German Guitars

08/05/2026

2026 Raven redesigned - solid hemlock top is acoustic, pickups are mounted to boxes anchored to a small block that runs down the back alone. Back and neck are birdseye maple.
Neck is adjustable/removable
Fralin P-90 and Unbucker, 3-way w/coil drop
Headplate/fingerboard/bridge/tailpiece are Bocote

04/03/2025

https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-greg-german-luthier/

We had the good fortune of connecting with Greg German...

09/09/2024

Skylark in Sitka with Padauk and Purpleheart

07/19/2024

Who likes Padauk? This will be/is a striking color for the back and sides.

04/08/2024

Kingbird: The Gray Kingbird is a large, assertive flycatcher often seen around towns and mangroves in coastal areas. Large headed and heavy billed like other kingbirds, the Gray Kingbird has ashy gray upperparts that grade into dark gray-brown wings and tail, with the hint of a dark mask through the eyes. Monochrome as it may be, this bird is a familiar favorite throughout its range owing to its boisterous pitirre! vocalizations and fighter-pilot flycatching—pursuing dragonflies and wasps on aerial chases that may cover 100 yards.

08/22/2023

Come play this one at the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival in September:
New 16" multi-scale archtop. Sitka top, Sapele back, sides, and neck. Rare 'Bees wing' figure on the sapele back. 26" bass scale, 25" treble scale. Patent pending neck joint makes the neck adjustable and removable.

06/05/2023

Airlines break guitars. With a removeable neck, you can travel with the guitar in a carry-on box like this one I made for the latest 7-string archtop:

05/03/2023

Latest 7-string:

09/23/2022

The latest version of my adjustable neck joint:

09/10/2022

THIS WEEKEND!! Just check out the schedule of events happening in Olde Town Arvada, you won't believe it! https://www.ArchtopFestival.com/schedule/

The world's only exclusively-archtop guitar luthier showcase with clinics, performances, demos, panels and presentations, plus The Chisels are Calling film screening AND, the famous Blue Guitar collection on display!

Artists include Jimmy Bruno, Frank Vignola, Howard Alden, Fareed Haque, Sean McGowan, Bruce Forman, Ron Jackson, Jocelyn Gould, Pat Bergeson, Davy Mooney, Paul Asbell, Jim Nichols, Ted Ludwig, Zakk Jones, Paul Ricci, John Storie, Perry Smith, Will Brahm, Wayne Wilkinson, Alicyn Yaffee, Donovan Raitt, Nate Lopez, Giacomo Fiore, Mason Razavi, Lisa Liu, Mark Tonelli, Doug Martin, Jamey Arent, Taylor Roberts and more…