Furch Acoustic Guitars

Furch Acoustic Guitars

Our Story


The creative path of every musician is marked by a quest for a distinctive style, a style that reflects the player’s musical identity. All musicians strive to be unique, extraordinary, and original, and they demand the same qualities from the instruments they play. This drive for originality is the cornerstone of the Furch Guitars story.


Furch Guitars


The Furch Guitars journey began well before the company was officially founded. In the 1970s, František Furch, a metalworker by day and a musician by night, faced a familiar challenge: the lack of high-quality musical instruments in socialist Czechoslovakia. With importing instruments from abroad too complicated and costly, František turned to his metalworking skills, crafting his first banjo from an old drum. A few years later, in 1981, he built his first acoustic guitar, a roundback model with a spruce top sourced from an old piano. The positive response from fellow musicians was immediate, sparking a wave of interest and commissions from friends. František’s early prototypes of roundback guitars, highly sought after at the time, cemented his reputation for innovation.

Our Mission

Our mission is to design and produce instruments that allow everyone to fully express their potential for musical creativity and performance.

In following our mission, we focus on a few key aspects:

Responsiveness

For us, communication with an instrument is not a one-way dialogue. If the player hits a string or taps the wood, the instrument responds back via sound but also via structural vibration. The better the response, the more information the player receives, and nothing inspires playing and composing more than symbiosis with your instrument. With this in mind, we strive to design our instruments to always provide an outstanding physical response.

Purity of Sound

The player is an important person, a unique individual. Equally important, however, is the listener. Whether it’s for a stadium full of people or just the lone player strumming to themselves, our instruments are designed and built to transfer all the instrument’s nuances to those listening. Furthermore, we are continuously improving the acoustic performance of our instruments in an effort to extract more and more of their potential.

In-house Production

To produce a superior-sounding acoustic instrument, it is essential to have a precise production process. For some components of the acoustic instrument, changes of hairline thickness can have a huge positive impact on the sound and playability. We produce all our instruments in-house, which provides us with the environment we need for designing unique and effective production processes and design solutions. The result is a superior quality of construction, sound, aesthetics and longevity for each instrument.

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