Four-year Guild member John Huffman purchased his first classical guitar in 1968 while in the Navy, and learned to read and play music from books and fellow sailors. On shore leave in Valencia, Spain, he visited the Tatay guitar factory which sparked his desire to build guitars. Luckily, his college political science class was so boring, it enabled him to design the form he would use to build his first lute from local lumberyard woods. After college, John began building lutes and guitars, often with experimental features. In addition to building classical guitars, John continues to research and learn about historical lutes and build lutes to closely match instruments in museums.
▪ bio current as of 2024