About
" What I like about your work is that it is visionary. It is as if your guitars were coming from a different time, that could be forward or the past."
Marco Coppiardi,
Violin maker, Cremona
Thierry André is a professional luthier based in St-Jean-Port-Joli Qc, Canada.
" Through his work, André takes full ownership of the making of the guitar instrument: Under his hand, the guitar retains all of its function and historical quality, while is composition is constantly renewed.
Displaying formal, aesthetic, and distinct acoustic research. his expressive language addresses the entire object rather than its degree of ornamentation. André validates the idea that the making of a stringed instrument constitutes an act of creation in its own right." (A.Brunet)
Sun, Moon, and Vibrations is a blown-up version of my early round-back creations, and intermixes both contemporary guitar making with primitive lutherie techniques : - Its Poplar soundbox is carved-out from solid wood, in a fashion reminiscent of some old-world instruments like the Tar, the Sarod or the Pipa. - 2019
The Clara archtop is a traditional x-braced 16.5" archtop guitar. It features a neck humbucker that is suspended from the inside of the guitar, attached to its neck block. Its controls are also set into the tailpiece, giving priority to its acoustic function and structural integrity. - 2020
Trained first at the Institute of Crafts of Quebec by André Brunet ('92-97), then apprenticed to Fred Carlson in California (2004), Thierry André is a many time artistic grant & prize recipient, notably with the CMAQ Jean-Marie Gauvreau Prize (2020), the CFCMA Fine Crafts Distinction Award (2022). and his recent nomination as part of the iconic Archtop Foundation’s -The Blue guitars- Collection for 2025.
Meeting with Bucky Pizzarelli in 2013 - Woodstock NY