Stephen Bennett's ability to craft beatiful melodies is a gift that keeps on giving. Another great tune from his "Still on the line" cd, available on his website www.harpguitar.com.

He plays his Maxmonte Columbia in cedar/indian rosewood combo, a very sweet guitar!

Great video from the opening title of Matteo Gobbato's new album, "A window to somewhere", where he puts his Danube through its paces. Good job Matteo!

An original composition by Matteo Gobbato, played on a Danube

Here is Matteo Gobbato and his newest arrangment: an ectoplasmic version of the Ghostbuster theme!

It is not a new thing per se, but I thought it would be nice to re-post this since a lot of people ask about pickups for harp guitars.

here is a snippet of their post

And so it was that I had a night out in Venice with my wife... to talk about guitars!

I was invited to give a presentation on what goes on in the weird connection between a luthier's head and his hands. Two old friends of mine planned a series of presentations on the value of artisanal work and the creative process behind it: boat building, hair dressing, wine making, beer brewing... and guitar making.
So, after leaving the kids with the baby sitter, we drove to Mestre to catch a train to Venice, and walked our way to Campo San Polo (thank you GPS!!!).

Merry Christmas everybody with this nice arrangment of Forbidden Colours from Matteo Gobbato. Played on his fanned frets Danube.

Another video of Stephen Bennett playing a classic tune on his Columbia. The audio quality is pretty good, the execution flawless and it highlights the clear high register and the round bass.

Here is a very nice report of the Maxmonte Antiphony on the chitarre.accordo.it website.

The report is in italian... put if you want to have some idea of what it says check out the automated translation by google: Maxmonte Antiphony

Friend Matt Thomas sent me this video where he is jamming with Stephen Bennett: it sure looks like they are having a blast! Stephen is playing a Maxmonte Columbia with cedar top and rosewood back and sides.