Harvey Thomas Custom Guitars tribute pages
August 30th, 2007
In our new Fall 2007 issue, we printed Tim Olsen’s story about eccentric electric guitar builder Harvey Thomas. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Thomas built some truly out-of-this-world creations–guitars shaped like Maltese Crosses, headstocks that look like elf shoes, crazy conversions to otherwise innocent Gibson archtops–and, as a kid, Olsen was lucky enough to work for the builder. The story turned out fantastic and the photographs (taken at Guitar Maniacs in Tacoma, WA and at the Experience Music Project in Seattle) were great, but we left out one minor detail: Olsen is on the lookout for additional Harvey Thomas guitar sightings so he can add them to the Thomas photo gallery he’s building! Check out his Harvey Thomas site and you’ll learn a lot more about these unique guitars. And be sure to check out where Olsen works when he’s not writing about funky electrics–the Guild of American Luthiers. –JV
Entry Filed under: Guitar, Lutherie, FJ Issue 7
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