Our current Workshop Team
Moses
Guitar Builder and workshop manager
Involved in the whole building process, specialised in machine work (incl. CNC programming) and lacquering finishing process
Nofortine
Guitar Builder and workshop maintenance guy
Involved in the whole building process
Griksrang
Guitar Builder trainee
Sengbathon
Guitar Builder trainee
Pastor Sunjay
Team assistant and supporter
Astha Partnership and Leader Team
Santosh Gnanakan
Company Owner and CEO of ACTS
ACTS – Group of Institutions, India
Santosh spent 16 years in the media world in India and Sri Lanka, including 10 years in the FM radio business, where he was a programming head and a famous DJ (popularly known as “RJ Saggy”). But he gave that up to join ACTS and as CEO is now involved in the conceptualizing and execution of new ideas and endeavors through which social equality can be achieved by providing affordable education to those less privileged. From organic farming to family camping experiences and now this guitar-building project, Santosh, a musician himself, has always been a passionate man and driven to achieve the best. Santosh lives in Bangalore, India with his wife and three kids.
Lukas Brunner
Swiss Partner of Astha Guitars
Guitar Building Teacher and Supervisor
Brunner Guitars, Switzerland
For over 20 years Swiss Luthier Lukas Brunner has been building guitars in the Swiss Alps and his innovative, high-end instruments have gained recognition worldwide in the acoustic guitar scene.
He has made himself available to Astha Guitars with all his knowledge and experience and has been teaching the team all about guitar building through many 3-weeks training sessions in the past years. Today he is still supervising the team from back home helping them to constantly improve the building process and the overall quality of the guitars.
Lukas is married and has three daughters.