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Not one of my guitars are identical. Neither in sound, nor in appearance.
They are built in a traditional way with traditional materials.
Nevertheless, it is very important to me that they possess their own sound and appearance .
To achieve this, I build everything from scratch, including the smaller components such as the binding, the purfling and the rosette.
Working in this manner allows me a lot of freedom: I use a variety of body woods, I vary inlays, I carve necks differently or apply different bindings.
I want each guitar to be unique. Each instrument should have its own look and its own voice. Just like you!
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It is my goal to build high quality, good sounding acoustic guitars with a full and transparent sound that are easy and comfortable to play.
My objective is to create a full sound where each note and each string is equally audible.
After more than twenty years of repair work, I know how important it is to have a low action without fret buzz. This improves the intonation and easily allows you to play for hours.
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Whenever possible I use local wood. I sometimes know where a tree once stood, which has given life to a certain part of an instrument.
There is a lot of beautiful regional timber which unfortunately has not been used in guitar building. Some of these species are great sounding and have a stunning appearance. They have become my woods of choice and I take great pleasure in working with them.
As I do a lot of the sawing and drying myself, I have a large selection of unique tonewood, which allows me to build guitars that have their own look and sound.
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It is important to me to build long lasting instruments that have the least possible impact on our environment and our planet’s resources.
Therefore, I use almost exclusively regional woods and often saw them myself.
A large part of the timber I use, which would have otherwise ended up as firewood or wood chips on a playground, originate from local sources.
Through many years of experince in instrument repair, I have aquired building methods which I know will produce long lasting guitars to be passed on to further generations.