COMBINE RARE ARTISTRY with the three-pronged homage intended by Joe Yanuziello’s Gold Paisley Washi Paper Deluxe guitar and the result is something not only breathtakingly beautiful but also strikingly different from just about everything that has come before.
All guitar makers inevitably borrow from those who have preceded them. But many fans of high-end luthiery find the strongest emotional and aesthetic connection made by instruments that turn these inspirations into something that’s nevertheless startlingly original. The Atomic Blue Electric One that this skilled Toronto-based maker sent me to check out nearly four years ago [ GP ] was an acknowledged twist on the Silvertone/Harmony Stratotone designs of the ’50s and ’60s, rendered as a refined instrument with a broad and original sonic palette. The eclecticism goes even
