Biography

My love for classical guitars started almost 30 years ago by seeing the movie 'Jeux Interdits'.
After a few years of selfstudy I followed guitar lessons with a friend who was following lessons in the conservatory of music.

When I was 18 years old, I joined the airforce to become a flight technical engineer. Besides the days working as an engineer, my father learned me how to work with wood. He was a carpenter and worked in a construction company. Working with wood became more than a hobby: it became a real passion.

There wasn't much time left for playing the guitar. Now and then I picked up the guitar to play a couple tunes just for fun.

Me (down on the left) togheter with the crew engineers (picture)

One of my last projects as a cabinet maker (picture)

Everything changed about five years ago, having a car accident, and being seriously injured on the neck. I was partly paralyzed on my left arm and had muscle outburst both at my arm and hand. I lost my jobs as a flight engineer and cabinet maker.

It was only by playing the guitar more frequently I regained back force in my arm and hand. Although nowadays I have to be very carfully not to play too much. Classical guitar playing is very chargeable for neck and back.

Because my guitar was very heavy to play, I tried to build one in the hope it would be more easy to play, so I could play longer without getting tired in the left arm and hand. With guitar building I found a new occupation. One that was good for my ailments without risking to become overloaded.

My first guitar I builded(picture)

When I started building classical guitars, I had no idea they use composite materials in classical guitarbuilding.
It was also thanks to Bart Aerts and Geert Claessens and through their guitars I decided to switch from traditional guitar building to the more modern way of building.

Both professional guitarists have a great technical knowledge of the modern classical guitar.
Thanks to their so valuable tips and to my past as a flight technical engineer and a cabinet maker, I developed an own way of building guitars.

The most beauty of building a guitar autodidact is that you put all your technical knowledge, reassembled in your lifetime, in the guitar, so that the quality of the guitar will automatically be a reflection of that knowledge, and by this of your own personallity.


	Biography My love for classical guitars started almost 30 years ago by seeing the movie 'Jeux Interdits'. After a few years of selfstudy I followed guitar lessons with a friend who was following lessons in the conservatory of music. When I was 18 years old, I joined the airforce to become a flight technical engineer. Besides the days working as an engineer, my father learned me how to work with wood. He was a carpenter and worked in a construction company. Working with wood became more than a hobby: it became a real passion. There wasn't much time left for playing the guitar. Now and then I picked up the guitar to play a couple tunes just for fun. Me (down on the left) togheter with the crew engineers (picture) One of my last projects as a cabinet maker (picture) Everything changed about five years ago, having a car accident, and being seriously injured on the neck. I was partly paralyzed on my left arm and had muscle outburst both at my arm and hand. I lost my jobs as a flight engineer and cabinet maker. It was only by playing the guitar more frequently I regained back force in my arm and hand. Although nowadays I have to be very carfully not to play too much. Classical guitar playing is very chargeable for neck and back. Because my guitar was very heavy to play, I tried to build one in the hope it would be more easy to play, so I could play longer without getting tired in the left arm and hand. With guitar building I found a new occupation. One that was good for my ailments without risking to become overloaded. My first guitar I builded(picture) When I started building classical guitars, I had no idea they use composite materials in classical guitarbuilding. It was also thanks to Bart Aerts and Geert Claessens and through their guitars I decided to switch from traditional guitar building to the more modern way of building. Both professional guitarists have a great technical knowledge of the modern classical guitar. Thanks to their so valuable tips and to my past as a flight technical engineer and a cabinet maker, I developed an own way of building guitars. The most beauty of building a guitar autodidact is that you put all your technical knowledge, reassembled in your lifetime, in the guitar, so that the quality of the guitar will automatically be a reflection of that knowledge, and by this of your own personallity.