Tony Nobles is an American luthier, who builds new instruments and also has a reputation for repairing vintage instruments. At the outset of his career Nobles worked for Austin luthier Mark Erlewine, doing warranty work for Martin, Fender, Gibson, and Guild, and also making custom guitars for Billy Gibbons, Johnny Winter, Joe Walsh, Alejandro Escovedo, Ray Wylie Hubbard and others. In 1993, Nobles established Precision Guitar Works, where he repaired and made guitars of all sorts. Later in his career Nobles’ efforts were focused on building “heirloom-quality” acoustics.