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Being a guitar enthusiast since my youth, I quickly developed a desire to improve myself and even to go beyond simply playing. From 1990 to 1993, I followed training in violin fabrication at the “Lutherie Artistique du Noroit (ELAN)” school, where I was formed in Italian as well as German traditional fabrication techniques. I completed my formation in violin fabrication with a series of internships with Frederick Boyer, Jean-Marc Pagès and Jean-Jacques Rampal in the French techniques of making and restoring violins as well as with Michel Fournelle in the repair and adjustment of guitars and basses.In 1994, referred by one of my teachers, I took over a repair workshop in a local music store. During my stay there, I developed my expertise by working on a large variety of acoustical and electric musical instruments.Being a musician, artist and above all a designer, in 1998 I left the repair workshop in order to follow private training in the specialized painting of collection automobiles.In 1999, with this great background, I created “Demers guitars” and since then, I have devoted myself exclusively to the creation of my collection of musical instruments.Having a desire to achieve perfection, I give great importance to the accuracy, acoustics and comfort of my guitars, as well as to their finish. Each of my guitars constitutes a single project and in order to offer the best quality of acoustics possible, each step of the fabrication as well as the selection of the components is done meticulously, with great care and attention. The outcome is a musical instrument of rich and exceptional sound.In 2006, I exposed my creations for the first time at the Montreal Guitar Show. It gave me the opportunity to meet many influential persons which have since had a direct impact on my work and have stimulated me to excel. Proud representative of Quebec luthiers, I participated in the following Montreal Guitar Show and in 2008 presented my creations to the world music industry during the NAMM show in California.I limit myself to fabricate fifteen guitars per year, which are all highly prized by a demanding clientele of connoisseurs. I am more than ever concentrated on excelling as a string instrument artisan in order to offer the best product possible.-DEMO AT BOUTIQUE TONE IN MONTREAL WITH OUR SCRARECROW SLIDE BY JEF DEMERSsimmm 2006

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Member Since: 27/01/2007
Band Website: www.demersguitars.com
Band Members: JEF DEMERS , LUTHIER
Influences:When you blend high tech performance with traditional craftsmanship you get a future of a thousand possibilities. Demers guitars are an evolution of the mythic instruments that have forged the world of Rock n' Roll music. To a hard or gentle touch, they respond with a unique tone and surprising handling. There is nothing like the confidence of being one with your instrument. Demers guitars delivers on that feeling. Jef Demers is a luthier obsessed with is art. He is committed to pushing the evolutionary envelope of guitar making while respecting it's tradition.Each guitar is handcrafted from first quality tone wood, with a minimum of five years of air drying. The body features deep dish carving and the neck joint is hand carved for easy upper register access, with a true mortise and tenon neck joint for strength and tone. All these elements are combined to provide superior tonal quality, increase sustain and precision pitch adjustment. The Demers guitars are available with a wide range of options to create that special dream guitar you have always wanted.-NAMM SHOW 2008 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A



Sounds Like: - PREMIER GUITAR, SEPTEMBER 2008THE FRETBOARD JOURNAL WINTER 2009, MONTREAL GUITAR SHOW JULLY 2009MUSIK ETC, MARS/AVRIL 2009
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

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