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52 Instrument Co.

52 Instrument Co. classical guitars are made in Montreal by Jeremy Clark. Clark has a background in classical music and played the violin (touring internationally) but eventually came to the classical guitar in his 20s. He then spent a number of years as an apprentice to guitar maker Sergei de Jonge. Most of his construction techniques are traditional but he uses several modern procedures. He uses objective testing methods to select top and backs based on their physical characteristics. He also uses a signal generator to measure vibrational modes and ensure that his guitars have pleasant resonances. His guitars usually have the following notable features: adjustable necks, structured sides, hexagonal bracing, soundports on the sides and low mass bridges with reinforced string holes.

Source: 52 Instrument Co. website (19 May 2022)

PMC Guitars

PMC Guitars are hand made in France by Pierre-Marie Châteauneuf. Châteauneuf began repairing guitars at the age of 16, but didn't progress directly into luthiery career. He first went to study music at the Paris Conservatoire and it wasn't until 2003 that he made his first electric guitar. He went on to apprentice with Claude Fouquet for a year in 2005 before opening his own workshop. The PMC Guitar range includes acoustic, electric and bass guitars and he makes around 15 instruments per year.

Source: PMC Guitars website (13 May 2022)

Stephen Eden

Stephen Eden first began making guitars in 2004 during evening classes with Stephen Hill. He then went to work with with Pablo Requena as his apprentice for 2 years. His first workshop was setup in 2008 in his mother's garage, where he honed his skills and developed his own sound. After 5 years he moved his workshop to his own house in Bexhill-on-Sea where he still works today. Eden builds classical guitars inspired by Torres, Santos Hernandez, Hermann Hauser and Daniel Friederich. He has made guitars for many professional guitarists such as Paul Gregory, Juan Martin, Peter Stuart, Sean Shibe, Ian Watt, Andrew Gough, Allan Neave, Gaëlle Solall, Pavel Ralev, Bridget Mermikides and Mark Eden.

Source: Stephen Eden guitars website (29 April 2022)

Ginza

Ginza China Co., Limited was founded in 2001, as a musical instrument manufacturing, sales and import and export trade company. Their main products are electric guitars, acoustic guitars, basses and ukuleles. I have also seen Ginza strat copies said to be Japanese made and from the 1970s and early 1980s - this would be a different company.

Source: Ginza Guitars website (1 May 2022)

Dark Matter

Dark Matter Guitars was a project by luthier Matt Nowicki of Red Rocket guitars active around 2016, making custom hand made electric guitars and basses. There was also an earlier Dark Matter Guitars instrument-making workshop based in the North West of England, offering both acoustic and electric guitars. It was run by luthier Andy Matthews who trained in Musical Instrument Technology - but it had closed by 2011.

Source: Dark Matter Guitars website (archived 2011)

Cristian Bona

Bona electric guitars are hand made in Brescia, Italy by Cristian Bona. He started learning luthiery in 2009 in the workshop of Filippo Fasser and graduated from Brescia artistic high school in 2010. Bono then studied at the Antonio Stradivari luthiery school in Cremona. He learned restoration and repair from 2013-2014 with Claudio Amighetti. In 2016 he moved to Molise where he refined his knowledge of construction techniques of classical and acoustic guitars with Camillo Perrella. In 2018 he won the first prize in the acoustic guitars category at the national luthiery competition "l’arte del liutaio". He currently work as a luthier in his workshop in Capriolo where he builds and restores classical and modern musical instruments.

Source: Bona Guitars website (27 April 2022)

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