Lehmann Stringed Instruments | Handmade Guitars | 34 Elton St. Rochester, NY, USA

Bernie is holding an ebony Master Model 2000 featuring an hand-cut pierced rose sound hole.

Bernie with the Model Eclipse gypsy jazz guitar.

"Hello, my friend! Perhaps you'd play the jazz better if you tried the Model Eclipse I built 'specially for you?"

Bernie with the Lehmann Contempo Archtop guitar.

Bernie has a cinnamon burled-maple Contempo Archtop. Ready for the club, big stage, or your spare bedroom.

Bernie with the Lehmann Cadenza Model classical guitar.

The distinguished Mr. Lehmann holds and elegant Cadenza Model ready for the deft and classically-oriented troubadour.

Bernie is holding an ebony Master Model 2000 featuring an hand-cut pierced rose sound hole.

"Hello, my friend! Perhaps you'd play the jazz better if you tried the Model Eclipse I built 'specially for you?"

Bernie has a cinnamon burled-maple Contempo Archtop. Ready for the club, big stage, or your spare bedroom.

Bernie Says: "Come take some of my latest work for a spin at the Woodstock Invitational Guitar Show, October 13, 14, & 15, 2023. Could be your last chance to visit this historic venue and smother yourself with beauty!"

Repairs: We are currently accepting only fretwork repairs.

Models

Bernie builds many models of guitars and other stringed instruments one at a time and welcomes your design ideas to create your perfect instrument. The links below present some ideas for each model, but everything is open!

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Custom Designed and Built by Master Luthier Bernie Lehmann

Fluted and arched back of the Brazilian rosewood Lehmann Master Model 2000 guitar.

Lehmann Model Cadenza neck, cutaway, and rosette.

Custom inlays made of boxwood and bloodwood for the Roycroft Manouche

Celtic heel carving on a quilted mahogany body.

Details of the inlaid back of the Lehmann Model 1887

Lehmann Model 2000 Carved bridge tails and an inlaid and engraved bone pin block

Cinnaburst finish on the Lehmann Model Contempo

Pierced ring around the soundhole on the Lehmann Master Model 2000 guitar

Full image of the Lehmann Master Model 2000 guitar

Shaded cinnamon finish on quilted maple on the Lehmann Model Contempo

Ebony back and sides on the Lehmann Master Model 2000

Lehmann's early Romantic classical guitars Renault & Panormo

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Click on any of the blog posts below to see what has been going on in the shop!

The Vienna Secession Guitar

My current build is an ebony Master Model 2000 themed on Vienna's unique take on Art Nouveau from 1897 through 1914. Artists like Gustav...

Fretboard Summit Guitar Show

August 24 - 26 at the Old Town School of Music in Chicago. Tons of extraordinary hand built guitars with their makers on display, plus...

The All Nighter Returns!

Two new All Nighters hit the road this week The All Nighter is a light weight, hollow body electric guitar with an obvious acoustic vibe....

Latest Lehmann! Model KN

The Model KN is designed for the serious fingerstyle player who requires great balance and strong tone. It is modeled on classical guitar...

Viola Da Mano!

Here's something different - a Viola Da Mano! It's a Renaissance guitar that sounds like a lute but plays like a modern guitar. It has...

Octave Mandolins

OCTAVE MANDOLINS are all the rage these days, and here's a LEHMANN version that is available now. It plays an octave lower than a regular...

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Bernie Says: "Come take some of my latest work for a spin at the Woodstock Invitational Guitar Show, October 13, 14, & 15, 2023. Could be your last chance to visit this historic venue and smother yourself with beauty!" Repairs: We are currently accepting only fretwork repairs.

Models

Discover Fine Handmade Instruments Custom Designed and Built by Master Luthier Bernie Lehmann

The Latest from Headstock News

Bernie Says: "Come take some of my latest work for a spin at the Woodstock Invitational Guitar Show, October 13, 14, & 15, 2023. Could be your last chance to visit this historic venue and smother yourself with beauty!"

Repairs: We are currently accepting only fretwork repairs.

Discover Fine Handmade Instruments
Custom Designed and Built by Master Luthier Bernie Lehmann