Steven Warshaw notes that the shop at 66 was very small.**. although commonly referred to as Bedford Street, the machinery was at Bedford St the guitars were built at 66 Carmine St. 1969-1971: 37A Bedford Street, New York City Shop. The conceptualization and the sound were all that still interested me at that point." American Lutherie 1995 It became automatic, and then so boring that I just didn't want to do it anymore. I got to a point where I never made mistakes on the instruments, and I truly believed I could build the instruments blind. Did very well by it, without any of the fancy machines and equipment. "In my shop on Carmine Street in New York I built 175 classical guitars just like that, and 75 lutes as well. Early 1960's: Early shops on Carmine Street in New York City, where he builts classic guitars and lutes for many of the top recitalists of the era. 1968: Featured in New York Magazine listings as running a guitar making course. 1965: Starts building lutes and classical guitars. He learns from luthiers Gene Clark, David Rubio, and Manuel Velazquez and becames a talented lutenist, lute maker, and builder of the Armenian oud. Michael Gurian and Gurian Guitars: a brief timeline. result in recalculation of known production totals Preamble
significantly increase the number of described guitars hereĢ. Our good friend Bob Thomas has been tracking Gurians too and we're merging our datasets which will:ġ. Facebook group "Gurian Guitars Registry" started for easier contact the link is: Page redesigned to be compact & friendly, different eras available as separate page. Information now more compact, registry updated. Additional first hand information on "Grand Street" workshop More details added to existing listings.Ģ6/5/18- More information added to repair section Database tidied up.Ģ8/8/19- More guitars added. Description of modifications, repairs and other issues not apparent from photosĢ4/9/19- More guitars added. Additional photos can be uploaded in order to include detailed photos if necessary. Front and back photos of the instrument (required).
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I have historical data going back to 2000 and can provide a professional appraisal service for insurance etc. If you would like an appraisal, I'd be happy to help. Please email me if you have one of those for sale.
I am personally interested in all models made from Brazilian Rosewood, Koa, Maple or with a cutaway. This is compounded by the fact that dates are fluid in that the year the guitar was sold may not be the year of manufacture. We have not yet assigned dates to individual guitars as not enough data is available to do so accurately. Or, you can email me at: guide/database/registry is by no means complete & we would appeal for your help if you should own a Gurian or have information to share! If you have a Gurian you would like to add to the database, please fill out this form here: We have of course added information from our own experience and research to further improve the existing knowledge on hand. Our guide and database is really the work of several individuals (in particular Art Edelstein and Bob Thomas) who have kindly given us permission to amalgamate the results of their toil into as comprehensive a guide/database/registry as possible. In direct competition with other high-end brands, Michael Gurian combined high-quality workmanship with tooling and technical nous to create some of the finest guitars of his era and helped to pioneer the small factory guitar. Gurian guitars are considered to be some of the better-handcrafted instruments from the 70s and 80s.
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