About Redentore
| Reh–dehn–tór–ay |Redentore means "Redeemer" in Italian.
"Mark, you should name your guitars something Italian. They'll just sound better."
- Bob Benedetto
Mission
Company Overview
Meticulously constructed, flawlessly finished, and painstakingly set up, Redentore archtop guitars, carved-top semi acoustic/electrics, the Redentore LJ Slimline, AC Slimline, Psalmist, Rocker 14 and Joshua acoustic dreadnaughts, are destined to be classic works of art—both aesthetically and musically!
These instruments are hand built by one man (luthier Mark Piper — over 45 years experience) in his own shop in limited numbers. One set of hands and one set of eyes from start to finish. The result is a very beautiful, very playable, rich and even-sounding guitar of exceptional quality. If you have an eye for beauty and an ear for the same, look no farther than Redentore Guitars.
Meet Mark Piper
It was over 45 years ago that Mark built his first guitar—one that to this day sounds better than the majority of custom shop guitars. To say it mildly, Mark had the “knack” for precision work and a musical ear to match. Through the following decades Mark invested himself in Guild’s Custom Shop, apprenticed under Benedetto himself, and ultimately realized a single truth: only as a start-to-finish custom guitar builder could Mark create the masterpieces he now lovingly crafts.