by David Mathis | May 15, 2024 | Featured Artists, News
Ricky j Taylor We are so happy that Ricky j Taylor is now part of the Gallagher Guitar Co. family. He purchased the first G-45S Songwriter guitar. The G-45S Songwriter guitar is a perfect fit for this talented songwriter. Ricky j Taylor grew up in Kentucky where...
by David Mathis | Mar 21, 2020 | News
Our first build in the new shop was a Doc Watson model, of course, and that was soon followed by the Doc Watson Signature model. We are very pleased with the sound of both guitars. The Signature model is the same guitar except with more appointments such as the...
by David Mathis | Jul 12, 2017 | News
(photo via jbonamassa.com) We’re proud to have a Gallagher guitar included in Joe Bonamassa’s very short list of instruments featured in his Carnegie Hall performances. Joe says this about his 1978 Doc Watson model: “Doc Watson was a multi-Grammy...
by David Mathis | May 18, 2017 | News
Our local newspaper, the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, recently featured the story of Don’s last guitar, known around the shop as “the Rotary guitar”. The guitar was made in honor of James L. Bomar, Jr., former president of Rotary International. The...
by David Mathis | Mar 23, 2017 | News
Custom Mahogany 12-string (SOLD!) Mahogany body Spruce top Maple binding Herringbone trim Modified body size 12-fret neck A 12-string, modified dreadnought, with custom specs similar to the classic Doc Watson model. This guitar was started as a custom build for a...
by David Mathis | Sep 14, 2016 | News
We’re off to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, today, where we’ll set up a Gallagher booth and hang out for the weekend. Looking to try out a few guitars? We’ll have two used models (a G-70 from the 70s and a refinished G-65), a brand...
by David Mathis | May 27, 2015 | News
The Tennessean recently featured this image of Waylon Jennings playing his Gallagher Guitar to a group of school kids. He’s playing a G-70 model, a classic country music guitar.
by David Mathis | May 31, 2013 | News
In an interview in Acoustic Magazine, blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa called the 1978 Doc Watson model “one of the real stars” of his recent project, An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House. See him playing “Woke Up Dreaming” on that...
by David Mathis | May 23, 2013 | News
In the cover story of Guitar Aficionado’s May/June 2013 issue, Ed Helms discusses acting, banjo picking, and playing his most recent acquisition: the Gallagher G-50 that belonged to Doc Watson. Read more of the article here.
by David Mathis | Dec 1, 2011 | News
The Fretboard Journal, Issue 24. Photos by Amanda Kowalski.
