HANDCRAFTED ELECTRIC GUITARS - CUSTOM BUILD GUITARS
Halston Mendes Dias creates handcrafted electric guitars (custom build guitars) and works with lutherie (luthiery). He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and since youth had a strong interest by music. When he acquired the first guitar from his older sister (whom he had and has a great admiration, respect and consideration), around 15 years old, this interest has been increasingly growing.
After a while with the instrument, the interest in music was gradually turning into an interest in wanting to know more about the handcrafted electric guitars (its operation system, its structure, the luthiery & lutherie, etc), which culminated in an unparalleled will to try himself built one for him. The start was tricky . Hardly anyone was willing to "give him a hand". Regardless, " Ton " did not quit and sought for himself the way . Some parents from Curvelo (Brazilian city inside the Minas Gerais state) given some "cues " for the first steps , because they knew something about woodwork, and had already worked with furniture building. Therefrom it began the interest in seeking more information about woods, tools and manual machines operation for woodwork, etc , and it also came from the interest in finding out about the whole process of custom build guitars (one of his greatest passions, custom guitars). There was no direct teacher or master. Only the willingness to learn and readiness to assimilate.
Slowly he was refining their knowledge about the field and knowing more and more domains which pervades the luthiery (acoustics, wave, mechanics, ergonomics, tinsmith, blacksmith). That was giving him a very wide knowledge of all phases of handcrafted electric guitars construction (material selection, appropriate sections of the wood, condition of timber, etc), finishing (sanding, painting, polishing), assembly and adjustment process into the custom build guitars.
Today, Ton is working to reach more visibility within the lutherie and visual arts, as the largest business card he has is his work, handmade guitars (handmade electric guitars) that ever aim the first line when the subject is electroacoustic luthiery and wood carvings for decorate walls.