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RESONET
Resonet was an electric guitar brand used by the Czechoslovak Republic State Musical Instrument manufacturer CSHN. The Resonet brand began life around 1953 in a state-owned furniture company when...
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Futurama upright bass
Introduced by Selmer in their 1958 catalog as the Futurama bass, this model was also advertised elsewhere as the Resonet or Jolana Arco model. This electric bass was made by the Czechoslovak Republic...
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Simon Rovis-Hermann
Simon Rovis-Hermann is a Luthier based in Fremantle, Western Australia. He has been making instruments since the 1990s - his first full sized guitar classical guitar was made when he was 18 years old...
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Rowan
Michael Rowan Custom Guitars, were made in Meadowgate Drive, Garland, Texas. Michael Rowan started doing repairs for friends and building guitars as a hobby back in 1996. He decided early on not to...
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Rene Roy
Rene Roy makes electric guitars, basses and acoustic guitars in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Roy also winds pickups.
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Royalist
Royalist was a brand name of RCA-Victor - there was a full range of Royalist instruments and also amplifiers.
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Ignacio Rozas
Ignacio M. Rozas was born in 1943 in Madrid, Spain. In 1959 he began an apprenticeship with José Ramirez, where he worked until 1969. From 1970 to 1987 he worked for Manuel Contreras before opening his...
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Royal (Kevin Chilcott)
Royal was one of the brand names used by British luthier Kevin Chilcott. Chilcott was an apprentice to one of the greats of British Guitar making - Chris Eccleshall. He then set up his own workshop and...
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ROYALE
British guitar builder Kevin Chilchott has been making guitars since 1980. Kevin Chilcott learned his trade with luthier Chris Eccleshall. During the period 1981 to 1989 Chilcott made around 125...
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Seiwa
Seiwa Music Corporation was a Japanese company established in 1956, who sold electric & acoustic guitars and basses as well as amplifiers.
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MARTIN F-1
The Martin F-1 was an archtop style guitar with f-holes introduced in 1940 and was in production until 1942. Only 91 Martin F-1s were were made in total. There were various "F" models with different...
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Howlett
Pete Howlett makes ukuleles in North Wales. Pete trained as a Craft and Design teacher in the mid 1970's at Sheffield City College of Education - a department with a tradition of musical instrument...
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Royal Gypsy Jazz
Roy Eneas has been making guitars since the 1980s as well as being an Artist, Illustrator, Cartoonist and Musician. Based on the South Coast of England. Roy was taught most of his woodworking skills...
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Brownsville
Brownsville New York was a house brand name used by Sam Ash (Samson Technologies Corp), named after Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood where the company founders lived. When introduced around 2000 the...
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Royden
Royden's Guitars was established in 1996 by Royden Moran. Moran is a professional architect who studied guitar repair and construction with Bryan Galloup. He makes flat top acoustic guitars as well as...
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Rozawood
Rozawood is the brand name of Roman Zajíček a luthier based in Kolín in the Czech Republic. Roman trained as an engineer and built his first instrument in 1979 while Czechoslovakia was still under...
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RRR
RRR Custom electric guitars are made by Rob Robinson.Source: RRR Custom Guitars by Rob (archived 2010)
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German Vazquez Rubio
German Vazquez Rubio (G.V. Rubio) was born in 1952 in Paracho in Mexico but emigrated to Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. He worked with Bernadro Rico at B.C. Rich guitars making acoustic...
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Stradolin
Strad-O-Lin was a budget American mandolin brand from the 1920s onwards. These Strad-O-Lin mandolins were made by various factories. The brand was aquired by Multivox in the 1950s who used the...
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Rumley
John Rumley makes electric guitars in Denver, Colorado. Rumley was a longtime member of the Denver band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. He learned his guitar building skills from Scott Baxendale in the Denver...
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