The prices listed here have lead to a bit of confusion, and my order list is now closed for regular orders. Please feel free to inquire , a few Testadura slots are still very limited but available through Cliff Culterari at www.destroyallguitars.com

I am now closing my regular commision list....I am pleased to announce that I will no longer accept standrd commision work! I want to thank each and every client for their support and belief over many great years!

I am pleased to announce the last 26 slots of my private practice career, are available as the "Masterpiece series" These are to be the final instruments of my career and will be each unique and differentiated by label,material ,and thematic detail. I will build any of my models in this final series and each will be quoted individually depending on design and goal. These will be the crowning work of my career and each will be individual and uncompromised. Pricing will begin at $25K and require a 10K deposit at the time the slot is reserved. As the instrument's design is determined and contruection begins, I will bill for the difference between deposit and 50% of final total.

I am doing this because I want these last instruments to be the culmination of all my exprience and artistic ambition and I want to finsh building these instruments with a little time left in my life for family and life. These are the last guitars I will ever build! and these will be my finest guitars! Plesse let me know if you are interested in one of these final slots.

Delivery will be five plus years from reciept of the initial deposit and I will also quote and arrange this at the time of deposit as well....

Tom Ribbecke.

• Guitar Planet is a reality TV show based on the running of his personal practice guitar shop and the new production company, Ribbecke Guitar Corporation. The show is currently in production. Any new news will be posted here, so stay tuned. To see a promo clip of the show, vist www.guitarplanet.org
  

DUET

-A luthier collaboration between Tom Ribbecke & Linda Manzer.
Heres the hype:
"Normally reserved for a musical performance by two players, the word `duet` is not usually associated with the craft of guitar making. It is, however, fiting in this collaboration bewteen Tom & Linda. Built in the late fall of 2000 during an intensive seven day workshop in Healdsburg, California, Duet is the musical dance of two distinct sensibilities.

A brilliant example of co-operation, their occasional compromises always tempered with a unified objective, like two musicians (which, of course, they are) Linda and Tom `jammed` before an audience of fellow luthiers and a small film crew, who were there to witness the process of two great builders coming together and willing to put their craft on the line in this once-in-a-lifetime venture. The result of their labors is "DUET"."

Here's the truth: It was beautiful! The process, the collaboration, the carving, the voicing, you name it. We both enjoyed the hell out of the experience. Hundreds of hours of video are being edited and enhanced in post-production right now. The instructional DVD and videotape versions will be available soon.

Those of you interested in learning more about "Duet" may want to pick up the November issue of "Acoustic Guitar Magazine" -- they're going to feature it under their "Great Acoustic Guitar of the Month" banner.

FYI: We will be accepting sealed bids on the instrument we built together; latest estimates on the value of this instrument begin at about $50,000. Email me or call 707-433-3778. Serious collector inquiries only!