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 […]
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News and updates from our endorsing artists.
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 […]
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 […]
Next Generation of Thompson Flatpickers Preston Thompson started building guitars right round the time that Hot Rize was just forming in Boulder, Colorado. As Preston refined his craft into the mid 1980’s so was Charles Sawtelle and Peter Rowan. They […]
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 […]
After a successful month-long tour in the United Kingdom, Eric Bibb has returned to play in the United States and Canada this summer. Amongst his selection of stage guitars, Eric’s custom Thompson 12 fret 000 guitar will accompany him throughout […]
There’s a fun story behind Steve Blanchard’s unique “Cowboy” headstocks, one that we thought was worth sharing. In 1999, Steve attended the Northwest Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit at Marylhurst College in Portland. John Sullivan, a local luthier, had a booth […]
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