Electric Guitars · Makers

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Yamaha

Models: 130 · Categories: 11

Yamaha is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1887 and one of the largest in the world, producing pianos, guitars, wind and brass instruments, drums, and a wide range of electronic instruments.

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Fender

Models: 56 · Sources: 2

Fender is an American maker of electric guitars, basses, and amplifiers, founded in California in 1946. Its Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Precision Bass are among the most influential solid-body electric instruments ever built.

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Gibson

Models: 43 · Categories: 3

Gibson is an American guitar manufacturer founded in 1902 and based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is known for archtop, hollow-body, and solid-body electric guitars such as the Les Paul, SG, and ES-335, as well as acoustic flat-tops.

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ESP

Models: 28 · Categories: 3

ESP is a Japanese guitar maker founded in Tokyo in 1975, known for custom and production electric guitars and basses, especially the pointed designs popular with metal and hard-rock players.

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Ibanez

Models: 22 · Categories: 3

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand established in 1929 and produced by Hoshino Gakki. It is widely known for electric guitars and basses, particularly fast-necked models favored in rock and metal.

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Gretsch

Models: 15 · Categories: 3

Gretsch is an American instrument maker founded in Brooklyn in 1883, known both for its hollow-body electric guitars and for its drums. Its guitars are closely associated with rockabilly, country, and rock players.

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Squier

Models: 15 · Categories: 1

Squier is Fender's line of more affordable electric guitars and basses, reviving the historic Squier string-company name to offer budget-friendly versions of Fender designs such as the Stratocaster and Telecaster.

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Epiphone

Models: 13 · Categories: 2

Epiphone is an American guitar brand that traces its roots to 1873 and has been owned by Gibson since 1957. It produces electric and acoustic guitars, including more affordable versions of Gibson designs alongside its own models such as the Casino.

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Ovation Guitar Company

Models: 11 · Sources: 2

Ovation is an American guitar maker founded in 1966, known for acoustic-electric guitars built with rounded synthetic 'roundback' bowls in place of traditional wooden backs.

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Schecter

Models: 11 · Categories: 1

Schecter is an American guitar brand founded in 1976, originally a parts maker and now known for electric guitars and basses aimed at rock and metal players.

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Jackson

Models: 11 · Sources: 2

Jackson is an American electric guitar and bass brand founded in 1980, known for pointed-body 'superstrat' designs and signature instruments built for hard rock and heavy metal.

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ARP Instruments, Inc.

Models: 11 · Categories: 3

ARP Instruments was an American maker of electronic musical instruments founded in 1969, a leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1970s known for the Odyssey, the 2600, and its string ensemble.

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PRS Guitars

Models: 10 · Categories: 2

PRS Guitars, founded by Paul Reed Smith in Maryland in 1985, is an American guitar manufacturer known for electric guitars that blend Fender and Gibson influences with figured-maple tops and proprietary hardware.

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Rickenbacker

Models: 10 · Sources: 2

Rickenbacker is an American maker of electric guitars and basses founded in California in 1931. A pioneer of the electric guitar, it is known for its bright, jangly tone and instruments such as the 360 guitar and 4001 bass.

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Collings Guitars

Models: 10 · Sources: 4

Collings Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or luthier-led acoustic guitar maker.

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D'Angelico Guitars

Models: 9 · Sources: 3

D'Angelico is an American guitar brand rooted in the archtop instruments built by luthier John D'Angelico in New York from the 1930s, today offering archtop, hollow-body, and semi-hollow electric guitars.

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Music Man

Models: 9 · Categories: 2

Music Man is an American maker of electric guitars and basses founded in 1974, now part of Ernie Ball, known for instruments such as the StingRay bass.

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G&L

Models: 9 · Categories: 1

G&L is an American maker of electric guitars and basses founded in 1979 by Leo Fender and George Fullerton, building on Fender-style designs with Leo Fender's later innovations.

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Guild

Models: 8 · Sources: 2

Guild is an American guitar maker founded in 1952, known for steel-string acoustic flat-tops, twelve-strings, and hollow-body electric guitars.

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Dean Guitars

Models: 8 · Categories: 1

Dean Guitars is an American maker of stringed instruments founded in 1976, known for electric guitars and basses including the V and ML shapes associated with hard rock and metal.

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Charvel

Models: 8 · Categories: 1

Charvel is an American electric guitar brand founded in California in the 1970s, known for high-performance 'superstrat' guitars popular in rock and metal.

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Friedman Guitars

Models: 7 · Categories: 2

Friedman is a United States boutique builder founded by Dave Friedman (Rack Systems). The company is best known for Friedman Amplification's hand-wired EL34 guitar amplifiers such as the BE-100 (Brown Eye) and Small Box, and also produces boutique electric guitars.

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Fano Guitars

Models: 6 · Categories: 1

Fano Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Reverend

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Reverend is an American guitar maker founded in 1997, known for retro-styled electric guitars and basses with bass-contour controls and pin-lock tuners.

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Danelectro

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Danelectro is an American guitar and amplifier brand founded in 1947, known for inexpensive instruments built with Masonite bodies and lipstick-tube pickups that produced a distinctive tone.

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Parker Guitars

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Parker Guitars is an American maker founded in 1993 by luthier Ken Parker, known for the lightweight Fly guitar built with a carbon-glass exoskeleton over a wood core.

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Duesenberg

Models: 5 · Categories: 1

Duesenberg is a German guitar maker founded in 1986, known for electric guitars and basses with retro, art-deco-influenced styling.

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Silvertone

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Silvertone is an American brand of guitars, amplifiers, and other instruments sold by Sears beginning in 1916, with instruments built by makers such as Danelectro, Harmony, and Kay.

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Harmony

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Harmony was an American instrument maker founded in Chicago in 1892. One of the largest US guitar producers of the twentieth century, it built inexpensive guitars sold under its own name and many store brands.

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Supro

Models: 4 · Categories: 1

Supro is an American instrument and amplifier brand introduced in the 1930s, historically a budget line associated with Valco and known for distinctive electric guitars and tube amplifiers.

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Aristides Instruments

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Aristides Instruments is a Netherlands boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Grez Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Grez Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Dunable Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Dunable Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Macmull Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Macmull Guitars is a Israel boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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PJD Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

PJD Guitars is a United Kingdom boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Koll Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Koll Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Vigier Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Vigier Guitars is a France boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Millimetric Instruments

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Millimetric Instruments is a Canada boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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LSL Instruments

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

LSL Instruments is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Ruokangas Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Ruokangas Guitars is a Finland boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Kauer Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Kauer Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Iconic Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Iconic Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Steinberger

Models: 3 · Categories: 2

Steinberger is an American instrument brand founded in 1979 by Ned Steinberger, known for headless, minimalist electric guitars and basses built with composite materials.

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Eastman Guitars

Categories: 3 · Models: 3

Eastman is a maker of handcrafted acoustic and archtop guitars known for traditional, hand-carved construction at relatively accessible prices.

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Skervesen Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Skervesen Guitars is a Poland boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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BilT Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

BilT Guitars is a United States boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Strandberg Guitars

Models: 3 · Categories: 1

Strandberg Guitars is a Sweden boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Kiesel Guitars

Models: 2 · Sources: 2

Kiesel Guitars is an American custom electric guitar and bass maker, the direct-sale brand of the Kiesel family that also built Carvin instruments, known for build-to-order specifications.

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Paoletti Guitars

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Paoletti Guitars is a Italy boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.

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Mayones

Sources: 3 · Categories: 2

Mayones is a Poland boutique, custom, or specialist electric guitar maker.