Luthier Preston Thompson passed away two years ago this month, but his legacy lives on in the Thompson Guitars shop in Sisters, Oregon, where a small team of builders continues to craft the instruments he refined. In this recently released video, Preston discusses the Style-42 dreadnought he built for bluegrass star Charles Sawtelle in 1986.
Also check out Peghead Nation co-founder Scott Nygaard demonstrating the guitar in our video studio!
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Molly Tuttle’s Signature Sinker Dreadnought | Preston Thompson GuitarsThe guitarist, singer, and songwriter plays and talks about her beautiful new signature model guitar. Read More |
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Charles Sawtelle’s Preston Thompson Dreadnought Model 42Luthier Preston Thompson shows the guitar he built for the great flatpicker in 1986, modeled after Sawtelle’s 1937 Martin. Read More |
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Billy Strings | Preston Thompson Brazilian DreadnoughtBilly Strings stops by Preston Thompson Guitars in Sisters, Oregon, to pick up his second Thompson Guitar. Read More |
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Preston Thompson Guitars | Spraying a SunburstTake a look at luthier Simon Haycraft adding a sunburst in the Preston Thompson Guitars workshop. Read More |
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Peter Rowan at Preston Thompson GuitarsThe great guitarist and songwriter plays a song he wrote about Charles Sawtelle and talks about Charles introducing him to Preston Thompson. Read More |
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Jake Workman Model | Preston Thompson GuitarsBluegrass guitarist Jake Workman talks about his guitar playing path, gig with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and his signature model Thompson Guitar. Read More |
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Preston Thompson Guitars | Brazilian Rosewood BindingLuthier Kaleb Klein shows the process of binding a custom Preston Thompson Guitar with Brazilian rosewood for Dream Guitars. Read More |
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Molly Tuttle and Preston Thompson | At Carter Vintage GuitarsLuthier Preston Thompson talks about the new Thompson dreadnought built for guitarist, songwriter, and singer Molly Tuttle. Read More |
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Preston Thompson Guitars | SunburstsA look at the beautiful sunburst finishes created in the Thompson Guitars shop. Read More |
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Billy Strings and His Father’s Martin D-93The songwriter and guitarist talks with Preston Thompson Guitars about tracking down the Martin guitar his father had to sell because the family was short on money. Read More |