About us
Meet our team
At AluTone, we believe in pushing boundaries to create guitars that are unlike anything else. Our team combines vision, engineering, craftsmanship, and passion. The best or nothing. This is our goal and mindset in creating a guitar that truly stands apart
Sietse Schoenmakers - Creator of AluTone
Designer, sound engineer, and guardian of the concept. Never satisfied. Always listening and crafting for a better sound.
Ken van Dun - Mechanical Engineer
Working closely with Sietse, Ken brings the technical expertise that makes each guitar finely designed, detailed, and precise.
F. Tuijtelaars - CAD/CAM Specialist
Responsible for the accuracy of the milling process, ensuring every design is flawlessly translated from drawing to reality.
Pieter Reijnen - Investor
Fueling success with investing, fun, and passion: where business thrives!
Frans Reijnen - Marketing & Sales
Believes in the success of AluTone and is determined to take these guitars worldwide.
Marijn Roerade - Luthier
Handles fretwork, assembly, and setup. With an eye for detail and steady craftsmanship, each guitar is finished to perfection.
All AluTone guitars are designed and assembled in the Netherlands; with precision CNC milling in China.
Meet our team
At AluTone, we believe in pushing boundaries to create guitars that are unlike anything else. Our team combines vision, engineering, craftsmanship, and passion. The best or nothing. This is our goal and mindset in creating a guitar that truly stands apart
Sietse Schoenmakers - Creator of AluTone
Designer, sound engineer, and guardian of the concept. Never satisfied. Always listening and crafting for a better sound.
Ken van Dun - Mechanical Engineer
Working closely with Sietse, Ken brings the technical expertise that makes each guitar finely designed, detailed, and precise.
F. Tuijtelaars - CAD/CAM Specialist
Responsible for the accuracy of the milling process, ensuring every design is flawlessly translated from drawing to reality.
Pieter Reijnen - Investor
Fueling success with investing, fun, and passion: where business thrives!
Frans Reijnen - Marketing & Sales
Believes in the success of AluTone and is determined to take these guitars worldwide.
Marijn Roerade - Luthier
Handles fretwork, assembly, and setup. With an eye for detail and steady craftsmanship, each guitar is finished to perfection.
All AluTone guitars are designed and assembled in the Netherlands; with precision CNC milling in China.
Who-what-where is AluTone?
The story of AluTone Guitars – the all-aluminum guitar created in the Netherlands by a company that reinvented itself.
The history of guitars is full of interesting and original ideas that never quite caught on, including guitars made of aluminum. Have you ever heard of an Alu Guitar? It was a mystery to Sietse Schoenmakers (1996), which led to the birth of a dream for this passionate guitar player who couldn't find an aluminum guitar in stock. "If we can't buy one, we'll make it ourselves."
In October 2024, the company where Sietse worked, ORIT B.V. was sold: a global machinery sales company. Sietse was the quality controller there. He and his former boss began planning a new future, a time when it was still impossible to buy an aluminum guitar off the shelf. “We can change this,” they decided.
And so, adding one and one made three. The former boss of Sietse, Frans, also the owner of a private equity fund, Cisles B.V. (since 2010), invested in the joint venture with Sietse and the brand AluTone.
The skills and the passion from ORIT B.V. were still present. With the combined force of a CAD-CAM designer named Ken and Sietse’s know-how, the creation of an AluTone guitar began.
Sietse's Instagram account, Siets96, was also a big help. On this account, Sietse creates demos of guitars, pedals, and amps.
In May 2024, the first prototype came out of production and exceeded all expectations.
The future of AluTone is building an A-brand guitar, crafted entirely out of Aluminum for unmatched Tone and Sustain.
