Craftsmen
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Stuart Newman – Master LuthierMaking Guitars since 1992. Graduate, Irish School of Luthiery, 1994 I love my job. I have been building guitars for 17 years, and it has been a colorful, winding road. I was born into a family of artists and craftsmen, in fact a long line going way back to James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine and our unit of power. I still use his tools building the instruments today. I arrived at luthiery as a logical conclusion to my very diverse skill and interest set. I served an apprenticeship with Master luthier Paul Doyle (maker for U2 , Hothouse Flowers, The Pogues) in Galway, west coast Ireland 92/94. Then I worked with Chris Kinman of Kinman Guitar Craft (maker of the famous Kinman pickups). I have worked in everything from gold and diamonds to Vacuum bagged foam core epoxy/ carbon fiber. From military encryption electronics technician to Hi Fi speaker designer. And much more. |
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Jessie Moore
Jessie has studied music composition at Southern Cross University in Lismore. He has worked for Perry Ormsby Guitars in Western Australia and for Les Daughtry Guitars in New South Wales. He has studied Japanese traditional Shakuhachi playing under master Siguru Nakajima. He also makes a beautiful range of traditional bamboo and wooden Shakuhachis. His website is here. |
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Gorka Bidasoro
The precision craftsman from Basque country, Spain. Gorka is a skilled CAD programmer and comes from a mechanical engineering background. Now Gorka makes beautiful instruments in Spain. |
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Jamie Lockhart
Jamie is a skilled communicator and guitarist. He runs a small music shop in Pomona on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and has released several original albums. He does workshops to help release students’ inherent creative potential. His website is here. |
