Luthier Balazs Prohaszka : Prohaszka Guitars

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Balazs's path as guitar maker began at a Hungarian school of lutherie where he learned to make and repair guitars, violins, and lute type instruments.

Afterward, he worked in his teacher's workshop crafting all sorts of instruments with main focus on violins. In 1997 he went to work for a double-bass workshop where he built and restored double basses, many made by the best European makers dating as far back as the 17th century. Balazs says,"The experience serves me well: few instruments are as diverse in music as the double bass—except the guitar."

Balazs set up his own workshop in 2000 in a small Hungarian village and built mainly archtop guitars. Simultaneously, he worked for the well-known German bow maker Bernd Etzler. In 2003, he went to work for Lowden Guitars (now Avalon Guitars) in Northern Ireland and gained experience in every aspect of guitar manufacturing. After a while he developed several new designs and custom projects.

Balazs continues to create his own designs with a distinctive sound and approach. Every guitar is an individual design to achieve a specific look and sound. He says,All of my guitars are the result of individual discussion; every aspect of the guitar can be customised; and there are no limits to design and vision. I refuse any compromise in quality and vision.

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