Good European luthiers

[grosskate]

Originally Posted by drplayer

^^^THIS^^^ I'm sure there are others, but if I were looking for a European builder to meet your desired design requirements, I would personally go with Ted Åstrand.

I contacted him and although he's never built any guitar with Fan Fret and Bevel he really would like to build one and is confident enough to build one based on his knowledge. He told me he builds guitars for custom orders and has yet to have one with such options. So that's the good news I guess.

The waiting list however is 3+ years apparently... That's a long wait... But probably commun for such rare master luthiers.

[drplayer]

Originally Posted by grosskate

I contacted him and although he's never built any guitar with Fan Fret and Bevel he really would like to build one and is confident enough to build one based on his knowledge. He told me he builds guitars for custom orders and has yet to have one with such options.

Interesting...that's surprising to me.

Originally Posted by grosskate

The waiting list however is 3+ years apparently... That's a long wait...

OUCH! 3-years is longer than I'm willing to wait, but I know some folks wait more than twice that long.

[grosskate]

Originally Posted by drplayer

Interesting...that's surprising to me.



OUCH! 3-years is longer than I'm willing to wait, but I know some folks wait more than twice that long.

I'll state and quote a part of his reply here, in case it might interest more people :

"Yes, those specs are not a problem for me to build for you. I build with allot of soundports which I truly believe enhances the tone of the guitar. Fan frets and bevels/armrests I don't have a great deal of experience building but have played allot of guitars with them and have great knowledge about how it 's made and how to incorporate it tonally into the guitar.
I've been meaning for a long time to build an armrest and fan fret guitar but since all of my guitars are custom ordered I rarely have the time to build spec guitars. "

[LaFaro]

Originally Posted by grosskate

I contacted him and although he's never built any guitar with Fan Fret and Bevel he really would like to build one and is confident enough to build one based on his knowledge. He told me he builds guitars for custom orders and has yet to have one with such options. So that's the good news I guess.

The waiting list however is 3+ years apparently... That's a long wait... But probably commun for such rare master luthiers.

I would know what to do but now it's your turn... good luck and a happy decision

[perttime]

Fan frets? Sound ports?
I don't think Anders Liljeström of Finland has been mentioned yet: http://liljestromguitars.com/

He seems to go for innovative and/or individual designs. There should be threads here about a "Modern Jumbo" and a couple of OMs that he has built.
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http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...t=liljestr%F6m

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...t=liljestr%F6m
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...t=liljestr%F6m

[Andy Howell]

Adrian Lucas of Lincoln England made me a fine fan fret a few years ago.


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[Michael Watts]

Originally Posted by murrmac123

I think Trevor and Michael are far more acquainted with American luthiers than they are with European builders.

I'm very happy to disagree with you there

[Andy Howell]

You certainly see Michael talking to a lot of European makers at the Berlin Holy Grail show.


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[N K Forster]

Michael has been instrumental (pun intended) in helping Ted Astrand's career along, bringing his work to a wider audience. And as far as I know Ted is still very much Swedish.

Nigel
www.nkforsterguitars.com