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Joshia de Jonge

Growing up in a family of guitar makers, Joshia de Jonge was thirteen when she built her first guitar in 1992. What began as an interesting pass-time has grown into a life’s passion of honing her craft. She learned her craft primarily from her father, Sergei de Jonge, and also spent time with Géza Burghardt, who taught her French polishing. She now resides in the Gatineau Hills of western Québec, Canada, where she enjoys balancing guitar work with raising her boys and spending time in the garden.

▪ bio current as of 2019

Let’s Catch Up with Joshia de Jonge

2019
AL#137 p.22
Cyndy Burton Joshia de Jonge

▪ Joshia de Jonge was a sensation at the 1998 GAL Convention when, as a young female luthier, she brought a nicely-made and fine sounding instrument to the classical guitar listening session. It helped to have grown up in a guitar-making family. And now that she has left her parents’ home and shop, she is raising guitar-making sons. Mentions Geza Burghardt; Linda Manzer; Sergei de Jonge; Eric Sahlin.

Joshia’s Twisted Neck

2019
AL#137 p.26
Tim Olsen Joshia de Jonge

▪ Here’s Joshia’s method of building an elevated neck with a sophisticated geometry to let the bridge height be constant across its width while the low strings have the necessary clearance over the frets. It is inspired by the work of Eric Sahlin.

Meet the Maker: Joshia de Jonge

1999
AL#57 p.22 BRB5 p.300
Cyndy Burton Joshia de Jonge

▪ Joshia’s classical won high praise during the listening session at the GAL’s 1998 convention, quite an achievement for a 19-year-old woman. But then, just about every member of her family builds guitars. Her free-spirited optimism may be as much a product of her upbringing as her youth. With 3 photos.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.