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2019 Stötzel Small Jumbo, Wenge/Italian Spruce
Our latest beauty from Germany’s Wilm Stötzel is just that: gorgeous from tuners to tail, with a voice to match. Here we find Wilm’s Small Jumbo model decked out with Wenge back and sides and an Italian Spruce top, 25.5” scale for a touch added power and projection, and gorgeous geometric motifs at the rosette and headstock veneer. This instrument excels for fingerstyle playing, and has the right amount of depth and clarity to work wonders with a flatpick as well. Naturally, we had a blast with the Stötzel tuned to DADGAD.
The voice is clean, clear, and balanced across the registers, with a vibrant string energy that we really got lost in. And this beauty is only going to open up and open up!Other keywords: fingerstyle guitar, modern guitar, somogyi, stoetzel, winge, fingerpicking
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Wenge Add to CompareBrand New Stötzel SJ, Wenge/German Spruce
Here’s a wonderful example of Wilm Stötzel’s modern lutherie! This is a custom client commission decked out with Wenge back and sides (and bridge), plus German Spruce on top and Spalted Beech appointments throughout. A geometric headstock, combined with the partial rosette, makes a contemporary statement that perfectly accompanies the voice, itself the modern ideal with its mixture of power, clarity, and bloom.
Ready to commission one of your own? Give us a shout!Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, bespoke guitar, 26, winge, hiscox
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Wenge Add to CompareNew Stotzel Courage, Palo Escrito/Sitka
This is only our second Stotzel guitar in the shop, but we wish it was the third or fourth! Playing one of Wilm’s guitars is like having your own personal muse at hand at all times–if the richness of the voice can’t inspire you, the low-profile neck and silk-smooth setup will definitely tip you over the edge into new arrangements and compositions! We’ve got Palo Escrito Rosewood back and sides, an interesting choice which gives Stotzel’s Grand Auditorium “Courage” the pop and responsiveness of a Maple guitar, with an extra dose of tonal dynamism. Add to that a cream colored plate of the ever-adored Sitka Spruce, and you’ve got an instrument capable of explosive projection and soothing sustain in your hands.
Looking for a guitar that’s equal parts fingerstyle dream and flatpicking dynamo? Look no further: the excellent balance across the registers makes this an excellent tool to explore your fingertips’ wildest imaginations, and the snappy, articulate low-end really opens up under a flatpick with moderate to aggressive attack. When you’re not playing Courage (read: if you’re not playing Courage), there’s plenty of well-appointed eye candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of your guitar collector’s aesthetic, from the thin, emerald green purflings and asymmetrically shaped heel to the gold Gotoh 510 tuners with Ebony knobs. Bound up in a Hiscox Pro II hardshell case, there’s no chance for harm to come to this courageous beauty from Germany, so you better be prepared to carry this guitar wherever you go, so you won’t have to go too long without playing it.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Palo Escrito Add to CompareNew Stotzel Zoe Small Jumbo Wenge/German
This is our first guitar from German luthier Wilm Stotzel, and it is quickly becoming a shop favorite. This is Wilms Zoe Small Jumbo model in German Spruce and Wenge, and it sings out with full round basses and powerful trebles. Wilm attended one of Ervin Somogyi’s voicing classes and the inspiration shows in this build. He achieved a balanced tone here perfectly suited for complex fingerpicking melodies, but versatile enough for light struming and flatpicking as well. This guitar draws the player in and inspires endless playtime, it is a true joy.
We loved this one so much that we teamed up with Al Petteway and recorded it on our latest album: Dream Guitars Volume II Hand Picked. It is Track #4 – When We Were Young.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - German, Wenge
Initially trained by Steinway & Sons in Hamburg as a piano tuner/technician, I was offered an interesting job with a small yet very innovative piano workshop in Auckland, New Zealand. Jenkin Piano Service offers a wide range of services and I was involved in the rebuilding of old grand pianos, as well as tuning pianos for institutions and private customers.
I had always played the guitar (solo and in a band) and, during my time in New Zealand, I remembered my dream of becoming a luthier. It was then that I built my first guitar, a model OM, under the supervision of Paddy Burgin and David Freeman. And thus, I found I was starting to realise my long held dream.
It was time to move back home to Germany to focus on guitar building. In 2011, I started working with Heiner Dreizehnter, a successful luthier of 30 years, who offered a wide range of string instruments, from guitars to mandolins, bouzoukis to fretless accoutic bass guitars. For two years, I built guitars for Heiner Dreizehnter and also started developing and building my own designs.
During that time I read Ervin Somogyis Book „The Responsive Guitar“ and it had a big impact on how I looked at guitar making. In order to get more training, I went to do a voicing class with Ervin Somogyi and it changed the outcome dramatically in that there was just more of everything. All my guitars are now based on the new approach I learned with him and every guitar is voiced individually to achieve a specific outcome.
At the end of 2013, I became self employed as a piano tuner and at the same time, started building up my own guitar workshop in the wonderful south west of Germany. From mid 2014, I started building guitars out of my workshop and have been ever since.
As a craftsman I’m looking firstly for a tool that will be a pleasure to work with, has ample uses, is sensitive to my touch and will deliver reliably. Secondly, I want to show by appearance the quality of craftsmanship which went into every detail and visually rounds off the fine sound. A guitar should be a beauty to the eye, so you want to look at it and hold it. But once you do and start playing, it should become invisible and be the direct outlet of your musicality.
I had the dream to become a luthier – it is your dream to play your very own guitar. Using only the finest materials, employing precision and patience I built you a sensitive, inspirational instrument. So both our passions together will compose music.