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Ruokangas Guitars

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Finland

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Member Since6/13/2007
Band Websiteruokangas.com
Band Members

Juha Ruokangas is the guy to blame of starting all this - designing, building and bringing these guitars on the market. He conducts our little circus, and takes part in crafting guitars whenever and as much as possible. Juha claims openly that Ruokangas Guitars builds the best electric guitars in the world. What arrogance...

Jyrki Kostamo
has worked as a professional luthier at Ruokangas shop since 2001. He focuses mainly on the Vsop and Mojo models as well as the new lines Bomber and Hellcat. Jyrki lets steam out by playing guitar in local metal bands. This dude has an (almost) endless patience.

Tomi
"El Magico"
Nivala
joined the Ruokangas team in 2004. He's a professional luthier, and focuses mainly on building Duke models and exotic one-offs. Tomi plays actively in two bands, Heartburn and Re-Pulse. Tomi is the official nutcase of our team.

Emma Elftorp a professional luthier from the west coast of Sweden. She joined the Ruokangas team in 2006. Emma is the one who takes care of this MySpace page amongst her other duties. She also looks after the rest of the team from getting into trouble...

We have two additional team members; Mika Koskinen and Jiri Kaarmela, operating in another town, responsible for the invaluable tonewood supply and rough cut of our Vsop and Mojo series bodies and necks. Here pictured Mika - Mr. Arctic Birch himself.


Friends of Ruokangas Guitars



Juha and Tommy Emmanuel with his Mojo Grande



Taylor Hicks and Josh Smith with his Duke TwinSonic



Rainer Nygård of Diablo with his Ruokangas Custom P69/8SL



Mick Box of Uriah Heep with his Duke Custom



JayJay French of Twisted Sister with his Mojo Grande
and Juha Ruokangas



Jukka Tolonen with his Duke JT Custom



Juha Torvinen of Eppu Normaali with his Mojo Classic



Pantse Syrjä of Eppu Normaali with his Vsop King






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   About Ruokangas Guitars
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History
Ruokangas Guitars was founded in 1995 by luthier Juha Ruokangas. The story goes from repairing guitars in the late '80s to studying guitar building under guidance of the finest Finnish luthiers in the early '90s - then launching the company and building guitars in his 35 square meter workshop since 1995. The workshop has expanded step by step to its current form, 250 square facility with handful of skilled luthiers crafting about 100 unique guitars a year.

Different guitars
What makes Ruokangas guitar different from the rest? First of all, Ruokangas uses materials not traditionally seen in electric guitars. Spanish Cedar, Arctic Birch and Moose Shin Bone have become synonymous to the Ruokangas name in the world of boutique guitars over the last decade. Secondly, Ruokangas uses ThermoTreatment - a revolutionary patented technology to replicate the effects of aging in the cellular structure of tonewood. Find out more of what we're about from our official website.

A few words from Juha
"Our work is a testimony for the old world values. We have consciously decided not to be part of the ongoing industrial race for cheaper labour and bigger profits. Our simple task is to make our living by building guitars, and to cherish the tradition of handcraft - even if it wouldn't always be the most efficient and profitable way." - Juha Ruokangas


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THIRDSPHERE





Jul 7 2008 5:53 AM

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY

HOW U GUYS DOING??

THANKS FOR ADDING US!

SEE U IN HELLLLLLLLLLLLLL

THIRDSPHERE
Sarf Crimson





Jul 6 2008 10:35 AM

Hello!

Thanx for having us as your friend! :)

We are excited and proud to announce that the following four bands have confirmed that they will play at Uppsala Progressive Rock Festival.


* Cirrus Winery
* Klotet
* Ensemble Nimbus
* Pär Lindh Project

The festival takes place: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 16.00-22.00.


The stage is called Parksnäckan and is located in the centre of Uppsala.

Svenska Art Rock Föreningen Crimson, SARF Crimson (in translation The Swedish Art Rock Society Crimson), is a music society which was founded in Uppsala in 1992. The society’s main purpose is to promote and expose the progressive rock music genre.

Welcome to the city that has been giving birth to the following progressive rock bands: Samla Mammas Manna, Kaipa, Fantasia, Manticore, The Flower Kings, Pär Lindh Project (PLP), Ensemble Nimbus, Indisciplined Lucy, Violent Silence and Flying Food Circus.


Tickets can be bought at www. ticnet. se and at the local newspaper office, UNT City, at Dragarbrunnsgatan 24.

Most welcome!

/SARF Crimson
Infernation





Jul 3 2008 7:05 AM

Thanks for your add :)
Your guitars look so great!
LOOPS





Jul 3 2008 6:30 AM

Hi, beautiful Guitars.
Marcelo Gagliotti





Jun 30 2008 8:17 AM

Thanks! Beautiful Guitars!!
KINGPIN





Jun 30 2008 2:03 AM

Terve!
Kiitos lisäyksestä.Kerrassaan hienoja soittopelejä rakentelette...kesän jatkoja!
Esko





Jun 29 2008 3:00 PM

Morjes
Kiitos lisäyksestä.
Mysteria





Jun 24 2008 1:16 AM

Kiitos ja kumarrus! Mahtavaa kesää koko porukalle!
The Bullet Reviews





Jun 24 2008 12:38 AM

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Jun 21 2008 2:25 AM

Hello Juha and others at Ruokangas guitars…

I want to thank you for making this awesome guitar for me….
It’s clearly the best guitar I’ve ever played. The sound of it is just amazing with my tube driven Marshall and Engl amps. And let’s not forget how beautiful it looks like..it’s a masterpiece..I think I’ll never play with an other guitar again (unless it’s made by you guys). This guitar was probably a big challenge for you because I wanted something vintage feeling combined with a modern touch. The result was even better than I could ever imagine. So, thanks for making this guitar for me. I am very anxious to get playing it on the forthcoming second Amberian Dawn album!!

best regards
Tuomas Seppälä
Amberian Dawn
Tim Scullion





Jun 17 2008 1:04 PM

Thanks for the add, Emma! I love a well-built custom guitar; and my theory is that you can never have too many guitars.

From the world of Ambient-Metal . . . Tim






firestorm
Albert Lee





Jun 16 2008 8:45 AM

Cheers Ruokangas Guitars!!
Steve Piticco





Jun 13 2008 9:23 AM

Thank you Emma & the guys for
adding me to your MySpace.
The Roukangas are beautiful!

Take care, Guys *<(:-o}-<,

Steve Piticco.


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Jun 13 2008 7:58 AM

Terve!
Kiitos kutsusta. Haluaisin testata kitaroita.
Hyvää viikonloppua!!!
Reijo
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Jun 13 2008 3:49 AM

Tattista Jäbät!
Hyvää duunia!

BOOGALOO GREETINGS FROM HELSINKI!!

new single "45" out now "SOULPUDDING"
Funky Instrumentals vol. 2 (mukatsuku 008)
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Lester Peabody





Jun 13 2008 2:41 AM

Tervehdys ja kiitoksia!!!
Niki