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Andre Müller (aNDREmu)

André Müller, a.k.a. aNDREmu, was born in Switzerland and moved on to live and work in Vienna in 1997. He is a multi-instrumentalist (Chapman Stick, electric bass, piccolo bass, piano, guitar) and a composer. Today he focuses mainly on the rather “exotic” Touch Guitar. As a virtuoso player, aNDREmu is exploring the full sonic range […]

Marc Pelath

Marc Pelath is a musician and composer living in Chicago IL. After half a lifetime of flirtations with music, from piano as a child and early teen, to synths and bass guitar as a teenager, to various touchstyle instruments, he finally found a home with the U8 Deluxe, and within a few years started recording […]

Jacob Leibeck

Jacob Leibeck is a multi-instrumentalist musician who resides in Lexington, KY. Jacob specializes in crafting challenging polyphonic arrangements for two-handed guitar that combine expressive techniques with inspired sound design. He plays both a U8 in the standard fifths tuning as well a U10 tuned in mirrored fourths. The U10 is Jacob’s performance instrument of choice. […]

Oscar Robles Diaz

Originally from Mexico City, Oscar Robles is a musician currently based on Vancouver Island, Canada. He has toured in South America, North America, and Asia. His studies in music began on the acoustic guitar at a young age, and from there he went on to study classical guitar at Mexicos’s National Autonomous University (UNAM). As […]

T8 – Walnut, korina, purple heart

• black korina body with flamed walnut top • satin finish • 3-piece korina/purple heart/korina neck • purple heart fretboard with abalone inlays • black hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® locking tuners • Custom Touch Guitars® pickups in walnut • Volume / 5-way switch / tone for each pickup • passive […]

U8 – padauk, kaya mahogany

Made by Jaakko Peltonen at the Vuorensaku workshop (https://www.vuorensaku.fi) • kaya mahogany body • 2-piece flamed maple neck • rocklite fretboard • black hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Sperzel SBC locking tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • passive electronics Tuning: Bb F C G D A C D

U8 Deluxe – transparent red birch

This U8 Deluxe is completely made out of local wood. We had this beautiful unique birch on stock and it turned out to look just amazing with the red finish. This one now lives in Australia. • birch body in transparent red • 3-piece maple/walnut/maple neck • walnut fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • […]

U8 Deluxe – charcoal burst

It’s been a long time ago since we did a U8 Deluxe model. This was the initial design Markus and Ed Reynolds came up with in 2008. Still one of the coolest models we are offering and this beauty absolutely kills it. • western red cedar body • flamed maple top in charcoal burst • […]

U8 – 2-tone blue

A blue beauty with satin finish. • swamp ash body • 2-tone blue satin finish • 3-piece maple neck • ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays • chrome hardware • Jim Dunlop Straplok system • Touch Guitars® custom locking tuners • Delano SBC HE/S pickup • Tuning: Bb F C G D A C […]