New Orleans Guitars

Last year I came across the web site of New Orleans Guitars. I’d never actually seen one, but they looked beautiful in the site’s photos. I tried to contact the company, but this was shortly after Katrina so I wasn’t surprised that I didn’t get a response. 

Now Musicians Hotline has an interview with owner Vince Geirdroz. He evacuated to Houston before the storm hit. When he finally got back to his shop he found the place had taken in three feet of water; everything in the place was covered with mold and slime. After some soul searching he decided to rebuild in New Orleans rather than start up again somewhere else or go to work for someone else.

It has taken some time, but as of the date of the interview he had 3 employees at work and 35 guitars in progress. Welcome back, Vince!

Comments

[Ricky Bobby]

Go Vince go! The amount of soul swamp music joojoo coming out of that city will certainly produce some great guitars!