Welcome to my webstore! Please feel free to browse around and have any questions answered!
As a matter of introduction, I might like to say that this store reflects my own peculiar, eclectic, anarchic tastes and choices in musical instruments.
I strive to bring you the most musical, toneful, well built instruments irrispective of their price range. I have come to the conclusion (hard hands-on facts), that many of today’s products lack a proper “soul” – either because they are churned out in such quantities that there is little or no attention paid to the single instrument (or batch of instruments), or because the main focal point of such productions is purely a question of profit margins so the instrument itself must be produced at the lowest possible price, period.
He / she who loves making music will inevitably desire to own a unique instrument; I have met very few seasoned musicians who have told me “I want just a guitar, as long as it stays in tune”. Any musician with a soul will inevitably look for an instrument that “speaks” to him or her – it’s the never ending quest in looking for that special, precious tool and partner.
This stems in my very humble opinion from baring one’s soul to the beauty and power of Music – these are the instruments I wish to bring to your attention: the ones that allow you to speak the voice of your Music.
I have consciously chosen to walk an ambivalent, maybe controversial and surely rocky path; on one hand I like to trade in the second hand market, where the depreciation of a given instrument has already set in and therefore the prices are more in line with many player’s financial needs.
In this segment we often find the unloved gems, like the Telecaster Deluxe, the Gibson L6S or the RD, old Hamer USA guitars, the Ibanez Iceman, the splendidly executed Bacchus replicas – those special and often unique pieces which speak to us in a voice which is at the same time unique and different from the overall “fashion Tone of the day”.
On the other hand I am carrying new instruments, such as Nik Huber’s excellent line of top notch, high level, premium guitars (http://www.nikhuber-guitars.com). Nik’s approach to excellence is what transforms his handmade guitars into works of art, a pleasure for the ears and hands of the seasoned pros who often comment “I’ve never played a guitar like this...!”.
I’m also actively involved with Harry Haeussel’s stunning handmade pickups - the other “hidden” but significant half of Nik’s stunning guitars. Harry winds his craft and science for such top tier luthiers such as Pagelli (www.pagelli.com), Ruokangas, Teuffel and his pickups will make any guitar different - you’ll see and hear for yourself (please navigate to his page with the link on the left).
As of early November I have also taken up the responsability to promote Saul Koll's line of fine and funky (indeed!) guitars to Europe (www.kollguitars.com), as well as Juha Ruokangas' equally fine and stunning (www.ruokangas.com) guitars to Italy. New to the fold are Jim Soloway's beautiful Swan guitars, that feature a unique 27" scale length and an incredible string separation and tonal calrity.
