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Royce
Royce was a Multivox brand name used in the early 1980s. The instruments were imported (typically from Japan or Korea) and the range included electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars as well as...
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RS Guitãrworks
RS Guitarworks is operated by Roy Bowen in Kentucky. RS Guitarworks make electric guitars and basses, as well as guitar bodies.Source: RS Guitarworks website (6 May 2020)
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Acacia Guitars
Acacia Guitars was founded in 2011 by Scott Lienhard and his brother Greg in their parents' garage. Scott Lienhard studied furniture design and stringed instrument making and is the lead designer of...
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Running Dog
Running Dog acoustic guitars are made by Rick Davis. By 2016 Rick had produced over 160 guitars for clients across the world. Rick served as the Executive Director of the Association of Stringed...
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Robert Ruck
Robert Ruck lived from 1945 to 2018 and was a prolific maker of classical guitars. Ruck started making guitars in the mid 1960s in Miami and is best known for his guitar number 58 sold to Manuel...
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David Rubio
David Joseph Spinks (David J. Rubio) was born in 1934 in London. He studied flamenco guitar in Spain and became a professional player by his 20s. During this time he earned the nickname "Rubio" on...
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David Russell Young
David Russell Young made acoustic and classical guitars from the 1960s to 1980s before moving on to violin and cello bow making. In the 1970s his clients included Eric Clapton, Carly Simon, Gram...
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RTO
RTO guitars was founded by Raymond Olsen in 2006. Olsen worked in the motorcycle industry for many years before and used his machining skills to design a new type of surfacing mounting tremolo...
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Russell Guitars
James Russell began making guitars in 1979 at the age of 23 while living in Orange County, California. Some years later he was able to go full time as a guitar builder. He is now based in Redding,...
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Rukavina
Rukavina instruments are hand made in Missoula, Montana by Ryan Rukavina - who graduated from Roberto-Venn Institute in 1996. Rukavina specializes in making electric guitars, basses and lap steels but...
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Perfecto Rubio Vazquez
J. Perfecto Rubio Vazquez is luthier from Paracho, Mexico. His a cousin of German Vazquez Rubio and the son of Don Manuel Rubio Cano - another famous Paracho luthier. Perfecto moved from Paracho and...
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Russtone
Russtone Guitars were made in Moscow from 1988 onwards. The origins of Russtone were covered by Artyom Kadik and Douglas Williams in Guitar Player Magazine in 1991:"IN THE HEART OF Moscow, between the...
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Runesson
Tyko Runesson is a Swedish luthier who now works in Switzerland. He has been building guitars under the Runesson brand name since 2006 and currently makes a wide range of electric and acoustic guitars...
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Rusch
Robert Rusch makes custom guitars in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. In addition to custom builds Rusch concentrates on around six core models, including his Jerry Garcia series, which includes The Wolf,...
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Rustler
Rustler guitars were made by Charles "Chuck" Caponi in the 1990s in Mason City, Iowa. Rustler guitars were high end Telecaster style electrics with cowboy styling. In the 1995 catalog there were three...
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Blair Iain Russell
Blair Iain Russell first learned guitar making in 2010 under the supervision of Stephen Hill. Following this, he studied for a year at the Newark College of Instrument making. He then set up a workshop...
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John P. Hafner (1856 - 1929) and Eugene H. Sutphin (1876-1965) founded a musical instrument and small good company in Philadelphia . J.P. Hafner was connected with the small goods trade for many years,...
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A.C. Fairbanks
A.C. Fairbanks and William E Cole established the Fairbanks & Cole musical instrument workshop in Beach Street, Boston in 1880 to make guitars, banjos and mandolins. William's brother Frank Cole...
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ZZ Ryder
ZZ Ryder guitars were made in China from around 2004 to 2008 for Stenzler Musical Instruments. The ZZ Ryder 2004 catalog describes the range as follows:"You've entered the Eclectic Electric Guitar...
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Kumalae
Jonah Kumalae (1874 - 1940) was a Hawaiian politician, businessman and prolific ukulele maker. His main period of ukulele manufacture began in 1911. In 1915 he displayed his instruments at the...
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