Jonas Anatol Schneele wurde 1983 im Allgäu geboren. Sein Interesse am Gitarrenbau entdeckte er in seiner Jugend als leidenschaftlicher Gitarrist. Nach einer Ausbildung zum Schreiner folgte er seiner Faszination für Holz und Klang und absolvierte 2007 die Ausbildung zum Zupfinstrumentenmacher an der Berufsfachschule in Mittenwald.

 

Die ersten eigenen Konzertgitarren baute er von 2009 - 2013 im erstklassigen schweizer Fachgeschäft dieGitarre.ch von Jury Roten in Winterthur. Dort leitete er die Reparaturwerkstatt der Meistergitarrenabteilung.

 

Inspiriert durch die individuellen Ansprüche der Künstler an ein professionelles Instrument und durch den Kontakt zu verschiedenen Gitarrenbauern und Meisterinstrumenten im Geschäft, entwickelte er dort ein Konzertgitarrenmodell. Maßgeblich für die Umsetzung war die intensive Zusammenarbeit mit dem Geschäftsführer und Gitarristen Franco Marioli und dem renommierten Gitarristen Michael Winkler vom Eos Guitar Quartet.

 

Von 2013 - 2016 vertiefte er im anschließenden Studiengang Musikinstrumentenbau in Markneukirchen sein Wissen über Akustik, Restaurierung, innovative Bauweisen und Musikinstrumentendesign. 2017 entwickelte er ein weiteres Gitarrenmodell und absolvierte die Meisterprüfung im Zupfinstrumentenbau in Mittenwald.

 

Seit 2017 arbeitet Jonas Anatol Schneele als selbstständiger Gitarrenbaumeister in Sonthofen im Oberallgäu. Dort baut er in seiner Werkstatt Meistergitarren und restauriert historische Zupfinstrumente.  

Jonas Anatol Schneele was born in 1983 in the district of Allgäu in Bavaria, Germany. Being a passionate guitar player in his youth, he soon discovered his interest in guitar building, too. After his formal education as a carpenter, he followed his fascination with wood and sound and graduated from the vocational school for plucked instrument building in Mittenwald in 2007.

 

Jonas built his first own concert guitars during the years 2009 – 2013 at “dieGitarre.ch”, a specialized guitar shop owned by Jury Roten, located in Winterthur, Switzerland. There he managed the repair shop of the master guitar department.

 

Inspired by artists’ individual requirements towards a professional instrument and the contact with different guitar builders and instruments in the shop, Jonas soon designed his own concert guitar model at Jury Roten’s workshop. Decisive for its realization was the intense cooperation with manager and guitarist Franco Marioli and the renowned guitarist Michael Winkler of the Eos Guitar Quartet.

 

During the years 2013 – 2016 he deepened his knowledge about acoustics, restauration, innovative building manners and musical-instrument design in his study course of musical-instrument making at Markneukirchen, Germany. In 2017 he developed another guitar model and successfully completed his examination for the master craftman´s certificate in Mittenwald.

 

Since 2017 Jonas Anatol Schneele has been working as a self-employed guitar master builder in Sonthofen, Oberallgäu. He builds high-quality concert guitars and restores historical plucked instruments in his own workshop.


"I've owned this guitar since summer 2018 and I'm very happy with it. My colleagues from the Eos Guitar Quartet can finally hear me. The warm yet crisp basses blend beautifully into the overall sound of the quartet and the brilliant trebles come through clearly.

In combination with other instruments, the Concert proves its worth and holds its own against the trumpet, alphorn or cello. As a soloist, I enjoy playing classical guitar literature on it, from Bach to Albéniz, Koshkin, Bellinati, Dyens and Callahan. It is also good for jazz and flamenco. I play this instrument every day and it is developing magnificently."