The Maker
Individually Hand-Voiced
Every instrument is voiced by hand, plate by plate, until the wood gives its fullest voice. No two are alike — each leaves the bench with a character and response entirely its own.
The Rarity
Hand-Selected Tonewoods
Every set is chosen by hand — rich in tap tone, quick to respond, and brought to the right moisture content before a single brace is fitted. The finest wood is rare, and worth the wait.
The Feel
Functional Ergonomics
Comfort and tone are not rivals. A soundport, a bevelled armrest and the body wedge ease the long hours at the instrument, until the guitar disappears and only the music speaks.
The Detail
Exceptional Appointments
Making a fine guitar is routine; making an exceptional one is not. In the smallest details — the rosette, the inlay, the purfling — unhurried effort shows. Craft becomes personal art.
Five Labels, One Voice
A label is not a category.
It is a promise.
Labels usually separate price, decoration or rarity — one model sits above another, and the structure becomes a ladder. Hozen Guitars is different. The five labels are five expressions of the same maker-led philosophy: different intentions, different build approaches, each individually voiced.
Tradition, RevoicedRed Label
Where the past and present meet — built for players who love the familiar language of the great pre-war American steel strings: authority, balance, dryness, attack. But tradition should not become a cage. Rigid Rim construction, carbon-fibre neck reinforcement and hot hide glue sit alongside a proprietary voicing of the traditional X-brace. Tradition, but not nostalgia.
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Built for the PlayerBlack Label
Hozen's ergonomic philosophy made visible. Built for the player who needs comfort, response and control through long hours — especially fingerstyle players, where touch and physical ease are inseparable from sound. The Manzer Wedge reduces the physical burden; the Laskin-inspired armrest softens the contact point; the soundport returns part of the voice to the player. The guitar disappears. The music speaks.
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Pure Function. Pure Tone.Gold Label
Hozen at its most restrained. Born from a dealer's remark that “people just want tone,” it asks what a serious player truly needs and then removes what is unnecessary. Hand-selected tonewoods, signature hand-voicing and time-consuming rigid-rim construction, offered exclusively with the Manzer Wedge. It is confident enough to be quiet.
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Where Craft Becomes Personal ArtBlue Label
The home of one-of-a-kind heirlooms, rare materials and complex rosettes — the most time-intensive builds in the atelier, made from the maker's private stash of exotic tonewoods. Floating back bracing, French-polished interiors, and either Falcate bracing or the signature Hozen Lattice, chosen for the wood and the player.
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The Ukulele, ElevatedGreen Label
A serious ukulele should not be treated as a small novelty. Boutique acoustic craftsmanship applied to the ukulele — carbon-fibre neck reinforcement, an innovative carbon-fibre bridge plate, soundport, bevelled armrest and the “Uchida-style” bevelled offset cutaway. A small body exposes the maker: there is nowhere to hide.
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Black Label
Black Label | Limited Edition - Drift | MJ Adirondack African Wenge | Hold
$3,795.00
Black Label
Black Label | Limited Edition 2024 | MD Sinker Red Cedar Flamed Walnut
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Red Label
Red Label | DR Torrefied Sitka Indian Rosewood | Golden Era
$3,045.00
Blue Label
Blue Label | #314 | MD Swiss Spruce Spalted Mango
$6,495.00
Setup
Every instrument is PLEK'd: frets levelled and action dialled to a hundredth of a millimetre.
Shipping
Shipped worldwide in a fitted hardshell case, insurance available on request.
The Voice of the Maker
The world may chase efficiency.
I chase resonance.
The world may chase efficiency. I chase resonance.
That sentence has become the defining truth of my workbench. It does not mean efficiency is wrong—without efficiency, the team-built approach that makes these instruments accessible would be impossible. But efficiency is not the only reason to make something. A guitar is not a problem to be solved faster; it is a voice to be understood.
The Hozen Story
Hozen Guitars is the continuation of everything I have learned, but expressed at a higher level: lighter, more responsive instruments with deeper attention to ergonomics, stability, and expressive control. These instruments are born from a desire to give my all as though there is no tomorrow. It is a reflection of my journey, and a living testament to who I am as a maker.
The Instruments
About My Instruments
What hand-voicing actually means, and why a guitar can be correct and still not be alive.
Read moreThe Materials
Tonewoods
Soundboards, backs and sides — what each timber contributes before a single brace is shaped.
Read moreThe Body
Guitar Body Shapes
The body must serve the music. How shape decides reach, comfort and voice.
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