OO-14 Fret Short Scale – Quilted Western Maple – Adirondack Bearclaw Top We are excited to begin sharing parts of the process in the making of our 2nd Masterpiece guitar, which is a 00-14 Fret Short Scale Quilted Western Maple […]
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The world of fly fishing relates to Thompson guitars on many levels. One being that most of the shop crew are fly fishermen. They enjoy Central Oregon for all it has to offer with the Metolius and the Deschutes rivers […]
We have been working on several new guitars for the talented Jon Stickley, Jake Stargel, John Cruz and Brett Bass – we are excited to ship them out soon and can’t wait to hear how they like the sound of […]
…so many great players – Tim Stafford, Josh Rinkel, Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch and our Northwest players Steve Blanchard, Dale Adkins and Don Share! It was such a treat to add a workshop to this year’s WinterGrass experience, thanks Steve […]
Time in the day goes by so quickly here at the guitar shop and sometimes doing research, like listening to our featured artists, can feel like a luxury. Today, one day after Billy Strings 26th birthday, I took that luxury […]
Preston wanted that sweet backup sound for a singer, so when one of our biggest dealers – DHR Guitar Experience in Cincinnati encouraged him to create a jumbo maple, Preston took it as a nod to create the first Thompson […]
For decades and decades mahogany has produced some of the finest sounding guitars. This tonewood often described as having a fundamental tone means it produces a well- rounded bass, sparkling treble and powerful mid-range. Mahogany is perfectly suited for almost […]
NEW THOMPSON ARTISTS TIM STAFFORD, MOLLY TUTTLE, FORREST O’CONNOR and PETE KARTSOUNES Tim Stafford is a consummate professional, an award winning instrumentalist, prolific songwriter, vocalist, and educator – an everything musician with a longstanding career (25 years) in the award […]
Peter Rowan and Thompson guitars go back to Winfield 1986 where Peter was introduced to Preston by a mutual friend Charles Sawtelle. A Thompson OM 42 was a one of the prize guitars offered for the fingerpicking Championship so Preston […]
During the early 1960’s Bill Monroe, the mandolinist, singer, and songwriter often referred to as the Father of Bluegrass, travelled to Martha, Kentucky. During his show, a 6-year old boy was invited up on stage with Bill to perform on […]
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