Makers

Fender

United States electric guitar maker

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.

Gibson

United States guitar manufacturer

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.

ESP

Japanese guitar maker

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.

Schecter

American guitar brand

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.

Jackson

American electric guitar brand

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.

PRS Guitars

United States guitar manufacturer

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.

Rickenbacker

United States electric guitar maker

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.

Music Man

American guitar and bass guitar manufacturer

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.

G&L

American guitar and bass maker

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.

Guild

American guitar maker

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.

Reverend

American guitar maker

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.

Parker Guitars

American guitar maker

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.

Danelectro

American guitar and amplifier brand

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.

Duesenberg

German guitar maker

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.

Supro

American instrument and amplifier brand

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.

Harmony

American instrument maker

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.

Eastman Guitars

United States guitar maker

Categories: 3 · Models: 3

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

Teisco

Japanese company (electric guitar)

Models: 2 · Categories: 1

Teisco was a Japanese maker of guitars and amplifiers founded in 1946, known for affordable, distinctively styled electric guitars exported widely in the 1960s.