…so many great players – Tim Stafford, Josh Rinkel, Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch and our Northwest players Steve Blanchard, Dale Adkins and Don Share! It was such a treat to add a workshop to this year’s WinterGrass experience, thanks Steve […]
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 […]
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. […]
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