The steel string guitar features an armrest for the player’s comfort. The bridge and fingerboard are made in a contrasting wood for optical and technical reasons. Rosewood, harder than European woods, better withstands stress affected by the strings and the player’s fingernails.
Length 105 cm
Width 37.5 cm
Height 10.5 cm
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Gerhard Schöpp
- Guitar maker
- Zell am See, Austria
- Master Artisan
Contact
German, English, Swedish
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+43 654221862
+43 654221862
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A knack for pulling strings
- • Gerhard quit architectural studies to pursue his craft
- • His specialty is Western guitars
- • He loves the smell of wood
Gerhard Schöpp opened his string instrument workshop in 2018, a year after obtaining his craftsman’s diploma. For Gerhard, a musical instrument is much more than the sum of its parts: It’s a sophisticated construction, design, and a tool that people can use to be creative and touch others with their music. "In a way, I've been an instrument maker all my life, even if I didn't realize it until late," Gerhard says. He thinks every human being is born to do something that they’re particularly good at. "Already as a child, I was good at working with my hands," says Gerhard reminiscing about building a pitfall in the sandpit to catch Smurfs as the beginning of his creative pursuits.
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AUTUMN
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JAZZ
Gerhard made this archtop guitar for the master degree required in Austria to open up an instrument making business. Carved from solid wood, it’s an acoustic guitar built like an instrument from the violin family with an arched top and back, F-Holes and strings attached with a tailpiece.
Length 102.7 cm
Width 43.1 cm
Height 14 cm
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Butterfly
The guitars in the classic guitar Butterfly series feature a wider, flat fretboard and a lighter construction resulting from lesser string pull by using nylon strings. Their sound is softer, rounder and warmer than steel-string guitars.
Length 101 cm
Width 38 cm
Height 11 cm
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Autumn
This special edition guitar is part of the Autumn series and was made for a guitar show. Compared to the other model, it features a different armrest style and was produced by using only local Austrian wood.
Length 101 cm
Width 38 cm
Height 11 cm
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Autumn
The steel string guitar features an armrest for the player’s comfort. The bridge and fingerboard are made of ebony, the colour of which harmonises with the dark and decoratively grained wood used for the back and sides.
Length 101 cm
Width 38 cm
Height 11 cm
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