Who we are

was born in 1973 and plays the guitar since he was ten. In 1995 he started making guitars with instruction of Erik Krause, after he had learned the fundamentals in a woodworking school. His second instrument was already bought and is played by a member of the Freiburger Gitarrenquartett.

was born 1961. Inspired by Tibor Ehlers he began making instruments in 1979. Since 1980 he worked as a repair man in a little music shop in Pforzheim/Germany. In 1983 he met Rolf Eichinger, who taught him the principles of spanish guitarmaking. Short time later he got to know Franz Butscher and founded with him die Gitarrenwerkstatt in Freiburg. Franz Butscher now lives in Orgiva near Granada/Spain, where ha has an own workshop and makes wonderful guitars.

is the youngest member of our team and was born in 1981. In 2009 he finished his trade test for luthier and worked until the spring of 2011 in a prestigious Munich guitar shop. In the summer of the same year it moved him to Freiburg. Since then he cares for us to dispatch and quality control in the incoming and outgoing goods. All instruments are set by Him before shipping optimally. Since 2012 he is also doing repairs for our local shop.

are located in the Kulturpark-Freiburg. The building also houses the international music college and several artists' studios as well as gastronomy.