Salvage Dreadnought

Circle Strings is the custom acoustic shop of Adam Buchwald, who founded it in 2005 and has since grown it into a team workshop in South Burlington, Vermont. Buchwald came up through vintage repair — studying under Bob Jones and running the bench at Brooklyn's Retrofret — before a stint building at Froggy Bottom, and that grounding shows in flattops that sit largely in the Martin tradition while ranging into mandolins, tenor guitars, and one-off, customer-driven designs. The work blends CNC precision with handwork, quality checked at every station. Circle Strings now anchors a small family of Vermont brands under Buchwald — the more affordable Iris Guitar Company, Dale Fairbanks' Fairbanks Guitars, the Allied Lutherie tonewood business, and the group's own retail shop.