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About Me

Back in 1995 Sander de Gier started working as an apprentice with Dutch luthier Robberts. There he developed his skills in building and repairing guitars. A year later he started his own company. The first years he focussed on repairs and custom orders for guitars and basses. This was a great period to study all the different aspects of different guitars, how to build them, how to repair them. How come the way they play and sound the way they sound. Those years form the background from where Sander launched his first own designs.
Like with other brands these designs are continually being worked at, perfected. So after building prototypes, and then several first models, and seconds and thirds, we are now at a place where we can offer 4 own designs, 4 unique instruments. They are unique in the way they are constructed, and in the way they sound. We produce small series of each type, so even though you could speak of a â€˜productionâ€™ guitar there is still a lot of handwork involved. And therefore there are still many custom options possible as in every custom shop. What do you get? A handmade custom guitar with amazing musical qualities, built by a small team of skilled guitar-freaks.

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Member Since: 6/27/2008
Band Website: degierguitars.com
Band Members:Here are some pictures of our latest instruments. In order of appearance you see the Elevation, the Origin and the Reflection.
Influences: Here are some pictures of our new 'signature' De Gier Origin:..
Sounds Like:

Some pictures of our stand at North Sea Jazz 2008:

Quincell Adolphin, one of the greatly appreciated members of the De Gier 'family' has made this short video of the making of one of the main molds for the new 6 string Elevation. The singlecut bass guitar made by De Gier Guitars.

Here's a short snippet, and the first on the web, of Habib Faye on stage with Angelique Kidjo. Habib is playing his new 4-string De Gier Origin..! Check our blog for the contest!!

The first footage of North Sea Jazz..! This is Habib Faye trying out his new bass:

Some more footage from the last North Sea Jazz fest. This time you see Gerald Veasley trying out our six string Origin made for Quincell Adolphin.

Niels van der Steenhoven, guitarist of Focus and many others, was i our shop and tried out one of our Reflection. He was so kind to let us pick the up camera... This Reflection has our new custom pickups in it, High Cholesterol..!

Marc Vanderkley cam by and tried some basses.. check out his myspace at http://www.myspace.com/vanderkleyamp

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My Blog

six strings, only six strings is enough...

Last saturday we had some of our friends over to try some of our latest six string Origins and a six string Elevation..! We heard some cool grooves and some nice licks being played on these amazing...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:18:00 PST

A rainy day at DeGier Guitars...

It's raining outside, so I'm happy to be warm and dry behind the computer typing a new blog for you all.. To start off this week we'd like to thank you for reading! As we speak the only sound you coul...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:32:00 PST

Fall is coming...

Fall is on it's way, the sky is grey.. Well, that's enough 'rime' for today. Another week has passed and this week Marc Vanderkley came by our shop and brought his amp with two cabinets along... Well,...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:39:00 PST

It’s that time again...

I can hear you thinking.. 'what time is he talking about?'Well, let me explain... It's that time again where you realise where you are and what you're actually doing. And I can honestly say that I'm v...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:00 PST

We have a new website!

We have launched a new website! It's totally dedicated to Repairs & Customising. Mind you, it's in dutch completely, so all of you who don't speak or read dutch can look at the nice pictures... :)...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:27:00 PST

And yet another week...

Another week has passed and we are now sure: We're going to have an awesome time this coming year! We're busier then we've ever been which is a very good thing... So now you know, if you're gassing* f...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:34:00 PST

Holidays are now finally over...

So it's back to reality which tells us that there are three (!) six string basses waiting to be finished..! One of them is the newest model the Elevation of which you've probably seen some sneek prev...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:22:00 PST

Quiet and peaceful

And we're back! And De Gier has made national television..! :)Check out this program, MTNL, where you can get a good view of one of our latest 6 string Origin bass guitars.This is the link (scroll to ...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:51:00 PST

another week - holidays...

Another week has passed and again a lot of new things to tell you! First of all, it's holiday season and: We'll be closed from 5-9 August! Having that said it's now time for some more important things...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:48:00 PST

6 strings, 7 strings, 8 strings....

Since we've had an amazing response to two of our latest six string Origins we decided we could do even better... So, we're now working on, as we speak, a new 6 string... ... A six string Elevation to...
Posted by De Gier Guitars on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:44:00 PST