This special guitar took a year to design, construct, finish and set-up. We are proud of the collaboration of our team together with Preston’s leadership in completing the first in our Masterpiece series. This OM Shipwreck Brazilian guitar will be […]
Gareth Jenkins, our longest employee and talented luthier and myself, Christine Funk, were able to team up with Lowe Vintage and show off some Thompson guitars, as well as the new Thompson StringBender at IBMA this year. We enjoyed meeting […]
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 […]
We use many sets of wood that have been submerged under water including our Shipwreck Brazilian rosewood sets, Sinker Mahogany sets from Belize and also some top options such as Sitka spruce that were salvaged from Alaska “Floats” (further information […]
Planet Bluegrass has gathered the Bluegrass family and music lovers together for years, actually over 40 years since the start of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 1974 with 1,000 Festivarians. By 1978 – 7,500 people where going to listen to […]
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 […]
TRADITIONAL Decorative inlay for furniture and musical instruments is an art form that goes back centuries. Inlay materials that have been chosen include wood for color and contrast, precious metals, stones and a large variety of pearl, abalone and other […]
We can’t be more proud of the skilled team that has gravitated to Thompson guitars over the past few years. Their talent and vision continues to capture Preston’s craft on a larger scale to share our guitars with more players. […]
Redwood beams used in the 1880’s for the tunnels of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Siskiyou Summit creates a sweet vibrant tone for some new Thompson guitars. Listen to the review by Peghead Nation of a Redwood Topped East Indian 12 […]
In a recent blog post we talked about the new generation of flatpickers that are playing our guitars and briefly mentioned Charles Sawtelle and his influences as a friend of Preston’s. Preston and Charles used Charles’s vintage Martin collection of […]
