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Gordon Smith create hand made electric guitars from a small workshop near Manchester, England.
The company name is made up of the first name of one of the original partners “Gordon” and the last name of the other partner, obviously “Smith”. Only...
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Godin is a Canadian guitar manufacturer. It is owned by Robert Godin.
History
Godin MontrealGodin started building guitars in 1982 in a village in Quebec, Canada called La Patrie. The man that started it all is Robert Godin. Robert still owns the...
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Gibson Guitar Corporation is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars.
History
Orville Gibson (born 1856, Chateaugay, New York) started making mandolins in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA. The mandolins were...
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G&L is a guitar design and production company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s, after Leo left the company he founded that still bears his name. G&L instruments are similar to the classic Fenders, but with...
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Framus is a German guitar, bass, and banjo manufacturing company, that existed from 1946 until going bankrupt in 1975. Framus has been revived in 1995 and today is part of Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG in Markneukirchen...
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Fodera is a noted American manufacturer of Electric Bass Guitars. Fodera Basses are made in the Fodera Shop in Brooklyn, New York. Vinnie Fodera started his own company around 1983. Fodera basses are known for extremely good craftsmanship, use of...
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First Act is an American company that produces musical instruments. They are also heavily involved in creating products which support the role of music in enhancing children's development.
The company's current chairman is Bernard Chiu. Chiu...
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Fernandes is a guitar and guitar accessory manufacturer. Their brand of guitars carry the same name. Fernandes originated in Japan in 1969 building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars,...
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In 1946 Clarence Leo Fender began building guitar amplifiers in Fullerton, California. He first targeted country players, and spent a lot of time in consultation with musicians to improve his designs. He initially trained as an electrical engineer,...
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The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, initially named the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was started by Leo Fender in 1946, and is one of the most widely recognised manufacturers of electric guitars, electric basses and...
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Epiphone is the name of a guitar manufacturer. Before being bought out by Gibson in the late 1950s, Epiphone was actually Gibson's main rival in the archtop market. Aside from their guitars, Epiphone also made bass guitars, banjos, and other...
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El Degas or El Dégas was a Japanese label for acoustics and electric guitars built to resemble Gibson guitars, and other major guitar companies' designs and distributed by Buegeleisen & Jacobson of New York, New York. There are many myths about this...
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Eko is an Italian make of acoustic guitars and similar instruments, catering to the advanced amateur level and manufacturing largely for export. In Australia their instruments were often but not always branded Eston.
Their products include...
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Eastwood Guitars is a company set up by Michael Robinson which reproduces some classic electric guitar designs.
The company was set up because Michael Robinson wanted to re-create some of the vintage electric guitars that have since gone out of...
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Earthwood is a brand of Ernie Ball. It is notable for:
The first modern acoustic bass guitars.
A popular line of strings for acoustic guitar and related instruments.
External links
History at www.ernieball.com.
Originally published on Wikipedia
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