Artists

What the players are saying

Phil Keaggy
 

"The Charis Acoustic guitar is a fine instrument indeed! Beautiful to look at and wonderful to play! I used this fine acoustic on 6 tracks on my newest release "Freehand--Acoustic Sketches vol 2" If you go to my website, philkeaggy.net, you can read which songs I played the Charis on."
www.philkeaggy.com
 
Michael Card
 

“This is my second year with my Charis guitar and it has passed the most critical test…..it gets even better with age. Bill Wise is building one of the finest guitars in America”.
www.michaelcard.com
 
Jason Truby
 

“Thanks for the guitar. It plays wonderful, a rich warm tone that responds instantly with my playing. A truly remarkable guitar. One of the best acoustic guitars I've ever played."
www.payableondeath.com
 
Scott Bernard
 


As for a few words. Man, I almost at a loss for words, this guitar has been a Godsend.  The attention to detail is amazing.  It really does have it all, playability, beautiful tone, and looks like a dream.  I have yet to play it somewhere and not get tons and tons of compliments on its sound and look..  In sessions when mic'ed, I hardly need to touch the EQ.  Very balanced tone.  The best Acoustic guitar I ever had.  Seriously.
www.scottjbernard.com
 

Barney Betka
 

"Bill, this guitar is truly an inspiration.....it calls my name....This
is by far one of the finest acoustic guitars I've ever played. The neck
on this thing is amazing...extremely stable with alternate tunings. The
harmonics are sweet, the sound if full and it is truly beautiful to
look at. You build incredible guitars."
www.barneybetka.com

 
Nathan Tasker
 

"Thank you so much for my new guitar!! I cannot tell you how awesome it sounds and how beautiful it looks. I have enjoyed every minute that I have got to spend with it so far. It really is a magnificent instrument and I am blessed to have it as my own."
www.nathantasker.com
 
John Michael Talbot
 


"This is a special guitar, with a special sweetness to its sound and feel. As I believe that each guitar has a melody inside from God for each composer and artist, I immediately played several new melodies as soon as I gave it a serious run through in private. God willing, these will no doubt find their way onto a future recording. Thanks Michael, and thanks Charis guitars!"
www.johnmichaeltalbot.com
 
Ray Cummins
 

“I love my Charis... The Charis tone is Super great, not tinny or boomy.... The treble is sweet, not shrill or harsh. Bill has set up the guitar to play great. He and I worked it out on how I liked a guitar to play. He seems to have it down pat. You will definitely like the way it handles.”
www.raycummins.com
 
Jonah Sage

 

"I spent roughly eleven hours in a studio yesterday and the engineer and I couldn't believe how incredible the guitar came alive in his cedar acoustic room. The evenness in tone, the bass response, the smooth high ends -- this guitar is incredible!"
www.jonahsage.com
 
Greg Lygon
 

"I'm really not able to express how deeply grateful I am to you for your excellent craftsmanship!  This guitar is indeed exactly what I envisioned I needed, and has really exceeded my expectations!  It has precisely the balanced tone I required for fingerstyle work but has the volume and projection a singer songwriter needs for harder playing.  I do not own another guitar that can compare to the SJ!
www.gregorylygon.com
 
Mike Pachelli

 

"The Charis acoustic is the most organically responsive guitar I have ever played.  I've used it on many sessions in Los Angeles and Nashville and each engineer marveled at the expressiveness of this wonderful acoustic. To hear it in action listen to the clips from my latest duet CD with Phil Keaggy - "Two of Us" - at www.mikepachelli.com - I used the Charis on every song. I will always Cherish my Charis!"
www.mikepachelli.com

 
Andrej Grozdanov

 

I remember clearly that after some "handcrafted" and "custom" labeled acoustic guitars I played, I could never hear that roar of an earth under horses running, or those heights so clear and heavenly as clouds resting on mountain peaks. You can say I am silly, but that is my vision of an acoustic guitar sound. In that quest I approached to Bill, and he did it, it became first Charis in this country.  I could really feel and hear those elements while playing and recording. Croatian luthiers say it is most precise guitar from small shop luthier they ever saw..... My music is personal, and I am blessed to have personally crafted instrument whose sound touches people wherever I go!
www.andrejgrozdanov.com

 
Doug Adamz

 


My Charis feels like both the Excalibur and the Holy Grail of acoustic guitars.  As soon as people see it, their eyes light up.  When they hear it, they really start to sparkle.

www.dougadamz.com

 

 

 

 

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