Electrical engineering didn’t make it for Benoit Meulle-Stef, so he turned to lutherie, and eventually set up shop in Belgium. There, at BMS Guitars, he does repair and retail, and builds electrics, resophonics, contra guitars, and unique multistring acoustics. It’s the only job he’s ever had. Ben has been a GAL member for two years.
▪ bio current as of 2006
2006
AL#88 p.34 ALA6 p.56
Jonathon Peterson Benoit Meulle-Stef
▪ Meulle-Stef is a French harp guitar luthier who lives and works in Belgium. The harp guitar has deep roots in Europe and he is familiar with all of them. His own instruments have a grace that harp guitars often lack (and check out his fan-braced steel-string top!) This is another sign that lutherie has always been a global industry, even though American guitarmakers tend to forget or ignore it. With 22 photos and a drawing.