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Polak
Edward Polak grew up in Belarus and has been making guitars since the age of 15. Polak makes electric, bass and acoustic guitars (particularly guitars for Gypsy Jazz). He established his own company...
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CHARVEL CX290
The Charvel CX290 was made between 1992 and 1995. The CX290 was a basswood bodied stratocaster style electric. Pickups were HSS - a Jackson J-55 humbucker at the bridge and two J-110 single coils. The...
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Norsworthy
Phil Norsworthy established Norsworthy Guitars in 1992 and specialised in making high quality solid body electric guitars. Norsworthy previously worked with Patrick Eggle.Source: Norsworthy Guitars...
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Novo
Novo electric guitars are designed by Dennis Fano, who founded Novo Guitars as a new company after leaving Fano Guitars in 2015. Fano leads a small team of workers based in Nashville, TN.Source: Novo...
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DALLAS
Dallas was a UK musical instrument manufacturing and distribution company, founded by John E. Dallas. Dallas began making banjos in 1873, eventually moving to premises at 415 Strand. In 1905-1906...
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Hinde
Steve Hinde (Hinde Custom Instruments) has been building custom made instruments since 2002. Hinde makes: mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, acoustic and electric guitars, resonator guitars,...
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Noso
Jaakko Noso (1913 - 2013) was a Finnish instrument maker. Noso made his first violin while in the army in 1933 and following the second world war began to sell his violins and guitars in local music...
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FENDER SJ-65 S
This information comes from A.Myers an owner of a 1999 Fender SJ-65S. He was curious to find out more about the history of these Fender SJ models so he emailed Fender, and they replied with the...
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Strandberg
.strandberg* Guitars grew out of a project called the Ergonomic Guitar System started in 2007 by Ola Strandberg. Ola had been making guitars since the mid eighties, but his innovative Ergonomic...
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ALEMBIC
Ron and Susan Wickersham founded Alembic in 1969 as a consulting firm that worked with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby Stills Nash & Young to improve the quality of their live sound...
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Occhineri
Occhineri electric guitars are hand-made by Peter A. Occhineri in Connecticut.
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JACOBACCI
The Jacobacci brand was founded in the Parisien district of Menilmontant during 1920s by Vincent Jacobacci. Jacobacci was an Italian immigrant from Catania, who began by making banjos and guitars....
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Gibson Les Paul Old Hickory
The Gibson Les Paul Old Hickory guitars were made around 1998 from historic trees downed by a tornado at The Hermitage. The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson (AKA Old Hickory), suffered...
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Pete Back The Bum
"The Bum" was a cheeky custom model made in the 1980s by legendary UK luthier Pete Back.
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YAMAHA RGX 420S D6 (Drop 6)
YAMAHA manufactured the RGX 420 SD6 (Drop 6) between 2001 and 2003. It was a baritone (longer scale) version of the RGX 420 S, which allows for a lower tuning. The RGX-420S D6 had a solid alder...
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Old Scratch Fabrications
Old Scratch Fabrications guitars and basses are hand made by Markus Schaffer. Schaffer has been making instruments since 2001 and founded the Old Scratch Fabrications brand in 2006. Originally located...
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OLP
OLP (Officially Licensed Product) was a division of Elite Music Brands and HHI Music (Hanser Holdings International). The OLP website launched in 2002, displaying OLP guitars and basses which were...
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Olivewood
Malcolm Weaver studied classical guitar making at Newark and Sherwood College in Nottinghamshire (UK), under the tutelage of Roy Courtnall Summerfield and Tony Johnson, where he qualified with...
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PHRED
The PHRED brand began in 2011 when founder Freddy Rose collaborated with an international guitar maker on the design for the TA-01 prototype. PHRED instruments are made overseas to designs inspired by...
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