Electric Guitars · Models

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Fender Stratocaster

Electric guitar

Introduced by Fender in 1954, the Stratocaster is one of the most influential and widely imitated electric guitars ever made. Its contoured double-cutaway solid body, bolt-on maple neck, three single-coil pickups with a five-way selector, and synchronized vibrato bridge produce a bright, articulate voice that has shaped rock, blues, pop, surf, and country. Players from Buddy Holly and Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton and David Gilmour built signature tones on it, and the design has anchored Fender's line for seven decades.

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Gibson Les Paul

Electric guitar · United States

Introduced in 1952 as Gibson's first solid-body electric, the Les Paul pairs a mahogany body with a carved maple top and a glued-in neck. With its twin humbucking pickups, rich sustain, and thick tone, it stands alongside the Stratocaster as one of the two defining electric guitars of rock and blues.

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Charvel San Dimas

Electric guitar

One of the original hot-rodded superstrats, named for the California town where Charvel was based. With a Stratocaster-derived body, high-output pickups, and a locking tremolo, the San Dimas helped define the fast, aggressive guitars of 1980s rock and metal.

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ESP Kirk Hammett

Electric guitar

ESP's line of signature guitars for Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica. The models share metal-oriented superstrat construction and Hammett's trademark skull-and-bones fingerboard inlays, and they span both ESP's high-end instruments and more affordable LTD versions.

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Fano Alt de Facto JM6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto JM6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a contoured alder body and a curvy, vintage-inspired outline. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and is often loaded with hot Lollar P-90 pickups, though pickups, woods, hardware, and finishes are all chosen to order. Like the rest of Fano's Alt de Facto line, each JM6 is built one at a time in the USA.

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Gretsch G6120

Electric guitar · Japan

One of Gretsch's most famous hollow-body electrics, originally developed with Chet Atkins and finished in its signature bright orange. With FilterTron humbucking pickups and a Bigsby vibrato, it became a cornerstone of rockabilly through players like Eddie Cochran and Brian Setzer.

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G&L ASAT Classic

Electric guitar

A Telecaster-style electric from G&L, the company Leo Fender founded after Fender. The ASAT Classic uses G&L's Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups in a familiar single-cutaway body, delivering a bright twang with a fuller low end.

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PRS Custom 24

Electric guitar · United States

The guitar that launched Paul Reed Smith in 1985 and remains the company's flagship, the Custom 24 features a carved figured-maple top on a mahogany body, 24 frets, and a versatile pickup-switching system. Its blend of Fender- and Gibson-like qualities, fine craftsmanship, and bird inlays define the PRS identity.

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Jackson Soloist

Electric guitar, Guitar

The Jackson Soloist is one of Jackson's flagship series: a neck-through-body superstrat with a sleek double-cutaway body, deep cutaways for upper-fret access, compound-radius 24-fret fingerboards, high-output humbucking pickups, and double-locking tremolos. It is offered from Pro and Pro Plus models through USA-built versions.

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Epiphone Casino

Electric guitar

A fully hollow thinline electric with twin P-90 pickups, the Casino is best known for its use by all three guitarists in the Beatles. Its bright, raw, slightly raucous tone made it a favorite for both clean and overdriven playing.

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Fender Telecaster

Electric guitar

Launched in 1950 and renamed the Telecaster in 1951, it was the first commercially successful solid-body electric guitar. Its single-cutaway slab body, bolt-on maple neck, and two single-coil pickups produce a bright, cutting twang that became foundational to country, rock, blues, and pop.

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Ibanez RG Prestige

Electric guitar · Japan

The premium Japanese-built tier of Ibanez's RG line, the RG Prestige offers higher-grade woods, fretwork, and hardware than standard RG models. It is aimed at demanding rock and metal players who want top-level fit and finish.

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Silvertone 1448

Electric guitar · United States

An entry-level electric sold by Sears under the Silvertone name and built by Danelectro, famous for shipping in a carrying case with a built-in tube amplifier and speaker. It introduced countless American teenagers to electric guitar in the early 1960s.

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Schecter C-1

Electric guitar

A metal-oriented electric and a cornerstone of Schecter's Diamond Series, the C-1 uses an arched double-cutaway body with high-output pickups. Often fitted with active humbuckers, it is built for high-gain hard rock and metal.

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Rickenbacker 360

Electric guitar · United States

A deluxe semi-hollow with rounded, bound body edges, the 360 is one of Rickenbacker's best-known guitars and is especially famous in its twelve-string form. Its shimmering tone helped shape the sound of the Beatles and the Byrds.

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Parker Fly Deluxe

Electric guitar · United States

The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.

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Jackson Rhoads

Electric guitar

The Jackson Rhoads is the offset, sharp-finned V series developed with Randy Rhoads. It features an asymmetric flying-V body, neck-through construction, high-output humbucking pickups, and double-locking tremolos, and is one of Jackson's most iconic metal designs.

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Gibson ES Series

United States

Gibson's ES (Electric Spanish) line covers the company's hollow and semi-hollow archtop electric guitars, from early jazz boxes such as the ES-150 to the landmark semi-hollow ES-335 and its deluxe sibling the ES-355. The series has been central to jazz, blues, and rock since the 1930s.

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Duesenberg Starplayer TV

Electric guitar · Germany

A semi-hollow electric from the German maker Duesenberg, styled with retro Art Deco flair. It pairs a single-coil neck pickup with a humbucking bridge pickup and a smooth vibrato tailpiece for a versatile, vintage-flavored voice.

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B.C. Rich Warlock

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Warlock is the brand's most famous shape: an aggressive, sharp-horned solid body that became an icon of 1980s and metal guitar. The Warlock series spans affordable Pro X and Legacy models through USA Handcrafted instruments, typically with neck-through construction, dual humbucking pickups, and Floyd Rose or fixed bridges, and is also offered as a bass.

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Bond Electraglide

Electric guitar · United Kingdom

A futuristic British electric guitar of the mid-1980s, the Electraglide had a molded carbon-fiber body, a stepped fingerboard in place of conventional frets, and a digital control panel with an electroluminescent readout. Hugely ambitious and expensive, it was a commercial failure that helped sink its maker.

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Fender David Gilmore Signature Stratocaster

Electric guitar · United States

A signature Stratocaster modeled on the legendary "Black Strat" played by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, finished in black with a black pickguard. It reproduces details from his instrument, including noiseless pickups, a shortened tremolo arm, and a custom switching option for added tonal range.

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Gibson Lucille

United States

B.B. King's signature guitar, based on the ES-355 but built without f-holes to cut down on feedback at high volume. Named after King's own guitar, it features stereo wiring and a Varitone tone selector for a refined, smooth voice.

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Ibanez RG

Electric guitar

The Ibanez RG is a long-running Ibanez electric guitar series centered on high-performance solid-body designs.

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Sardonyx

Electric guitar · United States

The Sardonyx is a rare electric guitar built in small numbers in New York between the late 1970s and 1984 by luthier Jeff Levin together with inventor Ken Schaffer. It is recognizable for its small rectangular body flanked by aluminum outrigger tubes, and was played by Howard Leese of Heart and by John Lennon during the Double Fantasy sessions.

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Strat Plus

Electric guitar · United States

A premium Stratocaster series Fender offered from 1987 to 1998, fitted with noise-canceling Lace Sensor pickups, locking tuners, and a roller nut to improve tuning stability. It was a flagship of Fender's late-eighties modernization.

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The Handle

Electric guitar · Slovenia

A frameless electric guitar made by the Slovenian company XOX Audio Tools, built from carbon-fiber composite with a minimalist, skeletal body. Its unconventional construction makes it very light and visually striking, replacing the traditional guitar body with an open, sculpted form.

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Supro Dual Tone

Electric guitar · United States

A 1950s and 1960s electric from Valco's Supro brand, fitted with two pickups and known for its raw, gritty tone. Associated with players from Link Wray to Jimmy Page, it has become a sought-after vintage instrument.

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Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster recreates the look and feel of an early Stratocaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, three Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo.

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Reverend Double Agent

Electric guitar · South Korea

A semi-hollow electric from Reverend Guitars pairing a P-90 in the neck position with a humbucker at the bridge. It includes the brand's bass-contour control for dialing back low end, giving a wide range of jangly to punchy tones.

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Mayones Regius

Electric guitar · Poland

The Regius is a flagship Mayones superstrat-style electric guitar built in Poland with a multi-piece neck-through-body construction. It features a 25.4-inch scale (with a 26.5-inch baritone option), two humbucking pickups, and exotic timber tops, and is offered in 6- and 7-string configurations.

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Harmony Rocket

Electric guitar

A hollow-body electric from the American budget maker Harmony, popular in the 1960s. With its thin archtop body and gold-foil-style pickups, the Rocket offered an affordable, characterful tone that has been rediscovered by modern players.

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Grez Mendocino

The Mendocino is Grez Guitars' signature compact semi-hollowbody, hand-built in Petaluma, California. It pairs an Old Growth Redwood top with a one-piece Honduran mahogany body and neck, a 25-inch scale ebony fretboard, and Lollar Gold Foil pickups, weighing roughly five pounds.

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Fano Alt de Facto

Alt de Facto is Fano Guitars' flagship line of hand-built electric guitars, each made by one builder in the USA. The series blends the shapes and feel of classic vintage guitars with modern playability and consistency, and every instrument is built to order with a choice of woods, pickups, hardware, and aged nitrocellulose finishes.

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ESP Eclipse

Electric guitar

ESP's flagship single-cutaway electric, the Eclipse takes the classic set-neck, carved-top format and builds it for modern hard rock and metal. Typically loaded with active humbuckers and finished in bold solid colors, it pairs a familiar single-cut shape with a high-output, aggressive voice.

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D'Angelico Excel EXL-1

South Korea

The Excel EXL-1 is a 17-inch single-cutaway hollow-body archtop electric guitar inspired by John D'Angelico's original Excel introduced in 1947. It pairs a laminated spruce top with laminated flame maple back and sides, a set three-piece neck with a C-shaped profile, an ebony fingerboard, and a 25.5-inch scale. A single floating Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith mini-humbucker, a floating ebony bridge, and the brand's stairstep tailpiece give it a woody, articulate tone for jazz rhythm and lead.

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Dean Cadillac

Electric guitar

A single-cutaway electric from Dean Guitars built in the carved-top, set-neck tradition. It pairs a mahogany body with a maple top and humbucking pickups for a thick, sustaining rock voice.

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Danelectro 59

Electric guitar

A reissue of Danelectro's classic late-1950s design, built with a Masonite-and-plywood body, a bolt-on neck, and bright-sounding lipstick-tube pickups. Inexpensive yet distinctive, it delivers a jangly, slightly lo-fi tone that has charmed players for decades.

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Fender Jaguar

Electric guitar

Introduced in 1962 as Fender's top offset model, the Jaguar uses a short 24-inch scale, bright single-coil pickups, an elaborate rhythm/lead switching system, and a floating tremolo. First embraced by surf players, it later became a favorite of alternative and indie guitarists.

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Fender Jazzmaster

Electric guitar

Introduced in 1958 as Fender's flagship, the Jazzmaster has a large offset body, wide flat single-coil pickups, a dual rhythm/lead circuit, and a floating tremolo with a separate bridge. Originally marketed to jazz players, it instead became a cornerstone of surf, then later alternative and indie rock.

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ESP Stephen Carpenter Signature Models

The signature instruments ESP builds for Stephen Carpenter, guitarist of Deftones, designed for the band's heavy, down-tuned, atmospheric sound. The line spans six- and seven-string guitars as well as extended-scale baritone models.

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Ibanez JEM

Electric guitar · Japan

The signature guitar of virtuoso Steve Vai, introduced in 1987 and built as a high-performance superstrat. It is famous for its "monkey grip" handle cut into the body, a scalloped upper fingerboard, 24 frets, a recessed double-locking tremolo, and high-output pickups, all tailored to Vai's extreme technique.

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Guild Starfire

Electric guitar

A line of semi-hollow electric guitars Guild introduced in the early 1960s, ranging from simple single-pickup models to fully appointed double-cutaway versions. The Starfire family is prized for its warm, woody tone and vintage character.

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Welson Kinton

An early-1960s solid-body electric guitar made in Castelfidardo, Italy by Welson (the Quagliardi factory). Like other Welson electrics of the era it used multiple rocker switches reminiscent of accordion controls, reflecting the company's accordion-making roots.

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Vigier Excalibur

Electric guitar · France

The Excalibur is Vigier's flagship solid-body electric guitar line, built around the company's 10/90 carbon-reinforced maple neck (no truss rod) and hardened zero-fret system. The Excalibur Original is an alder-body six-string with a 25.6 in (650 mm) scale and an HSH Seymour Duncan pickup set.

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Tonfuchs Bulldog

Germany

The Bulldog is the original and flagship Tonfuchs model, first prototyped in 2004 by German luthier Uwe Schölch. A bolt-on electric known for its ergonomics, it is a versatile workhorse and is hand-built in Germany with a free-swinging cellulose-varnish finish.

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Ural

Electric guitar · Russia

A solid-body electric guitar mass-produced by the Ural musical instrument factory in the Soviet Union from the mid-1970s into the 1990s. Heavy and roughly built, it was for many Soviet musicians the only electric guitar available, and it has since gained cult status for its crude charm.

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Suhr Classic S

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Classic S is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Suhr in Lake Elsinore, California. It combines an alder body and a bolt-on tinted maple neck with Suhr V60LP single-coil pickups and a two-post vintage-style tremolo, and is offered in both SSS and HSS pickup configurations, the latter adding an SSV bridge humbucker.

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Strandberg Boden Standard NX

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The Boden Standard NX is Strandberg's core headless, multiscale electric guitar line. Built around a solid basswood body and the trapezoidal EndurNeck profile with fanned (multiscale) frets, it is offered in 6-, 7-, and 8-string configurations with a dual-humbucker layout and Strandberg's EGS bridge hardware.

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Skervesen Raptor

Electric guitar · Poland

The Raptor is Skervesen's most popular electric guitar model, a versatile double-cutaway built as neck-through or bolt-on with humbuckers and stainless frets. It is offered in 6-, 7-, and 8-string versions with a 25.5 in scale and optional multiscale (fanned fret) configurations.