Those of you who want to see live the famous ‘Defence of the Sampo’ Duke that Juha built 10 years ago, head to the Ikaalinen Spa Manor for the Ikaalinen College of Crafts and Arts 60-Year Anniversary Exhibition! More info about the guitar in the spotlight article.

Our guitar playing friends have been active all over the world! Check the awesome Unicorn Artisan demo video by Kingsley Durant! We also welcome aboard Jarmo Hynninen, a great player from Finland – don’t forget to watch the cool demo videos Jarmo has done with his Mojo Grande. You’ll find the videos easily from Jarmo‘s featured player profile sidebar.

We’re excited to join the Healdsburg Guitar Festival for the first time! This unique event is held at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa, California this August.

We’ll bring along four unique instruments, all built exclusively for the Healdsburg show. You can follow the build process of these guitars on our ‘in stock‘ page – see the guitars tagged ‘in the works’.

The show takes place 9-11 August. Come experience the unique atmosphere of Healdsburg Guitar Festival that brings together 116 luthiers from all around the world – hundreds of hand made guitars, builder seminars, player workshops, concerts… See you there!

Markus Setzer is one of the best known bass players in Germany, and now he presents his first solo album ‘_shades‘. We’re honored that Markus chose to record the whole album using his custom built Steambass Classic.

“It’s such a humbling privilege to have the opportunity to work with some of the best musicians in the world. Even if you’re not a fan of bass player solo albums, you should listen to this one. It’s different from anything you’ve ever heard in your life. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.” – Juha Ruokangas

Purchase ‘_shades‘ on:
iTunes
CDbaby

More purchasing options on Markus Setzer website!

Shawn Hammond of Premier Guitar visited us at Musikmesse – check out Juha’s interview and demos of Unicorn Artisan, Mojo King and 12-stringed Mojo Grande by Antti Paranko on this Premier Guitar video!

Don’t forget to subscribe also to the PG YouTube channel with tons of cool content for all you guitar geeks out there!

Day 4 at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013. Last day of the show, thanks everyone for stopping by!

Day 3 at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013. Special thanks for the jam session to Anouck Andre!

Day 2 at Frankfurt Musikmesse by Ruokangas Setzer Paranko Productions – have fun!

Day 1 at Musikmesse – Juha unveils the Unicorn Artisan – Enjoy the video!

“That’s what I call a true masterpiece : perfection all over. For a professional musician this is an instrument to grow old with – absolute top class!”

Not too bad first German review for the Mojo King. Check it out – english translation included!

Check out our Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013 video teaser! We hope you have as great time watching it as we had making it!

The loudest guitar show of the year is yet again around the corner! We’ll have a unique collection of guitars & basses with us, including many “firsts” such as the semi-hollow Unicorn, 5-stringed Steambass and more. We’ll also get to enjoy some kick ass demoes by Antti Paranko and Markus Setzer – both of them have their new solo albums out, by the way, available at the booth – signed, of course!

We’re working on the show guitars as we speak – check out the ‘in stock‘ page – we’ve added most of them already, and for the first time you have a chance to follow the progress prior the show as we keep adding fresh build photos frequently! And – if you happen to fall in love totally with one of the guitars, you may even have a chance to pre-reserve it and contribute to the final specs!

Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013 will be held 10-13 April.
The opening hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm.
You’ll find us from hall 4.0, booth B37.
More info about the show here. Welcome!

Check out this custom built Mojo Classic – the vintage white body color blends beautifully together with the pearl pickguard, arctic birch fretboard and mother of pearl inlays. Very cool!

We’re happy to welcome the famous Willcutt Guitars to our family of dealers. The first Ruokangas guitar is already on it’s way to Lexington Kentucky – check it out here – and more is in the works. Stay tuned!

We’ve proud to let you know that we’ve been working hard to finalize the design of our new baby, the Unicorn Artisan, by the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013. And we did it!!!

Go create your dream Unicorn Artisan in the Guitar Builder, and don’t forget to check out our Musikmesse show stopper in the works here!

The Ruokangas Unicorn was introduced in 2009. Check out on this video how it sounds and what Juha has to say about it today!

This is how Finland looks like this time of the year – the Winter Wonderland.

If you have spare time during the holidays, check out some of our latest updates! We’ve added a bunch of guitar mag reviews, some new and some older ones that were missing from the site. A few of the articles are not translated yet but we’re workin’ on it. We’ve also added new features to the Guitar Builder, such as the long awaited Ultra Violet color for many models and Peter Greene style wiring option for the Unicorn. Don’t forget to check the audio page as well – we’ve added tons of new clips for you!

The year 2012 has been great for us. Life has treated us well, and we want to thank you for the support – our work wouldn’t be possible if you guys wouldn’t be out there for us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2013 to you all!