Sonntag / J16/J17 Standard / Guitar
The Standard-model is the more elaboratly decorated version of the solid built Sonntag archtop. The optical outfit reflects the high effort of manufacture and the no-compromise sound that is already known from the »Ballade« model. In addition to the white body-bindings it has white neck-, headstock- and f-hole-bindings and multi-ply white/black strips. The fingerboard has mother-of-pearl block inlays, the headstock is ornamented with a rhomb-like mother-of-pearl inlay. The tailpiece consists of Ebony, the hardware is gold-plated.
€4550,-
Sonntag Guitars, Germany 
Stefan Sonntag, Luthier
Formal education
I was born in Augsburg, Germany on October 17, 1964. I began my training as guitar-maker in 1986 at the Violin-making school in Mittenwald, Germany. There I studied the skills and principles of handmade guitar construction.
In 1989 I ended my course of studies having passed my final examinations and went on to work for the Höfner stringed-instrument manufacturing company in Bubenreuth/Germany. There I was able to obtain an insider's view of the guitar making industry.
In 1990 I went to the Strohmer Workshop in Nuremberg/Germany where special-order guitars were made, as well as repairwork and restorations, along with Limited-Edition series.
In 1993 I received my Master's Degree as best in my class and began to set up my own workshop in Augsburg. Since then I not only serve guitarists in Germany but am increasingly becoming well-known in Europe and world-wide.
Self-employed guitar manufacturer
I build archtop Jazz guitars exclusively. Each instrument is hand-crafted here in my workshop. I use no prefabricated wooden parts, all parts are being made personally by me. I use only select woods that I choose myself from special suppliers. These woods are air-dried and stored for no less than five years. Only then do they posses the necessary quality that I demand in order to build my guitars.
