Stonebridge guitars from one of Europe’s top luthiers; Frantisek Furch. Since 1981 Frantisek has been handcrafting fine acoustic guitars and mandolins, not only under the Furch name, but also for several name brands. Now, Frantisek introduces his guitars to North America and the Western world as Stonebridge. Taken from the original name for the famous Charles Bridge in Prague, this name embodies the rich cultural history from which these instruments arise.
A new chapter of Höfner history began in 1997 when the company moved to a new production facility near the village of Hagenau. Millions of Euros have since been invested in state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly production technologies. Today, Höfner continues to build fine quality, handcrafted hollow-body and bass guitars for new generations of players and collectors.
Today the G&L factory continues production, as Leo Fender would have wanted. His private workshop, the epicenter of his creativity, remains untouched as it was on his last day and has been visited by music people from around the world. While G&L. The people of G&L, his people, continue to build the instruments by hand with love, dedication and great skill.
We are a small, limited production jazz guitar company whose primary goal is total customer satisfaction, all achieved in a price range where jazz guitars of this quality and playability were formerly unobtainable. Our mission statement at Stromberg® is affordable excellence. We believe that there simply is not a better jazz guitar made in this price range.
We believe that the building of stringed instruments from wood is the absolute highest form of woodworking. We are artists, luthiers, and master craftsman and our pride in our work is second only to our desire to bring tremendous satisfaction to our customers – the players and artists that use our instruments to create their own music.
The company Strunal, is a traditional and currently the largest manufacturer of stringed instruments in Europe. Situated in the picturesque town of Luby near Cheb in the westernmost part of the Czech Republic, it is continuing the rich tradition of musical instrument manufacture in that region, dating back to the latter half of the 16th century. The production of musical instruments in Luby took on its industrial character between the two world wars. In its present form the works, which is being continually modernized, has existed since the late 1960’s.
For 44 years Cort has built the finest guitars and basses representing quality and value unparalleled in our industry. Each Cort employee approaches his or her job with pride that allows us to work as one extended family; working for a common goal; to endeavor to bring you the finest quality instrument possible.
