Sugi

Sugi Musical Instruments Ltd is a Japanese guitar and bass company founded in 2002 by Makoto "Nick" Sugimoto. Sugimoto has been working in the stringed instrument industry since the 1970s. In 1976, he went to United States to learn guitar repair from Kunio Sugai owner of Performance Guitar Co., also at Hoshino USA. He then returned to Japan and joined Fujigen Inc. from 1978 until 1992 and Fujigen Hirooka Inc. from 1993 when Fujigen Hirooka Inc. was established until 2002 . At Fujigen he worked in R&D, custom guitar building and engineering and took a leading role in Fujigen’s design and manufacturing for twenty years.