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![Thomas Riedel](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-thomas-riedel.jpg)
Featured artist
Thomas Riedel
Musician, author, singer, performer and bon vivant
from Barleben near Magdeburg plays
a SPEZIAL IV64 in wengé / spruce as well as
a “La Onda” in Indian rosewood / spruce
Artists Gallery
A selection of our satisfied customers – national and international.
![Philipp Seidel](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-philipp-seidel-320x320.jpg)
Philipp Seidel
Cottbus, Germany
„La Onda“, cedar
![Borche Naumoski](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-borche-naumoski-320x320.jpg)
Borche Naumoski
Skopje, North Macedonia
SPEZIAL V, bubinga / cedar
![Prof. Zhi Chen with Yameng Wang and Mario Gropp](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-zhi-chen-yameng-wang-320x320.jpg)
Prof. Zhi Chen
Beijing, China
with Yameng Wang and Mario Gropp
![Ahmed El-Salamouny](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-ahmed-el-salamouny-320x320.jpg)
Ahmed El-Salamouny
Munich, Germany
SPEZIAL IV, cedar
7-string SPEZIAL IV, cedar
![Miriam Fernández](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-miriam-fernandez-320x320.jpg)
Miriam Fernández
Argentina / Switzerland
SPEZIAL III, cedar
13-course theorbo
![Qing He](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-qing-he-320x320.jpg)
Qing He
Tianjin, China
Romantic guitar
8-course renaissance lute
13-course baroque lute
SPEZIAL, cedar
![Günter Geurts](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-guenter-geurts-320x320.jpg)
Günter Geurts
Essen, Germany
SPEZIAL SE-C II, cocobolo / cedar
![Yameng Wang, Meng Su, Shanshan Chen and Jie Li](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-yameng-wang-meng-su-shanshan-chen-jie-li-e1687780638660-320x320.jpg)
Quartet China
China
Yameng Wang, Meng Su
Shanshan Chen, Jie Li
4x SPEZIAL, spruce 63 scale, cedar
Jie Li
China
SPEZIAL
![Napoleão Costa-Lima](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-napoleao-costa-lima-320x320.jpg)
Napoleão Costa-Lima
Brazil
SPEZIAL II, padouc / spruce, oval
SPEZIAL III, cedar
![Prof. Antonio Grande](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-antonio-grande-320x320.jpg)
Prof. Antonio Grande
Naples, Italy
R-model, cedar
Baroque guitar 6-course
![Prof. Raffaele Carpino](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-raffaele-carpino-320x320.jpg)
Prof. Raffaele Carpino
Caserta, Italy
SPEZIAL III, sycamore maple / spruce
![Klaus Schindler](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-klaus-schindler-320x320.jpg)
Klaus Schindler
Germany
Concert model, sycamore maple / spruce
SPEZIAL IV, cedar
![Arnaud Partcham](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-arnaud-partcham-e1683293095333-320x320.jpg)
Arnaud Partcham
Nice, France
SPEZIAL IV, cedar
![Claudio Pezzella](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-claudio-pezzella-320x320.jpg)
Claudio Pezzella
Sant’Agnello di Sorrento, Italy
7-string SPEZIAL V, maple / spruce
![Kihyuk Yang](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-kihyuk-yang-1280x853.jpg)
Kihyuk Yang
Seoul, Korea
with his six Gropp guitars (f.l.t.r.)
SPEZIAL V, Madagascar rosewood / cedar; Mod. Torres “La Leona” 1856, cypress / spruce; Mod. Staufer 1815, maple / spruce; French Romantic model ca. 1820; Mod. Torres 1892, bird’s eye maple / spruce; Weissgerber model, oak / spruce
![Roberto Limón](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-roberto-limon-320x320.jpg)
Roberto Limón
Mexico
SPEZIAL SE-C II, Madagascar rosewood / spruce 64 scale
![Mario Barbuti with Armin Gropp](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-mario-barbuti-320x320.jpg)
Mario Barbuti
with Armin Gropp
Cava de Tirreni, Italy
Baroque guitar 6-course
![Martin Ackerman](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-martin-ackerman-320x320.jpg)
Martin Ackerman
Argentina / France
SPEZIAL IV, cedar
8-string “La Onda 64“, spruce
![Yameng Wang and Meng Su](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-yameng-wang-meng-su-320x320.jpg)
Yameng Wang, Meng Su
China
2x SPEZIAL
![Christina and Christian Gutgesell](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-christina-christian-gutgesell-320x320.jpg)
Duo Appassionato
Hanau, Germany
Christina Gutgesell
SPEZIAL SE-C II64,
Indian rosewood 64 scale
Christian Gutgesell
SPEZIAL SE-C II, padouc / spruce
“La Onda”, Indian rosewood / spruce
![Thomas Riedel](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-thomas-riedel-320x320.jpg)
Thomas Riedel
Magdeburg, Germany
(Photo: Sylvia Pudel)
SPEZIAL IV64, wengé / spruce
“La Onda”, Indian rosewood / spruce
![Martin Steuber](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-martin-steuber-320x320.jpg)
Martin Steuber
Leipzig, Germany
SPEZIAL II, wengé / spruce
![Fabian Hinsche](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-fabian-hinsche-320x320.jpg)
Fabian Hinsche
Gütersloh, Germany
SPEZIAL SE-C II, oak / spruce
![Annette Schneider](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-annette-schneider-320x320.jpg)
Annette Schneider
Zwickau, Germany
SPEZIAL SE-C II64,
Madagascar rosewood / spruce
![Carlo Duvivié](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-carlo-duvivie-320x320.jpg)
Carlo Duvivié
Vienna, Austria
SPEZIAL SE-C II, maple / spruce
![Eugen Beidinger](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-eugen-beidinger-320x320.jpg)
Eugen Beidinger
Göttingen, Germany
SPEZIAL SE-C II,
Indian rosewood / cedar
![Stephen Kai Leung Chau](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-stephen-kai-leung-chau-320x320.jpg)
Stephen Kai Leung Chau
Hong Kong
SPEZIAL SE-C II, cedar
![Mauricio Carrasco](https://www.gropp-gitarren.de/media/artists-mauricio-carrasco-320x320.jpg)
Mauricio Carrasco
Chile / Australia
SPEZIAL III, cedar
Staufer Romantic model