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Julien Sublet Acoustic Guitars — Art Deco Soul, Quebec City Craft
Julien Sublet's obsession with guitars began at seven years old in Geneva, Switzerland, and has never slowed down. Born in Geneva and raised in Péron, France, he pursued his first love of woodworking through a formal education in cabinetmaking, developing the precision with joinery, surface preparation, and material selection that would eventually define his instruments. When the pull toward lutherie became irresistible, he enrolled in the National School of Lutherie in Quebec City, one of the finest guitar-making programs in the world. He never left. His workshop is in Quebec City today, and every guitar he builds carries the influence of both worlds: the Swiss heritage of fine cabinetmaking and the deeply rooted North American acoustic tradition.
His visual signature is immediately recognizable: a contrast between the clean geometry and architectural lines of Art Deco design and the organic, flowing curves of the acoustic guitar body. Stacked custom bindings, arm bevels, segmented koa and figured wood rosettes, Bashkin-style fingerboard inlays, ebony fingerboards and bridges, and Gotoh 510 tuners with custom wood buttons are recurring elements across the lineup, each one chosen as part of a coherent visual and tactile language rather than decoration applied after the fact. The result is an instrument that speaks to the eye before the first note is played, and to the ear immediately after.
The Models
OM-C — The model most widely associated with the Julien Sublet name and the one that first brought him to the attention of boutique dealers in North America. A 14-fret Florentine cutaway Orchestra Model with an arm bevel as standard, available with a range of top and back combinations including Douglas Fir over Indian Rosewood, Swiss Spruce over figured Koa, and German Spruce over Madagascar Rosewood. The OM-C is built for fingerstyle players who want full upper register access, warm and articulate tone with a wide dynamic range, and an instrument that is as comfortable to hold for extended playing as it is extraordinary to listen to.
Grand Auditorium — A body that sits between the OM and the dreadnought in size, delivering more warmth and bass response than the OM while retaining the tonal balance and string-to-string clarity that the format demands. Available with arm bevel, cutaway, and a full range of tonewood and appointment options.
GA Mini — A compact travel-friendly instrument with a surprisingly full voice, built to the same standards as the full-size models without a single concession in craftsmanship or tonal ambition. Julien describes it simply as small size, big sound, and players who have played one describe it the same way.
00 — Inspired by the classic Martin 00, an icon of fingerstyle guitar playing for nearly a century, the Sublet 00 brings Julien's visual and tonal sensibility to the smaller body format that blues, folk, and intimate fingerstyle playing has always called home.
A Builder Ascending
Julien Sublet has quickly become one of the most respected voices in the luthier-built guitar community, carried there by the quality of the instruments themselves and by the growing circle of dealers and players who have experienced his work firsthand. Eddie's Guitars, Brickhouse Guitars, and other respected boutique dealers have all carried his instruments, and each one that has come to market has found its player quickly.
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