We started our Thompson NW Flatpick camp during COVID and we have never looked back. Last weekend was our 4th camp since 2021. By creating this community of guitar players one camper at a time has added up to over […]
We started our Thompson NW Flatpick camp during COVID and we have never looked back. Last weekend was our 4th camp since 2021. By creating this community of guitar players one camper at a time has added up to over […]
We wanted to share some of the events, music and guitar making that happened in 2023! What a great year it has been with several awesome crew joining the team here in Sisters. The talent and passion that we all […]
Guitars and more… This year we found ourselves at The Fretboard Journal Summit for the 2nd time and we enjoyed it just as much as the 1st time, maybe a bit more as we had our own room and the […]
Sharing our guitars via musicians on the stage gives folks a chance to hear our sound and that is important with so few of our guitars in the world. Also having a small booth in the artist area gives us […]
Some photos of Wintergrass in the past – we look forward to heading that way this year with Gareth and Alexi at the booth. This is our only NW festival we attend and Preston really enjoyed being able to talk […]
Over the years we have hosted several artist workshops in and around our shop to share the sound of our guitars. During the most recent Sisters Folk Festival we were able to hear several talented guitar players pick on different […]
A 00-12MA we gave away in 2019
Thompson guitars reached out to The Bluegrass Situation earlier this year to partner with their platform to continue sharing our guitars with a wider audience. We wanted to share what we do here in Sisters, Oregon not only with our […]
Here is a collection of recent videos of folks playing Thompson guitars. We love finding the time to take and receive videos, edit them and put them on our YouTube Channel. We have lots of playlists to choose from to […]
WINFIELD – WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL The founding idea of the Walnut Valley Festival was to produce the Walnut Valley National Guitar Flat-Picking Competition in 1972. It moved from a 2-day event to the 5-day event that is held today and […]