VALS QUARTZITE FLATTOP

Built for Pius Truffer, owner of a natural stone quarry in Vals, Switzerland, this guitar’s unusual features only begin with the fact that it has a stone top.

Other innovative elements include our Top Cut with an integrated soundhole – a design that we first used on the Stalder Acoustic Bass, and which allows the entire top surface to vibrate freely. Uninterrupted by a soundhole in its center, it also shows off the stone’s natural beauty.

As far as we know, the guitar’s string-path through the top is another first.

Providing the necessary string angle over the guitar’s archtop-style bridge, this design is a key element in the instrument’s success as a flattop-meets-archtop concept.