Electric Guitars · Makers

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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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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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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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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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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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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.