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More gorgeous instruments from the halls of Montreal

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Bill Tippin of Tippin Guitars has been designing, building and repairing stringed instruments for the past 30 years. He showcased a Crescendo Al Petteway (Staccato Fan Fret series) and a Bravado at this year's show.


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Mario Beauregard is a renowned luthier with clients on all continents. His instruments are true works of art and known for their beautiful designs and tonal qualities.


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This 17'' archtop acoustic-electric guitar from Ribbecke Guitars is an "X"-braced traditional instrument, featuring a hand-carved and graduated top and back. Four different archtop models are available in traditional or modern shape with several peghead designs.


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Osthoff Guitars featuring the Auditorium Series. Similar in size and depth to a Dreadnought, but with a newly refined body shape offering more clarity to individual notes. An excellent model for longer scale instruments.


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The Lyrist (left) by Bill Comins is violin-inspired. The body consists of solid mahogany and the top features a gracefully carved figured maple with fine inlayed purfling. The Vert Axe (right) is an electric jazz guitar designed to be played sitting straight up.


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Sheldon Schwartz of Schwartz Guitars has been building innovative guitars for 17 years. He brought an Oracle guitar and a new Small Jumbo to the show.


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John Monteleone's Quattroport features unique soundhole designs. A third hole is located on the side under the player's arm, and an elliptical soundhole is located on the top.


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Richard Baudry has more than 70 creations to his credit including acoustic, electric, and bass models, among others. He has made quite the name for himself not only in France, but also with amateurs, professionals and collectors in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg.


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Jean-Yves Alquier specializes in building concert classical guitars. At the show, he presented his classical Juliette as well as a unique jazz guitar model built specially for the Montreal event.


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Franck Cheval of Cheval Guitars has created more than 550 customized guitars on special orders since 1981. He exhibited his signature model, his steel and nylon string acoustics as well as his sculpted archtops at this year's show.


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Jean-Marie Fouilleul was named the "best craftsman in France" in 1989, only 10 years after building his first guitar. He focuses mainly on enhancing performance guitars and draws inspiration from both ancient and modern instruments. He presented an Arche-type performance model at the show.


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Olivier Pozzo is ranked among the top ten French luthiers. He builds a wide range of acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments, including a concert classical guitar. He exhibited his Guitarsonic models from his Horizon collection at this year's show.


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Francis Vendramini of Vendarmini Guitars constructs electric, acoustic, folk and jazz manouche guitars. At the show, he exhibited a 12-fret turn-of-the-century/Parlor-style instrument and a manouche guitar.


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Jef Demers of Demers Guitars makes around 12 instruments a year and has been in the business since 1993. He specializes in electroacoustics and displayed two archtop versions of his Voodoo, one electroacoustic model and one L13 acoustic guitar at this year's show.


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Demers L13 acoustic on display.