Grateful Guitars Luthiery LLC

02/28/2026

Tricone resonator guitar is finally finished. Very happy with the tone and playability of this guitar. We'll be building more of these for sure.

11/20/2025

Well....as a Luthier/Woodworker, I decided to make a resonator cover plate instead of using the metal traditional one. Made of walnut, ebony and curly maple. I, personally, really like the look of the wood cover plate opposed to the metal one.

10/29/2025

Before and after pictures of the Martin D-28 repair. New top is Adirondack spruce. All of the binding and purfling, bridge, and some of the bracing was salvaged from the original top and reused on the new top. What bracing couldn't be salvaged we made new bracing to original specs.

10/09/2025

Haven't posted any pics of the Martin repair lately....body is in the spray booth getting the final coats of lacquer....very pleased with how it's coming along.

10/03/2025

Update on the tricone build.....moving along nicely. Starting the sanding process and still working on getting the neck finished up.

09/23/2025

Progress on the Martin D-28 top replacement.
Braces are all glued and shaped to original specs....top is glued to the original back and sides and trimmed flush to the sides...neck fits perfectly....double checked measurements for bridge placement....all looks great. Preparing to route the top to reinstall the top purfling and binding. Should be ready for the spray booth by the end of the week.

09/19/2025

A friend just notified me that he got a friend request from me...so I guess I've been hacked....please don't accept any friend requests from me. Thank you.

09/18/2025

As a luthier shop, besides building handcrafted guitars, we are also a full service repair shop. Pictures show a major repair we are currently working on. A 2018 Martin D-28 that had a huge broken section of the lower bout. We are replacing the top with an upgraded Adirondack spruce top. We were able to salvage the rosette purfling, top binding and purfling and most of the braces from the original top. The original rosette purfling has been inlaid into the new top and sound hole cut. In the process of laying out and gluing the top braces now. We'll show progress of the repair on future posts.

09/16/2025

Getting closer to looking like a real guitar.
Getting ready to bend the maple binding....then route the body and glue the binding. Still a little tidying up of the grill sound holes to be done as well.

09/07/2025

08/30/2025

1959 Martin 00-18 repairs completed. Multiple cracks in the top, back and side glued and cleated; new bridge made and installed with bone saddle; fingerboard sanded flat and regretted with new frets; new bone nut; set-up with level crown and polish; strung up with D'addario silk and steel strings; entireguitar cleaned and polished. Zach did an amazing job bringing this classic guitar back to life. It sounds and plays awesome!!!