A amazing nice guitar

 When I was visiting a guitarshow some years ago in Sweden, someone told me to take a look at one guitarbuilder there, and see a kind of worn, relic Tele that I tested..and what a guitar, I told that builder that this must be my guitar, and he also offered me a trade show discount, but then my wallet was thinner then before and had to let that go. 

Two or three years later, I found a ad on a Sonnemo Tele, exactly looking at that I tested, and it was a old time friend that had purchased it and now was to sell it, and history tells me it should be that actually guitar I tested then at the tradeshow, and it ended up that I got it now..so,.it was my guitar!!!.And my long years with Anders Thidell that had the magic touch, it seems that this guy have the magic as well.

This guy, Sonnemo builds guitars with souls I must say, that magic is doing the trick fo me anyway...

It gives you the extra thing, the feeling and inspiration that is soul of a guitar. 

Bigsby B16 done (54)

Done, and have the right feeling, great work by Guitarmakers that had to fiddle a lot to make the roller bridge work since it was the standard plate and bridge before, so.....Like it, a lot!

It will maybe be for sale, but not really sure now, it is kind of perfect now...and to let it go will maybe just make me regret that later on......If I know myself....

 

Bigsby B16 soon to be on one....

With a help now from GuitarMakers here in Stockholm,Sweden,that have a great workshop at Lundagatan and that I hope will fit the shoes from my late Anders regarding the fine-tuning and other works needed on my guitars , now one is on the table for a Bigsby B16, one go the best looking tremolos I think, and would be great on this one.

Looking forward to get this in my hands for a test and make sure the passion is there and the guitar in the best feeling possible, as all my guitars need to be...good looking, but seriously best to play on......
 

Telecaster item

Just had to apply that good looking "Chet Atkins" tremolo arm on the Bigsby, I am satisfied with this, big time as it also feels better then the standard one with Bigsby tremolos ..

 I am now picking up the artwork guitars again, even as I have so hard to sell anyone of them, they get almost friends , and just doing them is enough for me, the exhibitions is more painful then fun, but now when Anders is in heaven and I am still here, let's just do them as long it is you get that right feeling.....

New Item Hagstrom

Number 115 ( it is not my 115 th guitar made, just the numbers rolling on in my works, the most I don´t feel satisfied when done and then I start from scratch with it, so you get a point how many works are deleted....).Well,  This one is actually a guitar from 1959-1960 or about, I bought about 1976-79 and just had it and in a early mode in about 1982 I did start to get rid of all perloid and sissy things.. ( since that was a ugly thing I tought then....well, I´m a idiot sometimes...) I did left it in the house we lived in that time,a house that was bought by a friend to us,Johan,and this summer, about 30 years later I finally visit the house to see what happened there,and he was at home and it was a great reunion talk for some hours. Just when I was to leave he mentioned that I had a guitar still there, I could not really remind me that I had, but he insisted and after a while he walks out with this Hagström and I recall everything, but it was as I left it, stripped down in the bones and been laying pushed away all this time.I had it back and just get in the mood to make a art guitar of it. Struggling to get orginal parts ( and did get info that I had wrecked a 1959-60 unique model that has a solid body, not the later standard´s that was hollow), finally I could put on the Absolut bar that evening..., a heroic work by Anders Thidell to the last minute made it....I just love this one, and its actually sounds great!

Laurin´s Lada, Burgsvik Gotland

2 Guitars with paintings and 2 paintings exposed at Laurin´s´lada in Burgsvik, Gotland Sweden until
13th July.
Also other artists are there and worth a visit if you are in Gotland

Gallery Draken 12-24 Apr Stockholm 2014

A vernissage at Gallery Draken, östralånggatan 25 Gamla Stan, Stockholm, welcome Open 11-17 every day

The lounge vernissage, a absolute evening....

A very nice evening at Atelier, absolut company lounge in a old bank house, fantastic interior and design.This was a invitation only evening with guests.10 guitars was exposed and also the latest Hagström guitar, a guitar I have owned since about 1974 and was almost forgotten, but now it´s back in re-designed shape.

New items 2012

New Items coming up 2012, will be exposed on my next exhibition soon. The guitars are fitted with TrueTemperament frets and fitted with vintage parts of course, custom pickguard in steel, made in love, all of them. SOLD

Number 3, I do like this one very much, maybe needs to be my personal...

Number 4, turned out exactly as I wanted it to be

Number 12, Can´t decide if I really want to sell this one...

Exibithions 2012

SUMMER GALLERY and opening at 1/7 at the fantastic great and cool new gallery at the ship EGIL, placed at Liljeholmen, close to the south side of Liljeholms bridge. The owner is a great guy and are showing his own works there as well! Open from 15.00 to late hopefully. Very welcome to see some of my stuff and also very great stuff from some other artists like Johan Ström etc. .

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I had a stand in the Fuzz Guitar show, held at Eriksbergshallen Gothenburg at 5-6 may. Included some guitars from my new colleague and artist Jesper Eriksson that carvs into the wood by hand, really nice and in his own style.

Hopefully a art exibithion inside this guitar oriented show will make some people curios about other things then mass produced stuff is to be seen there. I don´t expect that anyone will purchase on the show , but like to show that guitars also can be art at the same time as a instrument. Giving the very special to a special guitarist and artist at the same time.

Vernissage / Exibithions 2011

Opening of my own gallery, located in Liljeholmen Stockholm 15/6 2011, also combined with a photo exibithion with Joseph P Lutz, a alter ego of a great guy. Will be open for public during July ( Wednesday- Friday 2-6 pm ( 14.00 - 18.00). For any question please mail . Adress is Liljeholmsvägen 8 in Liljeholmen ( T-Station Liljeholmen)



SXSW Austin Texas USA March 16-20


Austin Lyric Opera March 18 (special vernissage) see what happened here, and also some stuff going around my artworks and guitars.


Swedish Day Party at Antones March 19

Laika, a special project

A special project for client, sold and handed over!!

Item No: 55 Solid Body Fat Bastard

With TT frets and EverTune® tuning system. This will stay in tune as long the client will use it....
Hard to belive but, it does!

SOLD!

Vernissage / exhibitions 2010

On Ishuset Hönö-Klova 14-31 July 2010

lilla galleriet 8-23 May Gothenburg



On So Stockholm Gallery Stockholm, 18-20 march 2010.

New item: Gibson series No 95 tune-o-matic

No 95 120x70cm artwork on steel and steelframe including one designed Gibson LesPaul fitted with TrueTemperament fretboard

See a short test on this guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlw2vxj_ci4

New Item: Gibson series No 88 electric guitar

No 88 120 X 70 cm artwork on steel and steelframe fitted with a Gibson LesPaul and TrueTemperament fretboard.
(Sold)

New Item: Telecaster with guitar included No:54

1200x700mm on steelplate and corroded frame, with custom built guitar on Fender®Telecaster base fitted with True Temperament frets. (sold)

New Item: Telecaster-66 with guitar included No:53

1200x700mm on steelplate and corroded frame, with custom built guitar on Fender®Telecaster base fitted with True Temparement fretboard. ( sold)

New Item: Telecaster with guitar included-58 No:52

1200x700mm on steelplate and corroded frame, with custom built guitar on Fender®Telecaster base with True Temperament frets.Corroded steel pickguard

New Item: Telecaster with guitar included-63 No:51

1200x700mm on steelplate and corroded frame, with custom built guitar on Fender®Telecaster base and fitted with true temperament frets and Bigsby Tremolo.
Not sold but can't really, have to save this for myself.....so, SOLD