Sexauer FT-L00-JB/2
By: Teja Gerken
March 8, 2023
A great flattop guitar built with olive wood back and sides.
Tags: Bruce Sexauer, Guitar Demos
Lawrence Smart Mandocello
By: Teja Gerken
February 9, 2023
Joe K. Walsh demonstrates his recently acquired mandocello.
Santa Cruz OM Grand Brazilian
By: Teja Gerken
January 11, 2023
A dream guitar built with stunningly beautiful Brazilian rosewood.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Froggy Bottom F12 Deluxe D-Tuned
By: Teja Gerken
September 21, 2022
A new variation of Froggy Bottom’s 0000-size guitar specifically designed for low tunings.
Tags: Froggy Bottom, Guitar Demos
2012 Lowden O-50c
By: Teja Gerken
September 7, 2022
Peghead Nation instructor Doug Young demonstrates his fingerstyle-friendly Lowden.
Rick Turner’s 1962 Martin D-28
By: Teja Gerken
August 17, 2022
The late luthier’s dreadnought accompanied him onstage and was heavily modified.
Thompson Guitars’ Olivia Elia and her Custom Dreadnought
By: Teja Gerken
July 27, 2022
Thompson employee Olivia Elia stops by the Peghead Nation studio to show her personal walnut dreadnought and discuss the Thompson building process.
1992 Santa Cruz FS
By: Teja Gerken
July 8, 2022
A modern classic optimized for fingerstyle playing.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
2004 Gilchrist Model 4
By: Teja Gerken
June 22, 2022
Mike Compton demonstrates his oval-soundhole, F-4-style Gilchrist.
Bourgeois OMS Victorian
By: Teja Gerken
June 15, 2022
A gorgeous 12-fret built for the 2022 NAMM show.
Tags: Bourgeois, Guitar Demos
Preston Thompson 000-14 SMA
By: Teja Gerken
May 4, 2022
A straight-forward 14-fret 000 built with mahogany and spruce.
Tags: Preston Thompson, Thompson Guitars
1997 Bourgeois 12-Fret Orchestra Model
By: Teja Gerken
April 27, 2022
A stunning all-koa guitar from Dana Bourgeois’s early period.
Tags: Bourgeois, Guitar Demos
2019 Bourgeois Slope D – Style 35
By: Teja Gerken
April 6, 2022
A vintage-style slope-shoulder built for the 2019 NAMM show.
Tags: Bourgeois, Guitar Demos
Preston Thompson 00-12 SMA
By: Teja Gerken
March 23, 2022
A great mahogany-and-spruce 12-fret guitar with custom inlay.
2013 Mario DeSio Baritone
By: Teja Gerken
February 2, 2022
Peghead Nation’s Teja Gerken demonstrates his personal baritone guitar.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Lutherie
