Koen van der Meij founded VanderMeij Guitars in 2013 after years of playing guitar and graduating in woodworking and furniture making. Since 2015, he has been crafting his instruments in his workshop in Amsterdam. With VanderMeij Guitars, he aims to create perfection in looks, tone and playability to provide the modern guitarist with the best. The VanderMeij Magistra is popular mostly among heavy metal players and Koen specializes in multi-scale and extended range guitars including 6, 7 and 8-string guitars. Koen works closely with professional touring guitarists to improve every aspect of his guitars.