Bryan Galloup started his career working with world-famous repairman and author Dan Erlewine. Together they pioneered lutherie techniques and tools which have become standard in the business today. Bryan took over the Guitar Hospital in 1986, when Dan moved to Ohio to do research and development for Stewart MacDonald, the guitar shop supply company. Bryan built on the business Dan created, and founded Galloup Guitars’ School of Lutherie.
Bryan uses the knowledge gained from thirty years of restoring fine vintage guitars to create excellent new instruments of his own. Producing yet another series of “prewar copy” guitars is not his plan: Bryan has designed and redesigned until today each of his models unique in style. His restoration techniques have been featured in numerous magazines, books, and videos.
Today the shop
has now grown
to become the
4500 sq. ft. climate-controlled
facility that
is Galloup Guitars,
with wood processing
capabilities that
ensure the finest,
most stable woods.
Galloup tone woods
are air seasoned
after kiln drying
and rotated on
at least a two-year
cycle so they
remain stable
through climate
and seasonal changes.
Except for the
frets and tuners,
every part of
a Galloup Guitar
is built in-house.
Even the finishes
are unique: resulting
from Bryan’s
years of testing
and collaboration
with coating companies.
The finish on
your Galloup guitar
is a premium high-gloss
nitrocellulose
lacquer that doesn’t
dampen the instruments’
acoustic performance
or sacrifice wood
protection.
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