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Originally Posted by mcduffnw
Gallagher Guitars...Don Sr. and Don Jr....and Mossman Guitars...Stuart Mossman...really begat the Boutique...small shop...guitar builder emergence and prominence.
Michael Gurian, Gurian Guitars is really one of the absolute founding fathers of North American Luthierie...along with Jean Larrivee.
Ervin Somogyi...really began, along with perhaps David Russell Young, the iteration of the very high end/high art/craft luthier, and his work on the super responsive fingerstyle guitar design was and is industry defining, along with his many noteworthy apprentices/protege's.
James Olson...the refining of the SJ body style...and elevating the highly intensive use of maching work/tooling and jigs in a very small shop, meticulous production method...to a high art form...honorable mention here again to Michael Gurian.
duff
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Of course, you are completely right - how could I forget to mention Somogyi as perhaps the most influential school of Lutheran for steel string acoustics at present next to the Martin/Gibson school? He is the direct influence on not only all his ex apprentices of whom there are many of the rising forces of Lutheran today, but also many luthiers who have attended his classes and read his books.