About us - GuitarPoint (2023)

Our Philosophy

We are buying and selling 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 customers 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 doesn’t know all details about what they offer. Very often the “bargain” turns out to be a turd – 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 are experienced, globally networked professionals and are among the most renowned experts in the vintage guitar business.

We take every instrument apart and carefully clean it from the remnants of it’s previous owner(s). We take pictures of all parts and details to proof the guitars originality and authenticate it’s 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 key figures such as serial number, pot codes, pickup resistances to identify the guitar.

Simon Gauf

CEO

Always on the hunt for the next guitar, whether in Europe or the USA, on the Autobahn or on the plane…in the guitar business for over 20 years – in retail, sales, product management, purchasing or as a pro guitar player – Simon, the GuitarPoint CEO is “always on the run”. In addition to his passion for vintage Gibson and Fender guitars, he is one of the top experts for Gibson Custom Shop and has created countless one-off instruments and limited runs.

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!

Matthias Schindehütte

Luthier

We are more than proud that the famous luthier and vintage expert Mathias Schindehütte joined our team in 2023!