Nine-year GAL member Stephen Sedgwick started guitar making in 1994. He works alone to build harp guitars and other such things in the renovated office on what use to be a pig farm, which has now been taken over by artists. Ferraris, Porsches, and other speedy exotics race on a track next door. Simply smashing!
▪ bio current as of 2013
2013
AL#116 p.69
Stephen Sedgwick
▪ Creating a steel string version of an existing classical 10-string guitar.
2007
AL#92 p.40 ALA6 p.50
Jonathon Peterson Stephen Sedgwick
▪ Harp guitars fascinate a lot more people than actually play them, so it takes a brave luthier to jump into the field. Sedgwick comes off as a delightfully modest man who is determined to make harp guitars or bust. His guitars are smallish and choice. This is yet another interview that makes it clear that life is different in other countries (England, in this case), and understanding that is one of the best reasons to travel. A wonderful interview, with 9 photos. Mentions London College of Furniture, London Guildhall University, London Metropolitan University.