BOND INSTRUMENTS, CANADA
Louis-Philippe Bond, Luthier
www.bond-instruments.com

BEARDSELL GUITARS, CANADA
Al Beardsell, Luthier
www.beardsellguitars.com 

Whether it's a hand-crafted individually cast tail piece, hand-wound pick up, side ports with sliding doors, or multi-scale fan frets, every Beardsell is unique. 

"It's hard to find the words. Yes, it's a work of art. The wood, the detail, the finish, all gorgeous. The asymmetrical neck section is super comfortable; plays like a dream, very comfortable. It's light weight and resonant and the sound is orchestral." 

- Michael Forbes, musician and owner of a custom Beardsell guitar

BROWN GUITARS, USA
Tad Brown, Luthier
http://brown.guitars

Tad R. Brown is a 7th generation American craftsman who has been involved in music, art, woodworking, and guitars for over 30 years. His acoustic archtop guitars are specially made to crossover between jazz and flat top instruments. Hand crafted in California from premium solid tonewoods, exceptionally lightweight and responsive, for a wide dynamic range of rich tonal resonance.

CEDAR MOUNTAIN MANDOLIN COMPANY, USA
Gary Lewandowski, Luthier
www.cedarmtm.com

I started my journey of Luthier 37 years ago (1981) out of an interest to learn to play guitar and was encouraged because of my experience in woodworking from an early age. There is nothing I enjoy more than the satisfaction of completing a guitar, stringing it for the first time and hearing the clear well balanced rich tones.

DION GUITARS, CANADA
Dion James Luthier
www.dionguitars.ca

Dion Guitars is a one-man operation specializing in hand-crafted acoustic guitars. While the freedom of an independent craftsperson can offer a wide range of custom modification and design, the same belief informs every project: that the beauty of the acoustic guitar lies in the instrument’s essential function and that it should inspire use as well as admiration.

GUITARES JULIEN SUBLET, Canada
Julien Sublet, Luthier
www.guitaresjuliensublet.com

Guitares Julien Sublet offers unique instruments made in Quebec City. Each and every instrument is handcrafted and fully customizable. 

FE TELLIER GUITARS, CANADA
Fred Tellier, Luthier
www.fetellierguitars.com

Fred Tellier has been building acoustic guitars, Irish Bouzouki and ukuleles since 2005 from his shop in Windsor Ontario. He prides himself on being open to ideas from clients, and his goal is to create an instrument with sound, playability and finish that both the client and he can be proud of.

GILLIES GUITARS, CANADA
Chris Gillies, Luthier
www.gilliesguitars.com

Need to know:  Perfectionist striving for perfecter.  Woodaholic.  Voted best luthier in my entire postal code by family members.

Want to know:  A life-long guitar player and woodworker, I had an epiphany to combine my two passions; so commenced my obsession with lutherie.  To refine my skills and abilities I have trained under Sergei de Jonge and Meredith Coloma. 

GODIN GUITARS, CANADA
Robert Godin, Luthier
https://godinguitars.com

Robert Godin is from Canada and grew up in love with woods and handcraftsmanship.  As a teenager guitarist in the ‘60s, he wanted to recreate the music tones he heard on records, from such bands as the Beatles and the Ventures.  He began experimenting with string gauges and guitars modifications while working at his aunt’s Montreal music store. Later, he had the opportunity to work for a luthier in Quebec where he found his passion. Robert eventually designed and perfected a style of building a guitar that could produce unique sounds.

Today as the owner and founder of Godin Guitars, Robert oversees the operations of six guitar factories, five in the Canadian province of Quebec and one in the US state of New Hampshire. With the head office based in Montreal, Quebec, Godin Guitars is the largest manufacturer of guitars in North America employing 600 people. The company started out as a small guitar shop in Montreal in 1972 and has grown into an internationally renowned guitar company with distribution in over 65 countries. Known for innovation and value, The Godin Guitar Company brands include the Godin electric guitar line and five acoustic guitar lines: Seagull, Norman, La Patrie, Simon & Patrick, and Art & Lutherie.

Godin Guitars is also the manufacturer of the revolutionary TRIC guitar cases and is the distributor of Acoustic Solutions amplifiers in Canada and the US. The Godin Guitar Company was recently named the 2014 supplier of the Year by the music products industry trade publication, Music Inc. and has been recognized for product excellence numerous times by music retailers worldwide.

G.R. BEAR, CANADA
G.R. Bear, Luthier
www.grbear.com

Growing up on a farm in rural New South Wales, Australia I started my woodworking journey at a very young age with my father, who is a trained wooden boat builder and traditional timber framer. I then started building guitars at the age of 15 when I apprenticed with violin and classical guitar maker Graham Caldersmith. Using the knowledge that I accumulated during my seven year apprenticeship under Graham, I have gone on to create my own acoustic steel string and classical guitar designs. Utilizing modern bracing techniques, acoustic resonance tuning and a clean defined aesthetic. I am currently living and building instruments in Vancouver, Canada with my partner Celina Jactino and our first beautiful boy Koa.

HAMM-TONE GUITARS & SCHOOL OF LUTHERIE, CANADA
Jeremy Hamm, Luthier
www.jeremyhamm.ca

Jeremy Hamm (Hamm-tone) grew up in southern Ontario's Niagara Penninsula.  His father, Nicholas Hamm III, was a mechanical engineer for John Deere for 30 years, and his grandfather was the mandolin player for the original "Lincoln County Peach Pickers", the first recorded bluegrass band in Canada from the early 1950's on.  It was only fate that he fused his two strongest character traits, mechanical ingenuity and musical intuition, to become a popular and successful guitar builder in Canada.
    From an early age he took piano lessons, then began studying the classical violin at age 7 until the end of highschool.  Playing in the Niagara Youth Orchestra, high school jazz band, concert band, numerous bluegrass, country and rock bands, his musical knowledge runs deep.  He is not only a respected luthier, but a respected musician in the Canadian music scene.  

INDIAN HILL GUITARS, CANADA
Michael Kennedy, Luthier
www.indianhillguitars.com

Luthier Michael Kennedy of Indian Hill Guitars strongly believes that a cohesive design in both structure and aesthetics is fundamental to producing exceptional world class instruments.  These ideals could most succinctly be described as 'clean elegance'. Michael's approach to achieving these tonal and visual goals has continually developed over the course of his career but is rooted in the melding of science and instinct. With a formal education in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University tempered by a life spent pursuing creativity he strives to not simply keep these forces in balance, but use them collaboratively to create something greater than the sum of its parts.  Michael began building guitars during a three year apprenticeship with Sergei de Jonge and currently works in Montreal as part of the Mile End Guitar Coop which he co-founded in 2008 with Jeremy Clark of 52 Instrument Co.

IRVIN GUITARS, USA
Wayne Irvin Johnson, Luthier
www.irvinguitars.com

Building one-of-a-kind, masterfully crafted, amazing sounding, acoustic guitars has been a life-long passion for Wayne Irvin Johnson. Having played guitar since he was 6, Wayne has developed an ear that really helps him voice a guitar that is rich, deep, wonderfully balanced, with sustain that seems to just hang in the air. He met James Olson in 1995 and was smitten with the idea of building guitars. Years later he attended Sergei de Jonge's school of lutherie. From there, he went on to build his own line of custom steel string guitars. Wayne has been married to Julie for 32 years, together they have 4 adult children.

KARIM HOURANI LUTHIERY, CANADA
Karim Hourani, Luthier
www.karimluthiery.com

Creating art and music; applying mathematics and physics; understanding sound waves and resonance; selecting and crafting raw wood; mastering hand tools; cooking organic glues; and preparing and applying centuries-old polishes and varnishes... Making entirely hand-crafted instruments is a journey of understanding and creation. Unfortunately it is a dying art in today's fast pace.  
My name is Karim Hourani, and I was born in Beirut, Lebanon in May 1987. At 25, I took the aware decision that I want to become a luthier. I was lucky enough to meet and study under Maestro Geza Burghardt, for without him, things would have never been what they are now. I studied violin family repair and restoration for two and a half years, french polish and varnish cooking and application, and currently studying violin and classical guitar construction with the same teacher. I find utmost gratification reviving and hearing a once-destroyed instrument or living for several weeks with a few pieces of wood building an instrument. 

KAROL GUITARS, CANADA
Tony Karol, Luthier
www.karol-guitars.com

Having been building professionally for almost 20 years, Tony Karol has built guitars for Tommy Emmanuel, Bruce Cockburn and Stephen Bennett. Using the finest materials from around the world, each instrument is handcrafted in his Mississauga shop. Tony also teaches about a dozen students per year in the craft.

KAUER GUITARS, INC., USA
Doug Kauer, Luthier
www.kauerguitars.com

"I'm Doug Kauer. I have a beard and an impressive flannel shirt collection. I also wear glasses. That makes me a 105% qualified luthier."

KORNIL GUITARS, CANADA
Igor Kornilov, Luthier
www.kornil.com

Igor Kornilov started his guitar building in 1983 in Moscow. Since 2003, he has been living in Winnipeg, Canada. In 2007, "Kornil Guitars™" was awarded the Winnipeg Arts Council's and the Manitoba Arts Council's Grants. Over the past 35 years, Igor has built about 350 instruments: archtops, basses, electric and acoustic guitars, and many-string instruments

LARKSPUR LUTHIER, CANADA
Josh Greenberg, Luthier

As a lover of old acoustic music, I specialize in pre-war instruments that are loud, with rich and dynamic tone! I do manouche guitars, resonator guitars, and plectrum/tenor banjos, respecting the traditional construction and aesthetic, but adding my own twists here and there.
I have been fortunate enough to apprentice under Daniel López, Jason Romero, and Martin Tremblay. I've also taken luthier courses with Daniel Richter and Sergei Dejonge. I now work in Montreal at the Mile End Guitar Coop.

LARRIVEE GUITARS, CANADA
John Larrivee, Luthier
www.larrivee.com

Our guitars are built with only the finest solid woods available - no plys, laminates (layered), or synthetic woods are ever used in construction. We use FSC wood and engage in as much selective logging as possible. This means we like to be there, in the forest, personally taking part.  Imagine, when we begin to create your instrument, we begin on the forest floor.

Above all, our goal is 'affordable luxury' - we aim to put high-end guitars into the hands of all players. We don't want to build the most guitars.  We just want to build the best.

LETOURNEAU GUITARS, CANADA
Len Letourneau, Luthier
www.letourneauguitars.com

LETAIN GUITARS, CANADA
Jeff Letain, Luthier
www.letainguitars.com

Jeff Letain has been a woodworker since the late seventies and shifted his focus to guitars in the late nineties. Maximum playability and the search for a tone and sound quality that excites passion of the guitarist is his main goal. For him, the guitar is a tool that is functional sculpture and the surface a canvas with a limitless field for expression.

LUTHERIE  GERVAIS, CANADA
Emile Gervais, Luthier
http://www.lutheriegervais.com/

Passionate about music, entertainment and instruments, I like to reflect my eternal interest in wood and sound. My instruments are entirely built by hand and reveal clean cuts that characterize my well refined style and geometric. This is both a need to create and a need for novelty that I love shaping wood.

MARC SAUMIER LUTHIER, CANADA
Marc Saumier, Luthier
www.marcsaumierluthier.com

Marc Saumier started building guitars in 1996, Today his line includes steel string, nylon strings, archtop, acoustic basses, ukeleles and unique instruments such as 12 string nylon string guitars that are mostly made from locally sourced wood. Focusing mainly on sound and playability, Saumier's instruments feature a unique voice, good note separation and a wide dynamic range thanks to the unique and innovative bracing of his soundboards.

MICHAUD MADE, CANADA
Joel Michaud, Luthier
www.michaudmade.com

Michaud Made guitars are handcrafted by Joel Michaud in his workshop in Calgary AB. Joel takes a modern approach to building while paying respect to tradition. Incorporating inventive and innovative features, Michaud guitars emanate a highly responsive and balanced tone. The end result is an instrument cohesive and brilliant in its beauty, eclipsed only by its sonic signature.  

MCNAMEE GUITARS, CANADA
John McNamee, Luthier
www.johnmcnamee.ca

John McNamee is a self-employed luthier of acoustic guitars, baritones and basses. He graduated from the Douglas College string instrument building course in 1986 under the instruction of Michael Dunn. John has built a variety of over 70 instruments over the years, and is also a songwriter and musician

MORRISSEY GUITARS, USA
Patrick Morrissey, Luthier
www.morrisseyguitars.com

"My love of woodworking goes back to my childhood. My father was a craftsman and working along side him as a young boy I learned the skills necessary for fine woodworking. After completing my first guitar, I was hooked…I knew this is where I wanted to focus my talents. I found my passion as a luthier – 17 years later I continue to do what I love every day."

MURFITT GUITARS, CANADA
Warren Murfitt, Luthier
www.warrenmurfit.com

I am a musician with a passion for anything in wood, building and playing the guitar. 
I have worked as a treeplanter, carpenter, cabinet builder , artist and musician. What started out as a desire to build one tiny little Parlor guitar in the back room of my studio workshop, quickly took over my whole space, not to mention my life. Guitar parts and sawdust everywhere, washed down with a good dose of country music. I’m in heaven!

OXWOOD GUITARS, USA
Bradley Daniels, Luthier
http://www.oxwoodguitars.com

I began building guitars in 2006.  What started out as a fun project and birthday gift to build my own guitar almost immediately became my passion.  I have been playing guitar since I was about 9 years old and it's always been an important part of my life.  I built my first three guitars under the guidance of Virgil Shouse, my wife's grandfather.  I'm so grateful to have been given that opportunity.  Once the first three were completed, I decided to begin setting up my own shop at my home.  I read every lutherie book and article I could find and scoured the internet for clues.  After a few more, I decided to attend the Galloup School for their Technician Course to learn how to make my creations play properly.  A few years later, at the Montreal Guitar Show, a friend recommended a book set by a man named Ervin Somogyi.  I had no idea who he was at the time, but I read them cover to cover multiple times.  My building was really starting to turn a corner at this point.  In 2014, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to spend 10 days in Oakland, CA with Ervin himself, along with a few other luthiers, to study voicing the guitar.  I've been at it for 10 years now and my journey is just beginning.  With each guitar new mysteries are uncovered and I'm genuinely excited to continue to grow in this craft.

PERINETTI GUITARS, CHILE
Martin Frias Perinetti, Luthier
www.perinettiguitars.com

Perinetti Guitars is a one man shop producing some fine musical instruments with classic and exotic Patagonian tone woods.

NICOLE ALOSINAC LUTHIERY, CANADA
Nicole Alosinac, Luthier
www.nicolealosinacluthiery.com/

Nicole Alosinac has spent the last 20 years in the guitar industry. She started her career at Larrivee Guitars, honed her skills with Master Luthier Geza Burghardt, repaired instruments at Rufus' Guitar Shop, and has operated her own repair and custom shop since 2003. Thousands of instruments have passed through her hands, and now she is incorporating that knowledge and experience into designing and building her own guitars. These instruments highlight the natural beauty of the woods used, while giving the player a full, dynamic palate of tones to create with. 

QUEEN CITY GUITARS, USA
Aaron Foster, Luthier
www.queencityguitars.com

Aaron Foster builds steel string acoustic guitars, primarily with hand tools, in Oakland, California, under the name Queen City, in homage to his hometown of Denver, Colorado. He seeks to create responsive and elegant guitars with an eye towards the beauty inherent in the wood and form of the instrument and an ear for an expressive, articulate, and full tone. He has been building guitars since 2012, first studying lutherie for a year and a half at the Red Rocks School of Fine Woodworking in Colorado and has been playing the guitar since elementary school.

QUINN GUITARS, CANADA
Oliver Duval-Quinn, Luthier
https://www.facebook.com/pg/quinnguitars

Oliver Duval-Quinn is a member of the Mile-End Guitar Coop since february 2017 and is the sole luthier and founder of Quinn Guitars. Being a Bruand graduate and a Fender certified guitar technician, Oliver specializes in custom designs/mods and quality setups, repairs.

RIVERSONG GUITARS, CANADA
Mike Miltmore, Luthier
www.riversong.com

Mike Miltimore, a born and raised Kamloopsian is the brainchild behind this state of the art design. Passion Igniter and Founder of Riversong Guitars, Mike is a Master of his trade. Mike’s one and only job since the age of 10 has been in his family’s music business, Lee’s Music, which exposed him to the rich culture of sound and musical instruments. His passion for music and people along with his fiery personality is setting the whole planet a flame.

SHABAT GUITARS, USA
Avi Shabat
www.shabatguitars.com

Selected to participate in the 2019 Naam Boutique Guitar Show.

The “bug” of guitar building bit Avishay (Avi) Shabat early on in his life, after he discovered the truss rod in his newly purchased 5-string bass was broken. After graduating from the Algranti School of Lutherie—and handcrafting himself a new neck-through bass from the ground up—Avi moved to Los Angeles where he apprenticed for a few local guitar repair shops before joining a well-known boutique guitar company.
Avi spent the next four years honing his craft, building beautiful handmade instruments, and during this time, founded a company of his own, Guitar Groomer, where he restored and repaired guitars and basses from a small shop in his home. In 2012, Avi expanded his repair business and began designing and building his own instruments, giving birth to a brand-new line of handmade electric guitars and basses—Shabat Guitars.
Shabat Guitars harken back to some of the earliest electric guitar designs, offering a kind of vintage-inspired style that will catch the eye of any true guitar aficionado. Each Shabat Guitars model boasts premium-quality tonewoods, high-end electronics and professional appointments that are fully customizable to each and every player’s preferred specs.
Avi’s impeccable sensibility for detail—as well as his expertise as a live show guitar technician—culminates in a series of stunning, inspired guitars of matchless quality that deliver a level of performance any artist would expect from a professionally designed, handcrafted instrument.
All Shabat Guitars are made in the USA, and all repair and custom work is performed at Avi’s innovative Los Angeles workshop.

SPENCE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS, CANADA
Michael Spence, Luthier
www.spenceelectricalinstruments.com

From a early age, Michael Spence had an unending fascination with how electronics and machines worked. Constantly dissecting the world around him, from VCRs to motorcycles, he knew he wanted to pursue a life of building.

This attitude, combined with his love of electric guitar, led him to build his first guitar at sixteen. Not having the money for the vintage tones he desired, he soon began building his own tube amplifiers and guitar effects.

It was in his early twenties he discovered that his grandfather, Paul George, and great-grandfather, Anthony George once owned guitar-importing company St. George,  in Hollywood and New York in the 1960’s. Discovering this lost musical connection to his grandparents, Spence was inspired to start his own electric guitar business. He began building guitars inspired by ones sold by St. George.

SPOHN GUITARS, GERMANY
Max Spohn, Luthier
www.spohnguitars.com

With an art teacher for a father, I began to imagine, design, draw and build things from an early age. I was especially attracted to the possibilities of working with wood. I soon realized that I could combine my love of art and wood to build custom guitars. This passion, shaped by focused study at Westsächsische Hochschule Markneukirchen and through many years of personal study and experimentation, has made me a professional luthier.
As an instrument maker I am motivated by the desire to improve and develop my art, skills and to evolve the idea of what it means to build one-of-a-kind instruments in the 21st century.

SHOWALTER GUITARS, USA
Stephen Showalter, Luthier
www.showalterguitars.com

Stephen Showalter is a woodworker who makes cabinets and furniture and recently found his passion for making guitars. In 2013 Stephen took some guitar-making classes, and he hasn't stopped working since, creating handmade, solid-wood dreadnought and orchestra model guitars that are beautiful in both craft and sound.

Stephen studied under luthiers Kent Carlos Everett and Ron Sharp, a student of Wayne Henderson.

TURLEY GUITARS, CANADA
Adam Turley, Luthier
www.turleyguitars.ca

Adam Turley is an emerging luthier building out of the Clubhouse in Edmonton, Alberta. He builds highly responsive, modern parlour guitars under the tutelage of Dion Guitars. With a longstanding background in high end circular staircases and railings, Turley appreciates a similar marriage between clean and modern aesthetics with excellence in function.

LEE VALLEY TOOLS, CANADA
www.leevalley.com

Lee Valley is a family-owned Canadian company that has been supplying innovative and practical tools since 1978. On our website, in our stores and throughout our catalogs, you’ll find thousands of products ranging from woodworking to gardening, hardware and home.  Our reputation is based on three principles: 1. Customer Satisfaction 2. Integrity 3. Treating a customer like a friend. Whether a tool from Lee Valley is one made by Veritas Tools or is one of the 5000 or so we get from around the world, it will always have our full guarantee. That means it costs you nothing to try us out. We're confident that the quality and service we provide will be to your liking. Just give us the opportunity.

GRAPH TECH GUITAR LABS, CANADA
www.graphtech.com

Graph Tech Guitar Labs is the world’s largest nut & saddle manufacturers providing over 350 different nut, saddle and bridge models. Focused on innovations to improve guitar performance, tone and vibration for optimal performance, Graph Tech’s products include TUSQ® guitar nuts, saddles and bridge pins, TUSQ XL self-lubricated guitar nuts, Black TUSQ XL self-lubricating guitar nuts, String Saver Saddles, ResoMax harmonically rich guitar bridges, GHOST® Modular Pickup Systems, TUSQ Picks, PrePlay hand cleaner, Dry ‘n Glide hand talc, and more. The world’s leading retailers, luthiers, and guitar manufacturers choose Graph Tech products, including Taylor Guitars, Martin Guitars, Ovation, Cort, Carvin, Washburn, Fender Custom Shop, Godin, Ibanez, Samick, Schecter, Gibson, and Yamaha custom shop. Graph Tech has over 45 patents and trademarks around the world.

JAPARTS, CANADA
www.japarts.ca

We supply the greatest Japanese guitar parts and tools to luthiers, shops, repair specialists and musicians anywhere in the world! We offer the widest selection of DoMo parts and materials, Gotoh tuners, and Hiroshima Files, Uo-Chikyu fret and nut files at the best prices.

LEVY'S LEATHERS, CANADA
www.levysleathers.com

We’ve been building your straps for over 40 years, and from day one we have loved what we do. Family owned and operated, Levy’s was first opened by Dennis Levy in 1973. Dennis opened his business with a handful of leatherworking tools, a pocketful of change and a passion for building the best. Regardless of the product, whether it was a pencil case or key fob (which happened to be two of his first products) or a guitar strap and gig bag, building the best has always been his number one focus. As if it were part of our DNA, the same passion runs through the veins of his wife Cheryl, brother Harvey and children Danica and DJ who have all joined him over the years in creating the most beautiful and dependable guitar straps you’ve come to know and trust.

BOW RIVER WOOD TO WORKS, CANADA
www.woodtoworks.com

At Wood to Works we specialize in high quality tonewood for luthiers, as well as craftwoods, wood turning blanks, and raw lumber for the Canadian Woodworker and general International Woodworkers and Luthiers!

We stock high quality domestic tonewoods such as figured Maple, Spruce, Cedar, and much more. As well as many exotics, like Indian Rosewood, Ebony, Padauk, Ziricote for luthiers and craftsmen. In addition, we carry an assortment of guitar hardware, from binding and fretwire all the way to strings and tuners. Whether you're building your first guitar, adding some touch ups, or restoring an old treasure, we have everything you need to do the job. Our mission is to provide the highest quality tonewood, turning blanks, and craft lumber available while providing excellent service, and acting responsibly toward our environment. We strive for service, sustainability and excellence.

LONG & MCQUADE, CANADA
www.long-mcquade.com

Long & McQuade is the largest chain of musical instrument retailers in Canada, with over 70 locations from British Columbia to Newfoundland. This means that if you're a touring musician, you'll have the benefit of dealing with a familiar store with consistent sales, supplies and service, no matter where your homebase is.

D'ADDARIO, CANADA
http://daddario.com

D'Addario is the largest manufacturer of musical instrument accessories under several product divisions: D'Addario Fretted and Orchestral Strings, Evans Drumheads, Promark Drumsticks, Puresound, D'Addario Woodwinds, and D'Addario Accessories. Family-owned and operated with roots dating back to the 17th century, D'Addario distributes to 120 countries including 3,000 U.S. retailers and all major e-commerce, and remain the preferred choice of musicians worldwide.

TOM LEE MUSIC, CANADA
www.tomleemusic.ca

Tom Lee Music has proudly been supporting music making within the Greater Vancouver and Vancouver Island communities since 1969. We provide the very best in musical instruments, equipment, services, and education.

MAIN STAGE CASES, CANADA
www.mainstagecases.com

Main Stage Cases produces high quality fiberglass flightcases for stringed instruments in Bass River, New Brunswick. We hand build custom flightcases for acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic and electric bass, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, violin and more. With over 30 exterior colour options and 9 different interior fabric colours, you can customize your flightcase in a way that will make it truly your own and one of a kind. Our cases are endorsed and trusted by luthiers such as Michael Greenfield, Jeff Traugott, Jim Olson, Michael Heiden and many others across North America. 

HENRIKSEN AMPLIFIERS, USA
www.henricksenamplifiers.com

In 2006, Bud Henriksen had retired from a long career in electronics and telecom manufacturing, designing and IT development and consulting, and was finally able to play the guitar more often.  After putting a band together and playing around town for a few years, he was really dissatisfied with all the amplifiers available and just decided to build his own. After auditioning the prototype for a few other players (including his personal hero, Jim Hall), Bud recognized there was a real hole in the marketplace for his design and so he enlisted the help of his son Peter and set out to build an amplifier for jazz guitarists that was not just portable, but had all the rich sounds necessary for playing jazz.

Bud passed away in 2009, but the family continues on carrying out his original vision. With the help of Engineer and VP Nathan Mender who was hired in on 2014, Henriksen has grown to new international heights by bringing Bud's original design to perfection as well as releasing some exciting new products.