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  • Fano Alt de Facto JM6

    Hand-built vintage-inspired electric guitar

    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.

  • Bishline Cimarron

    Resonator bluegrass banjo model

    Banjo · United States

    The Bishline Cimarron is one of Bishline Banjos' most popular resonator banjos, described by the maker as a bluegrass workhorse. It features a burl walnut resonator, a three-ply maple rim, a Bishline tone ring, an ebony fingerboard, and nickel-plated hardware. Bishline Banjos are handbuilt in Oklahoma.

  • Upton Standard Double Bass

    Bohemian-pattern double bass (laminate / hybrid / carved)

    Double bass · United States

    The Upton Standard is built on Upton's Bohemian gamba pattern with a 41.5-inch string length and a D-neck, offered in laminate (plywood), hybrid (carved top with laminated back and ribs), and fully carved solid-wood round-back configurations. A versatile, road-ready bass for students through working players, it is built by hand at the Upton Bass workshop in Mystic, Connecticut.

  • Kolstein Busetto Model Bass

    Compact professional double bass (LaFaro Prescott model)

    Double bass · United States

    The Kolstein Busetto Model is a compact professional double bass handcrafted in the Samuel Kolstein bass shop, modeled on a reduced scaling of the famed LaFaro Prescott bass played by Scott LaFaro. The shorter string length suits traveling and smaller players while delivering a full tonal spectrum with strong pizzicato and arco response. It is delivered fully set up to Kolstein specification with an adjustable bass bridge, Heritage strings, a Kolstein Panormo endpin, decorative brass gears, and a Planet Wing pickup.

  • Technical line drawing of Gold Tone OB-3 Twanger

    Gold Tone OB-3 Twanger

    Pre-war style resonator banjo

    Banjo · United States

    A Gold Tone Orange Blossom Twanger resonator banjo built around a maple rim.

  • Technical line drawing of Deering Goodtime Banjo

    Deering Goodtime Banjo

    Open-back five-string banjo

    Banjo · United States

    Deering's Goodtime open-back five-string banjo, a lightweight American-made student and general-purpose model.

  • DW Collector's Series Maple Snare

    Flagship custom maple snare drum

    Percussion · United States

    DW's Collector's Series Maple snare is built from hand-selected North American maple as a 10-ply VLT shell with 6-ply reinforcement rings, 60-degree bearing edges, Turret lugs, True-Pitch tension rods, 3.0mm True-Hoops, and a MAG throw-off, customizable in any Custom Shop finish.

  • Vega Old Tyme Wonder

    Old-time open-back 5-string banjo

    Banjo · United States

    The Vega Old Tyme Wonder, built by Deering, is a lightweight old-time open-back five-string banjo with a steamed violin-grade maple rim, a frailing scoop, a fiberskyn head, and a no-knot tailpiece for a warm, woody string-band tone.

  • Stelling Golden Cross

    Curly maple bluegrass resonator banjo

    Banjo · United States

    The Stelling Golden Cross was the first Stelling model to carry the trademarked Stelling peghead shape; the current version features fancy curly maple with a golden sunburst stain and purfling inlaid along the neck and resonator binding.

  • Ome Juniper

    Open-back five-string banjo model

    United States

    The Ome Juniper is an open-back five-string banjo handmade in Boulder, Colorado. It features a curly maple neck, a two-ply maple rim fitted with Ome's heavy rolled brass tone ring, an ebony fingerboard with a scoop, and aged brass hardware, producing a warm, responsive tone suited to clawhammer and old-time playing.

  • Noble & Cooley Solid Shell Classic

    Steam-bent solid maple snare drum

    United States

    A professional snare drum by Noble & Cooley of Massachusetts, built from a single steam-bent 1/4-inch solid rock maple shell. Introduced in the early 1980s as the first steam-bent solid-shell drums of the modern era, it established the company's reputation in professional drums.

  • Nechville Galaxy Phantom

    Heli-Mount resonator banjo model

    United States

    The Nechville Galaxy Phantom is a five-string bluegrass banjo built around Nechville's patented one-piece cast Heli-Mount frame, which replaces conventional hook-and-nut hardware. It combines a three-ply maple rim and nickel-plated bronze-alloy tone ring with a radiused fingerboard, a tunneled fifth string, and a quick-change neck connection.

  • SJC Tour Series

    Custom-finished maple touring kits

    Drum kit · United States

    Tour Series is SJC's production custom kit: maple shells in whatever finish the order specifies, from plain lacquer to inlaid and painted work built for stage visibility.

  • C&C Player Date

    Thin mahogany and poplar shells with rings

    Drum kit · United States

    Player Date kits use thin mahogany, poplar, or maple shells with reinforcement rings and minimal hardware, and the resulting warm, quick-decaying tone put C&C behind a wave of Americana and indie rock records.

  • Camco Oaklawn

    The Illinois-built kits collectors chase

    Drum kit · United States

    Camco's Oaklawn-badge drums, built in Illinois before the company moved to Kansas, are the most sought of the brand: thin maple shells, minimal hardware, and a following far larger than the production numbers justify.

  • Leedy Broadway Standard

    Pre-war American professional snare

    Percussion · United States

    The Broadway Standard was Leedy's professional snare through the 1920s and 1930s, and its mechanical strainer designs are the ancestors of most of what followed.

  • Craviotto Solid Shell Snare

    One plank, steam-bent, one seam

    Percussion · United States

    Craviotto's snares are steam-bent from a single plank of maple, birch, walnut, or cherry, leaving one vertical seam and no glue lines through the shell. They are loud, dry, and dated and signed by the builder.

  • Rogers Dyna-Sonic

    The snare with a floating snare frame

    Percussion · United States

    The Dyna-Sonic suspends its snare wires in a separate frame that touches the head under controlled tension rather than being pulled across it, which gives an unusually even response at low volume. It is one of the few genuinely original snare designs of the twentieth century.

  • Slingerland Radio King

    Solid one-ply maple shell, cut from a single plank

    Percussion · United States

    The Radio King's shell is one piece of steam-bent solid maple rather than laminated plies, and the drum's crack — dry, loud, and quick to decay — is the sound of American swing drumming. It has been reissued repeatedly and copied constantly.

  • Technical line drawing of Fano Alt de Facto GF6

    Fano Alt de Facto GF6

    Offset semi-hollow hand-built electric guitar

    United States

    The Fano Alt de Facto GF6 is a hand-built, offset semi-hollow electric guitar with a carved top, a center block, and F-holes. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck, and can be ordered with a range of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato hardware. Each one is built individually in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

  • Fano Alt de Facto RB6

    British-invasion-inspired hand-built electric guitar

    United States

    The Fano Alt de Facto RB6 is a hand-built solid-body electric guitar whose look blends 1960s British-invasion styling with a German-carve top. It has a 24.75-inch scale and a late-'50s round-back neck profile, and is offered with a choice of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato options. Fano builds each RB6 individually in the USA with an aged nitrocellulose finish.

  • Fano Alt de Facto TC6

    Single-cut hand-built electric guitar

    United States

    The Fano Alt de Facto TC6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a single-cutaway shape that echoes a classic string-through solid body. It is typically fitted with a pair of hot TV Jones Supertron Filter'Tron-style humbucking pickups, uses a 25.5-inch scale, and has an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck. Each TC6 is made one at a time in the USA and offered with custom woods, hardware, and aged nitrocellulose finishes.

  • Fano Alt de Facto SP6

    Junior-style hand-built electric guitar

    United States

    The Fano Alt de Facto SP6 is a hand-built electric guitar that pairs the body shape and neck feel of a classic 'Junior'-style solid body with the electronics, bolt-on neck, and string-through layout of a vintage solid body. It has a 24.75-inch scale and a late-'50s round-back neck profile, and can be ordered with a choice of woods, pickups, and bridges. Each one is made one at a time in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

  • Taylor 614ce

    Big leaf maple Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric

    Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

    The Taylor 614ce is an all-solid-wood Grand Auditorium cutaway acoustic-electric with big leaf maple back and sides and a torrefied spruce top, built in El Cajon, California. Taylor revoiced its maple guitars for a richer, warmer sound.

  • Friedman Cali

    USA-built S-style electric guitar with humbuckers and a Floyd Rose

    United States

    The Friedman Cali is a hot-rodded S-style electric guitar designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in Southern California. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with two Friedman humbuckers and an Original Floyd Rose tremolo, finished in thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius fingerboard and Plek-finished frets give it the fast, modern feel of the classic San Dimas performance guitars.

  • Upton Brescian Double Bass

    English/Italian-style orchestral and jazz double bass

    Double bass · United States

    The Upton Brescian is a hand-built double bass referencing the style Vincenzo Panormo brought to England in the 18th century, which influenced makers such as Lott, Kennedy, Fendt, and Hawkes. Its design features large shoulders, violin corners, deep ribs, dramatic top arching, and a pronounced canted back, giving a powerful, projecting voice favored for both orchestral and jazz playing. It is built by hand at the Upton Bass workshop in Mystic, Connecticut, in carved and hybrid configurations.

  • PRS Hollowbody II

    Hollow-body electric guitar model family

    Electric guitar · United States

    A fully hollow, double-cutaway electric introduced in the late 1990s, the Hollowbody II uses a carved maple top and back with a mahogany center block-free hollow construction for an airy, acoustic-tinged voice. It carries two PRS humbuckers and is offered with an optional LR Baggs/PRS piezo system that adds amplified acoustic tones alongside the magnetic pickups.

  • Rickenbacker 620

    Solid-body electric guitar model family

    Electric guitar · United States

    The six-string anchor of Rickenbacker's 600 Series, the 620 is a maple 'cresting wave' solid-body with neck-through construction and twin single-coil Hi-gain pickups. It pairs an R-style tailpiece with a six-saddle bridge, triangular inlays, and standard stereo output, giving the bright, chiming Rickenbacker voice in a solid-body format.

  • PRS McCarty 594

    Carved-top solid-body electric guitar model family

    Electric guitar · United States

    Named for its 24.594-inch scale length, the McCarty 594 is a Core vintage-leaning model designed with Ted McCarty-era Gibson voicing in mind. It pairs a mahogany body and figured maple top with two PRS 58/15 LT (McCarty III) humbuckers, a two-piece bridge with brass saddles, and dual volume and push/pull tone controls for a warm, classic humbucker sound.

  • PRS Custom 22

    Carved-top solid-body electric guitar model family

    Electric guitar · United States

    Introduced in 1993, the Custom 22 is the 22-fret counterpart to the Custom 24, trading two frets for a neck-pickup position closer to vintage humbucker placement. It shares the Core platform's figured maple top, mahogany body and neck, bird inlays, and PRS tremolo, delivering a warmer, more vocal voice prized for blues and rock.

  • Technical line drawing of Rickenbacker 4003

    Rickenbacker 4003

    Neck-through electric bass model family

    Electric bass · United States

    The long-running successor to the 4001, introduced around 1979 and still in production, the 4003 is Rickenbacker's signature neck-through 'cresting wave' bass. It carries two single-coil pickups, a maple body and neck, full-length skunk-stripe neck-through construction, deluxe triangular inlays, and mono/stereo output, delivering the ringing sustain and treble punch heard on countless rock recordings.

  • Ovation Elite 2078AX

    Multi-soundhole deep-contour roundback acoustic-electric

    Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

    The Ovation Elite 2078AX is a deep-contour cutaway roundback acoustic-electric featuring a deluxe AA solid spruce top with LX scalloped bracing, Ovation's signature multiple upper-bout soundholes inlaid with exotic hardwoods, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, and the OP-Pro Studio preamp with onboard compressor.

  • Ovation Standard Balladeer 2771AX

    Single-soundhole deep-contour roundback acoustic-electric

    Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

    The Ovation Standard Balladeer 2771AX descends from the original 1966 Balladeer that launched the roundback guitar. It pairs a solid A-grade Sitka spruce top and scalloped X-bracing with a deep-contour Lyrachord bowl, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, a pau ferro fingerboard, and the OCP1K pickup with OP-Pro preamp.

  • Ovation Legend 2077AX

    Single-soundhole deep-contour roundback acoustic-electric

    Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

    The Ovation Legend 2077AX is a deep-contour cutaway roundback acoustic-electric with a AA solid spruce top, LX scalloped bracing, a single round soundhole with the inlaid pearl oak-leaf rosette, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, an ebony fingerboard, and the OCP-1K pickup with OP-Pro Studio preamp.

  • Gold Tone CC-100 Cripple Creek

    Open-back five-string banjo model

    United States

    The Gold Tone CC-100 Cripple Creek is an entry-level open-back five-string banjo set up at Gold Tone's Florida workshop. It has a hard maple neck and multi-ply maple rim with a rolled brass tone ring, a bound rosewood fingerboard with snowflake inlays, and a two-way adjustable truss rod for comfortable, beginner-friendly playability.

  • Gold Tone OB-150

    Orange Blossom bluegrass resonator banjo

    Banjo · United States

    The Gold Tone OB-150 Orange Blossom is a pre-war-style bluegrass banjo with a three-ply maple rim, one-piece flange, and brass flathead tone ring (the same ring as the OB-250), professionally set up with a custom neck fit.

  • Fox Renard Model 240

    Intermediate bassoon

    Bassoon · United States

    A Fox Renard Artist bassoon, a perennial favorite since its 1994 introduction; flexible, free and easy to play, ideal for high-school through college players, serious amateurs and hobbyists.

  • Friedman Vintage-T

    USA-built T-style electric guitar with P-90 pickups

    United States

    The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

  • Friedman NoHo 24

    USA-built double-cutaway electric guitar with Triple D humbuckers

    United States

    The Friedman NoHo 24 is a double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar built in the USA. It combines a resonant alder body and a quilted maple top with a 24-fret hard-maple neck and an ebony fingerboard, and is loaded with two Friedman Triple D humbuckers for a clear, high-output voice. A 24.75-inch scale, stainless Jescar frets, and a full Plek setup support fast, stable playability.

  • Friedman Metro-D

    USA-built set-neck single-cutaway electric guitar with humbuckers

    United States

    The Friedman Metro-D is Friedman's set-neck, single-cutaway solidbody electric guitar, designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in the USA. It uses a mahogany body with a figured maple top and a long-tenon mahogany neck, carrying two Friedman humbuckers (a Classic in the neck and a hotter Classic+ in the bridge) with coil-splitting, routed to a TonePros tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar. A compound-radius fingerboard, 25.5-inch scale, and full Plek setup make it a modern take on the classic set-neck single-cut.

  • Friedman Vintage-S

    USA-built S-style electric guitar with HSS pickups

    United States

    The Friedman Vintage-S is a double-cutaway, S-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. It pairs an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with an HSS pickup set: a Friedman Classic+ humbucker at the bridge plus reverse-wound middle and neck single-coils that give hum-cancelling in-between positions, all routed through a two-point vibrato bridge. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard, 22 frets, and thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer round out the specification.

  • DW Collector's Series

    Flagship American-made custom drum kit series

    Drum kit · United States

    DW's Collector's Series is the company's flagship line of American-made custom drum kits, handcrafted to order in Oxnard, California. Kits are built from premium shell woods such as maple, birch and mahogany using DW's Specialized Shell Configuration, then finished with hand-applied lacquers and exotic veneers. It sits at the top of the DW range, with extensive options for sizes, finishes and hardware.

  • DW Jazz Series

    Gumwood-core jazz drum kit line

    Drum kit · United States

    The DW Jazz Series is a Collector's Series configuration inspired by American jazz. Its shells use a 3-ply gumwood core, paired with maple, mahogany or cherry plies, to produce a round, focused tone suited to everything from bebop to pop on stage and in the studio. A vintage-style rounded bearing edge broadens the kit's tonal range.

  • DW Collector's Series Classics

    Vintage-voiced Collector's Series drum kit line

    Drum kit · United States

    The DW Collector's Series Classics is a vintage-voiced configuration of DW's flagship line, built to revive big-band-era drum tone with modern construction. Its shells pair a 3-ply poplar-and-mahogany core with maple reinforcement hoops and DW's vintage-style 'butter' bearing edge for dark, punchy, quick-sustaining tones. It offers the Collector's Series' full range of finishes, shell sizes and hardware options.

  • Weber Bitterroot

    Sitka/maple F-style mandolin

    Mandolin · United States

    The Weber Bitterroot is a traditional F-style mandolin with f-holes, a hand-graduated solid Sitka spruce top with tone-bar bracing, a maple neck, an ebony fingerboard, ivoroid binding, a 14-inch scale, and a cast Weber tailpiece.

  • Noble & Cooley CD Maple

    Maple snare drum

    United States

    A maple-shell snare drum by Noble & Cooley sharing the construction philosophy of the company's CD Maple drum kits. Built entirely of maple, it delivers a tone similar to the Solid Shell Classic with a slightly warmer, more controlled voice.

  • Mya-Moe Cascade Series

    Environmentally sustainable custom ukulele series

    Ukulele · United States

    The Mya-Moe Cascade Series is a sustainable-wood line from Mya-Moe Ukuleles, featuring body woods chosen for environmental sustainability including cherry, walnut, sycamore, and myrtle. The series uses a Port Orford Cedar neck with carbon fiber reinforcement, a maple fretboard, and a maple bridge. As the maker states, 'playability, acoustics and aesthetics of The Cascade Series instruments meet the rigorous standards and goals at Mya-Moe,' and there is no additional charge for choosing Cascade Series woods.

  • Ludwig Classic Maple

    American-made maple drum kit series

    Drum kit · United States

    Ludwig's Classic Maple is a professional drum series hand-crafted at Ludwig USA in Monroe, North Carolina. Kits use 7-ply, 6mm cross-laminated North American maple shells formed with Ludwig's Radio Frequency Shell Technology, giving full tonality, rich sustain and a wide tuning range across many size and finish options.

  • Ludwig NeuSonic

    Maple/cherry crossover drum kit series

    Drum kit · United States

    A modern drum kit series built on a 7-ply crossover shell with a 4-ply maple exterior and 3-ply cherry interior, made in Monroe, NC using Radio Frequency Shell Technology for a warm, full Ludwig voice.

  • Gretsch Renown

    Maple drum kit series

    Drum kit · United States

    The Renown is a Gretsch maple drum series built with the classic 7-ply Gretsch formula maple shells, 30-degree bearing edges and the exclusive 'Silver Sealer' interior. It delivers Gretsch's signature warm, focused tone in a more accessible imported line.