Travis Bean

Travis Bean

male
Travis Bean is an American luthier and machinist from California. In the 1970s, he made high end electric guitars and basses featuring machined...
Jimmy D'Aquisto

Jimmy D'Aquisto

male, deceased (1995)
James L. D'Aquisto (1935-1995) was an American guitar maker best known as one of the premier makers of custom archtop guitars. He served as an...
David Rubio

David Rubio

male, deceased (2000)
David Rubio, original name David Joseph Spinks (born London, 1934 - died Cambridge on 21 October 2000), was an English maker of musical...

Lars Jönsson

male
Lars Jönsson is a leading Swedish lute, vihuela and classical guitar maker. He made instruments for renowned musicians like the lutenist from E...

Joseph Curtin

male
Joseph Curtin is a contemporary violinmaker. Established in Ann Arbor, co-founder with Gregg Alf of the legendary Curtin & Alf. He was a 2005...
Domingo Esteso

Domingo Esteso

male, deceased (1937)
Domingo Esteso was a luthier who trained under Manuel Ramírez. His nephews, Faustino and Mariano Conde inherited his workshop and changed the name t...
Yuri Landman

Yuri Landman

male, 36 years old
Yuri Landman (born January 2, 1973) is a Dutch artist most well known for his work as an experimental luthier, but also active as a comic artist,...

David Burgess

male
David Burgess is a violin, viola and cello maker working and residing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most of his training was in the shop of Hans...
Leopold Widhalm

Leopold Widhalm

male, deceased (1776)
Martin Leopold Widhalm (October 2, 1722 - June 10, 1776) was an Austrian luthier. Born near Vienna, he worked on many old Bologna lutes that...

José Ramírez

male, 152 years old
José I Ramírez was the founder of the Spanish luthier dynasty. =Biography= Born 1857. He was the first child of José Ramírez de Galarreta, a very...