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Welcome back to the Work/Shop! Get a rare glimpse behind the scenes of some of the world’s most revered mom-and-pop music shops and luthiers. In this episode, we travel to Gloucester, Massachusetts to meet Ken Parker, Guitar Maker and Owner of Ken Parker Archtops (@kenparkerarchtoppery9440). Learn how one of the world’s most masterful guitar builders got his start and built his legacy.
Check out the guitar strings Ken Parker builds his legendary archtops around: https://ddar.io/12-53-pb
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 How Ken Parker started building guitars
02:50 The guitar that inspired Ken Parker’s Archtop design
04:20 The secret ingredient Ken Parker uses to make his guitars extraordinary
06:20 Is Ken Parker the most accomplished guitar builder in the world?
08:25 Orville Gibson’s design contribution to archtop guitars
10:00 The engineering behind Ken’s neck joints
11:40 Why Ken Parker Archtops are built to support D’Addario guitar strings
13:55 Ken Parker’s guitars join the greats at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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