About  Me,

I started as a professional bass and guitar builder/repairer around 1989 in my home workshop near Brussels, Belgium.

At 16, when studying electronics in school, I was inspired by a Donald Brosnac book and began experimenting by building some of my own very basic guitars, using whatever tools I could find in my father’s metal workshop.

This opened up an exiting new world of guitar playing and the guitar making technique around it.

Around this time, I was playing in bands and bought a few major brand guitars and basses.

Never really satisfied with them, I began customizing my own gear.

This evolved into an obsession and finally into a profession.

These days my designs are based on traditional styles.

I try to mix them in a way that makes them look a bit different but feel like something players are used to.

Playability, ergonomics, sound and looks are very important to me. 

Years of playing, tweaking, repairing and building basses and guitars for a wide range of players have given me a good idea what  works best in my designs. Creating an instrument that becomes a player’s musical voice is what it's all about. 

All of my instruments are carefully-crafted- and reliable tools for musical creativity!

Paul Belgrado