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Jason Kostal interview: top acoustic guitar luthier

Here's an interview with Jason Kostal an American luthier who has been building top quality acoustic guitars for several years.

CAD and CNC as the Camera Obscura - By luthier Ulrich Teuffel

During the 2016 EGB (European Guitar Builders association) symposium, the luthier Ulrich Teuffel gave a conference about CAD and CNC as used in the guitar building domain. His conference was titled: CAD and CNC as the Camera Obscura.

The symposium took place during the two days prior to the 2016 edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show.

Ulrich Teuffel website: www.teuffel.com
Introduction of the conference
For the industries CNC is just a production system.

Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016 - Day 2 interviews
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Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016 – Day 2 interviews

Day 2 of the Holy Grail Guitar Show 2016 was busy with a nice series of interviews that you can watch below. The first series of videos is online in this article. Day 2 interviews Thierry André, luthier from Québec, Canada (André Instruments) Isaac Jang, american luthier (Isaac Jang Guitars) Jamie Gale, luthier agent and consultant (Jamie Gale Music)

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What the luthiers think of the Holy Grail Guitar Show

You want to know the point of view of the luthiers about the Holy Grail Guitar Show? Here's a compilation of the reactions from the builders during the 2016 edition with input from Jason Kostal, Nik Huber, Jamie Gale, Peter Malinoski, Sam Evans, Christina Kobler, Isaac Jang and Chris Larkin.

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As for the previous two editions of the Holy Grail Guitar Show, the level of lutherie was extremely high so doing a selection among the 135 luthiers exhibiting was quite a challenge.

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On the weekend of October 8th and 9th 2016 will be held the 3rd edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show, a luthier salon organized by luthiers via the EGB (european association of guitar makers) and for luthiers : 135 selected guitar makers will be in Germany to showcase their instruments. logo_hggs_2016_year_web Whether you are into acoustic guitars, electric, archtops, modern, vintage inspired, etc., you will be in for a treat for your eyes and your ears as it is possible to try all the instruments and see them played by professional musicians. HGGS2015_Pano As for the first two editions of the show, The Guitar Channel will be on site to conduct interviews of these luthiers and musicians and to make you live from inside this unique event.

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All along the Holy Grail, it will be possible to get the lastest updates through the social networks: Until the first news from Berlin, you can access all the archives from previous editions of the show in this list. Pierre. [s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)]
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Tobias Lund Lindberg luthier interview (TLL Guitars)

Here's Tobias Lund interview, luthier for TLL Guitars during the Holy Grail Guitar Show in 2015 where he was one of the exhibitor. Tobias website: www.tllguitars.com Tobias Lund interview (TLL guitars) during the Holy Grail Guitar Show Until the next interview from the Holy Grail Guitar Show or elsewhere, keep on playing the guitar! Pierre Journel.

Luthier Sharleen Simmons interview at the Holy Grail Guitar Show

Here's a luthier Sharleen Simmons interview recorded during the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show.

Sharleen Simmons website: www.simmonscustomguitars.com
Luthier Sharleen Simmons interview during the Holy Grail Guitar Show

Until the next interview from the Holy Grail Guitar Show or elsewhere, keep on playing the guitar!

Pierre.

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Rainer Tausch guitar - Interview during the Holy Grail Guitar Show

Here's luthier Rainer Tausch interview done during the 2015 edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show where he was exhibiting.

Rainer website: www.tausch-guitars.de
Luthier Rainer Tausch interview during the @HolyGrailGuitar Show

Until the next interview from the Holy Grail Guitar Show or elsewhere, keep on playing the guitar!

Pierre.

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Peggy White luthier guitar

Here's luthier Peggy White interview who studied with Linda Manzer.

Here's a Japanese luthier Kaz Goto interview from Jersey Girl Homemade Guitars done during the Holy Grail Guitar Show in 2015.

Jersey Girl Homemade Guitars website: www.jerseygirlhg.com
Kaz Goto interview - Jersey Girl Homemade Guitars at the @HolyGrailGuitar show

Until the next interview from the Holy Grail Guitar Show or elsewhere, keep on playing the guitar!

Pierre.

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Here's a Belgium luthier Hilko Nackaerts interview recorded during the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar show in Berlin.

Hilko website: www.hilkoguitars.com
Belgium luthier Hilko Nackaerts interview at the Holy Grail Guitar show

Until the next interview from the Holy Grail Guitar Show or elsewhere, keep on playing the guitar!

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Here's an interview with an Iceland luthier, Gunnar Orn who was an exhibitor during the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin.

Gunnar Facebook page: www.facebook.com/OrnCustomGuitars
Iceland luthier Gunnar Orn interview at the Holy Grail Guitar show

Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar !

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The journey of luthier Adriano Sergio (Ergon Guitars) to the Holy Grail Guitar Show

In 2015 I had the pleasure of doing a video interview luthier Adriano Sergio (Ergon Guitars) at the Holy Grail Guitar Show. The story of his journey from Portugal to Germany has been documented in a beautiful video you can see below.

The journey of luthier Adriano Sergio to the Holy Grail Guitar Show
Sit down comfortably and get ready to enjoy this great documentary where you will learn a lot about the life of a luthier. In addition to Adriano Sergio, you will also see other guitar builders such as Juha Ruokangas, Michael Spalt or Andy Mason.

Luthier Linda Manzer interview at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show

Discover in this Linda Manzer interview at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show one of the rare women who is very well known in the luthier world. Linda worked for musicians like Pat Metheny or Carlos Santana just to name those two.

Luthier Ted Astrand interview at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show
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Here's a Ted Astrand interview done during the 2015 edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show. Several luthier friends told me to check-out Ted during the show so I listened to their advice and went to meet Ted. His work is really stunning. The guitar presented in Berlin looks both gorgeous and elegant.

Frank Hartung interview, luthier at the Holy Grail Guitar Show

Here's a Frank Hartung interview done during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show. He was one of the German luthier exhibiting during the show.

Lars Rasmussen interview at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show

Here's a Lars Rasmussen interview done during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show. Lars is a Swedish luthier who build high end acoustic guitar.

Mika Tyyskä is a very original guitar player with a very personal approach about his music. Not only he is writing and playing music but he also take care of all the visual aspect of his art with his alter ego Mr Fastfinger. His latest album Spirit Rising is shock full of cool music.

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Ruokangas with Mika Tyyskä (aka Mr Fastfinger)

It's a rare opportunity to do an interview with both the musician and his luthier at the same time. Here's below an interview with guitar player Mika Tyyskä (aka Mr Fastfinger) with his luthier Juha Ruokangas. It was done during the 2nd edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show.

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Leo Guitars: interview with the luthier Darko Milojevic

Here's an interview with luthier Darko Milojevic from Leo Guitars (www.leoguitars.com) during the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show. Darko has been building guitars for 7 years now so knows what he is talking about and the high quality of his instruments shows it. Reinterpreting the Les Paul theme is not that easy, especially when you want to bring your own special flavour to this timeless classic of the electric guitar.

Here's a Seth Baccus interview done during the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show. I was very impressed by the quality of the instrument brought by Seth in Berlin (see the photos below).

Adriano Sergio interview (Ergon Guitars) at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar show

Here's the interview done with Portuguese luthier Adriano Sergio from Ergon Guitars during the second edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show. I was seduced by the organic shapes of Adriano's guitars and by the quality of the lutherie.

The 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show was held the weekend of October 31 and November 1, 2015 in Berlin. This second edition of the show presented a selection of 115 luthiers from around the world. There was a lot to please the eyes and ears. You only need to watch the 5min video zapping below to be convinced.
2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show video zapping

The list of luthiers interviewed on The Guitar Channel
Here're the luthiers I interviewed during the week-end in Berlin. The full video will be made available to the Backstage Pass owners as soon as they are edited.

Luthiers Discussion Panel - 2015 EGB Symposium - Holy Grail Guitar Show

Here is a video document recorded during a panel of luthiers at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin in the presence of the following luthiers: Andy Manson A.J. Lucas Jean-Yves Alquier A lady from the Austrian Ministry of the Environment (from memory) Fred Pons Jacky Walraet Chris Larkin Video recording of the panel

Here's Egon Rauscher interview, luthier for SoulTool Guitars. He was one of the 115 selected guitar builders presenting their work at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin. The quality of the instruments from Soultool is top notch as the design which looks pretty cool.
Egon Rauscher interview

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SoulTool website: www.soultool.com
Soultool guitars

My take on the SoulTool guitars
I really dig the design Egon found for his instruments. It's modern but with that classic vibe we all cherish.

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Francisco Rodriguez interview from FranFret guitars

Francisco Rodriguez is the luthier behind FranFret Guitars (www.franfret.net). He was already an exhibitor at Guitares au Beffroi guitar show in France this year but it's at the 2015 Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin, Germany that The Guitar Channel took the opportunity to interview him.
Francisco Rodriguez interview from FranFret Guitars

 
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It was still early on that Saturday morning when we did the interview so neither Francisco or I are smiling yet.

The Holy Grail Guitar Show is not only the best luthier guitar show in the world (yes, I mean it) it's also a great opportunity to attend to a great selection of conferences.

In fact it is as if the 2nd edition of the Holy Grail Guitar Show (www.holygrailguitarshow.com) was organized especially for me. Indeed, you cannot help but notice that the visual part of this year is very oriented toward the psychedelic sixties which fit perfectly with my legendary floral shirts and my hair (usually) long!

Here I am last year in Berlin interviewing the legendary Ken Parker with...

Interview of the Swiss luthier Claudio Pagelli during the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show.

The luthier website: www.pagelli.com

Enjoy,

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