This is a list of luthiers for classical guitar. These are not recommendations but just a list of known guitar makers with websites. If you want a specific recommendation feel free to contact me. Keep in mind I can only recommend luthiers guitars that I’ve had experience with or know about. If you’re curious, I’m currently playing a small scale 2018 Douglass Scott Guitar from Canada.
Email Bradford to update this list: bradford@thisisclassicalguitar.com
Two luthiers I’ve had lots of experience with are Douglass Scott and Marcus Dominelli who are both luthiers from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Their guitars are played by some of the biggest names around the world and they both make instruments that I personally guarantee are amazing. I’ve owned guitars from both luthiers and I’m absolutely sure that I’ll end up with one from each of them. You can talk to me first about a choice or tell them I sent you.
Argentina
Australia
- Caldersmith, Graham – Kendall, New South Wales
- Hawkes, Graham – Woodbridge, Western Australia
- Kellaway, Dan – Stewarts Brook, New South Wales
- Redgate, Jim – Adelaide, South Australia
- Rovis-Hermann, Simon – Fremantle, Western Australia
- Smallman, Greg & Sons – Esperance, Western Australia
Belgium
- Gilles Lescot – Maffe
Canada
- Blackwell, Martin – British Columbia
- Boutin, Bruno – Magog, Québec
- Chiasson, Ross – Kingston, Ontario
- Dominelli, Marcus – Victoria, British Columbia
- Farrell, Jerry – Hamilton, Ontario
- Freeman, David – Tugaske, Saskatchewan
- Jaderny, Kamil – Mont Tremblant, Québec
- de Jonge, Joshia – Alcove, Québec
- Kingma, Evan – – Grimsby, Ontario
- Laramee, Francois – St-François-du-Lac, Québec
- Lazar, Michael – St. Albert, Alberta
- Letourneau Guitars – Morinville, Alberta
- Mailloux, Patrick – Québec City, Québec
- Morrish, Iain (Moorish Guitars) – Calgary, Alberta
- Mesquita, Luis Feu de – Greenwood, Ontario
- Mueller, Fritz – Tatlayoko Lake, British Columbia
- Perry, Daryl – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Robert, Mikhail – Victoria, British Columbia
- Rompré, Jean -Saint-Majorique, Québec
- Ryer, David – Madoc, Ontario Canada
- Salomons, Ken – Calgary, Alberta
- Scott, Douglass – Ladysmith, British Columbia (Bradford Plays a Scott)
- Sigurdson, Jeff – Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Shaw, Emily – Ottawa, Ontario
- Titmuss, Clive – Kelowna, British Columbia
- Tremblay, Scot – Victoria, British Columbia
- Vorreiter, Florian – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Wilhelmy, René – Montréal, Québec
Czech Republic
England
UK Classical Guitar Luthiers under respective countries.
- Simon Ambridge
- Kevin Aram
- Brian Cohen
- Christopher Dean
- Martin Douglas
- Paul Fischer
- Tony Johnson
- James Lister
- José Marques
- Richard Newman
- Jose Romanillos
- Zachary Taylor
Germany
Hungary
Lebanon
- Robert Wissam (Beirut)
Mexico
- Juan Carlos Huipe
- Francisco Navarro
- Daniel Caro Leonardo
Poland
Puerto Rico (USA)
Romania
- Samuel Zamfir de Souza (Link Pending)
Scotland
Serbia
Spain
United States of America
- Randy Angella – Concord, CA
- Thomas Beltran Guitars, Los Angeles, CA
- Tom Blackshear – San Antonio, TX
- John S. Bogdanovich – Swannanoa, NC
- Greg S. Brandt – Hollywood, CA
- R.E. Brune – Evanston, IL
- Gregory Byers – Willits CA
- Christopher Carrington – Rockwall, TX
- Matthew Chaffin, Orion, Michigan
- Michael Cone – Maui, HI
- Stephan Connor, Boston, MA
- Luis Fernández de Córdoba – Alexandria, VA
- David Daley – Unknown
- Lester Devoe, CA
- John H. Dick, West Branch, IA
- Jeffrey Elliott – Portland, OR
- Miguel Acevedo Flores – Trujillo Alto, PR.
- Allan Fontanilla -San Francisco, CA
- Steve Ganz – Blaine, WA
- Aaron Green – Groton, MA
- Ross Gutmeier, Baltimore, MD
- Kenny Hill – Ben Lomond, CA
- Paul Jacobson – Unknown
- David LaPlante – Unknown
- Garrett Lee – Wayne, NJ
- John E. Mello – Kensington, CA
- Eric Monrad – Healdsburg, CA
- Filippo Morelli – Virginia
- Peter Oberg – San Diego, CA
- Robert O’Brien, Parker, Colorado
- Jose Oribe – Vista, CA
- David Pace – Baltimore, Maryland
- Alan Perlman – Unknown
- Richard Prenkert – Santa Rosa, CA
- Tom Prisloe – Trumansburg, NY
- Richard Reynoso, LA, CA
- Aaron Ringo (Wood Ring Guitars) – Weatherford, TX
- Matt Rubendall – Brooklyn, NY
- Toby Rzepka – Portland, ME
- German Vazquez Rubio – Los Angeles – CA
- Dave Schramm – Clovis, CA
- Michael Thames – Santa Fe, NM
- Dake Traphagen – Bellingham, WA
- Peter Tsiorba -Portland, OR
- Zebulon Turrentine, Tennessee
- Paul Weaver, Portand, OR