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THE SWEETEST SOUND A LUTHIER HEARS? It's "SOLD." Musicians Terry Kingen, left, and Bear Davis might have been helping out the luthier whose guitars they played at mini-concert demos at the La Conner Guitar Festival last weekend. More than 1,000 people, primarily men, came to sixth annual show in Maple Hall. At least one bought a guitar.
A couple thousand artisans, luthiers, musicians and wood millers from as far away as Italy and Spain, landed here last weekend for the sixth annual La Conner Guitar Festival to see, listen to and play the handcrafted and carefully sourced guitars and mandolins.
Most prices ranged from $8,000 to $26,000.
"I make high-end rectangles!" said walnut-wood lover Felly Smith.
His stack of walnut and red cedar, milled to the size of the neck and body shape of a guitar, begged for a luthier.
Before milling wood for guitars, Smith crafted percussion instruments for members of bands such as Los Lobos and...
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