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About Stonebridge Guitars

Back in 1981, Frantisek, who was an avid banjo player, was professionally performing throughout the country in various bluegrass bands. He was finding it impossible to acquire high quality instruments and so it was out of this frustration that he had the idea to try his hand at lutherie.

After a few successful guitars had been built, the word soon started to circulate and this attracted musicians who were eager to place orders. It was however, a tricky situation. The rules of the communist government did not allow for any private enterprise, so he actually had to work in secret. So for the next eight years, he quietly devoted himself to mastering his building skills, working in a small garage below the family house.

In 1989, the barriers of communism came down and this opened the way for Frantisek to officially open up his business to the world. His company was named Furch Musical Instruments. By then, he was producing acoustic guitars that were superb in quality and in no time, he couldn’t keep up with the demand. So employees were steadily added and in 1993, they moved the production into a renovated mill.

In 1994, Furch entered the Frankfurt music fair for the first time. This proved to be quite successful, and the demand for the instruments quickly surpassed their production capacity. Orders were sold out for at least six months ahead of time.

In 1999, the new Millennium Series of acoustic guitars was introduced. By then, they were completing thirty guitars a week, with a staff of 20 people.

In 2002, they delivered a guitar with the serial number of 15000 and had almost doubled their production rate.

In 2003, they purchased a much larger section of the mill, which they began to completely rebuild. The Durango and Bluegrass series of acoustic guitars were launched at the Franfurt music fair and were received with much enthusiasm.

In 2004, they moved into the new facilities and completed guitar number 18000.

In the summer of 2005, a decision was made to adopt the name of Stonebridge, to be used internationally, and arrangements were put in place for distribution into North America and the UK under this new brand name.