About Us

Guadalupe Custom Strings was founded in 1991 by Francisco Gonzales, an established harpist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from East Los Angeles.  After many years of frustration with mediocre quality commercial strings, Francisco began his mission to design and manufacture strings that were as high in quality as the musicians who played them. 

Our strings are made with the finest materials available and with a knowledge and sincere respect for the music, the musician and the instrument.  Our proprietary formulae for our custom designed strings have been painstakingly developed over the last 17 years by working closely with professional musicians around the world. 

Our Strings are handmade in East Los Angeles, one at a time, by dedicated artisans who are also musicians. We are proud to continue this tradition and to supply some of the greatest musicians in the world with professional-quality hand-made strings.

The Team

Guadalupe Custom Strings is a project that would not be possible without the help guidance and hard work of the following consultants and artisans.

Jacob Hernandez - Owner, Shop Manager and Artisan. Jacob is also a musician from East L.A., he is currently  active with groups such as  Los Cojolites, Pasumecha, and DomingoSiete.

Jose Becerra - Quality Control and Artisan. Jose is a graduate of the Los Angeles Music Academy, a professional percussionist in the L.A. Scene, and a teacher of music with the Lalo Guerrero School of Music in Los Angeles.

Albert Grey - Artisan - Albert is a percussionist, an Artisan,and a machinist, he is a welcomed addition to our team.

Gabriel Tenorio - Consultant, Guitar Tech. Gabriel is founder of the international group DomingoSiete, he has played with just about everyone in Los Angeles. He is a guitarist and composer as well as an advocate for the arts.                        

Francisco Gonzales - founder and consultant

What can we say? We owe GCS our maestro. Without him this wouldn’t be possible.