From his workshop in Islip, New York, John Monteleone has built a world-renowned following as a skilled luthier. Monteleone’s guitars are one-of-a-kind masterpieces of functional art, and instruments made for some of the leading rock, jazz, and folk guitarists of the late-20th and early-21st centuries: Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Julian Lage, Anthony Wilson, and Ben Harper, to name just a few.
Beginning in the early 1970s as a repairer and maker of mandolins, Monteleone has made an extraordinary lifetime journey as a craftsman of his signature guitars and other instruments. Although stunningly beautiful, there are no features of his instruments that are entirely decorative. All elements—whether they provide a refinement in acoustics or imbue a sense of style and inspiration to the performer—are deployed to create instruments with exceptional sound that happen to also be great-looking.
His full interview in 2017.
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