page_title: Furch Guitars
section_title: Innovations
hierarchical_section_title: Furch Guitars / Innovations
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of the headstock of a Furch A17-40 CM guitar
context_page_description: Furch Guitars is a Czech manufacturer of premium acoustic guitars and acoustic basses founded in 1981 by Frantisek Furch. Furch guitars are preferred choice of such artists as Al di Meola, Suzanne Vega, Per Gessle, Glen Hansard, and Calum Graham.
  The company's production complex and head office are located in Velké Němčice, Czech Republic. In 2019, Furch Guitars opened their distribution and servicing center in American Nashville, TN.
context_section_description: Furch Guitars is committed to the continual improvement of the sound of their instruments, and to that end, they carry out research and development. The aim of these activities is to go beyond the current limits of guitar making by developing new technologies and production processes, such as a special soundboard voicing process, the revolutionary Furch CNR System neck joint, and propriety Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish.  
  Unique voicing process
  Furch CNR System
  Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish
caption: Headstock of a Furch A17-40 CM guitar, with the classic "F" monogram
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