George Beauchamp

male, deceased (1941)
George D. Beauchamp (1899 - 1941), inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker....
Domenico Montagnana

Domenico Montagnana

male, deceased (1750)
Domenico Montagnana (1686-1750) was an Italian Master luthier based in Venice, Italy. He is regarded as one of the world's finest violin and cello...
Roberto Regazzi

Roberto Regazzi

male, 53 years old
Roberto Regazzi (born 1956 in Bologna, Italy) Notable contemporary violin maker and scholar who received his initiation to the craft from Otello...
Giovanni Paolo Maggini

Giovanni Paolo Maggini

male, deceased (1630)
Giovanni Paolo Maggini, was a luthier born in Botticino Italy. Maggini was a pupil of another important violin maker of the Brescian...

Bergonzi

male, 326 years old
The Bergonzi family was an illustrious group of luthiers in Cremona, Italy, a city that has a rich tradition of stringed instrument makers. The...

Eric Schoenberg

male
Eric Schoenberg is an American guitarist known for his fingerstyle guitar playing, as well as a recording artist and designer of acoustic guitars....
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

male, deceased (1786)
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (also known as J. B. Guadagnini or Giambattista Guadagnini; June 23 1711 - September 18 1786) was an Italian musical...

Gasparo da Salò

male, deceased (1609)
Gasparo da Salò is the name given to Gasparo di Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers of which historical records exist. His native v...

Christian Frederick Martin

male, deceased (1873)
Christian Frederick Martin, Sr. was a luthier who specialized in guitars. Born in Markneukirchen, Germany to a family of cabinet makers, Martin...
Antonio Torres Jurado

Antonio Torres Jurado

male, deceased (1892)
Antonio De Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and guitar maker. Jurado is as revered among guitarists as Antonio Stradivari is revered among...