Rick Turner (luthier)

Warwick Lancelot Armstrong "Rick" Turner III,[1] (July 30, 1943 – April 17, 2022) was an American builder of guitars and basses, ukuleles, and other stringed instruments.

As a guitar builder, Rick created instruments for rock musicians including Lindsey Buckingham, John Entwistle, and Jesse Colin Young.

[citation needed] Turner left Gibson in 1992 and ran a guitar repair shop at Westwood Music in Los Angeles where he developed piezo pickup designs, working with Jackson Browne, David Crosby, and others.

He continued to design and build guitars for many professional players including Lindsey Buckingham, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, and Andy Summers.

[citation needed] Turner taught mandolin-building courses in the US and Australia and was extremely active on a wide range of musical instrument Internet forums and social media groups.