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PJD
Leigh Dovey founded PJD Guitars in 2010. The name PJD is in honour of his late father a prop maker for the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. His father passed on his knowledge of woodworking and...
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Walter Verreydt
Walter Verreydt is a Belgian luthier who was born in Lier in 1958. He worked as a woodwork and technical drawing teacher and in 1985 made his first classical guitar. From 1988 onwards Verreydt has...
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Szlag
Szlag is an acoustic guitar brand of John J. Slog's Guitar Villa music store (established in 1988) in Bethlehem, PA. All guitars in the Vibrawood and Szlag lines are made in the USA - handcrafted by...
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Vincenzo Miroglio
Vincenzo Miroglio & Sons were stringed instrument makers operating in Catania, Italy from the 1920s until the 1960s. They produced acoustic and classical guitars, mandolins and banjos.
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Chowny
Chowny is a bass guitar & bass effects brand - designed in the UK and made in China. Their ethos is to pack as much as they can into their basses (they feature bone nuts & locking tuners)...
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Retrovibe
Retrovibe is a budget bass brand founded by David Konig. Retrovibe basses are designed in the UK and made in China. This brand has some association with Chowny.Source: Retrovibe Basses website (16 June...
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Alejandro
Alejandro was the pseudonym of Dutch luthier Alex van Der Horst (1959-2009). He made guitars in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain and was an ongoing collaborator with Otto Vowinkel.
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Picado
Antonio Picado has been making classical and flamenco guitars since the 1970s. His workshop is in Barcelona, Spain and comprises himself and two other luthiers: Angel Genís and Carlos Prat.Source:...
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Vola
Vola (voice of life & arts) Guitars is based in based in Hong Kong, and was co-founded by Ryan Wong and Cho Shi Hyung. The guitars are made in Japan but there is also a USA Custom Shop.Source: Vola...
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Marma
The Marma company was founded by Karl Bauer in Mainz in 1920 and soon opened another branch in Vogtland. The company traded in bowed and plucked instruments, strings and accessories under the Marma,...
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Petschulat
David Petschulat is a legendary Nashville luthier best known for his "Little Guitars" - the mini Les Paul style instruments he made for Eddie Van Halen in the early 1980s which Eddie played on the...
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Jimmy Wallace
Jimmy Wallace is a guitarist, guitar collector and dealer based in Garland, Texas who also sells his own Jimmy Wallace brand guitars.Source: Jimmy Wallace Guitars website (1 July 2021)
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Seth Baccus
Seth Baccus is a luthier producing high quality electric guitars in Cornwall, UK. Seth grew up in a guitar making family: his step father is Andy Manson and his uncle Hugh Manson. He began working at...
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Ivison
Neil Ivison makes high quality electric guitars by hand in Worcester, UK. Ivison was a guitarist and guitar tech for more than 20 years, who retired from international touring in 2018 to set up his...
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Loxley
Matthew Loxley runs a small, bespoke guitar building business, based in Sheffield, England. He hand makes a small number of electric and acoustic guitars each year. Every guitar is made from start to...
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Kim Schwartz (KLS)
Kim Leland Schwartz (KLS guitars) began repairing and building guitars as a teenager and went on to become one of Chicago's top luthiers. He was best known for his acoustic, archtop and classical...
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GIRL
Girl brand's James C. Larsen makes guitars as they should be made, each one is a work of art and great fun. Money is not the bottom line with this guy! The guitars are loosely telecaster shaped, but in...
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Rex Aragon
Using Michael Wright's Guitar Stories Vol. 2 as a reference, a photo of a Rex Aragon with the deluxe style headstock is shown on page 112. Wright dates this one to 1948. Gretsch made the Rex brand...
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