About:

My workshop is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, five miles from my home in Providence. The four-story brick building was built in 1919 and stands as a reminder of the old way industry worked in New England. Two other very talented luthiers occupy the 5000 square foot space with me. Zach Martin specializes in Upright Bass restoration and Tucker Densley is a Cremonese Violin expert. On random occasions, masterpieces from their craft will come through the doors of our shop. What an experience it is to hear and examine these exceptional instruments. That I can use this coveted information in my own work repairing vintage instruments and building hollow body jazz archtop guitars amazes me each day.

Today, many years from that first pairing knife, I build guitars and fretted instruments that marry contemporary forms with classic aesthetic and create perfect harmony in look, feel and sound. My instruments have been played by some of the most talented musicians out there and I’ve been entrusted to repair vintage instruments that are literally irreplaceable.

There are times when I come home from the shop—when whole days have been dedicated to working with only a few square inches of wood—that I return to the pictures of my great grandfather’s ivory sculptures. He did what he did, quietly and with great patience, until he died in 1953. After 20 years of building instruments, I am still as passionate about my work as I was the day I first stood, in awe, and witnessed our history’s premier instrument works at that famous Staten Island music store. In this way I have been very lucky. I thank my family for the inspiration, my parents for the encouragement and my many mentors for sharing their skills, their stories and their secrets.

Contact:

D'Ambrosio Guitars, USA

info@dambrosioguitars.com