Johan Sarens Luthier

Startpagina
België
Mechelen
Johan Sarens Luthier

Guitar making & repairs
www.johansarens.be Being both guitar player and builder gives him the advantage of an intimate knowledge of the instrument.

Johan Sarens (°Antwerp, 1983) - musician & guitar maker

Johan grew up in a world filled with music, visualisation, creating, building and constructing. He combined studying jazz guitar at the royal conservatory of Brussels with guitar construction at CMB (Centre for musical instrument making). He has built several guitars, including steelstrings, solid-bodies (strange curves) and quirky experime

nts (see facebook for pictures & info). Nowadays Johan specializes in Classical and Flamenco-guitars, using the technique of the Spanish masters. Everything that will define the sound of the guitar is done by hand and the use of machines is limited. Hot hide glue is used for the connections and all the guitars are finished with French polish. Through the CMB Johan was invited to participate in the Leonardo Project that researches the use of non-tropical wood in guitar construction. He recived the "Gouden Bootschaaf 2017" - golden fingerplane 2017. This prize acclaimes instrument builders for exceptional craftsmanship and for their honoring and spreading the knowledge of the instrument building craft.

21/12/2024

❤️

13/11/2024

30/07/2024

More then happy to finally release a recording of the decacorde I made for Jan Boudart. Jan plays his own composition Le Jardin ultraviolet. sometimes 6 strings are not enough, so we added a few more :-)

Sometimes Malmsteen is right: More is More! The Decacorde that Jan plays on, was designed and build specially for him. I tried to keep it as light as possibl...

10/07/2024

I recently made a video recording of two of my guitars. Here I drop the first one, played by the promising Emma Verbruggen. (video & audio by Jelle Tassyns)

Emma Verbruggen (°2005) is currently studying at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Antoon Vanderborght.The guitar that Emma plays is my traditional conc...

27/02/2024

Siccas Guitars did a review of my latest guitar. Thanks to Jouyan Tarzaban for the enthusiastic words! 🙏
https://youtu.be/FMSwc0A6w0A?si=WAIekT5IrWcIFzxK

🎸 The guitar: https://www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guitar/johan-sarens-2024/🏷️ Recorded on Knobloch Actives Double Silver CX Carbon 400 ADC strings. Support ...

08/11/2023

I will be present at the guitar expo on the Antwerpen Gitaarfestival next weekend. Come by to try some guitars, hear great concerts or just drop by! https://www.antwerpengitaarfestival.be

17/05/2023

Shaping some back braces.

20/04/2023

Gluing some traditional braces on the good old way

07/02/2023

Some pictures of my ceder top concert model in the sunshine

05/01/2023

Glueing in the bindings

Adres

Sint-Jan-Berchmansstraat 13
Mechelen
2800

Website

http://www.johansarens.be/

Meldingen

Wees de eerste die het weet en laat ons u een e-mail sturen wanneer Johan Sarens Luthier nieuws en promoties plaatst. Uw e-mailadres wordt niet voor andere doeleinden gebruikt en u kunt zich op elk gewenst moment afmelden.