The history of guitars and folk instruments under the brand ""Doff"" began in 2002, when a group of enthusiasts purchased the equipment and remaining materials fromthe once famous Lunacharsky factory of musical instruments in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg) dreaming to make their own acoustic guitars. For a long time we studied the history of the guitar industry of the world’s leading manufacturers, considered their experience in the organization of production, used their knowledge in the choice of material, visited various museums of musical instruments and restored numerous vintage Russian guitars, and it helped us to understand how to preservetraditions of Russian luthiers and combine them with modern technologies and processes in guitars production. And now we create instruments that have their own character, unlike all other instruments.