Working the Angles
Oct 20, 2020
4 minutes
BY DAVE HUNTER
T’S HARD TO create an electric-guitar design that pays tribute to past classics while looking fresh and original. Yet, that’s what Frank Brothers Guitar Company of Toronto, Canada, has achieved with the Arcade, and it’s earned raves. The company was founded in 2014 by luthiers Nick and Tim Frank and their managerial partner (and older brother) Jon. They are the third generation of Franks to work in music making and engineering, following grandfather Philip, first violinist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and father Jim, an award-winning recording engineer who worked with Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper and the Guess Who.
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