Jeremy Jouve at Trilogy Guitars in Los Angeles.

Anna Vidovic at Trilogy Guitars in Los Angeles.

If you are in the Los Angeles area and in the market for a fine instrument, contact the folks at Trilogy Guitars.  Ask to get on the mailing list - they host exceptional concerts and workshops/masterclasses in a wonderful setting.  Tell them 'Dale sent me...'  :)

1930's Hauser - looked and sounded great! (Photo by J. Silva.)

Images below are from the 2004 GFA (Guitar Foundation of America) festival in Montreal, Canada (October, 2004.)  Unfortunately I did not take enough pictures to show all of the wonderful luthiers and their work - my apologies in advance and I hope to have pictures during the next event.

Trying out a 1920's vintage Hauser... (Photo by Stephen Rekas)  The guitar was for sale...

Several photos of the ensemble reading sessions conducted by Jan-Olaf Eriksson.  In addition to commercial publications Joe provides a number of free scores in PDF format on his web site; both solos and ensemble music.

A few shots from the Luthiers section of the festival. One of the challenges of this event is refraining from purchasing new guitars (my budget is just too small...)  Some of the guitar dealers and luthiers were:  Armin Kelly (Guitars International), Fritz Mueller, Steve Conner, Scott Richter, Frederich Holtier, Daniele Chiesa, Olivier Fanton d'Andon, and Oskar Graf. Above, luthiers  Greg Byers (and one of his awesome guitars!) and Lane Schafer during a quiet moment.

Lane, his wife and his great sounding guitars.

Luthier Mike Peters decided to add something a little different to this guitar... Self portrait Mike?   In addition to having the distinctive head stock this guitar and Mike's traditional instruments have a great sound.