Andreas Guitars

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Andreas Pichler is a very artistic guy, he has come up with a new innovative finishing process that is completely and very distinctly European. I don't know if they will appeal to Americans due to the Euro avante garde appearance.

I think that probably they will be highly collectible. The quality fit and finish is impeccable.

The Andreas guitar line was one of the guitars that got pulled off my Worlds Best Guitar page. When I first bought the line I recognized immediately some of the problems.  However I had been making excellent progress with the sales manager. I was pretty sure that he was going to make the necessary changes. The body shape was very hip and very comfortable. 

Then the company hired some Jibroney as a new sales manager. Dino Ferreri, He was completely unresponsive to me, In fact we had a strong personality conflict.

I requested wooden fingerboards (Ebony & Rosewood).  He did not comply,
I also requested Korina & Swamp Ash Bodies, He did not comply.
I indicated to them that the pickup mounting was substandard to what people are expecting today, He did not comply.
I requested Seymour Duncan Black Back  TM pickups. The company wanted to use EMG's,
The company also wanted to use solid maple bodies.    "80's anyone"
The maple body was incredibly shrill sounding. especially when coupled with that aluminum fingerboard.

The aluminum fingerboard is actually very cool, I even liked the sound of it on a model that we custom made with a Korina body.

Andreas finally dumped the moronic sales manager that I could not get along with and now is offering wooden fingerboards and some extremely cool hand wound German pickups. I recently played the models they had at NAMM and I have decided to again carry the brand.