About us - GuitarPoint (2024)

Our Philosophy

We buy and sell vintage and used guitars, basses and amplifiers – and also Gibson and Fender Custom Shop instruments. Most of the guitars, basses and amps in our inventory we bought directly from private owners, collectors or musicians. We are primarily looking for instruments in all original, very good to excellent condition in their original case. As a GuitarPoint customer you can be sure that the instrument you bought has been handpicked, carefully inspected and verified as an authentic piece of music history.

When it comes to purchasing vintage instruments nothing is more important than knowing your things. A lot can happen in the life of a many decades old instrument. The world-wide-web is full of private sales ads and auctions and many times even the sellers don‘t know every detail of what they offer. Very often the seeming “bargain” turns out to be a bad buy – sometimes years after the purchase. The higher the value, the more contradictions could appear when you take a closer look. This is why we painstakingly analyze all guitars before we buy them to verify their originality and value.

We take every instrument apart and carefully clean it from the remnants of its previous owner(s). We take pictures of all parts and details to prove the guitar‘s originality and authenticate its year of manufacture. The pictures are presented to the customer together with the instrument*.

All vintage instruments* also come with an individual hand signed instrument profile document containing all relevant data and measurements such as serial numbers, potentiometer date-codes, pickup resistance, list of all hardware parts and weight.

Simon Gauf

CEO

Always on the hunt for the next guitar, whether in Europe or the USA, on the highway or on the plane… for over 20 years in the guitar business – in retail, sales, product management, purchasing or as a guitarist, GuitarPoint’s CEO Simon is “Always on the run”. A vintage expert who in addition to his passion for vintage Gibson and Fender guitars, is also one of the world’s top experts for Gibson Custom Shop and has created countless instruments and small series.

Fred Hauschild

Sales

„Mr. Marshall“ Fred owned almost every Gibson or Fender guitar model in his life as musician and guitar aficionado! He took apart thousands of vintage guitars for maintenance and is a walking serial number, guitar dating and Marshall library! Be sure that played every guitar we have in stock and knows how it sounds! Got questions? Ask Fred!

Deniz Erdem

Sales

Deniz has already spent half his life behind guitar counters and besides vintage guitars he’s THE Custom Shop Guru – there are only few people in Europe who handled more Fender Masterbuilt guitars … Deniz’s forearm has a “Fender Stratocaster” tattoo – nothing left to say!

Till Sommerfeld

Backoffice

Our “Swiss Army Knife” Till, himself a trained music retailer and passionate acoustic guitarist (with a special liking for Chet Atkins!), takes care of everything that requires a cool head and a steady hand. Order management, accounting, logistics and actually… everything. Always the first on the phone!

Mathias Schindehütte

Luthier

We are more than proud that one of Europe’s best guitar luthiers, Mathias Schindehütte, has been part of our team since 2023! Mathias has been working on vintage guitars for decades and, with his immense wealth of experience, ensures our highest standards of quality. Mathias exclusively takes care of the maintenance and care of our own instruments.