Theo Scharpach as been a guitar maker for some 40 years. Although he lives in the Netherlands he was born near Vienna, Austria. In 1999 he began working with Menno Bos, who graduated from the Arnhem Academy of music in 1987, who now has been making guitars for over 30 years. Each luthier has his own workshop. As partners Menno does the all the woodwork and Theo does the computer design, varnish work, and builds some of the prototypes of their models. Menno Bos built this guitar in 2003, and he refinished the guitar in 2013, French polishing it with varnish. The guitar is set up to classical standards, but the saddle is high enough to lower the action should one wish to do so.