Berlin Press Conference
This past weekend we all met in Berlin, welcoming new members and the press to our press conference announcing the invitational "Holy Grail Guitar Show", to be held in Berlin in Nov. of 2014. It was a great occasion, topped off by Ron Spielman and Michael Rodach playing all the instruments present in turn. We're looking forward now to continuing the work of organizing the EGB and to reach out to luthiers around Europe.
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The Holy Grail Guitar Show 2014
Ladies and gentlemen - EGB proudly presents The Holy Grail Guitar Show 2014! Stay tuned for more information as our press release goes out soon.
An important note to all the luthiers out there interested in joining EGB and/or exhibiting at The Holy Grail Guitar Show - keep an eye out on this website news section, we will have answers to your questions very soon!
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Reaching Higher / San Francisco 2013
Michael Spalt (president of EGB) and Juha Ruokangas (vice president of EGB) were two of the many European guitar makers invited to showcase their works in Santa Rosa, California, at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival - one of the most appreciated boutique guitar shows around.
Michael and Juha standing on the top of the world (in this case the Twin Peaks, San Francisco), reaching higher with the future plans to raise the awareness of handmade guitars in Europe to a new level.
It’s Official / Berlin 2013
In May 2013 our efforts solidified when the registration of the association was confirmed in Germany, to be called 'The European Guitar Builders, e.V.' (EGB), located in Berlin!
EGB Founding Meeting / Vienna 2012
Teuffel, Frank Deimel, Kora Jünger and Jacques Carbonneaux came to Vienna to meet with Andreas Neubauer, Michael and Tania Spalt with the goal of founding a European luthier organization that would start working on a new breed of international guitar exhibition - an event designed to raise the bar to a level never seen before.
As a result of the memorable weekend - filled with intense discussions and good food (Andreas, your goulash was divine!) in great company - the founding documents of The European Guitar Builders association were signed, sealed and delivered!