Kurkdjian is not a builder himself, but he is a guitarist with an encyclopedic knowledge of tonewoods and the ins and outs of instrument construction. He launched Prestige in 2003 after several years ...

It was a perfect meld of his two passions, guitars and marketing. By the time he was in Grade 12, he was grossing $200,000 a year. He worked a bit for others, then 21 years ago founded Prestige ...

A Wilkie Blue Nocturne model was featured in the Blue Guitar Collection exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The collection was originally built by the late archtop ...