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JamV Guitars  – Hans van Velzen   

Studio for:
Handbuilt classical guitars –  Restaurations – Repairs – Handmade tools for the  guitarbuilder

Since 2026 JamV Guitars will no longer provide you with :

Repairs and adjustments on your electric or acoustic guitar or bass.
From 2026 on my focus will be on the Classical guitar in terms of guitar building.
I  am still available for maintenance and repairs on classical guitars, special handmade tools for the luthier and french polishing.

My mission: To enable musicians to explore and express their creativity by providing them with first class (custom built)  Instruments.

In 2011 I won the first prize at the Dutch Guitar Builders meeting.
In 2014 I was awarded the golden fingerplane  for promising Talent of the CMB in Belgium.
in 2018 I won the third Prize in the II Antonio Marin International  Guitar building competition in Granada.

The coming decades my focus will be on the Classical guitar in terms of guitar building.
I also participate in the Leonardo Guitar Project since 2014.
In May 2015  I was able to work in Italy for a month with Lorenzo Frignani on this project.

One of my own projects was the building of 2 Manuel Ramirez 1910 Models, one with and one without Tornavoz. The Manuel Ramirez without Tornavoz was finished in 2017.
The Model with Tornavoz was finished june 2018.
A project for 2019 was building two Santos Hernandez models, one in spruce, one in cedar.
For 2020 I was working on my own 2 signature models; one is inspired by Enrique Garcia , the other is Inspired by Manuel de la Chica/Santos Hernandez.
For 2022 I was working on a Vicente Arias 1889 model beside a guitar for GSI.
For 2023 I was exploring 2 Enrique Garcia 1917 models, one with a cedar top, one with a Tornavoz.
For 2025 I have been working on a project together with Walter Verreydt in which we built a small series of 4 traditional classical guitars intended for conservatory students.
For 2026 I will mainly built my own 2 signature models of classical guitars.

For news and other projects take a look at my  facebook page.