THE ARTIST :
KLAUS KOTHER
30 Years Backstage,
Now Center Stage
Klaus Kother isn't a hobbyist who painted a guitar. He's a cultural insider who spent three decades building the credentials most artists fake.
The Fashion Foundation
Founder & Creative Director: ROX Fashion (high-end rock 'n' roll couture)
Founder & Head Designer: TARA Couture (handcrafted luxury womenswear)
Dressed rock royalty from stages to red carpets
Built international distribution across Europe and Asia
The Music Industry Access
Store & Project Manager: MJ Guitars, Munich (Germany's premier guitar gallery)
Worked alongside Mathias Jabs (Scorpions guitarist)
Backstage and atelier relationships with :
• Lenny Kravitz (designed stage wardrobes and collaborated on Flying V guitars), • AC/DC (Malcolm Young's Gretsch, Olympic Stadium Munich), • P!nk (Yamaha tour guitar collaboration), • Dozens of A-list musicians, tour managers, and instrument techs
The Business Backbone
30+ years in finance and investment: FOREX specialist (London, New York, Singapore)
C-suite advisory roles: Head of Sales Family Office, Senior Key Account Management, Managing Director, international sales structures
Entrepreneurial ventures: Web development, real estate, M&A support
What Makes Klaus unstoppable:
He's not choosing between art and business—he's the rare operator who mastered both. He understands margin structure, collector psychology, brand architecture, and cultural timing. He's painted guitars between FOREX trades and board meetings for years before realizing he'd accidentally created an asset class.
Klaus doesn't need this to work. He wants it to work. And that changes everything.
"Where Rock & Roll Heritage Meets Investment-Grade Art"
Painted Sound by KOTHER has created something that shouldn't exist but does: museum-quality painted guitars that function as both tangible art and cultural artifacts—capturing a category that collectors didn't know they were missing.
This isn't about guitars. It's about what a generation is willing to pay to hold onto its identity.

THE COLLECTION: 15 WORKS, INFINITE SCARCITY
15 hand-painted guitars across every iconic shape
Guitars aren't props.
They're the physical manifestation of music itself.
This isn't about guitars. It's about what a generation is willing to pay to hold onto its identity.

