Not a Guild in sight, perhaps...

[Minnesota Flats]

...but oh, what tasty playing!

 

[Minnesota Flats]

I think they've been practicing:

 

[richardp69]

Man, this just made my buzz just a little bit better.

 

[Minnesota Flats]

 

[Minnesota Flats]

This song was a hit for Dean Martin:

 

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[Minnesota Flats]

 

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[SFIV1967]

Joscho Stephan plays some interesting guitars made by smaller luthiers in Germany like Jürgen Volkert, Henning Doderer,...
Also that red ES335 type in the first video with the "TSW" on the headstock is a Thomas Schmidt-Winkler guitar, equipped with Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups.

Ralf

 

[Minnesota Flats]

Thanks, SFIV1967. I was looking online for TSW guitars but came up blank. I guess he doesn't have a website?

 

[SFIV1967]

I was looking online for TSW guitars but came up blank. I guess he doesn't have a website?

I have not found any information about that person "Thomas Schmidt-Winkler". So I don't even know where in Germany he is.
I only found out from Joscho Stephan's Facebook page where he mentioned the brand of this "TSW 335" guitar.
Joscho Stephan is also mentioned on the Seymour Duncan page as artist showing that guitar.






That is his Henning Doderer Archtop he got in 2019:



Ralf

 

[SFIV1967]

I have not found any information about that person "Thomas Schmidt-Winkler". So I don't even know where in Germany he is.

@Minnesota Flats : Well, I was curious and hence asked Joscho and he told me that interesting enough the October 2023 edition of German magazin "Gitarre & Bass" 10/2023 has a full two page article about Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Winkler! He is a retired Physician/Doctor in Düsseldorf/Germany but has lutherie as his hobby since almost 30 years! He has a full equipped workshop and builds any kind of guitars just for fun. The red TWS 335 was custom built for Joscho Stephan with some features he requested.




Source: https://www.gitarrebass.de/issue/gitarre-bass-10-2023/

Ralf

 

[Minnesota Flats]

He is a retired Physician/Doctor in Düsseldorf/Germany but has lutherie as his hobby since almost 30 years!

When I Googled "Thomas Schmidt-Winkler" in my initial search, I saw the reference to a Doctor of that name, but just assumed it was a red herring.