Makers

Every maker, largest catalogue first.

27 makers

  • Yamaha

    Japan musical instrument manufacturer

    Models: 120 · 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.

  • 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.

  • Ibanez

    Japan guitar brand

    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.

  • Epiphone

    United States guitar brand

    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.

  • Gretsch

    United States guitar brand

    Models: 12 · 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.

  • 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.

  • Collings Guitars

    United States boutique acoustic guitar maker

    Models: 10 · Sources: 4

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

  • 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.

  • D'Angelico Guitars

    United States guitar brand

    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.

  • 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.

  • Charvel

    United States electric guitar brand

    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.

  • 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.

  • Silvertone

    American catalog instrument brand

    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.

  • 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.

  • Kiesel Guitars

    United States custom electric guitar maker

    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.