by pagelli | Juli 20, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
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...
by pagelli | Juli 19, 2023 | Behind the Guitars
This is where we first introduced the Top Cut with the integrated soundhole. In an Acoustic Bass. Wanting to maximize the top’s surface in order to move as much air as possible meant moving the soundhole to the edge. But the customer had requested a cutaway, which of...
by pagelli | Juni 8, 2023 | Custom Made
Pius Truffer is the owner of the world-renowned Truffer Natural Stone Quarry in Vals, Switzerland, and he asked us whether we could build a guitar using «his» stone. Initially, the conversation was about an electric guitar, but after talking with Pius, it became clear...
by pagelli | Apr. 8, 2023 | Custom Made
This is our original MASSARI! To have a client like famed Swiss architect Res Knuchel is simply a piece of luck. As someone who appreciates beauty and whose job requires an open mindedness toward the new, he collaborated on the blueprint for what became our MASSARI...
by pagelli | März 18, 2023 | Custom Made
Acoustic basses have a tendency to sound thin, often lacking volume and low-end. The logical solution is to make them very big, but what else can be done? That was the question leading us to the construction of this instrument. We knew we needed a large top surface to...
