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GALLERY: Montreal Guitar Show 2012

The biennial Montreal Guitar Show is home to some of the world''s most stunning handcrafted electrics, archtops, and acoustics.

Andy Ellis
By Andy EllisJul 03, 2012
Andy Ellis
Senior Editor Andy Ellis learned to play classical and rock guitar in France and Germany, and then went on to study jazz at Boston's Berklee College of Music. After playing in bands for several years, Andy discovered he had an affinity for music journalism. During the last two-and-a-half decades, he has written hundreds of features, interviews, and lessons. His work has appeared in virtually every guitar magazine and many websites in the U.S., and dozens of his lessons are collected in popular instructional books. Now based in Nashville, Andy backs singer-songwriters on the baritone guitar.
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Meredith Coloma
"Meredith Coloma's Ray steel-string features a striking back representing the Japanese naval flag and her native Vancouver mountains. The back is made from satinwood, bloodwood, rosewood, and ironwood. The guitar also has a 3-piece top made from cedar, spruce, and fir, and features an internal soundbox she developed with the master luthier Michael Dunn."
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