This year we had lots of visits by traveling talented musicians to Thompson guitars for a tour and to play whatever guitars were hanging on our showroom wall. It is always a pleasure and inspires us to share what we […]
Gareth Jenkins has been a part of Thompson guitars since the beginning of our shop in Sisters, Oregon. He has done many different jobs in the shop from body assembly, set-up and tone specialist. He has selected our tops and […]
Each year Simon goes all out on special inlay orders. The array of requests are far reaching allowing Simon to sink his teeth into the creativity of each one. His meticulous artistic eye seeks all types of material to use […]
We love to share our year in photos, always fun to look at all the things we did, the people we met up with, the guitars we made and the crew that makes them! Thanks for your support and helping […]
This new guitar came out of an original build that Preston developed years ago calling it the Classical Hybrid. It was inspired by one of our customers wish to have something similar to Willie Nelson’s “Trigger” guitar that was modified […]
Our artist relations consist of small back and forth conversations with musicians that have supported our craft, in turn we do our best to share their music, shows and things that are important to those players. This is important to […]
Our guitars have been part of the IBMA exhibit hall for years, but not every year do we get to go and be a part of it personally. We can feel a bit isolated out west being so far from […]
Since the SFF presents added The Big Ponderoo so our summers start off with great music in Sisters and ends in late September with the seasoned Folk Festival that Sisters has hosted for over 25 years. We could not be […]
Helping make it possible for musicians to continue their guitar education is something we jumped on when we heard about this special camp. We made a standard D-MA that was part of their silent auction to raise money for scholarships! […]
Rocky Grass hosted by Planet Bluegrass has always been a special one for me, as well as Thompson guitars. Rocky Grass, hosted in Lyons, Colorado, was one of the first bluegrass festivals I attended in my 20’s during the early […]
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