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Jordan (Electronics)
Jordan Electronics was initially a division of the Victoreen Instrument company, making radiation dosimeters. Jordan Electronics then became a division of the Phaostron Instrument and Electronic...
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Kendall (Colin)
Colin Kendall has been building stringed instruments since the 1990s, specialising in acoustic guitars and folk instruments. Colin formerly worked with Steve Jones as Jones Kendall Guitars, producing...
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Kasuga
Kasuga was one of the oldest Japanese guitar makers - established in 1935 in Nagoya by Kazuyuki Kasuga. By the 1960s the Kasuga factory was making acoustic and electric guitars as well as mandolins and...
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Stromberg Voisinet
The Stromberg-Voisinet Company was one of the big Chicago stringed instrument makers who mass produced instruments, often for other companies which were marketed other brand names. It had its origins...
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Kay Kraft
Kay Kraft guitars and mandolins were made by Stromberg-Voisinet in Chicago from the 1920s onwards. Kay Kraft carried on into the 1930s and later as a brand of the Kay Musical Instruments Company which...
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FENDER PRODIGY
The Fender Prodigy was a Superstrat with designed to compete with Ibanez RG and Jackon/Charvel models of the era. When first introduced in 1991 the Prodigy had a Fender classic Synchronized tremolo...
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Kingsley (amplifiers)
Kingsley Amplifiers was founded in 2000 by Simon Jarrett as a hand made tube guitar amplifier designer and maker. Although their first amplifiers were inspired by classic Vox and Fender-type circuits,...
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Victory
Victory Amplifiers is an English company which produces tube amplifiers designed by Martin Kidd (the ex-designer of Cornford Amps). Victory launched in 2013 with three all-valve models the V10 10-watt...
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Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk was a German Amplifier company. Kitty Hawk Amps were available in the 1980s and 1990s and were distributed in the USA by LPMG (Latin Percussion). While these were good sounding amps, by the...
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Klangkraft
Klangkraft was established in 2010 by Jens Keller in Heinsberg, Germany. Klangkraft electric guitars and basses are made in Poland.Source: Klangkraft Instruments website (15 November 2017)
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Yakima
Yakima was a house brand of Willis Music in the 1980s. Yakima acoustic, electric and bass guitars were most likely made in Korea or Japan.Source: Yakima guitar neck plate
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Knight guitars
Knight acoustic guitars are handmade by Jeremy Knight in Grants Pass, Oregon. Jeremy Knight started working on guitars in 1993, repairing a classical guitar that had been run over by a car! Since then...
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Pearl
The Japanese Pearl Drum company bought the Hayashi acoustic guitar company in the early 1970s, and began selling Pearl branded acoustic guitars made by Hayashi. There were also Pearl Export Series...
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Fresher
Fresher guitars were first introduced in 1973 by the Kyowa Company of Nagoya, Japan. Early Fresher guitars were budget instruments based on the popular American designs but by the late 1970s quality...
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Argus
The Argus brand was introduced in 1980 by the Japanese distributor Kyowa. This was Kyowa's attempt to launch a high end guitar brand (they had "Super Excellent" on the peghead) and they involved Mr....
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Lakeside
Lakeside acoustic guitars, mandolins and banjos were made by Lyon & Healy of Chicago from around 1885 onwards. The Lakeside brand has been recently revived by Washburn for a range of acoustic...
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Waghorn
Tom Waghorn began making and repairing musical instruments in 1996, with luthier Phil Davidson at Hobgoblin Music in Bristol. In 2000 Waghorn started his own workshop at Clevedon Craft Centre, making...
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Lowe
Brad Lowe started Lowe Custom Guitars in 2009 in Oldsmar, Florida with the aim of combining his interests in the music, visual art and industrial design. Lowe Customs solid-body electric guitars and...
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Langejans
Delwyn Langejans started making guitars in 1971 in Holland, Michigan. From that time until his retirement in 2012 Langejans made over 1200 instruments, including acoustic guitars, banjos, harp guitars,...
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Stahl
William C Stahl was a Milwaukee sheet music and instrument retailer. Some Stahl labelled guitars and mandolins/mandolas/mandocellos were made by the Larson Brothers of Chicago.Source: William C Stahl...
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