Models
187 models
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Yamaha YEV-104
Four-string electric violin
Electric violin, Violin
The Yamaha YEV-104 is a four-string electric violin from Yamaha's YEV line, designed around an open, minimalist wooden frame rather than a full resonating body. Built from a blend of woods including spruce, maple, mahogany, and walnut for a warm natural look, it carries a maple bridge with a built-in piezo pickup and a passive quarter-inch output, so it needs no battery or external controls. Lightweight and stage-focused, it is aimed at players who want a simple, good-looking amplified violin for contemporary and crossover playing.
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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.
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Andreas Eastman VL305 Violin
Step-up violin outfit (Andreas Eastman line)
Violin · China
The Andreas Eastman VL305 is a step-up violin in Eastman's Andreas Eastman line, built with a select spruce top and highly flamed maple back, ribs, and scroll, an ebony fingerboard, hand-carved ebony fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau 1-Tree bridge, and a hand-applied shaded antique-style spirit varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered from 4/4 down to 1/4 and is aimed at advancing students and conservatory-bound players.
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Epiphone Casino
Electric guitar model
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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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.
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Stradivari Violin
Violin family of Antonio Stradivari
Violin · Italy
The violins of Antonio Stradivari (Cremona, c. 1666-1737) are the most celebrated in the Western tradition, prized for their projecting, complex tone and refined construction in spruce and maple. Stradivari's output spans an early Amatise period, the experimental 'Long Pattern' of the 1690s, and the mature 'golden period' after 1700 that produced his most sought-after instruments. Surviving examples carry individual names and are held by museums, foundations, and leading soloists; several are cataloged here as exemplars.
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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.
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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.
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Shen SB180 Double Bass
Hybrid double bass (carved top, figured back)
Double bass · China
The Shen SB180 is a hybrid double bass that pairs a fully carved solid spruce top with laminated maple back and ribs, giving a darker, richer tone than an all-plywood bass while retaining the durability of a laminated body. It features a fully carved maple neck and scroll, solid ebony fingerboard, and figured back and ribs that distinguish it from the plainer SB150. It is a popular step-up choice for advancing students and orchestras.
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Recording King RK-R35 Madison
Mastertone-style bluegrass resonator banjo
Banjo · China
The Recording King RK-R35 Madison is a five-string bluegrass resonator banjo built on a three-ply steam-bent maple rim with a Mastertone-style bell-brass cast tone ring and one-piece flange, a maple neck with two-way truss rod, and a maple resonator.
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D'Angelico Excel EXL-1
Hollow-body archtop guitar model
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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NS Design CR4 Violin
Electric violin model
Electric violin · Czech Republic
The CR4 is the 4-string model in NS Design's flagship CR electric violin series. It has a solid, quarter-sawn European flame maple body and neck, a hand-graduated ebony fingerboard, the NS Polar directional piezo pickup, and 9V active electronics with advanced tone-shaping controls. The scale length is 330 mm (13 in). Crafted in the Czech Republic, and available in fretless and fretted versions.
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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.
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Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster
Stratocaster-style solid-body electric guitar model
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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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.
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Dean Cadillac
Electric guitar model
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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Nicolò Amati "Brookings" Violin
1654 Nicolò Amati violin (Library of Congress)
Violin · Italy
The 'Brookings' is a 1654 violin by the Cremonese master Nicolò Amati, held in the stringed-instrument collection of the Library of Congress. Acquired in Europe on the advice of the virtuoso Joseph Joachim and presented to the Library in 1938, it exemplifies Amati's refined model and golden-amber varnish. Nicolò Amati was the teacher of a generation of makers, and instruments like this one shaped the Cremonese tradition later carried forward by Stradivari.
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Northfield Big Mon
F-style F5 mandolin model
Mandolin · China
The Northfield Big Mon is an F-style F5 mandolin, slightly enlarged from Northfield's standard F5 body with larger f-holes for greater midrange warmth, bass, and volume. It is built with an Adirondack red or Engelmann spruce top and highly figured maple back, sides, and neck, and is one of Northfield's flagship instruments.
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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.
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Eastman MD315
F-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
An Eastman F-style mandolin with solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides.
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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.
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The Loar LM-520
Hand-carved F-style mandolin model
China
The Loar LM-520 is a hand-carved F-style mandolin with a graduated solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck. It carries violin-style f-holes, an adjustable ebony bridge, and vintage Grover tuners, offering classic 1920s F-model tone and appointments at an accessible price.
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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.
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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.
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Kentucky KM-1000
Master Model F-style mandolin
China
The Kentucky KM-1000 is Kentucky's Master Model F-style mandolin, introduced in the late 1970s to revive classic 1920s tone and appointments. It features a carved solid Adirondack spruce top, flamed maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard with 29-fret extension, and engraved silver-plated hardware in a 1920s sunburst finish.
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Heinrich Gill W3 Violin
European handmade advanced violin
Violin · Germany
The Heinrich Gill W3 violin is an advanced model from the Gill workshop in Bubenreuth, Germany, built from a tight-grained solid spruce top and a highly figured two-piece flamed maple back, with an ebony fingerboard and a hand-applied antique-style varnish. It produces a warm, vibrant tone that carries into the higher positions and is aimed at advancing and semi-professional violinists.
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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.
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Samuel Eastman VL80 Violin
Entry-level violin outfit (Samuel Eastman line)
Violin · China
The Samuel Eastman VL80 is the entry-level violin in Eastman's Samuel Eastman line, hand-crafted from seasoned solid tonewoods with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fingerboard and fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern and offered in a wide range of sizes from 4/4 down to 1/32, it is a long-standing school and studio beginner instrument.
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Samuel Eastman VA80 Viola
Entry-level viola outfit (Samuel Eastman line)
Viola · China
The Samuel Eastman VA80 is the entry-level viola in Eastman's Samuel Eastman line, hand-crafted from seasoned solid tonewoods with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fingerboard and fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, and a Despiau bridge. Offered in body lengths from a full 16.5-inch down to 11 inches, it is a durable, good-sounding instrument for beginning and school violists.
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Stentor Elysia Violin
Advanced handcrafted violin (SR1875)
Violin · China
The Stentor Elysia (model SR1875) is Stentor's advanced, individually handcrafted violin, built with a solid spruce top and solid maple body, ebony fittings, and a hand-applied spirit varnish. It is the highest tier of Stentor's orchestral range above the Conservatoire and is aimed at advancing and semi-professional players, supplied in full 4/4 size.
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Stentor Student II Viola
Student viola outfit (SR1505)
Viola · China
The Stentor Student II viola (model SR1505) is a student viola outfit with a hand-carved solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard, and outfit fittings including bow and case. It mirrors the construction of Stentor's popular Student II violin and is offered in body lengths such as 15 inches and 16 inches for younger and adult beginners.
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Stentor Conservatoire Violin
Intermediate violin outfit (SR1550)
Violin · China
The Stentor Conservatoire (model SR1550) is an intermediate step-up violin, hand-carved from solid tonewoods with a solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard and fittings, and an attractive amber-brown varnish. Frequently recommended by teachers for players moving beyond a first instrument, it is supplied as an outfit and offered chiefly in 4/4 with some fractional sizes.
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Stentor Student II Cello
Student cello outfit (SR1108)
Cello · China
The Stentor Student II cello (model SR1108) is a student cello outfit with a hand-carved solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard, and a set-up package with bow and soft case. A step above the Student I, it is widely used in school and youth orchestra programs and is offered in fractional sizes from 1/8 up to full 4/4.
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Stentor Student II Violin
Student violin outfit (SR1500)
Violin · China
The Stentor Student II (model SR1500) is one of the most widely used beginner violin outfits, supplied as a complete set with bow and lightweight case. It has a hand-carved solid spruce top with solid maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard, and ebony or composite fittings, and is offered in fractional sizes from 1/16 through full 4/4. It sits a step above the entry-level Student I and is a long-standing recommendation of school string programs.
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Stentor Conservatoire Viola
Intermediate viola outfit (SR1551)
Viola · China
The Stentor Conservatoire viola (model SR1551) is an intermediate step-up viola hand-carved from solid spruce and solid maple with ebony fittings and an amber-brown varnish, matching the Conservatoire violin and cello in the range. It is offered in adult body lengths around 15.5 and 16.5 inches and is a common teacher recommendation for students progressing past their first viola.
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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.
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Samuel Eastman VB95 Double Bass
Hybrid student double bass (Samuel Eastman line)
Double bass · China
The Samuel Eastman VB95 is a student double bass with a hybrid design: a fully carved solid spruce top for a richer, deeper tone paired with laminated maple back and ribs for stability and durability. It carries an ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, a Despiau bridge, Rubner Tyrolean tuning machines, hand-inlaid top purfling, and a hand-applied shaded antique-style varnish. It is offered in Gamba, Violin Corner, and Quenoil patterns and sizes from 3/4 down to 1/8.
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Samuel Eastman VC80 Cello
Entry-level cello outfit (Samuel Eastman line)
Cello · China
The Samuel Eastman VC80 is the entry-level cello in Eastman's Samuel Eastman line, built with durable fully laminated spruce and maple, an ebony fingerboard, composite tailpiece, and a Despiau bridge, finished in a high-gloss varnish on the Stradivari pattern. Easy to maintain and offered from 4/4 down to 1/8, it is a common school and rental beginner cello.
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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.
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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.
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Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2
San Dimas Style 2 electric guitar model
Mexico
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.
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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.
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Epiphone Sheraton
Electric guitar model
Electric guitar
Epiphone's upscale semi-hollow electric, the Sheraton dresses the 335-style body with fancier binding, block inlays, and a decorative tailpiece. Associated with players like John Lee Hooker and Noel Gallagher, it offers a refined, warm semi-hollow tone.
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Stradivari "Messiah" Violin
1716 'golden period' Stradivari violin (Ashmolean Museum)
Violin · Italy
The 'Messiah' (Le Messie, also 'Salabue') is a 1716 golden-period violin by Antonio Stradivari, held by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It is famous for being the best-preserved Stradivari in existence: it remained in Stradivari's workshop until his death in 1737, passed to Count Cozio di Salabue in 1775, and was little played thereafter. Its varnish is almost unworn, the carving remains crisp, and the painted edge-work on the scroll survives intact, making it a primary reference for the appearance of a new Stradivari instrument.
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Gretsch White Falcon
Hollow-body electric guitar model family
Electric guitar · Japan
Introduced in 1955 as Gretsch's luxury flagship, the White Falcon (G6136) is a large 17-inch single-cutaway hollow body finished in white with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware. It carries twin Filter'Tron humbucking pickups and a Bigsby vibrato, and remains one of the most recognizable and prestigious electric guitars ever made.
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Squier Cyclone
Electric guitar model
Electric guitar
Squier's affordable version of the offset Cyclone, built on the compact, short-scaled body of the Fender original. It brought the model's punchy, modern voice to a budget-friendly price.
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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.
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Gretsch Country Gentleman
Hollow-body electric guitar model family
Electric guitar · Japan
Developed with Chet Atkins and introduced in 1957, the Country Gentleman (G6122) is a refined hollow-body electric, later offered as a 17-inch double-cutaway. It features twin Filter'Tron pickups, an Adjusto-Matic bridge, and a Bigsby vibrato, delivering the warm, articulate Gretsch voice favored in country, rockabilly, and pop.
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Epiphone Dot
Semi-hollow electric guitar
Electric guitar
Epiphone's affordable take on the semi-hollow ES-335 format, named for its simple dot fingerboard inlays. It pairs a center-block semi-hollow body with humbucking pickups for a versatile, warm voice at a budget price.
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Gretsch Duo Jet
Single-cutaway chambered solid-body electric guitar model family
Electric guitar · Japan
Introduced in 1953, the Duo Jet (G6128) is Gretsch's single-cutaway, chambered solid-body electric, built with a mahogany back and an arched laminated maple top that retains some hollow-body resonance. It carries twin Filter'Tron pickups and a Bigsby vibrato and was famously played by George Harrison.