I'm a guitar player -- jazz, country, rock and folk -- not classical -- and on a trip in 2006 to New Mexico, I found and played a classical guitar that blew my mind.

    The "Wow" factor I call it. This guitar was loud, extremely balanced, and most of all, it sounded beautiful. I asked Luis Campos of Encore Music where he got the guitar, and he told me the story of its creation and its original owner. To make this short right now, I followed up on its owner, was introduced to the Master Luthier that had built this guitar, and arranged to distribute every guitar he could build.

    Even better yet, we have collaborated on designing some new models that are perfect for the jazz and country crossover musician that wants a classical guitar sound but plays like a steel string instrument. These models have a narrower neck with a radiused fret board and comes either as a 12 fret or 14 fret neck. The tone and punch remain the same. Still the "Wow" factor.

    OK, the Master Luthier is Master Guo, Chinese by birth, trained in France and Germany, and now has his own shop in China. He is a partner with two others in a factory making steel string acoustics and electrics, plus violins, cellos and all of the string family of instruments.

Rick Cook

The Harvest Story (As told by Gordon Close, President of Harvest Guitars)

   I asked Master Guo if he could produce a steel string guitar line for me that would be louder, better balanced, sound great, made of all solid woods and still be more affordable than brand M or T. The answer was "yes" and the Harvest line was designed and created for all of us in the U.S. I've listed all of our models with descriptions for you to "pick" the Harvest that fits your playing.

    One more thing, as I said I'm really a jazz player, so I asked Master Guo if he would co-design and build a jazz arch guitar for me and again the answer was "yes". With the design help from our Harvest design engineer Rick Cook, we now have a jazz model that is to die for. This guitar has a big acoustic sound (non amplified) and comes alive when plugged in. 

    So, in a nutshell, as guitarists we've developed a line of guitars for guitarists. We have the SOUND, we have the LOOKS, we have the QUALITY, we have the PRICE, and we have the SERVICE. We are in Colorado, and we want to be in your hands.

    It's HARVEST TIME ----PICK the GUITAR for YOU.