Crafter Guitars was founded by HyunKwon Park in April 1972 in the basement of his home, four people working in a 20 square metre area. In that early period, the company produced classical guitars for the Korean domestic market and these quickly earned a good reputation, mainly for their high quality of sound. The company soon had to move to new, bigger premises in order to build enough guitars to fulfill the demand, . The name ‘Crafter’, which has connotations of high quality and also pays tribute to the craftsmen who create the guitars. The Crafter brand is now used , preferred and recomeded by prominent musicians throughout the world.