A special "Thank you" to Thom Bresh for his pictures for this site.
Ed Beaver Guitars
750 Cowan Street
Nashville, TN 37207
615-714-5593
 
Ed Beaver Guitars is an instrument repair shop in Nashville, TN.
I build and repair guitars and stringed instruments.
I have over 30 years experience. Most of them good.
 
 
      Seymour Duncan
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Appointments are available online!
 
Click this button and choose your time.
 
I am prepared to serve you on your schedule. 
This shop provides warranty services for companies including :   
Voyage-Air - The Future of Guitar Travel, Ultimate Travel Guitar, Folding Guitar with patented hinge technology, Travel Guitar, Folding Guitar, Traveler Guitar, Backpack Guitar, Guitar,Travel, Hinge, Hinged neck, Folding Hinge, Guitar Center, Musician's Friend, Luggage, Checked Luggage, Carry-on, Travel Accessories, Airline Carry-on Luggage Requirements, Southwest, Delta, Northwest, United, Amtrak, Alaskan, Continental, Jet Blue, American, Nashville, Songwriter, Premier, folding acoustic guitar      
Gibson has 24/7 Service
 
What happens when you give a creative genius a camera and some spare time? He makes a video!
 
When Thom Bresh received the No. 1 of 100 Merle Travis Model from Martin Guitars, he brought it in to tweak to his exacting standards.
 
The resulting video is available on Bresh TV - YouTube. Click on the picture of me holding Thom's new guitar and watch the video. Make sure you select high definition for clarity.
Picture and video by Thom Bresh
Thom Bresh, "The Producer", is in demand among the music industry's guitarists. Classical guitarist "Valérie  Duchateau" made the long journey from France to be produced by Thom. Thom also produced country guitar great, Jerry Reed on his  1999 CD. As a Producer, he received a Grammy nomination for the Merle Travis album, Travis Pickin and an Academy Award nomination for "Over You", theme song from the movie Tender Mercies performed by Lane Brody, in addition to producing five of his own albums.
Thom is currently in production for an in depth "Lenny Breau Documentary, coming soon.
                                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Awhile back I had posted a blurb on Jonathon Long and his friends who gave him a tribute to his talent and craftsmanship as a songwriter and Nashville Personality. The link is to Jonathon's MySpace site while this is the link to the video created by his friends through Thom Bresh. Enjoy........there is no cover charge. There is a lot of love in this town, especially for Jonathon.
I was rushing to the shop when the appointment I had, called to reschedule. The next phone call was from a young man, very polite with a kind voice who asked if I could look at his Ukulele. The instrument is making a strong comeback in my awareness so I did not think twice about it as a curiosity and of course, said yes. When I arrived at the shop, there was Jake Shimabukuro and two of the most perfect instruments I had ever seen!
The Kamaka Ukulele's  were uncommonly precise in their craftsmanship and beauty. Their caretaker, Jake was uncommonly humble and polite.

 Cut to the end of a wonderful conversation, diagnosis of his instrument and you end up with a flow of love and kindness in the shop among all of us there.

 

Bravo Autumnburst

When we arrived, we were treated with sincere kindness and graciousness, and shown the small production facility where the Benedetto Guitars are made. Bob Benedetto still checks every instrument leaving the shop. He still hand crafts the guitars he is famous for and is very hands on with all the guitars produced there. Bob has not succumbed to the "profit over product", so prevalent in this industry.
 
What was especially revealing of the company was their willingness to take the time to visit, listen to me gush, ( I was visibly emotional over the level of artistry and craftsmanship there.) and their thoroughness in showing their products and how they are made.

If you have not experienced a Benedetto Guitar, you have not experienced the craftsmanship for which others strive.

 

 

 

 

 

Benedetto Guitars - Bob Benedetto has been making the ultimate jazz guitar for many years. His eye for detail and design and his standards for quality control have made his instruments the Holy Grail of guitars, in my opinion.
On a recent trip to Savannah, GA. we happened upon an advertisement for Benedetto Guitars. I called and spoke with Howard Paul who is Bob's partner in the company. He offered a tour of the facility, even taking time to accommodate our schedule.

FEATURED PRODUCTS
 
Voyage Air Guitars
 
One major product is a traveling guitar that fits on a carry-on space with the airlines! It is sturdy, well thought out and actually works as designed! I am promoting this in the interest of those who must travel with a guitar and actually would like to play something of quality when they arrive!
 
Headway Acoustic Pickups
I am always looking for a pickup to use in a guitar that actually excels and is not a rehash of the same old stuff.
 
Thom had heard and liked the Headway Pickup out of England. Simple to install, and BAM! , it sounds like the guitar and not the electronics in a guitar.
 
This is the shop's new featured pickup. I like them! So do many major artists in Nashville.

 
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This website is created, recreated, fouled up and reconstructed by myself, Ed Beaver. Logos are proprietary for the manufacturers as depicted. If you must steal from this site, God bless you. You have some serious Karma to deal with.
 
Contact: edbeaver@hotmail.com