Bend is often known for being the location where Breedlove Guitars was founded, however, there are also a handful of nationally known boutique guitar builders in the area. These Central Oregon instrument builders are featured in the September edition of Bend Magazine.

I had the pleasure of meeting with the talented photographer, Ron Raport, who is also an Urlacher Guitars enthusiast. We connected in scenic Sunriver, OR, for a guitar shoot in nature. I love seeing one of my creations amongst trees, which are of course a natural resource that my work relies heavily upon.

It has been a longtime goal to partner with premier boutique guitar dealer, Dream Guitars. I dug into the wood stash and selected this old, rare set of fiddleback Mahogany, paired with a perfect German Spruce top.

In October of 2023, Dustin took possession of this Redwood/ Walnut beauty. Dustin expressed interest in a Redwood guitar that would compliment the tone of his Rosewood/Spruce guitars. Given that I live in Oregon, we thought it would be neat to go with Pacific Northwest timbers.

I was excited to say the least, when my client approached me about incorporating a Charles Rennie Mackintosh theme into his Modern Dreadnought Cutaway. It was a unique challenge to create CRM inspired designs that are meaningful to my client.

Inspiring new solo album and music video Atlas, have been released by guitarist Karlijn Langendijk. Atlas is a collection of personal experiences expressed through music. The album is a unique mixture of classical and modern fingerstyle techniques and was inspired by travels throughout different countries.

While turning 50 years old this month, I’ll be stringing up my 50th Urlacher Guitar. There are a lot of things I could write about for this post but I keep coming back to gratitude…

It was my extreme pleasure to build this Concert Guitar for fingerstyle guitarist and composer, Karlijn Langendijk. Urlacher guitars, built for fingerstyle, seemed like a good fit for Karlijn's sweet melodies and unique playing style.

What an absolute blast I had attending Tom Bowersox's guitar show earlier this month. "Bowersox International Guitarpoloza" is a weekend filled with guitar enthusiasts, guitars made by 10 luthiers, and an impressive lineup of guitarists: Frog and Toad, Dustin Furlow, Karlijn Langendijk and Tony McManus.

My latest build has made its way to Virginia Beach; in the hands of the incredibly talented fingerstyle guitarist, singer-songwriter, Dustin Furlow. Dustin's playing style brings out the warmth and sweet nuance of this guitar. Check out the video!