LUTHIERPROFILE
BY BRUCE ADOLPH
Bent Twig Guitars
When you come across a boutique acoustic
guitar builder this unique you pay attention to
them. When you hang out together for four
days straight at a bluegrass festival as a fellow
vendor and get to play their guitars everyday…
you fall in love with them!
Bent Twig guitars are handmade in Libby,
Montana by Dave Boulware and Brady Turk.
A lifelong love of wood, and woodworking was
passed along to Dave from his father (who is a
woodcarver and furniture and cabinet builder).
Dave was in home construction for years and
has led worship in his home church on an
acoustic guitar for the past ten years. Brady has
had a lifetime passion for woodworking as well.
He is a graduate of Montana State University
with a degree in art.
This two-man operation has been building
too but the stain finish is outstanding. of each top to get the most resonance out of it.
it. These high-end acoustics are a bit of rustic Let’s cover some of the basics… they use a They use a variety of fretboard woods
beauty! They have very different ascetics with a standard Martin X type bracing (each guitar has (rosewood, ebony and even a jaw dropping
special satin finish and exotic tone woods. You scalloped braces) and each top is voice tapped bird’s eye maple). Bent Twig offers you a choice
can get them with regular high gloss finishes by hand. They meticulously shave the thickness of tone woods for the top, back and sides
quality acoustic guitars full time for the last
two years now and their end product shows
Luthiers Dave Boulware (left)
Brady Turk (right)
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