Maker
Preston Thompson Guitars
United States boutique acoustic guitar maker
Preston Thompson Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or luthier-led acoustic guitar maker.
Models
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Preston Thompson OM & 14-Fret 000
Steel-string guitar · United States
This Preston Thompson family pairs the OM and the 14-fret 000, both with a relatively slim body depth that gives quickness to the sound and strong string-to-string and bass-to-treble balance. The longer OM scale generally gives more punch and volume for flat-pickers and fingerpickers, while the shorter 000 scale lowers string tension to suit fingerstyle and blues players. Both share Adirondack red spruce tops, advanced X-brace placement, hand-graduated tops, scalloped bracing, and dovetail neck joints.
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Preston Thompson Dreadnought
Steel-string guitar · United States
The Preston Thompson Dreadnought is a powerful prewar-style guitar that the maker says can stand up to the volume of a mandolin, fiddle and banjo and provide an almost full orchestral backing to vocals. It is built with Adirondack red spruce tops, advanced X-brace placement, hand-graduated tops, prewar-style hand-carved scalloped braces, nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, and dovetail neck joints. The design is based on the famous 1937 Herringbone Dreadnought owned by the late Charles Sawtelle.
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Categories
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Acoustic Guitars
Acoustic steel-string and nylon-string guitars, guitar model families, and related variants.
Representative model
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Preston Thompson Dreadnought
Steel-string guitar · United States
The Preston Thompson Dreadnought is a powerful prewar-style guitar that the maker says can stand up to the volume of a mandolin, fiddle and banjo and provide an almost full orchestral backing to vocals. It is built with Adirondack red spruce tops, advanced X-brace placement, hand-graduated tops, prewar-style hand-carved scalloped braces, nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, and dovetail neck joints. The design is based on the famous 1937 Herringbone Dreadnought owned by the late Charles Sawtelle.