Lubos Naprstek was born in Czechoslovakia in 1964. As a teenager with help from some local luthiers, Lubos began to restore, and repair stringed instruments and by the age of 17, Lubos had made his first classical guitar. He emigrated to the USA in 1983 where he settled first in Boston and then Miami where he continued his repair work. After a handful of successful builds, Lubos started building custom instruments full time in 2003. Now in Hamburg, New Jersey.

Source: Lubos Naprstek website (20 July, 2018)