I’d like to welcome you to my collection devoted to half a century of affordable and popular fretted instruments, between 1920 and 1970, and what came before and after.

Exhibition - Expo- Tentoonstelling:
L’ avènement de la guitare électrique. 50 ans d’histoire 1920/1970
De opkomst van de elektrische gitaar. 50 jaar geschiedenis 1920/1970
Fully composed with instruments from the Wim Raymaekers collection

Catalogue en français

Nederlandstalige catalogus

Online catalogue of the permanent collection.
Guitars and other fretted instruments 1920-1970:
50 years of growing popularity.

To the collection

Since 2004 I've been collecting guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles as well as a host of related items. Each one has its own significance, and all together they tell a story: what lay behind the popularity that evolved over half a century or more, and how did instrument makers respond to the growing demand for cheaper, louder and better gear?

If you thought you knew everything: here's more!