Flaxwood Guitars is a guitar manufacturer in Hein vaara , Finland . The company was established in 2004. It makes guitars from a wood based new composite material called Kareline , which is recyclable and environmentally friendly, as well as being acoustically optimized to work as something of an ideal tonewood. ref cite news url http www.plasticsnews.com k2007 kshow headlines2.html?cat 51&id 1196092179&q Flaxwood title Kareline seeks global markets for bioblends date November 26, 2007 work Plastics News quote ...guitar and unfinished, green swirled, solid guitar body. The guitars, handmade by Finland s Flaxwood Oy, deliver quality sound due to the finely honed wood component of the compounds. Lindqvist... accessdate 2008 09 08 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References Reflist cite web url http www.seymourduncan.com dealers guitar builders flaxwood guitar title Seymour Duncan Guitar Builders Flaxwood Guitars accessdate 2008 09 08 External links http www.flaxwood.com Flaxwood Guitars Category Guitar manufacturing companies Category Manufacturing companies of Finland Finland company stub ... more details
Infobox Company company name DBZ Guitars company slogan It s a New Day vector logo company logo Image dbz guitars logo.png 200px company type Private company Private foundation 2008 founder Dean Zelinsky, Jeff Diamant, Terry Martin location Houston,Texas Houston , Texas , United States of America area served Global industry Musical instruments products revenue operating income net income num employees parent subsid owner DBZ Guitars, LLC. homepage http www.dbzguitars.com www. dbzguitars.com footnotes DBZ Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer owned and operated by Jeff Diamant of Diamond Amplification , along with partner Terry Martin. DBZ Guitars was officially formed in 2008 with their corporate headquarters and USA custom shop located in Houston , Texas . Dean parted ways with Dean Guitars ref http www.gear vault.com dean zelinsky leaves dean guitars Dean Zelinsky Leaves Dean Guitars ref in mid 2008 and plans were soon made to launch DBZ Guitars ref http www.performing musician.com news?NewsID 10431 Dean Zelinsky announces his new DBZ guitar range ref in order to give Mr. Zelinsky ... website ref http www.gear vault.com tag dark side of dean Guitar Icon Dean Zelinsky Launches DBZ Guitars ... with fans of his guitars from around the world. Guitar Models The company has a full line of electric guitars, both import and USA made, that include the DBZ Bolero, Barchetta, Cavallo, Imperial ... Guitars has a Dark Side of Dean series as well that includes the DBZ Bird of Prey, Venom, Halcyon, and Bare Bones Religion Series. DBZ Guitars offers acoustic guitars as well which include the Tuscan ... Use DBZ Guitars Virus guitarist musician Virus Big & Rich Dope Band Dope Lords of Acid Rock of Ages musical Rock of Ages Virus switched from Dean Guitars to DBZ Guitars in 2008, he uses the Bird of Prey ... maple. Lita Ford John Corabi Yuji Inoue girl next door External links Commonscat DBZ Guitars http www.dbzguitars.com Official Web Site of DBZ Guitars References reflist Category Guitar manufacturing ... more details
Worldwide industry musical instruments products Custom Electric guitars br Electric guitars br Bass guitars services revenue operating income net income num employees parent divisions subsid LTD Guitars br ESP Grass Roots Series Grassroots Guitars br ESP Edwards Series Edwards Guitars br Xtone Guitars ... Sound Products ESP in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained ... guitars under the ESP and Navigator brand in the Japanese market. Fact date June 2008 ESP replacement ... in the US. During this same period of time, ESP began making the bodies and necks for Kramer Guitars . Other manufacturers using ESP as an OEM were Robin Guitars , Schecter Guitar Research and DiMarzio ... into an ESP shop looking for a replacement neck and learned that ESP also built custom guitars. As a result ... signature series guitars. In 1993, ESP moved its headquarters again but this time it was relocated ... of famous American guitars, including hot rodded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Fender Fender ... realized the extent to which ESP was denting into the sales of its own guitars, it filed a suit to prevent the sales of these guitars in the Americas and ESP redesigned its lines to be less similar to the American ... growing companies. Fact date June 2008 This is largely due to the Fender buyout of Jackson Guitars ... who left Jackson for ESP included Dave Mustaine Megadeth , now of Dean Guitars , who at one ... In 1996, ESP started a new brand, LTD. The LTD guitars are similar to the lower end ESP guitars ... ESPs are made in the ESP factory in Japan. Additionally, ESP has two separate Japan only lines of guitars the Grassroots lower end , and Edwards Mid range . The Grassroots guitars are manufactured in Korea ... guitars on the other hand are manufactured in Japan, and boast similar hardware and appointments ... to the USA lines i.e. ESP Standard & LTD , Edwards guitars generally lie in between the more upmarket LTDs and ESP Standards. ESP s guitars overall cater for a wide range of players. There are a variety ... more details
Hallmark Guitars is an United States American guitar manufacturer. The company was founded in 1966 by Joe Hall, formerly of Mosrite . First incarnation, 1966 68 During its first, short lived existence, the company produced a series of guitars called the Swept Wing, a rather bizarre instrument, its only model. It first appeared as a Semi acoustic guitar semi solidbody guitar later a solid body model and a 12 string version were made, even a Multi neck guitar double neck . ref cite book last Bacon first Tony title Electric Guitars The Illustrated Encyclopedia year 2000 publisher Thunder Bay isbn 9781571452818 coauthors Dave Burrluck, Paul Day, Michael Wright pages 188 89 ref The company declared bankruptcy in 1968. ref name dick cite web last Dickerson first Deke title A Brief History of Hallmark Guitars url http www.hallmarkguitars.com about history.htm publisher Hallmark Guitars accessdate 10 March 2011 ref Return of Hallmark Hallmark Guitars was restarted by Bob Shade, a guitar builder and enthusiast from Maryland , who acquired the rights to the name from Joe Hall in the late 1990s. On an individual basis, he builds Hallmarks out of his shop in Maryland mass produced Hallmark SweptWings are also available. ref name dick References Reflist Category Guitar manufacturing companies Category Companies established in 1966 company stub Guitar stub ... more details
Multiple issues wikify February 2012 orphan February 2012 refimprove November 2011 notability Products date November 2011 Wandre Guitars is an electric guitar brand started by the Italian guitar manufacturer Antonio Pioli, nicknamed Wandre . These guitars are famous for their original shapes, aluminium necks and unique switches. The guitars were originally designed and manufactured in early 1960s by Pioli in Cavriago, Italy. Very small productions were made, which makes these guitars very sought after in vintage guitar market. Some guitars by Pioli have appeared under other brand names such as Framez or Davoli. Models There is no record of exact model names for Wandre guitars except for the Cobra, since that name was written in the body of those models . But some of these names have been advertised on second hand ads Cobra Rockoval Piper Tri Lam Teenager Dalas Blue Jeans External links http www.jacquesstompboxes.com wandre.htm Wandre history From the Jacques Stompboxes website http www.fetishguitars.com index wandre.html Italian vintage guitar website In Italian Category Guitar manufacturing companies musical instrument company stub ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Maestro is a brand of guitars from Singapore , who produces Classical guitar s, Steel string acoustic guitar s and Ukulele s. Maestro Guitars are some of the guitar companies from Singapore. The company own their own production facilities in China. History Maestro Guitars was founded in 2004 by Mr Ho Zen Yong Hozen . Hozen, the son of a piano distributor, immersed himself into the local music industry at 12 years of age. He helped out at his father s piano shop, Renner Piano, off Selegie Road. Passion and influences from fellow guitarists eventually persuaded him to leave Renner Piano and start up Maestro Guitars. After acquiring help from his father with a workshop space in Renner Piano s warehouse, Hozen journeyed to India where he spent three weeks in Goa with British ... gain knowledge and advices on guitar making. These included Kenny Hill Hill Guitars and Hideo Kamimoto ... better their qualities of guitars, Maestro established their own in house production factory in China . This factory supplies China made guitars which are shipped to Singapore for installation of hardware ... ratio policy and approach when building their guitars. They are known to use tone woods from Canada , Europe and Asia . Maestro s classical guitars are made in the original Spanish way, with either ... of their classical guitars directly on well known instruments like the 1888 Antonio de Torres 9 strut ... string guitars, with a double action truss rod , which is seen as a feature for easier servicing, repair and set up. Maestro s steel string guitars use the Scallop X bracing method, which Maestro ... guitars, Maestro also builds Ukulele s of the 4 recognized sizes of Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritone ... Guitar Ukulele External links http www.maestroguitars.com Maestro Guitars Official website http singapore.maestroguitars.com home Maestro Guitars Singapore Blog http thailand.maestroguitars.com blog Maestro Guitars Thailand Blog http singapore.maestroguitars.com repairs Maestro Guitars Repair ... more details
Novax Guitars is a guitar manufacturing company founded by Ralph Novak. His instruments feature fret s which are not perpendicular to the instrument s neck as is standard , but rather fan out at various angles to allow for more comfortable, ergonomic playing and for proper intonation. Charlie Hunter , an acclaimed jazz guitarist, uses Novax guitars extensively. See also Multi scale fingerboard External links http www.novaxguitars.com NovaxGuitars.com Category Guitar manufacturing companies ... more details
Multiple issues orphan February 2011 notability February 2011 Mudslide Guitars is a brand of handmade guitar s built by luthier Andy Mayer in Redding, California . They are made from scratch. citation needed date May 2011 Each guitar is unique. Mayer taught himself how to make guitars using trial and error techniques. References Reflist External links http mudslideguitars.com Category Guitar manufacturing companies ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Infobox company company name Tatra company logo company slogan vector logo company type genre foundation founder origins key people area served industry Musical instrument s products Acoustic Guitar s revenue operating income net income num employees parent subsid owner homepage footnotes Tatra Guitars was a manufacturer of Steel string guitar acoustic guitar s from the former country of Czechoslovakia , Tatra Mountains Tatra . These guitars were most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mainly making Classical guitar classical acoustic guitar s, Tatra offered affordable, good quality guitars. They are good guitars to learn on, having wide necks and easy to tune headstocks machine head s. Models Image with unknown copyright status removed Image tatra.jpg Classic Acoustic The original, most common Tatra guitar available. Dreadnought Jumbo Category Guitar manufacturing companies Musical instrument company stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2010 Image Avalon logo.png thumb The Avalon Guitars logo . Avalon Guitars is the name of an acoustic guitar manufacturer based in Newtownards , County Down in Northern Ireland . History The company, Avalon Guitars Limited, was originally formed in 1989 as The Lowden Guitar Company Limited and operated from Bangor, County Down until 1990. From 1989 until 2003, the company produced approximately 15,000 Lowden acoustic guitars and for a brief period from 1992 1996 also produced a solid body electric bass guitar under the name Goodfellow. The Goodfellow brand was sold to the Shinseido Corp. of Japan in 1996 to allow the company to focus exclusively on making high quality handmade acoustic guitars using traditional methodology. The workshops in Newtownards were purpose built to facilitate the traditional approach to luthiery adopted by Avalon then Lowden Guitar Co. the facility was laid out in the pattern of specialised Japanese guitar makers by the then Technical Manager ... to the development of Avalon Guitars. Due to limitations in the design licence agreement relating to Lowden Guitars, none of the company s luthiers were permitted to contribute design ideas to the development ... Guitars brand in 2000 and invited design input from the group of the most experienced guitar makers ... transferred to Furch Guitars facility in the Czech Republic to allow Avalon s luthiers to concentrate exclusively on high end custom acoustic guitars. Meanwhile, it was reported in the UK s Guitar & Bass magazine in 2006 that the Avalon Guitars luthiers in Ireland were making the very high end Zemaitis acoustic guitars http www.zemaitis.net limited edition zemaitis acoustic guitars.htm ... end handcrafted acoustic guitars from its workshop in Northern Ireland. Acoustic Guitar Body Shape formats used by Avalon Dreadnought D Concert S Grand Auditorium A Jumbo L Product range The Avalon Guitars ... Series Artists who play Avalon Guitars Avalon Guitars are played by several globally recognised artists ... more details
Infobox company company name Taylor Guitars company logo Image Taylor.gif thumb The Taylor logo . company type Privately held company Private genre Guitars foundation 1974 founder Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug ... www.taylorguitars.com dissolved footnotes Taylor Guitars is an El Cajon, CA El Cajon , California based luthier , specializing in acoustic guitars , as well as semi hollow and solidbody electric guitars . It was established in 1974 by Bob Taylor luthier Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug. History In 1972 ... Taylor, Cofounder and President of Taylor Guitars Writes New Book about Life, Passion and Business ... Taylor Acoustic Guitars publisher www.play acoustic guitar.com ref Needing a more compact logo suitable for the guitars headstock, the founders decided to change the name to Taylor as it sounded more ... title Taylor Guitar Story From the Beginning url http www.themusicianssuperstore.com taylor guitars ... decided to begin selling their guitars through retailers. In 1981, facing financial difficulties, Taylor Guitars took out a bank loan to purchase equipment. ref cite journal last Simmons first Michael John title American Dreamers Bob Taylor, Kurt Listug, and the rise of Taylor Guitars journal Acoustic ... ref cite web title Taylor Guitars url http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories Taylor Guitars Company History.html publisher Fundinguniverse.com accessdate May 25, 2011 ref As of 2008 Taylor Guitars .... A second plant has been opened 40 miles away in Tecate, Mexico where the entry level guitars ... along with the Taylor guitar cases. All other Taylor guitars are made in El Cajon, California. Taylor ... guitars are made with a patented bolt on neck the NT neck new technology . It differs from other ... shims . Over time, some guitars require the neck angle to be realigned referred to as a neck reset . This process ... the neck to the required angle. Prior to 1999, Taylor Guitars had a simpler bolt on neck. These guitar necks allow for simple adjustment later if needed. Traditional Non Taylor guitars with a glued ... more details
Cleanup date December 2007 Brawley Guitars was a range of electric guitars produced under the Brawley name. Keith Brawley had previously been an executive for Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Fender Squier from 1989 2001. The guitar models were named the Threat in press releases, suggesting competitive ambitions, although this did not appear on the guitar headstock. The guitar s were produced in South Korea between 2000 and 2002. All featured a contour top, bolt on neck , self locking winders and a wider fat fret neck music neck . Though available in several configurations, including double humbucker models, typical models featured 2 single coil Alnico pickups and one bridge mounted humbucker with either Wilkinson and Floyd Rose vibrato bars, although a twin humbucker and hard tail model was also made. The fit, finish, and feature of Brawley s fretted instruments represented a very strong value for money at the time. Keith Brawley likened his guitars to Lexus cars in press interviews. Brawley also produced a range of bass guitars in four string, five string and six string versions. The top of the line models featured neck through body construction and all of them had a 35 inch ... of Brawley guitars, but the music store chain failed amidst overheated expansion, taking down Brawley guitars with it. Keith Brawley subsequently worked for Guitar Center where, after five years as the vice ... as the Laguna brand, currently sold as an in store brand. The Laguna guitars are modeled after Keith ... than South Korea. Today, Keith Brawley is the president of North America for Gibson Guitars . Some ... Brawley Guitars including Charles Jirkovsky of San Diego band All in Favor and Brian Sun of Residual ... guitars http blueguitar.org new articles blue gtr gtr brawley.pdf Article detailing modifications ... brawley guitars Brawley guitar models and their specifications Category Guitar manufacturing companies Category Electric guitars guitar stub ... more details
Notability date October 2009 Infobox Company company name Ellis Guitars company logo Image 7String Resonator Nut2 3.jpg 200px company slogan 7 string resonator guitar vector logo company type Private genre foundation founder location Perth, Western Australia origins key people area served Global industry Musical instruments products Custom guitars and equipment revenue operating income net income num employees subsid owner homepage http ellisguitars.com ellisguitars.com footnotes Ellis Guitars is a company based in Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia producing handmade acoustic guitars and acoustic Stomp Box stompboxes . In recent years the company has produced some novel, sometimes unique, guitars based upon a resonator guitar resonator design. 7 string resonator guitar Image JMT8stringguitar.jpg right thumb The Ellis 8 string resonator guitar The 7 string resonator guitar is a single cone resonator guitar with an added harp string which can be on a Bass voice type bass or baritone scale length. This guitar was first demonstrated in Melbourne Australia 2005. It is currently owned and played by Jeff Martin Canadian musician Jeff Martin formerly of The Tea Party . Jeff Martin Canadian musician Jeff Martin played this guitar on his on his album Exile and the Kingdom album ... on the 7th September, 2006 during his Australian Tour. Along with these unusual guitars, Ellis Guitars also build traditional Acoustic guitar acoustic Musical instrument instruments such as the OOO, OM, Dreadnought and Jumbo Steel string acoustic guitar acoustic guitars . Also built are Weissenborn style guitars. Ellis Stomp Box Image footonstompbox.jpg right thumb The Ellis stomp box The Ellis ... by Ellis Guitars are small in size. Traditionally stomp boxes have been large wooden boxes with a microphone ... 44,45 BIOGRAPHY on ELLIS GUITARS 2006 http www.next.com.au magheaders austguitar.html AUSTRALIAN ... Cupboard 20content issue10 ellisguitars.html GROOVE MAGAZINE issue 10 BIOGRAPHY on ELLIS GUITARS ... more details
KxK also spelt KXK and Kxk Guitars, established in 1997, is a guitar company whose specialty lies mainly in custom guitars for Heavy metal music heavy metal artists. All their instruments are made in the U.S.A. and are handcrafted. The company will start doing a new KK Downing signature series. Notable musicians KK Downing Judas Priest Karl Sanders Nile band Nile Manni Schmidt Grave Digger band Grave Digger Steve Swanson Six Feet Under band Six Feet Under Prominent guitars WarfaceV As used by Laura Christine, Warface SSV Series As used by Steve Swanson, Six Feet Under WarriorV As used by Karl Sanders, Nile V1 Series 7 String V New 7 string BSG As used by Tommy Gibbons, Koama Custom guitars Karl Sanders double neck WarriorV V1 with recessed The Mandrake logo Custom SSV different variants OM 1 with Bat Moon inlays V1 black with neon green bevels Graveside s custom left hand guitar 7 string prototype. Tone pros bridge, Dimarzio X2N 7 6 string prototype with Kahler bridge EMG 81 85 Custom 7 string 27 fret WarriorV with reverse head. Floyd Rose Original 7, Lundgren Pickups 8 string Prototype External links http www.kxkguitars.com index.html KxK Guitars official Website http www.myspace.com kxkguitarsusa KxK MySpace US company stub Category Guitar manufacturing companies ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date January 2009 Memphis Guitars were guitar s produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Overview Memphis Guitars were affordable guitars that were imported from Asia and distributed in the United States by C. Bruno and Sons in the mid 1970s to 1980s. The product line included Fender Guitars Fender and Gibson Guitars Gibson styled instruments as well as some original designs. In the early years they were manufactured by Matsumoku Matsumoku Industrial . Memphis also sold pedals, including at least a phaser called simply Roto Phase , a simple pedal with input, output, and one knob that controlled the speed. Slash musician Slash , former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses , has stated that his first guitar was a Memphis. It was given to him by his grandmother. External links http www.vintaxe.com catalogs japanese memphis.htm Vintaxe weblink http www.thegearpage.net board archive index.php t 218226.html The Gear Page.com web blog http reviews.harmony central.com memphis Harmony Central.com web blog http music.ign.com articles 857 857439p1.html Category Guitar manufacturing companies pt Guitarras Memphis ... more details
Gruhn Guitars is a vintage instrument shop and place of interest located in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville , Tennessee . It is a mecca for rock stars and well heeled collectors. ref Alan di Perna, George Gruhn Nashville s Vintage Guru, Guitar Aficionado, Winter 2011. ref The business opened on January 2, 1970. ref Jeff Makos, The University of Chicago Magazine, Aug 96 ref His vintage guitar shop in Nashville, Tennessee, won a lot of new business and national attention after Visa featured it in 1992 in a TV commercial. ref Paul Beckett, The Asian Wall Street Journal, April 19, 1999 ref George Gruhn is the world s leading expert on vintage American guitars and related instruments, according to Walter Carter, historian and archivist for the Gibson Guitar Company. ref Jeff Makos, The University of Chicago Magazine, Aug 96 ref The shop was originally called GTR, which stood for George Gruhn , Tut Taylor and Randy Wood a story has circulated that country music star Hank Williams, Jr. encouraged Gruhn to go into business. The store is located right by the stage door of the Ryman Auditorium , the home ... Service PBS Great Performances visited Gruhn Guitars with Vince Gill before the start of the show ... told a story about buying some of his guitars at Gruhn s. Gruhn s customer s have included the likes ... http www.gruhn.com Gruhn Guitars http www.wnyc.org shows soundcheck episodes 2007 06 01 segment79854 ... discussion of Gruhn Guitars http www.diynetwork.com diy hb musical instruments article 0,2033,DIY 13881 5122710,00.html Gruhn Guitars A Look Inside the Vault http nashville.citysearch.com profile 9319048 nashville tn gruhn guitars.html City Search Profile of Gruhn Guitars http www.yelp.com biz gruhn guitars nashville Yelp.com Gruhn entry http www.professionaltravelguide.com nashville see and do shopping specialty stores gruhn guitars 475674 Travel Guide http www.gearwire.com gruhn guitars designing ... Gruhn Guitars on YouTube References Reflist added above categories infobox footers by script assisted ... more details
notability date October 2009 AXL Guitars is a Chinese guitar manufacturing company which also produces bass guitars and guitar amplifiers . The company has become known for the rather unusual body styles employed in its Mayhem series of guitars and also the worn in look of the Badwater series as well as the relative low cost of the instruments it produces with most models of guitars and basses priced under 400 at AXL dealers . The company has a guitar design team in the United States. In 2009, Steve Fryette, formerly of VHT amplifiers, sold naming rights of his company to AXL, and renamed his company Fryette Amplification , but has kept all of his amp designs and patents. AXL, under the VHT name, has recently released 2 new line of amplifiers, the Special series and Standard series. All models of AXL Guitars come with EMG Designed Pickups. At the NAMM show in 2011 AXl announced its first American assembled guitars from Hayward, CA. The first to be available will be the Badwater USA 1120 equipped with Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickups. ref cite web url http www.axlguitars.com al1120.html title AXL Guitars publisher AXL Guitars date accessdate 2011 01 29 ref ref cite web url http www.guitargearheads.com modules news article.php?storyid 1587 title Gear Up Your Sound AXL Sets a New Standard for Guitar Value With All New US Assembled Models Press Releases Gear News & Reviews publisher GuitarGearHeads date accessdate 2011 01 29 ref Products Electric guitars Models SRO Eldorado Eldorado SE Badwater SE Fireax Jacknife Wavepoint Shadow Clutch Nightcrawler 1216 Mayhem Series, Badwater Series, Marquee Series, Headliner Series Bass guitars Models SRO Bass Badwater Marquee Badwater Bass Series, Marquee Bass Series Amplifiers Akita Series Guitar Amplifiers Medway Special Series Guitar Amplifiers Rapture Series Guitar Amplifiers Faultline Series Bass Amplifiers Tyrant Series Bass Amplifiers ... External links http www.axlguitars.com Official AXL Guitars Website http www.guitarworld.com ... more details
Image Westone MW 20 label.jpg right 220px multiple image align right direction horizontal image1 Westone Spectrum.jpg width1 99 caption1 Westone Spectrum image2 Westone Guitars Prestige.jpg width2 106 caption2 Westone Prestige Westone is a brand of guitar s and Bass guitar basses started in the late 1970s. Saint Louis Music acquired an interest in the company in 1981 and began importing the brand to the USA as a replacement brandname for the Custom Kraft brand instruments manufactured by Kay Musical Instrument Company Kay and Valco in the mid 1950s. Electra Guitars Electra was also a brand of Saint Louis Music. In 1984, they merged the brands to make the Electra Westone brand. From 1985 onwards, the guitars were branded as Westone. The majority of the Westone guitars of the 1980s were made by the Matsumoku factory in Japan and imported by Saint Louis Music. After about 1988 production moved to Korea, most of the innovative models disappeared, and the brand name was replaced by Alvarez Guitars Alvarez in 1991. Notable musicians who used Westone models include Trevor Rabin , Ian Masters, Leslie West , Kirk Pengilly and Dave Brock . Guitar line names Concorde Spectrum Dynasty Dimension IV Pantera Corsair Challenger Villain Dimension Dana External links Commons category Westone guitars http archive.westoneguitars.net The Westone Guitar Site Archive contains catalogue scans and detailed model information. http forum.westoneguitars.net The Westone Guitar Forum discussion forum for Westone owners http www.rivercityamps.com electra Electra Guitar http www.stlouismusic.com Saint Louis Music Website Category Guitar manufacturing companies musical instrument company stub de Westone Guitars fi Westone ... more details
Refimprove date January 2011 Vester was a music instrument manufacturer specializing in guitar s and guitar amplifiers. Formed as a part of the Samuel Music Company based in Effingham, Illinois, Vester is perhaps best known for their good quality Japanese and Korean import electric and acoustic guitars. The Samuel Music Company, founded in 1946, is the proprietor and owner of a chain of music stores which sold pianos and specialized in school band renting programs. Following the success of several small luthier businesses such as Jackson Guitars and ESP Guitars in the late 80s boom of the rock music industry, the Samuel Music company decided to launch its own brand of guitars, and named the brand Vester. Rather than manufacture the instruments themselves, Vester used imported instruments, which were made by Saehan Guitar Technology, a subdivision of Zaozhuang Saehan Music Co., Ltd in South Korea now known as Sunghan Music . The guitars were imported into the United States by Midco Music now Musicorp , at the time chaired by L.Dean Samuel. Design specifications were dictated by Samuel Music in Illinois and revolved around variations on Saehan s preexisting top of the line models. Eventually, Vester guitars managed to find a good home in the marketplace and covered a broad range of Japanese and Korean made middle to upper range acoustic and electric guitars, along with basic solid state amplifier models. Through contacts in the music industry Vester was able to secure endorsements from several popular musicians of the period, including the Country and Western band Alabama band Alabama . External links http www.samuelmusic.com Samuel Music Company http www.midcomusic.com Musicorp Midco Music http www.vestax.com Vestax Corporation http www.sunghanmusic.com Sunghan Music Company Category Guitar manufacturing companies de Vester Gitarrenmarke nl Vester ... more details
except send a fairly weak clean guitar signal to headphones via the jack. Endorsers of Electra guitars ... Guitar Collection 1977 publisher location id 1977 full line catalog including MPC guitars and modules ... One manufacturer of Electra guitars http www.matsumoku.org The Guitars of Matsumoku information on Matsumoku made guitars Category Companies established in 1971 ... more details
notability date January 2011 primarysources date January 2011 class wikitable Becker Guitars Type Private Founded 1996 Norton, MA Founders Dan Becker Headquarters Attleboro, MA Area Served New England Key People Dan Becker, Ryan Martin Website www.Beckerguitars.com http www.beckerguitars.com index.php Becker Guitars is a small Boutique guitar manufacturer located in Attleboro, Massachusetts Attleboro , MA. They specialize in producing hand made custom electric guitar s and Bass guitar basses . In addition to guitars Becker also produces Mandolin s, Banjo s, and double neck guitar s. History Becker Guitars began in 1996 as a repair shop in the basement of Founder Dan Becker and has flourished into a full time guitar repair,restoration,and manufactuing shop spaning 6 states. In the spring of 2006 Dan Becker joined forces with Maine Luthier guitar luthier Ryan Martin and began to focus on designing and producing custom instruments. Becker soon moved from a smaller shop in Stoughton, Massachusetts Stoughton , MA to a bigger space with manufacturing capability in Attleboro, MA to accommodate a growing production line. In the fall of 2007 Becker unveiled their first prototype http www.beckerguitars.com gallery.php?model imperial 20Imperial The Imperial to the public at the 1st annual http www.premierguitar.com Magazine Issue 2008 Nov Review Becker Guitars Imperial.aspx Premier Guitar Festival . Since then Becker guitars has become known for their original designs that they are refining all the time. Becker guitars is not about building a better Fender Stratocaster or redesigning the Gibson Les Paul , they focus on producing their own original innovative custom products. Guitar Models ... Issue 2011 Sep Builder Profile Becker Guitars Ryan Martin Basses.aspx http www.beckerguitars.com retrieved December 13, 2010 http www.yelp.com biz becker guitars attleboro review written February 10, 2010, retrieved December 13, 2010 www.premierguitar.com Magazine Issue 2008 Nov Review Becker Guitars ... more details
File Gibson2000.jpg right 275px thumb Heritage Guitar Inc. Heritage Guitars is a guitar manufacturer in Kalamazoo, Michigan , United States . History Heritage Guitars was founded in 1985 by former employees ... did not want to move their homes and families to Tennessee started production of guitars under a new ... Hembree, Gibson Guitars Ted McCarty s Golden Era, 1948 1966 Hal Leonard, 2007 , 58 59 ref ref Walter Carter, The Gibson Electric Guitar Book Seventy Years of Classic Guitars Backbeat Books, 2007 , 100 101 ref The Heritage line initially consisted of electric and acoustic guitars, electric basses, mandolins, and a banjo. The line was eventually narrowed to electric guitars only. Although most Heritage guitars were, and continue to be, based on Gibson designs, a few of their early electric guitars ... manufacturer, making Semi acoustic guitar semi hollow guitars , large Archtop guitar jazz boxes , Solid body solidbody electrics . ref name Bacon 151 . ref In these types of guitars, PRS Guitars Paul Reed Smith Guitars and Gibson guitars are the closest nominal equivalents, though Heritage is a much smaller company making far fewer guitars. In general, Heritage makes guitars that are similar to Gibson ... many of the Gibson guitars of this type had laminated tops after World War II. ref name Freeth Alexander ... crown and intonation, Heritage guitars are largely hand made, without the use of CNC CNC machines for woodworking. Heritage, however, is clear about the fact that their guitars are indeed manufactured ... several years of the company, Heritage advertised its guitars in the usual guitar magazines. These advertisements made it clear that Heritage was making guitars on Parsons Street in Kalamazoo ... in the Heritage name, in part due to word of mouth on internet forums devoted to guitars and guitar ... Alex Skolnick , of the band Testament band Testament , had begun endorsing Heritage Guitars, as opposed ... Jazz guitarist, composer and two time Grammy nominee, David Becker , has been endorsing Heritage Guitars ... more details
primarysources date October 2010 Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitar s. Founded in 1973 by vintage guitar shop owners, Jol Dantzig along with his business partners John Montgomery and Paul Hamer. Early instruments featured guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer and Flying V. Hamer Guitars is generally considered to be the first boutique electric guitar brand that specifically catered to pro musicians. Fact date February 2008 The company was incorporated in Illinois in 1976, and acquired by Kaman Music Corporation in 1988. Kaman has since been purchased by Fender Musical Instruments Corp 2008 . Hamer offers a wide array of electric guitar s and bass guitar electric bass es, and, since its foundation placed an emphasis on producing high quality instruments with vintage aesthetics as well as creative innovations. Fact date February 2008 Hamer marketed a lower priced line of Asian built instruments called the XT Series . and Slammer by Hamer which were discontinued in 2009. As of 2011 Fender has discontinued US production of guitars and any remaining factory personnel were relocated to other Fender brands. History The first Hamer Guitar a Flying V bass was built at Northern Prairie Music, a vintage instrument shop owned by Hamer and Dantzig in Wilmette, Illinois ... instrument served as the basis for a new company called Hamer Guitars. Hamer began publicizing their instruments ... off custom variations on the original Standard and Flying V guitars. During this period Hamer s customers ... in 1977. Production was reportedly set at around 10 guitars per week. During this time the company ... the company, opening up the international market for Hamer Guitars. In 1980, Hamer moved to larger quarters in Arlington Heights a suburb of Chicago. The staff had grown to 12 and Hamer Guitars continued ... site of Hamer Guitars http www.dantzig.com Official site of Jol Dantzig Category Guitar manufacturing companies cs Hamer Guitars de Hamer Guitars nl Hamer guitars fi Hamer sv Hamer ... more details
Refimprove date September 2008 Infobox Company company name TYM Guitars company logo company slogan vector logo company type Privately held company Private genre foundation 1997 founder location Brisbane , Australia origins key people area served Global industry Musical instruments products revenue operating income net income num employees parent subsid owner homepage http www.tymguitars.com.au Official website footnotes TYM Guitars is a manufacturer of custom guitars and bass guitar based in Brisbane , Australia , as well as custom instruments the company also repairs, restores, refinishes vintage instruments. The line of custom guitars and basses built by TYM Guitars are influenced by manufacturers such as Mosrite , Rickenbacker , Epiphone , Danelectro , Fender and other models from the 50s and 60s, with several replicas and hybrids between different models being built to fit customer demand. TYM Guitars also has a retail shop that sells new and secondhand instruments and accessories from their own line of products and other manufacturers. Guitars and basses The Wosrites Series The Wosrite is based on the design of the famous Mosrite Ventures model from the 1960s and features a German carved basswood body and angled neck pickup much like the original. The series includes ten different models not counting signature models of guitars and basses with many different setups with different pickups, bridges, finishes etc. to choose from. The Vibratone Series Design based on a flipped Jagstang body, available with a wide range of options such as with or without the German carv, different ... instrument designed by TYM Guitars. As with other models this is also available with different setups .... All guitars come with a certificate and a signature on the back of the headstock from Nick himself. Johnny Ramone Model A guitar based on Johnny Ramone of The Ramones own arsenal of guitars. Based ... http www.guitarsite.com newsletters 020520 5.shtml TYM article DEFAULTSORT Tym Guitars Category Guitar ... more details
Eastwood Guitars is a Canada Canadian South Korea Korean company set up by Michael Robinson which reproduces an array of classic electric guitar designs. The company was established by Michael Robinson in 2001 because he wanted to re create affordable and playable versions of rare vintage electric guitars that have long since gone out of production. The company s production philosophy is to create guitars which not only evoke classic looks and vintage sounds, but that are to be sold at a price point where they are meant to be played and not simply collected. Image OmahaEastwood.jpg thumb right 250px Airline Coronado DLX Eastwood guitars now produce around 40 guitar models, which have been well received by players and reviews. They also produce bass guitar s which are either reproductions of classic bass guitar designs or adopted from current Eastwood guitar designs. Artists who use Eastwood Guitars Neko Case Classic 12, Airline Lap Steel Calexico Airline 59 Custom The Decemberists Messenger, Sidejack Baritone, Classic 12 Echo & the Bunnymen Saturn 63 Foo Fighters Sidejack Baritone The Redmond Barry s Airline Map Lefty John Fogerty Airline Coronado DLX, Airline Map , Mandocaster MGMT Wandre Yo La Tengo Messenger es viniloversus Viniloversus Airline Map Jeordie White Twiggy Ramirez Sidejack Baritone Bubbles Classic 12 Goo Goo Dolls Sidejack Baritone Source http www.eastwoodguitars.com Eastwood Guitars official website Models Airline 59 1P Airline 59 2P Airline 59 3P Airline 59 Town & Country DLX Airline 59 Town & Country STD Airline 59 Coronado Airline 2P DLX Airline 3P DLX Airline Coronado STD Airline Coronado DLX Airline Map RS II Airline Tuxedo Airline Tux Deluxe Airline ... MyRareGuitars Home of Michael Robinson and Eastwood guitars http www.eastwoodguitars.com Eastwood guitars only homepage http myrareguitars.com eastwoodRadio RadioPlayer.htm http www.roselanemusic.com Rose Lane Music Largest UK and European dealer for Eastwood Guitars musical instrument company ... more details
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