The Source for Boutique Guitars, Their Makers, and the Culture That Surrounds Them.
Guitars, Makers & culture
“I’m not a collector”
American Architect Lou Vergne has an obsession with form & function…
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Gallery 2025
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![Promotional image for the Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2023 featuring close-up images of guitar parts, including a guitar neck, strings, and body, along with logos for TKL and D'Addario.]()
Gallery 2023
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![Promotional poster for the 'Boutique Guitar Showcase' enTour 2022 featuring partial images of red and black guitars, with logos of Cedar Creek, TKL, and D'Addario.]()
Gallery 2022
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![Collage of guitar designs forming a single instrument, advertising 'Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2021' with logos for TKL and D'Addario on a black background.]()
Gallery 2021
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![Poster for the Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2020 featuring an artistic image of four different guitar types integrated into one design, with logos of Cedar Creek, D'Addario, and TKL.]()
Gallery 2020
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![Boutique Guitar Showcase poster for enTour 2019, featuring abstract guitar designs and city names.]()
Gallery 2019
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![Promotional poster for the Boutique Guitar Showcase World Tour 2018, featuring a guitar with a red and black paint splatter design on a yellow background. Includes city names like Austin, Chicago, and Paris.]()
Gallery 2018
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![Poster for Boutique Guitar Showcase featuring an artistic electric guitar and event details: "September 25th, New York, Dallas, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago." Curated by Jamie Gale.]()
Gallery 2017
Demo videos
Hear these inspiring guitars with hundreds of demo videos
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Sankey Guitars - Electric Feather
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Greenfield Guitars - Andy McKee
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Dingwall SP1
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Teuffel Birdfish
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Spohn Guitars
William “Grit” Laskin
He’s Changed The Guitar’s Form.
But, Can Guitar Makers Change The World?
Grit Laskin believes he can…
Caught on camera
Boutique Guitars in the wild.
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Avon | Sully Guitars
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The Fearless Flyers | Bacci Guitars - Baritone
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Alanis Morissette | Ironic - Strandberg Guitars
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Dior - Johnny Depp | James Trussart Guitars
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Steve Vai & Mohini Dey | Mayones Bass Guitar
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No Doubt - Fire Aid | Kauer Guitars
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Sting & Shaggy | Mayones Bass
Hosted by: Jamie Gale
Curator of the Boutique Guitar Showcase
Podcast
Life with
Strings
Attached
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![Promotional image for the Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2023 featuring close-up images of guitar parts, including a guitar neck, strings, and body, along with logos for TKL and D'Addario.]()
Michihiro Matsuda
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![Collage of guitar designs forming a single instrument, advertising 'Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2021' with logos for TKL and D'Addario on a black background.]()
Steve Klein - Biography
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Sheldon Dingwall - Biography
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![Promotional poster for the 'Boutique Guitar Showcase' enTour 2022 featuring partial images of red and black guitars, with logos of Cedar Creek, TKL, and D'Addario.]()
Tom Anderson - Biography
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George Gruhn
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Michael Sankey
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Ulrich Teuffel
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Michael Greenfield
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John Monteleone - Biography
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Ola Strandberg
BGS in the spotlight
Other media coverage of BGS guitars & events
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StewMac | The futre of guitar making
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Rhett Shull | The Craziest Guitar Ever
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Chicago Music Exchange | Nathaniel Murphy has questions
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Anderton's Music Co. | Art Meets Guitars
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The Fellowship of Acoustics | enTour 2023
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Paul Davids | Spectacular, but not a guitar
The Intentional Guitar
"…violin was preserved unchanged for centuries as… a divine order.
“The market nevertheless confirms that these instruments are all exceptional. But the market also confirmed a pair of Levi jeans from 1880 that sold for $76,000 in 2022.”
Ulrich Teuffel explores the parallels of the world’s most famous instruments, and why modern conditions demanded diversity.
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Author: Ulrich Teuffel
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Authoer: Jamie Gale
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Author: Jamie Gale
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Author: Michael Sankey
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Author: Enrico DiDonato
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Author: Ulrich Teuffel
