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Tony Zemaitis was born on 10 April, 1935 in London, England, is a Tony Zemaitis was British luthier from London British luthier from London. Discover Tony Zemaitis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Occupation Guitar maker
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 10 April 1935
Birthday 10 April
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 17 August, 2002
Died Place Chatham, England
Nationality London, England

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1935

Zemaitis (birth name Antanas Kazimeras Žemaitis) was born 1935 in London, England of Lithuanian family.

He left school at the age of sixteen to help with family finances and took up a five-year apprenticeship as a cabinet maker, but it was when he found an old, damaged guitar in his family attic that he found his real passion in life.

1957

In 1957, after completing his national service, Zemaitis began producing a few basic guitars in order to learn about construction, soundhole shapes, tonewoods, and string length.

He also experimented with building different multi-stringed instruments, and some of these made their way to the folk scene.

1960

In 1960, having realized that musicians needed simple and light instruments, he began selling his guitars at prices which covered the cost of materials, and by 1961, after being mentioned in the music press, Zemaitis started to be approached by leading players.

1970

In 1970 Zemaitis started experimenting with placing a metal shield on the top of the guitar body to eliminate microphonic noise through the guitars' pickups.

His first metal-top guitar prototype was purchased by Tony McPhee; the second was built for Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, (who was in The Faces at the time).

1971

Wood played the instrument on The Faces' Top of the Pops appearance in 1971, and the shiny appearance of the guitar raised much interest from other guitar players.

Zemaitis asked gun engraver Danny O'Brien to create artistic images on the top and other metal parts of the guitar, and he started building custom-order guitars for rich and famous musicians.

His most famous guitars are Ronnie Wood's 24-fret metal-top guitars: Zemaitis built four for Wood, which he used from 1971 until 1995.

He also built Ronnie Wood's "Desert Island" (or "Slide on This") metal disc top guitar, Keith Richards' 5-string "Skull&Bones" guitar, Eric Clapton's "Ivan the Terrible" 12-string acoustic guitar, various acoustic guitars and resonator guitars for George Harrison, and bass guitars and a resonator guitar for Ronnie Lane.

1978

In 1978, he made a unique acoustic bass for David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.

From the mid-70s, Zemaitis started decorating the tops of his guitars, other than the metal-tops, with elaborate pearl inlay, using figures such as dragons and skulls and bones, or with a mosaic-style inlay.

These Zemaitis guitars command the highest second-hand prices.

1980

In the 1980s Zemaitis launched a "student model" guitar that could be upgraded when the player could afford it, but this proved to be too popular and time-consuming.

This model threatened to overshadow all other guitar production and was discontinued.

By the 1980s Zemaitis was taking more orders for guitars than he could produce and he was having to turn down work.

1990

In the 1990s, Zemaitis guitars became very collectable and forgeries began to appear.

These forgeries in both new and second hand guise, while looking genuine, used poorer-quality materials and did not sound like a genuine Zemaitis.

During his 39 years of production, Zemaitis had a policy of never making two guitars the same, and he limited himself to making only ten guitars a year to ensure the quality of each instrument.

2000

Zemaitis retired in 2000 and died two years later.

His guitar-making style was carried on by Zemaitis Guitars of Tokyo, Japan.

Led by his son, Tony Zemaitis Jr., the company continued to employ Danny O'Brien as an engraver.

2002

Tony Zemaitis (1935 – 17 August 2002) was a British luthier from London.

He is mostly known for his "metal top" electric guitars, which were used by some notable rock musicians.

Under the leadership of his son Tony Zemaitis, Jr., Zemaitis Guitars company continued this guitar-making style after the luthier's death in 2002.

2007

In 2007, American economist-turned-fraudster Al Parish bought an acoustic guitar made by Zemaitis and owned by George Harrison for $150,000.