About me... Oneman,...
It was about ten years ago when my good friend, the world-renowned luthier Matthias Dammann and me, developed the idea of producing finest grade as well as master grade tops for acoustic guitars out of European Spruce, following the motto “One man, one mission, that’s all in tradition". In my opinion, giving luthiers holding the same high standards with their products as I do, the opportunity of being supplied with the best material available is gaining great importance in our times of mass production.
From my childhood on, I am surrounded by music instruments I am a glowing and enthusiastic guitar player for years now. My special relation to music and my passion of working with wood is great motivation and incitement for me. With both my great-grandfather and my grandfather having been wainwrights, my family has a long tradition of wood-working. In the same workshop where my ancestors built their coaches at the turn of the century, I handcraft my guitar tops today.
My workshop is located in a small, idyllic Austrian village near the Bavarian border and is a one-man-firm. With Matthias Dammann accompanying every production step from carefully choosing the best logs to the critical hand-selection of the finished tops, it becomes absolutely obvious that the focus lies on doing a first-rate job, i.e. conscientiously crafting high quality tops.
On this occasion, I’d like to thank Matthias for always remaining steadfastly at my side, equipping me with his whole store of knowledge concerning lutherie and showing me everything that matters when manufacturing a mastergrade top.