Evolution of Chinese Acoustic Guitar Companies: An Overview

Reputation of European Acoustic Guitar Factories

There are reasons to buy acoustic guitarwith Chinese Guitar factories, cost, quality, etc. But we want to start from the European guitar companies, first.

The pursuit of perfect sound of acoustic guitar, the desire of a dreamed acoustic guitar, the ambition of building of unique guitar brand, etc., there are reasons to buy acoustic guitar from outstanding suppliers, factories, etc.

Indeed, there are a lot of luthiers, makers, guitar companies and guitar factories, etc. around the world that can fulfill the personalized requirement. Although it is very difficult to count a detailed number of them, there are some top rated guitar brands in Italy, German, UK, Spanish, Netherland, Finland, Sweden, etc. All of them are respectable guitar companies.

Dilemma of Chinese Acoustic Guitar Factories

Although Chinese guitar factories have earned some reputation on global stage today, it was a dilemma for their marketing activities. To attract the attention, they lowered their price, but followed with quality problems. Seems there is no treatment, their story will be end with doom.

The initial motivation for clients to be partner with Chinese guitar companies is that the cost of guitar building is lowered.

Back to 1990s, it was the time that music industry began to develop in China. There were only a few Chinese companies that focus on the production of acoustic guitars. To attract the attention of the market, most of them applied low price strategy. And they were successful.

But, problems followed. The low cost doesn’t due to a innovation of technology or alternated tone wood with excellent sound properties. Some of them jumped into this pool without knowledge of how to swim fast and safe, not only for their own, but also for others. That means, they start the business without correct recognition of acoustic guitar, material, structure, technology, etc. What they do is to copy other existed brands.

Once be asked, their answer just include two types of acoustic guitars: all solid acoustic guitar and solid top guitar. Some also knows laminated wood acoustic guitar. This is even better. Because some who are without knowing of quality, technology, etc., even using bamboo wood to construct an acoustic guitar, cheap, but nothing related with guitar.

Thus, such kind of success was so glowing, but vanished sooner. The governance of regulation of intelligence protection became more and more strict and complaints of quality floated on the sky of the market, etc., their business went down to the valley. Some of them started to think about how to run their business and some of them vanished forever.

The business in China seemed no hope, but candle flickering on the table without any attention. The situation has changed from the beginning of 2000s.

Understanding of Quality by Chinese Guitar Factories

For years of efforts, learning, studying, etc., and most importantly, the competition, caused the Chinese guitar factories a better understanding of quality of acoustic guitar as well as classical guitar.

Digging deeply to understand the structure of the guitar, body, bracing system, wood material and building technology, etc. The techniques of Chinese guitar companies keep evolution.

Today, there are many good guitar companies in China who are able to surmount the most difficulties in guitar building to deliver outstanding products. Those companies understand what the quality is, durability, solidity, sound, etc.

Most importantly, with the understanding of copyright, they keep on improving their designation which enable them to create their own mark.

Along with that, making their technology of acoustic guitar building keep on progressing.

Our model D930 is one of the most recognized full solid acoustic guitar here.