Thrilled To Announce...

[Hesh Breakstone]

My friends:

I'm thrilled to announce the grand opening on April 1st (yeah, yeah I know... ;) it's April fools day...) of Ann Arbor Guitars!

Ann Arbor Guitars is the brain child of three of us, Master Luthier David Collins, Luthier Brian Delaney, and I.  We will be located on the third floor of the Herb David Guitar Studio building in the heart of the People's Republic of Ann Arbor... ;)

Herb David who Frank may know has been offering Lutherie services in Ann Arbor for 51 years and is retiring.  Herb's shop has fixed instruments for many notables over the years such as Clapton, John Lennon, and many more with newer names more recently such as Jeff Daniels.

The three of us have been at Herbs for a while now but with Herb's retirement we were afforded the opportunity to lease this historic space and start our own business.  Many of the big names in Lutherie today can trace their past to Herb's too with folks such as Dan Earlywine, Bryan Gallop, and more who all at some point worked with Herb.

I'm personally thrilled and this is very much a dream come true for me!  The Ann Arbor community is very musical with many talented musicians who may make their livings from performing.  It's also a community with a very diverse economy that has historically been somewhat recession proof....

If any of you are ever in the A2 (Ann Arbor) area please feel very free to stop by and we will be very happy to drop the chisels and show you what we are doing.  A few months ago Dan Earlywine visited us in our shop to film material for his awesome "Trade Secrets" videos.

Thanks for looking!

[Mark A. Kane]

Hesh,

Post some pics of the shop and the benches if you get a free second.

Thanks, and congrats!!

[Hesh Breakstone]

Hi Mark - I'll be happy to do so once we get the place rearranged and cleaned a bit...  It's a mess now with the store below closing and the transition of all the jobs from the stores paper to ours...

[Kirt Myers]

Congratulations Hesh,  Don't know if you remember me, we met a couple times at OLF gatherings a few years back.  Sounds like a great opportunity.  The best of luck to you guys.

 

Kirt

[Hesh Breakstone]

Hi Kurt - Sure I remember you and I hope that all is well with your my friend.  Thanks for the well wishes!

[John McDonald]

Best of luck on what sounds like a great endeavor Hesh...

I'm a big fan of Ann Arbor. Used to play "the Ark" a couple of times a year with my old bluegrass band and always met the nicest folks.

[George Roberts]

Great news, Hesh.  I look forward to swinging by and seeing you the next time I'm in that neck of the woods.

George

[William F.Eden]

I wish you the best of luck Hesh . Congratulations Bill..............

[Hesh Breakstone]

Thanks Bill.  WIth all the best wishes we are off to a great start!

[Hesh Breakstone]

Any time George my friend, any time and we look forward to meeting you too!

[Hesh Breakstone]

Cool - the store that is now closing below us sold Ark tickets and I've been there many times.  It's a local institution and a very good time too.

Ann Arbor is a wonderful place with a pretty good local economy highly diverse and somewhat recession insulated in that when the economy gets bad more folks attend university.  We have at least 5 colleges in a 10 square mile area with over 60,000 students.  Google is here too, all the usual suspect automotive companies including nearly every auto company having a presence because the EPA testing labs for the US are in A2.

You can tell I adore the place...;)  Thanks for the best wishes John!