Petros Guitars are an elite customized acoustic guitar luthier, founded by Bruce Petros, In the year 2000 Matt Petros Bruce's son begain working and building guitars at Petros guitars full time. Together the father son duo produce about 30 guitars per year. They are noted for their exceptionally high quality craftsmanship and often make guitars similar in appearance to Spanish Baroque guitars with the design, making both steel and nylon string hand-made guitars. Bruce began making guitars in 1972.[1]
The company makes 4 models, the FS (fingerstyle), GC, D, and the Jumbo, each retailing at a base price of $8800 each as of September 2011, making them amongst the most expensive new guitars in the world. The company also provides the option for customized furnishings such as exotic woods, buffalo horn nuts and saddles, mammoth ivory bridge pins and nuts, and specialized inlay and cutaway designs etc for an additional fee. The customized Petros guitars made of rare woods such as African Blackwood, Ceylon Satinwood or Old flitch matched Brazilian Rosewood are sold for an extra $4000 which with other furnishings such as ivory bridge pins can fetch over $14000 in total. The company has won numerous awards including 2008 Acoustic guitar magazine Gold award for top small scale guitar builder.[2]