On October 25th, 26th and 27, 2013 the Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase will take place in Woodstock, New York.

This is an event where the finest in hand-built acoustic guitars and acoustic stringed instruments displayed by their builders and daily performances by many talented musicians come together.   http://woodstockinvitational.com/about2013.html

I will have LR Baggs Pickups for sale at my table including the M1-A, The Lyric, The Anthem, Anthem SL,  I-Beam and I will also have the Gigpro, Para DI and Venue DI pre-amps for sale. If you need a great acoustic pickup or pre-amp I recommend LR Baggs. You can find me and my exhibit in the Vendors Annex.

I will also have some of my guitars on display to play and to check out the pickups and amps.

Cocobolo and redwood guitar Hand built by Jay Rosenblatt

Maple Parlor Guitar with ebony appointments hand built by Jay Rosenblatt

Pictured here are some of the LR Baggs products I will have on sale.

LR Baggs Lyric bridge plate microphone acoustic Pickup

LR Baggs Venue DI Pre Amp

LR Baggs M1-A Active body sensitive acoustic pick-up

Find out more about the LR Baggs product line here   http://www.lrbaggs.com/

In my opinion LR Baggs makes the best acoustic pickups and Phil Jones make the most natural sounding amps for Guitars, Basses, and Violins. combine these two together and you have the best acoustic sound available from your instruments.

I recently became a distributor of Phil Jones Pure Sound Amps . I will have the CUB II AG 150 on display at my table and there will also be one in the main building amp room for testing and listening. You can order them from me at the show or by email or telephone. Please look for my information on my “About Page” on this blog.

Pictured here is the Phil Jones CUB AG-150 two channel amp. This is a sweetie of an amp, 100 watts in a very portable package weighing only 15 LBS. 6.8kg. Perfect for the musician that needs portability,  great tone and the ability to plug a guitar and mic in when playing small clubs and gigs. It comes with a padded gig bag and an optional stand  is available.

Find out more about Phil Jones Products here,  http://www.philjonespuresound.com.

Last year at the Woodstock Invitational I made good friends with many of the other builders and also the vendors who will be providing tone woods and parts for the luthier. I got to personally meet John Sebastian who delighted me by playing one of my guitars. I  listened to some great performances and was totaly inspired by the great and talented luthiers who participated in the event. Here are some of last years photos.

John Sebastian Playing my Maple Parlor Guitar. Photo © Jay Rosenblatt

Irvin Somogyi with one of his guitars. Photo © Jay Rosenblatt.

Kinloch Nelson performing at the Woodstock Luthiers Invitational. Photo © JAy Rosenblatt

Baker Rorick, (right) creator of the Woodstock Luthiers Invitational and Jay Rosenblatt.

I hope you can make it to this wonderful event. Please stop by and meet me in the Vendors Annex. Happy playing. Enjoy!

Jay Rosenblatt, Luthier.

Jay Rosenblatt, Luthier. Bending purfling on a light bulb