Models

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.

Eastman VL Violin Series

Numbered violin model series

China

Eastman's numbered VL violin range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines, the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, and the higher Jean-Pierre Lupot model, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in a range of full and fractional sizes.

Eastman VC Cello Series

Numbered cello model series

China

Eastman's numbered VC cello range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in full and fractional sizes.

Music Man StingRay Bass

Solid-body electric bass model family

Electric bass · United States

Introduced in 1976 by Leo Fender's post-Fender company, the StingRay was among the first production basses with active electronics. Its large humbucking pickup and powerful onboard equalizer produce a punchy, scooped tone that became a standard for funk, rock, and slap playing.

Stentor Student II

Student string instrument series

China

Stentor Student II is Stentor's most widely used student tier and a step above the Student I, offered as complete outfits for violin, viola, cello and double bass. Instruments are hand-carved from solid tonewoods with a solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, set up with bow and case, and supplied across fractional sizes. The line is a long-standing recommendation of school string programmes.

Eastman VA Viola Series

Numbered viola model series

China

Eastman's numbered VA viola range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in a range of body lengths.

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.

Snail BHC-5BEQ Baritone

Solid-spruce-top electro-acoustic baritone ukulele

United Kingdom

A four-string electro-acoustic baritone with a solid spruce top, ebony back and sides, a 38 mm nut, decorative abalone trim, onboard electronics, and a classical twin-slot headstock.

Fender Jazz Bass

Fender model of bass guitar

Electric bass

Launched in 1960 as a more refined companion to the Precision Bass, the Jazz Bass uses a slim, offset body, a narrow tapered neck, and two single-coil pickups. The result is a punchy, growling tone with a wide range of blended sounds that made it a studio and stage standard across countless genres.

Mainland Classic Mahogany

Solid mahogany ukulele series

Ukulele · China

The Mainland Classic Mahogany is Mainland Ukes' core solid-mahogany ukulele line, offered in soprano, concert, and tenor sizes with a satin finish and a professional setup. It is the brand's most established model line.

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.

Streamer Bass

Bass guitar produced by the German Warwick company

Electric bass · Germany

A bass from the German maker Warwick built on a sculpted, contoured body derived from the classic Streamer shape. With its dense tonewoods and through-body or bolt-on neck construction, it produces the growling, mid-rich tone Warwick is known for.

Enya Nova U

Carbon-fiber concert ukulele model

Ukulele · China

The Enya Nova U is a concert-scale ukulele molded from a carbon-fiber and polycarbonate composite, designed as a durable, weather-resistant travel instrument. It uses a one-piece molded body with a cutaway and an arm bevel, an 18-fret fingerboard, and a roughly 15-inch scale length.

B.C. Rich Warlock

Warlock-shaped electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Warlock is the brand's most famous shape: an aggressive, sharp-horned solid body that became an icon of 1980s and metal guitar. The Warlock series spans affordable Pro X and Legacy models through USA Handcrafted instruments, typically with neck-through construction, dual humbucking pickups, and Floyd Rose or fixed bridges, and is also offered as a bass.

Leolani Series

Solid-wood ukulele series

Ukulele · China

The Leolani Series is the flagship solid-wood ukulele line from the Honolulu-based brand Leolani, offered in tonewoods such as Hawaiian koa, spruce, mahogany, zebrawood, okoume, and Macassar ebony across multiple sizes.

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.

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.

Mya-Moe Classic

Custom acoustic ukulele series

Ukulele · United States

The Mya-Moe Classic is the core hand-built custom ukulele line from Mya-Moe, offered in soprano, concert, and tenor sizes and a wide range of domestic and imported tonewoods. Each instrument is hand-voiced to order.

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.

Ko'olau T-100 Koa Tenor

Hawaiian koa tenor ukulele model

Ukulele · United States

The Ko'olau T-100 is a tenor ukulele built by Ko'olau Guitar & Ukulele in Hawaii, featuring a figured Hawaiian koa body, an ebony fretboard and bridge, a Honduran mahogany neck, and a 17-inch scale with 14 frets to the body. It is assembled with hide glue in the company's traditional Hawaiian building method.

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.

Hofner 500/1

Violin-style hollow-body electric bass family

Electric bass

The famous "violin bass," a hollow, violin-shaped electric bass made by the German maker Hofner. Lightweight and short-scaled with a warm, thumpy tone, it is inseparable from Paul McCartney, who has played one throughout his career.

Eastman VB Double Bass Series

Numbered double bass model series

China

Eastman's numbered VB double bass range, ordered by grade number from laminated student outfits up to fully carved performance instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman performance line, with higher numbers indicating a move from laminated to hybrid and fully carved construction and finer fittings and varnish. Models are offered in several body patterns and sizes.

Atelier Z M#245

Jazz-style electric bass model

Electric bass · Japan

The M#245 is Atelier Z's flagship active Jazz-style 4-string bass, built on the company's Original J Body with a 34 in scale, two-piece ash body, maple neck and fingerboard, and a Bartolini XTCT preamp with Spectrum Boost.

aNueNue Moon Bird

Solid spruce and rosewood ukulele series

Ukulele · China

The Moon Bird is aNueNue's award-winning flagship ukulele series, offered in soprano (US200), concert (UC200), and tenor (UT200) sizes. Each model features a solid Swiss Moon Spruce top paired with solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, and ebony fingerboard and bridge with Gotoh UPT tuners. The series delivers a full frequency response with rich overtones and exceptional projection.

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.

Stentor Conservatoire

Intermediate step-up string instrument series

China

Stentor Conservatoire is Stentor's intermediate step-up tier, chosen by intermediate players and above for a high standard at a reasonable cost. The line spans violin, viola, cello and double bass, each hand-carved from solid tonewoods with a carved spruce front and flamed maple back and ribs, ebony fittings and traditional inlaid purfling, and finished in an attractive amber-brown varnish.

Stentor Elysia

Advanced handcrafted string instrument series

China

Stentor Elysia is one of Stentor's high-grade orchestral lines of superb handcrafted instruments, made in a specialist hand workshop within the Stentor factory by its most skilled workers. The line spans violin, viola, cello and double bass, each hand carved from solid tonewoods with a selected spruce front and figured maple back, ribs and neck, inlaid purfling, traditional shellac varnish and ebony fingerboard and pegs.

Stentor Arcadia

Top-tier handcrafted string instrument series

China

Stentor Arcadia is the top of Stentor's range of high-grade orchestral models, comprising superb handcrafted instruments carved from the most select, highly figured tonewoods. The line spans violin, viola, cello and double bass, each individually hand carved with ebony fittings and fitted with professional-quality branded strings, and several models are also offered in an antique finish.

Romero Creations Tiny Tenor

Tenor-scale travel ukulele model

The Romero Creations Tiny Tenor is a tenor-scale ukulele built to the overall length of a concert, designed by Pepe Romero Jr. for portability without sacrificing tenor tone. It uses a 17-inch tenor scale with fourteen frets to the body and is offered in several tonewoods, including mahogany, koa, and spruce.

Pono MT

Solid mahogany tenor ukulele model

Indonesia

The Pono MT is a solid mahogany tenor ukulele made under Ko'olau's Pono line. It has a solid mahogany top, back, and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, a dual-action truss rod, and Grover geared tuners, with a satin finish and warm, balanced tenor voice.

Ohana SK-10

Mahogany soprano ukulele model

China

The Ohana SK-10 is a popular entry-level soprano ukulele with a mahogany laminate top, back, and sides and a satin finish. It uses a rosewood fingerboard and bridge with geared tuners, and is widely used in schools and community ukulele programs.

Magic Fluke The Fluke

Concert ukulele model

United States

The Fluke is a concert-scale ukulele made by The Magic Fluke Company in the USA since 1999. It combines a wood soundboard and neck with a durable injection-molded thermoplastic body that lets the ukulele stand on its end, and is offered with laminate or solid wood tops.

Kiwaya KTS-5

All-solid mahogany soprano ukulele model

Japan

The Kiwaya KTS-5 is an Artist Series all-solid mahogany soprano ukulele made in Japan. Modeled on vintage Martin sopranos, it has a solid mahogany body, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and Gotoh tuners, and is prized for its warm, projecting tone.

Lanikai LU-21

Nato soprano ukulele model

China

The Lanikai LU-21 is an affordable, beginner-friendly soprano ukulele with a nato top, back, and sides and a rosewood fingerboard and bridge. It features white binding, chrome geared tuning machines, and twelve frets, and is a long-standing entry model in Lanikai's LU series.

Kamaka HF-1

Soprano standard ukulele

Ukulele · United States

Kamaka's soprano standard ukulele model, part of its Hawaiian ukulele line.

Kanile'a K-1 Tenor

Hawaiian koa tenor ukulele model

United States

The Kanile'a K-1 Tenor is the flagship koa tenor in Kanile'a's K-1 series, handmade in Kane'ohe, Hawaii. It is built from solid Hawaiian koa with a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard, bridge, and head plate, and includes Kanile'a's TRU-R bracing and radiused back for projection and durability.

KoAloha KTM-00

Hawaiian koa tenor ukulele model

United States

The KoAloha KTM-00 is the standard tenor ukulele handcrafted by KoAloha in Honolulu, Hawaii. It features an all-Hawaiian koa body, a Macassar ebony fingerboard and bridge, KoAloha's patented Musubi soundhole and unibrace construction, and a high-gloss finish, and is known for being light and loud for a tenor.

Kala KA-15S

Satin mahogany soprano ukulele

Ukulele · China

A soprano entry-level Kala ukulele in the KA-15 satin mahogany line.

Hora Master Violin

Master-grade violin

Romania

A top-tier violin from Hora of Reghin, Romania, the largest stringed-instrument maker in Europe. The Master line represents the workshop's highest grade of hand-finished violins built from seasoned tonewoods.

Islander AC-4 Concert

Acacia concert ukulele model

Ukulele · China

The Islander AC-4 is a four-string concert ukulele in the Islander line by Kanile'a, built with an acacia body. It is described by the maker as the most popular Islander ukulele, and uses Kanile'a's 1st Generation Bracing System with Aquila Super Nylgut strings.

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.

Flight NUS310

Sapele soprano ukulele model

China

The Flight NUS310 is an entry-level soprano ukulele from Flight's Natural Series, with a laminate African sapele top, back, and sides and an arched back for added resonance and projection. It uses an okoume neck, walnut fingerboard and bridge, and a bone nut and saddle with geared tuners.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kala KA-BMB-B Bamboo Baritone

All-solid bamboo baritone ukulele

United States

A four-string baritone ukulele with an all-solid bamboo body and neck, satin finish, twelve frets, and slotted headstock.

Kala KA-ASFM-B-CE Flame Maple Cutaway Baritone

All-solid flame-maple electro-acoustic baritone ukulele

United States

A four-string baritone ukulele with an all-solid flame-maple body, Florentine cutaway, Fishman Kula electronics, purpleheart appointments, and slotted headstock.

Kala KA-ASCP-B Cedar/Pau Ferro Baritone

All-solid cedar and pau ferro baritone ukulele

United States

A four-string baritone ukulele with a solid cedar top, solid pau ferro back and sides, satin finish, striped-ebony fingerboard, and slotted headstock.