Makers
Every maker, largest catalogue first.
27 makers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.