Actually I think they were invented or at least developped in Spain but many Spanish and French words are similar (and spoken at 200 miles an hour).
Marc
Art & Lutherie guitars?
just bought a "Simon & Patrick" manufactured by the same mother company(Godin)..played a few art & luthier when i was shopping for mine ...they are entry level guitars (none are all solid wood construction that i know of but most have solid tops)very well constucted and sound quite good really for the price..
ken
ken