Mark Piper
Known throughout Nashville for his meticulous attention to detail, Mark has worked on projects for legendary artists such as Lorrie Morgan, Alan Jackson, Larry Carlton, Keith Richards, George Benson, Wayne Newton, Jimmy Vivino, Greg Lake, Robben Ford, Sonny Thomas, Eddie Martinez, Hank Thompson, Elliott Easton, Gatemouth Brown, Justin Hayward, Scott Holt (with Buddy Guy), and Steve Miller among others. Fender Guitars recruited Mark in 1999 to work in their exclusive Guild Custom Shop, building custom guitars for superstars like George Strait, Deana Carter, Terry Clark and Willie Porter. One of his favorite projects was the commissioning of limited edition Valencia acoustic guitars, commemorating Disney Studios 75th Anniversary. The project was in conjunction with Disney’s release of Fantasia 2000, and the guitars were all inspired by images from the Firebird Suite sequence.

The following year, the industry’s most esteemed archtop builder, Bob Benedetto allowed Fender build and sell his one-of-a-kind guitars as part of a Guild collaboration with the condition that the guitars be hand-built under his guidance and supervision. Mark and Master Builder Evan Ellis were selected to build the exclusive archtop line with accolades from Benedetto himself saying, “Nobody builds my guitars better than these two guys.”

With 30+ years of success as a Master Builder under his belt and a passion for building high-quality, hand-built archtop guitars, Mark launched Redentore Guitars, which he operates today outside of Nashville, Tennessee.

Undaunted by competition from numerous talented guitars builders coast to coast Mark offers, “There is always room for excellent work.” Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.—Colossians 3:23.