“I made my first guitar at 13 and played it for years, so it’s had a bit of a hard life”
Luthier, or guitar builder, Laurence Frangos-Rhodes has never been far from music or musical instruments. Now 20, Laurence and his two younger brothers, Sam aged 18 and Nate aged 16, are members of the home-schooled Frangos-Rhodes family.
About 10 years ago, Laurence was initially tutored in guitar by well-known Waikato folk musician Julie Pescud, before moving to Pitt Ramsay, equally renowned in the blues scene. Laurence is a member of family band RhodeWorks, which has performed in many house concerts and at folk and bluegrass festivals around New Zealand and in Australia.
More recently he has joined his brother Sam, Kim Bonnington, and Nat Torkington in the
