His career has spanned decades and Peter Rowan will be honored this September at the IBMA awards as an inductee into the Hall of Fame. We are proud to be a small part of his musical journey and are happy […]
Preston Thompson Guitars in the media.
His career has spanned decades and Peter Rowan will be honored this September at the IBMA awards as an inductee into the Hall of Fame. We are proud to be a small part of his musical journey and are happy […]
This beautiful guitar came together so nicely and has our newest original torch called The Lotus. This torch is added to several other original torches that we offer here at Thompson Guitars. A torch first appeared on a 1902 Martin […]
All of us at Thompson Guitars could not have been more proud this week to see the live stream taping of Austin City Limits with Billy Strings front and center, singing his heart out, with his Thompson guitar he has […]
Thompson Featured Artist CD Handmade to Hand Played Over the past year we have been working on completing this CD with the intention of helping out with Preston’s medical funds. The medical costs ended up being covered and so we […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travel helps generate new ideas and expands one’s perspective. My recent trip to Cuba was filled with art, music and culture and being away from the day to day of running Thompson guitars gave me time to reflect as the […]
VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE REVIEW – 45 Style OO Thank you to Vintage Guitar Magazine for reviewing of our 45 style OO that was crafted last year here at Thompson guitars. We have posted photos of these twin sunburst 45 models […]
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 […]
In their April 2017 edition, we were making headlines once again when Acoustic Guitar Magazine released a print and video review of our “Killer Dreadnought”. For their consideration, we sent over our standard D-MA Dreadnought* handbuilt with Mahogany back and sides, Adirondack Spruce […]