Daniel Zucali is a guitar maker who was born in the Bregenzer Wald (Vorarlberg, Austria) in 1977. On leaving school in 1991 he started an apprenticeship at a technical college, which specialized in woodwork. From 1996 to 2001 he apprenticed at Hanika in Baiersdorf (Germany). He took some time out in 2003 from Hanika to get his Master Luthiers degree. In 2008 he left Hanika to open his own workshop where he specializes in nylon stringed guitars: classical, crossover and jazz style.