An Interview With Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt

After nine years of working in the Fender Custom Shop, Van Trigt brings comprehensive understanding to his work as a bass player and accomplished luthier

An Interview With Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt

After nine years of working in the Fender Custom Shop, Van Trigt brings comprehensive understanding to his work as a bass player and accomplished luthier

Vincent Van Trigt, Master Builder at the Fender Custom Shop, brings years of guitar building experience to Fender Musical Instruments. As a Master Builder, Van Trigt works to make players’ dream guitars a reality. Van Trigt graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Utrecht, Netherlands and then went to school for restaurant management in Haarlem, Netherlands. Van Trigt believes that his experience in the restaurant and hotel business has helped him immensely with his business communication skills today. When it comes to guitar building, Van Trigt learned everything at Fender, but also amassed deep musical knowledge during his 30 years as a musician, which has informed how he builds basses and guitars today. Van Trigt started his Fender career in 2004 at the company’s Corona facility, and took a position as a tuner/tester on the production line shortly after. In 2010 he moved to the Fender Custom Shop, where he worked for two years before moving to the Gretsch Custom Shop to wor
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Jon D'Auria   By: Jon D'Auria