The Luthier’s Blog

Rumford Heritage Day

Rumford Heritage Day

WR Custom Guitars is pleased to have been a part of the 2013 Rumford Heritage Day Jam during the Crossroads Celtic Festival featuring 10 Strings and a Goat Skin, Silas & Nolan Rogers, and the Gawler Sisters. Here's a big shout out to Phil McIntyre & The Skye...

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Denny Breau at Skye Theatre

Denny Breau at Skye Theatre

Here's Maine's own Denny Breau playing his WR Custom Acoustic Guitar Live at the Skye Theatre in Carthage, Maine. Denny lays out an entertaining Chet Atkins medley teaching how the style works, and then slips into some of Lenny Breau's incredibly rich finger work for...

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Standard Series Update

Standard Series Update

Hi all! This is Bill Russo here at WR Custom Guitars. I'd like to take a moment to share a little about what's happening here at the shop. The response I've received since the release of the website and the recent ads has been fantastic! I've enjoyed speaking with...

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Acoustic Guitar Maker Builds Each Piece By Hand

Acoustic Guitar Maker Builds Each Piece By Hand

I'd like to give a huge thanks and shout of appreciation to Linda Leiva for writing up this feature in the Lewiston Sun Journal, and to Jose Leiva for taking these incredible photos of me in action at the Builder's Workshop. You guys are both amazing, and so...

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