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Showroom (by appointment only):
108 Monticello Road, Suite 400,
Weaverville NC, 28787
Store Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm EST
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Showroom (by appointment only):
108 Monticello Road, Suite 400,
Weaverville NC, 28787
Store Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm EST
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As an active boy with a very curious mind, Scott Lentz Sr. lived with his grandparents, from whom he learned early on the value of hard work and self-reliance. His grandfather had a shop with tools and machines for working with both wood and metal, and Scott had full access to this shop to learn how make things and explore the creations of his mind.
He got his first guitar—an Epiphone Coronet—at age 15, and began learning the blues and playing in bands. But Scott’s passion for life took him in different directions when he was young, and he spent more time surfing and hunting than playing music. At 20 years old, while working as a house carpenter, a friend asked Scott to fix the cracked side of a Framus jazz guitar, which he did in his grandfather’s shop. Although he didn’t know it at the time, this was a pivotal moment in his life: his first insight into the complex relationship between the resonance of wood and the amplified sound of electric guitars, and his first experience of the joys of repairing musical instruments.
Over the next few years, Scott considered what he might do with his life, and he soon came to a powerful decision: that he would express himself through guitars. Not playing guitars, but by working on, improving, and later building instruments. With a focus for his passion, Scott was destined from the start to be a great guitarmaker. What he brought to bear on the process—his relentless curiosity, his deep understanding of the tonal qualities of wood and wire and magnets, and a steadfast desire to continually improve—is what has made Lentz Guitar® quietly grow from a tiny shop in a small, coastal California town, into one of the most masterful guitar-making facilities in the world.
Fit, finish and playability are far superior on a Lentz electric guitar than you would see from the big 2 factories. I love the necks and feel on Lentz guitars.