This is one of the best 22 namm videos I’ve seen and that area rarely gets any highlight in general. Thanks!

That young guy, Max Spohn, has great potential. I'd love to see his guitars in 20 years from now.

Man, that “Deconstruction” guitar was simply amazing! Thats really innovative thinking in what is generally a pretty conservative field.

they are all great, but Max Spohn in particular, such beautiful instruments! and we already knew Matsuda is a genius!!

Matsuda’s deconstructed guitar is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever seen. I want it!!!

Awesome video. I really like the Verso guitars. I'm pretty sure it will make some guys cry "blasphemy!" and that's what I really like about it. The price is pretty steep, though, considering the body is a piece of bent sheet metal. The carbon fiber guitars are interesting, but it's a bit odd to me that the guy talks about how that different material frees them to do different shapes, yet those guitars shown in the video are very "Gibsony" and traditional.

The Stummvoll B or this Japanese deconstructed Guitar, one looks really Bauhaus and the other one so Picasso to me. Beautiful. I would love to play both!

Thanks Dan that was awesome for those of us that can't make it there

I've never really been a fan of the headless look, but man, the Sankey stuff is stunning.

Thank you Dan and Co. !

Yes, there’s a lot of things going on in Lutherie right now. We are right in the middle of a new golden age era, with a lot of people thinking outside the box. Some innovations are so clever that I wonder how this wasn’t invented before.

Thanks for this video! It's great to see these different boutique builders from around the world.

Those were some amazing builds! Very nice presentation 👍

I'm fascinated by the tailpiece tuning system of the Sankey Andromeda. That's the first time I've seen that on an archtop. Brilliant!

Beautiful, beautiful guitars! Thank you for the video!

You have the absolute BEST guitar tech videos on KZfaq. Thanks for capturing this one.😄

wow, some really incredible pieces!

Wild and beautiful! Super impressive.

Kauer is doing a wonderful job of making beautiful guitars. Happy to see them get a little screen time

Wow very cool. Thanks!

I went to high school with Mike Sankeys daughter. Really cool to see him doing so well!!

These guitars are beautiful works of art! It's wonderful to see these artistic luthiers and their creations! Thanks for sharing this video.

Extraordinary new concepts in guitar building. Unbelievable talent out there!

Great video! Thank you!!

What a delight to see local builder Mike Sankey included! I've had the pleasure of chatting with Mike on numerous occasions, and even playing one of his fascinating Klein-like 7-strings, made for a local jazz musician/instructor. As offbeat as the designs might look, he always aims for comfort, playability, and just enough familiarity to achieve that. If i had a winning lottery ticket, I'd most definitely want him to build me something.

You hit all the most interesting guitars I saw across the various channels covering NAMM but you actually talked to builders and showcased their work. Awesome video. Thank you for highlighting these incredible pieces.

Thank You for covering NAMM . Your company has a really cool reputation and name lol .

An inspiration to all guitar builders everywhere.

This was a great video. Thank you.

Wow! Got a guitar festival in Vancouver B. C. coming up. Those are a treat to go to. Not just the big names but locals and one offs. Attended one in LaConner and got to go hands on with a couple beautifully crafted acoustics. I'm jelly I didn't get to do NAMM.

Thank you!

The Masuda guitar was very cool looking.

Nice quote at the end by Matsuda: "Follow your heart, it doesn´t have to be perfect. Keep on doing, keep on making."

Great video!!!

i loved the sliding pickups and carbon fiber guitars. I want to get into 3d printed guitars

Awesome video, production, footage and information top notch. I'm glad to have found your channel. Thank you for creating such great content.

My jaw was on the floor for these. Wow

Wow that was great 😀

Just wow. I wish I was at that show to fiddle around with those guitars. All very interesting!

No surprise trend is to non-wood bodies, or ones made from wood scraps, and castoffs. Precious little of "the good stuff" left. Kudos to the innovative designers and builders of these stunning instruments. Fossilized mammoth bone with a gold backing for an inlay. Love it!

These headless tuners are very cool

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! Thanks for this video!!!

amazing video and interviews

Those German acoustics at the start are sick.

spohn guitars looks so good

I want them all!

Amazing

Super interesting stuff. I've seen minimal coverage of maybe 1-2 brands on this list. Thanks for putting a list together. Cheers..

great intro

Great video, very interesting!

EXCELLENT.

Awesome

I can't tell you how exited I am by verso guitars. I'd pretty much given up making guitars, (too much stress for a hobby). But that thing inspired me. I want to make something with magnetic puckups like that. That's great idea!!!!

Very nice new ideas. I most liked the Stradi basses(as bassplayer) ;)

This video was so interesting! I've been to NAMM and never seen this area!! My favorite was Robin from Germany. I dig his innovation and design! Great post!! Thank you for the post! Greetings from Hollywood California.

Matsuda’ first guitar looks amazing. It’s like he summoned the ghost of Picasso to do the concept drawings. It’s fantastic...literally.

This is great, but would really liked to have heard them too.

Wish we could also hear these.

Now this is a fresh look at the future craftsmen in the guitar world. I always thought the guitars we see and get today are basically all the same design. The headless guitars look so cool but the innovations at this show was so refreshing and off the charts. Good to see the skills going into innovative designs. Some of these new guitars will be collectors items.

You know I never realised/knew what NAMM stood for , lol

thanks. for a inspiring video...you are great person for all you post is interesting educational inspiring.thank God above for you and continued good work

spohn makes some GORGEOUS guitars, my lord! the classic looks with modern aesthetics. i would pay $1,500-$2,000 for one of those.

I only have luthier guitars, I love having unique pieces

Matsuda is a monster!

Were there any bass builders in the boutique guitar showcase? That would have been nice to see highlighted in this video.

Inspiring! Thanks for sharing! Funny, I’ve lived in same house 30 years, apparently, I have been practicing “Mottainai” very very well…. 🤓🤥🤭🥳👍

It's good to see those people with a mind set building a different instrument with an excellent quality. They need some more support and NAMM offers this place.

Movable and changeable pickups.... wow

great video but a brief sound demo for each would make it 10x better

Great content and thought provoking guitars. Matsuda is a genius

WOW!!!!!!!

2:43 The city of AutoWah? Damn, I bet that had an effect on your playing style…

Impressive builders to say the least, very creative.

as a touring guitar tech that had my hands on tens of thousands of guitars over the decades with my favourites, I can say not all of those designer's styles resonate with me to want to play say in a band situation, BUT I am so over the moon they are doing what they are doing with passion and ingenuity pushing the guitar in new directions with new and recycled materials and with bold shapes and new features,. if I were a millionaire, I'd rather buy one of all of these to hang on a wall as talking pieces - than invest in a 58 Les Paul. these are true works of art, In the beginning, guitars were designed in a very functional and rudimentary way. now, these designers are coming at it from far left field and with such an openness to just do what's in their head, never have I seen a folded steel guitar, or the deconstruction series, id love to sit for a day just looking at all of these close-up and seeing where each luthier has pushed the envelope, Amazing work, truly magical pieces of design and imagination,

The Sankey archtops are very interesting though I'd want nothing attached to the top except the bridge (which should not be mounted, only held in place by string tension) like traditional archtops. No pickup or floating neck pickup and controls mounted to the floating pickguard (attached to the side; floating tailpiece also attached to the side. These are a great start, looking forward to more.

All good and well from the design/engineering end, however, I would prefer to hear them being played.

The sheet metal guitar with the moveable pickup is a brilliant design. It's hard to believe that standard guitar makers, and pickup makers have not adopted a plug in or clip-in pickups to make fast and easy pickup changes. I know lots of old guys will respond something like "It's just soldered, anyone can do it!" And that old way of thinking is what keeps industry in the past. Not everyone wants to - or even SHOULD have to learn soldering just to make pickup changes.

Cooooool

Hello, sir. Is it ok to use an NGR penetrating wood stain on an acoustic guitar? I have bought one online but I'm worried it could muffle my guitar or something. The plan is to stain both fretboard and body and then apply clear lacquer top coat on the body. Got a pretty old spruce top mahogany back and sides here which sounds great but badly needs refurbishing

Loved the meraphosia headless but I bet they cost more than I can save lol "if you have to ask you can't afford"

When I find myself in California,/Sampling boutique luthierie,/At Robin Stummvoll's table,/Letter B.

2:42 Hank Green?!?

Would have been nice to hear them. The sound is the most important part.

New ghost drive is the best centaur clone ever made

i saw that sheet metal one in an article and it seems like some brilliant innovations but it looks like when u would try to play up high on fret board you wouldnt be able to

Very nice and I appreciate their incredible talent. Still, it is hard to imagine anyone creating the other-wordly level of innovation Steinberger, Klein, Parker, and to a lesser extent Teuffle (spelling?) and Troussart (Spelling"), developed. Still wish someone would sell Klein-style bodies for today's wealth of replacement necks. I had planned to try making my own, but I lost most of my vision after retirement and that has become a faded memory.

Mariposa = butterfly

Those Ava guitars looked sweet.

Fiiiiiiirrrreeeeeee!

Awesome video, but sadly, we didn't get to here any of them.

Michihiro has built some BEAUTIFUL pieces! Wow! I also couldn’t believe how much I loved those carbon fibre guitars! I’ve never been a fan of those, but I would absolutely bring a few into the studio or onto the stage if they looked like that. Spectacular builders, all of them. VERY impressed with the bent, sheet metal guitars! A bit of a novelty, but there are indie artists all over that would jump at the chance to own something as cool, and as unique as those beasts. Thank you for sharing! Hopefully I’ll get around to seeing the next show in person. Take care! Ps. Love your products! Has really helped me exceed my own expectations of myself as a guitarist and luthier. From East Coast Canada 🌊 🇨🇦!- Parker

The sheet metal Taco shell guitar.......how are you supposed to access the fretboard?

Ebony acoustic? Must sound good. My ebony guitarlele sure does.

Some neat ideas but unfortunatly most guitarists think that guitar technoledgy peaked in 1956 and just don't want to know.

yeah........

until we hear how these products sound, they remain objects of furniture design

Hello sir try to visit elegee custom guitar builder here in philippnes

Does he call it a "Flying B"?

Alot of big names stayed away this year

Imagine is Ava made a headless guitar. I feel like he would make a gorgeous headless.