Experimental luthiers are luthiers who take part in alternative stringed instrument manufacturing or create original string instruments altogether.
The Chapman Stick was developed in the early '70s by Emmett Chapman
A prepared guitar
Les Claypool playing the Whamola
Neptune (band) with their custom made instruments
A luthier is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box.
Modern luthier's workshop, Cremona (2007)
A luthier tunes the bridge of a violin.
Oud luthier on Mohamed Ali Street in Cairo, Egypt
A luthier building classical guitars in Madrid, Spain