News and updates from our endorsing artists.
Interviews of inspiration hosted by Travis Book, a pandemic opportunity taken into the future. In the beginning over 20 interviews were filmed for the Travis Book Happy Hour and are located on TTBHH website. Recently the Bluegrass Situation has provided […]
This was a special request as we know how much he values his main guitar on stage – his Frankenstein – and so when we were asked to build the back up to this guitar it meant that the sound […]
Peter Rowan and Preston Thompson Models The idea that Peter Rowan has such a long history with Preston and then with Christine makes his connection extra special. Peter bought a Thompson from Preston at Winfield in the 1980’s and has […]
What do signature models mean to us? Signature models have been around for decades – I recently read a few articles online that talk about some early signature models by a famous luthier named Johann Stauffer for Austria. He made […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As time marches on we are always happy to have new players enjoying the sounds of their Thompson guitars built in our custom shop here in Sisters, Oregon. We meet these players in many different ways and some of those […]
Take a listen to Teja Gerken, from Peghead Nation, reviewing Chris Luquette’s 00-14Fret Mahogany/Adirondack Sunburst guitar. We love to build these powerful small bodied guitar for our customers and dealers. Whether you like a 12 or 14 fret/ long or […]
We are happy to announce that Molly Tuttle has helped design her own Signature Dreadnought made out of Sinker Mahogany with special appointments and inlay. To help design the guitar we talked about what inlay to create, color of the […]
