On this week\u2019s podcast, we talk to luthier Maegen Wells. After years of working alongside famed archtop guitar and bass builder Tom Ribbecke, Maegen is now building her own guitar\xa0and mandolin creations out of her Forestville, California workshop. \xa0\xa0
Wells\xa0has devoted nearly her entire adult life to learning the craft of lutherie and woodworking.\xa0Straight out of\xa0high school, she enrolled in\xa0Bryan Galloup\u2019s Galloup School of Guitar Building and Professional Guitar Repair.\xa0She then went on to\xa0work at the\xa0Reverend Guitars warehouse and served as an apprentice to both\xa0Andrew White and Ribbecke.
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Links:\xa0
http://www.maegenwellsguitars.com
https://www.fretboardjournal.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLYZL2xae8A\xa0(StewMac video featuring Maegen Wells\xa0creating\xa0a tortoloid pickguard for a Gibson archtop)\xa0