When master luthier John Monteleone begins work on a new guitar, he said the materials — thick boards of maple, spruce and exotic hardwood like Hawaiian koa and Brazilian rosewood — speak to him. “I ...

Luke Ottenhof is an assistant editor at Premier Guitar. He's also a freelance writer. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Monteleone will present a three-day celebration of guitar craftsmanship in collaboration with The Jazz Loft of Stony Brook called "Art of Guitar Festival." "Different guitars speak to different kinds ...

Monteleone created the Sun King after finding inspiration in an unlikely material: the scrap wood in his workshop. "That guitar happened very rapidly, just out of the very excitement of the design," ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I always knew I wanted to remain a single-man workshop,” says guitar-maker John Monteleone. “There was nothing ...

Drake was born in Iowa on December 3, 1964. She began playing the guitar at the age of 4 and performed Old-time music, Bluegrass music , and Celtic music throughout her formative years, finally ...

When summer settles in, jazz fans turn their focus toward festivals. No stranger to this scenario, The Jazz Loft, in Stony Brook, NY, draws plenty of ears and cheers with its John Monteleone Art of ...

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