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BASS OF TOMORROW

Contemporary luthiery is as much an art form as the music which the instruments are crafted to make. Born and raised in Michigan, Pete Hilton is the founder of Hilton Guitars, and a one-man bass-making machine, who takes his craft to a whole new level of inventiveness. Creating instruments for which we’d happily re-mortgage our

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