BOUTIQUE GUITAR SHOWCASE | ENTOUR 2025
See Instrument Designs From Today’s World-Class Boutique Builders at Chicago Music Exchange, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Mark your calendars! Chicago Music Exchange is proud to once again host the Boutique Guitar Showcase enTour 2025, following our celebrated events from 2020–2024.
On Saturday, October 11, join us in The Vault for an exclusive in-person showcase featuring over 50 one-of-a-kind instruments, carefully curated by Jamie Gale from today’s most innovative boutique builders worldwide. Space is limited—contact us now to reserve your spot or connect with a Sales Specialist for details.
Featured Builders:
Bacci Guitars • Cedar Mandolin Co. • Corsell Guitars • Dean Gordon Guitars • Diego Vila Guitar • Dingwall • Donovan Leah Guitars • Ergon Guitars • Frank Hartung Guitars • Galloup Guitars • Guitarras Jaen • Hozen Guitars • Kauer • Lyon & Healy • Lucem Guitars • Mayones • Morgan Kelsey Guitars • OD Guitars • OJ Guitars • OOPEGG • Padalka Guitars • R. Robinson Guitars • Sankey Guitars • Skytop Guitars • Spalt Guitars • Spohn Guitars • Strandberg • Tausch Guitars • Teuffel Guitars • Verso Instruments
GUITAR HIGHLIGHTS ENTOUR 2025
Shop the Showcase at Chicago Music Exchange!
Contact us today to learn about purchasing guitars in the enTour 2025 Collection! Each guitar and bass will remain on exhibit through the event, with unsold models continuing to be available in our showroom. Missed out? Our expert team can help you order custom instruments directly from these builders.
Even after the tour wraps, you’ll always find boutique favorites like Bacci Guitars, Dingwall, Kauer Guitars, Mayones Guitars & Basses, Strandberg Guitars, and more at CME year-round.
For more info on the instruments featured in 2025, visit BoutiqueGuitarShowcase.com or see them in person at Chicago Music Exchange on October 11. We’ll see you there!
GUITARS ENTOUR 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Marchione — Semi-Hollow
Handcrafted in Houston, Marchione guitars are inspired by the old-world craftsmanship of his Italian heritage and built using aged tone woods, all hide-glue construction, hand-planed joints, and premium bone or estate ivory fittings. Applying modern guitar-building technique acquired as an apprentice to legendary luthiers, like John Suhr, Marchione offer guitarists boutique instruments—like this Marchione Semi-Hollow—that look, feel, and play unlike any other guitars on the boutique market!
Body: Maple
Top: Spruce
Neck: Maple
Binding: Black ABS
Headstock: Ebony
Fretboard: Ebony
FB Radius: 12"
Inlay: Pearl
Frets: 22 Stainless Steel
Pickups: 2x Tone Specific Virtuoso Humbuckers
Tuners: Sperzel
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Case: Calton
Tim Bram Guitars — Thinline Tribute
As with every instrument from Tim Bram Guitars, this Tim Bram Thinline Tribute Gold Top guitar was handmade in the luthier’s Maryland woodshop and features a completely hand-carved, graduated European spruce top and figured cherry back and sides, paired together to create a tight low end, with bright highs—plus, the Pete Biltof Charlie Christian Style Pickup offers a full range with a vibrant high end.
Body: Cherry
Top: European Spruce
Neck: Cherry
Bridge: Ebony
Headstock: Ebony
Neck Shape: Full Size C
Fretboard: Ebony
FB Radius: 12"
Inlay: Mother of Pearl
Frets: 22 Nickel Silver
Pickups: Pete Biltolf Charlie Christian Style
Tuners: Hipshot Classic Openback
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Case: Custom Cedar Creek Hardshell
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