Les Paul

Les Paul

male, 94 years old
Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is one of the most important figures in the...
Paul Reed Smith

Paul Reed Smith

male, 53 years old
Paul Reed Smith is one of the world's premier luthiers and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars. His electric guitars are played by the likes of...
Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari

male, deceased (1737)
Antonio Stradivari (1644 - December 18, 1737) was an Italian "luthier", a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, celli, guitars and...
Les Luthiers

Les Luthiers

male
Les Luthiers is a comedy-musical group from Argentina, very popular also in several other Spanish speaking countries such as Chile, Spain,...
Leo Fender

Leo Fender

male, deceased (1991)
Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991), also known as Leo Fender, was an American luthier who founded Fender Electric...
Buzz Feiten

Buzz Feiten

male
Howard "Buzz" Feiten is an American session musician guitarist. He grew up in Centerport, New York and graduated from Harborfields High School in...
Carl Thompson

Carl Thompson

male, 70 years old
Carl Thompson (Born in 1939) is a luthier specializing in the construction of high-quality custom bass guitars, based in Brooklyn, New York. Born...

Linda Manzer

female
Linda Manzer is a Canadian luthier renowned for her archtop and flat-top acoustic guitars. She received her training from Jean Larrivée between 1...
Giuseppe Guarneri

Giuseppe Guarneri

male, deceased (1744)
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, anglicised to Joseph Guarneri, is the only luthier to rival Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) with regard to the respect a...

Wayne Henderson

male
Wayne Henderson is an American luthier specializing in handmade custom acoustic guitars. Henderson is based in Rugby, Virginia, in the rural...