018

TGBP | WHY… 2018

WHY OUR GUITAR LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES… PART II.The roughly designed and archaic front is meant to represent the enormous destruction – earthquake and tsunami – and the fire-blackened wood the brute conflagration.The inlaid aluminium on the one hand is...

THE DOCUMENTARY TGBP 2018

«Wine and music are two human feats.The possibility of uniting these feats based on the noble material that is wood, crafted by 6 prestigious luthiers, allows us to travel from the reconstruction of Lisbon after 1755 to the modernity of the 21st century through 6...

THE GUITAR BARREL PROJECT, TGBP 2018

Sometimes special circumstances bring together world-class artisans with a remarkable material and suddenly magic happens, sparking the creation of something truly outstanding. This was one of those moments! It all started with what is the most magical of discoveries...
BOWTOP 2017

BOWTOP 2017

That guitar is an invention of us. There are flattops and there are archtops. What will happen when bowing a flattop and drive it like an archtop? Et voilà: The BOWtop Guitar! It’s driven like an archtop, but top and back are not carved, they are bowed. Like that you...