Headway Inc. was founded in 1977 in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with Mr.Momose, one of Japan's leading luthiers, as technical director.
Initially, guitar production started with three people, Momose made all the necks for Headway's original acoustic guitars.
These carefully crafted guitars, which were not mass-produced, quickly became known as the best of the best in the Japanese acoustic guitar world.
Due to a factory fire, the company stopped producing acoustic guitars in 1983, but miraculously made a comeback in 2001 as New Headway. And now, they continue to produce high quality acoustic guitars.
Mr. Momose told, "My goal is to make guitars that people will play and nurture for the rest of their lives."