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Marwin
Marwin was a Tonk Bros brand name. Tonk Brothers were primarily a mail order distributer. Marwin mandolins and acoustic guitars were made from 1930s to 1950s by Harmony (& possibly others?).Source:...
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Le Domino
The Le Domino line of instruments was made in Chicago by J.R. Stewart from 1926 to 1930 and included ukuleles, banjos and guitars. JR Stewart had worked for Harmony in the 1920s before starting his own...
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Rosetti
Rosetti is a UK musical instrument distributor founded by Arthur Rosetti in the 1920s. In the 1950s and 1960s Rosetti distributed guitars made by Egmond - some were branded "by Rosetti" - like the...
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Salvador Ibanez
Salvador Ibáñez y Albiñana was a Spanish luthier who started making guitars in 1865. In 1910 he changed the business name to Salvador Ibáñez é Hijos when he was joined by his two sons Vicente and...
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Nakamura (Toru)
Toru Nakamura was born in 1975 and graduated from Takaoka National College where he learned traditional Japanese woodworking techniques. He then worked for Asturias guitars from 1997 until 2002 and...
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In 1970s Japan there was a healthy industry making copies of the popular Martin dreadnought acoustic models. These are often referred to as "lawsuit guitars" because Martin contacted these Japanese...
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Matsuoka (Ryoji)
Ryoji Matsuoka began as a self taught classical guitar maker in post World War II Japan. The Matsuoka Musical Instrument Company Ltd. was founded in 1959 and was still active in 2014 as a classical...
View ArticleMark Burnet
Mark Burnet studied stringed instrument making at Anniesland college in Glasgow and then worked with a classical guitar maker where he learned traditional Spanish construction techniques. He then...
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Larson (Brothers)
Carl (1867-1946) and August Larson (1873-1944) emigrated to Chicago in the late 1880s from Sweden. They worked for various Chicago guitar makers before buying Maurer & Company in 1900 when Robert...
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Aranjuez
Aranjuez is a classical guitar brand of German musical instrument distributer iMusic Network and these instruments currently made in China. Previously high quality Aranjuez classical guitars were made...
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Pilgrim
Paul Tebbutt founded Pilgrim Guitars in the 1970s in Leicestershire, UK as a small scale producer of acoustic guitars. Production stopped n the mid 1980s. In 2009 JHS and Paul Tebbutt joined forces to...
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Riversong
Riversong Guitars was founded by Mike Miltimore, who worked with his father Lee Miltimore at Lee's Music Store. The father and son team brought luthier Mike Trelenberg on board in 2006 to help them...
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Howard
Tom "Howard" McCormick was a Phoenix based electronics wizard who started making custom amplifiers for Duane Eddy in the late 1950s. McCormick's Howtronics company introduced a Howard brand of...
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Howard Model S
The Howard model S (Student model) was a solid body electric guitar with a fibreglass neck & reverse headstock. The single pickup had impedance of 7 KOhms, and was controlled by chicken head tone...
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Andrew White
Andrew White is a West Virginia luthier with nearly 20 years experience. He currently offers four distinct series of acoustic guitars: Luthier’s Collection, Deckers Creek Series, Signature Series, and...
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IBANEZ AE20N
The Ibanez AE20N was produced from 1994 to 1996. It was the classical version of the AE20, made from the same materials but with nylon strings and a classical headstock & bridge.Source: Ibanez...
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GUILD M-65
The Guild Freshman M-65 was introduced in the late 1950s. The Freshman M-65 was a compact archtop electric with a hollow body and single pickup. It was available in both full sized (24.75" scale...
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MCI (INTERTEK)
The MCI Intertek brand was established by John Burkhead (as part of MCI, Inc.), and later aquired by Fred Gretsch. MCI Intertek guitars were budget low quality instruments, made in Japan between 1983...
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McKay (Joe)
Joe McKay started making acoustic instruments in the mid 1990s in a shed next to his house. He started by studying violin making with the late Robert Rife. McKay combined this luthiery training with...
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McKerrihan
Glen McKerrihan made archtops from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. McKerrihan made guitars to custom order and so there are relatively few around.
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