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Electric Guitar Manufacturers

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Alembic company homepage
Ed Roman’s Alembic links
Alembic guitar dates
Ampeg company homepage
unofficial Ampeg page
Vintage Guitar on Dan Armstrong
guitar, bass
Vintage Guitar on the Ampeg Horizontal Bass
Andersen company homepage
Tom Anderson Guitarworks company homepage
Anderson Alley
Anderson guitar dates
Andrews company homepage
Ask Rick Andrews
Baker company homepage (Ed Roman!)
Vintage Guitar on Baker
 
Ken Bebensee company homepage
Bebensee guitar dates
Benedict company homepage
 
Bolin company homepage
Bolin NS Guitar and Bass
Bolin UK site
Burns

company homepage
Burns USA
Burns Guitar Museum
Burns history
Burns guitar dates
Burns imitators
Burns info at Excellent Leads
Burns info from Guitar magazine
Ed Roman’s Burns links
Alfons Lahaye’s site
Paul’s site has
Jazz Split Sound schematics done by Peter van der Sande
Ampeg-branded Burns instruments
Baldwin info at Burns Guitar Museum
Baldwin write-up by Vintage Guitar
"He loves Baldwins you can sling over your shoulder"
Jerry Reed played a Baldwin
Willie Nelson’s battered Martin acoustic, Trigger, has a Baldwin pickup and he plays it through a Baldwin amp
 
Carvin company homepage
Carvin.com Discussion Board
Authorized Carvin Museum of Guitar History
Carvinite Family Photo Collection
Unofficial Carvin Bass Museum
Vintage Guitar Carvin factory tour
Bunny Brunel, designer of the Carvin BB series of basses
Carvin guitar dates
 
Chafin company homepage
Shelby Cobra model
Citron company homepage
Ed Roman’s Citron links
Vintage Guitar on Citron CS1
 
Comins company homepage
Daguet company homepage
Roger Daguet’s Handmade Guitars
Danelectro company homepage
vintage information
Danelectro Discussion Board
Unofficial Danelectro Web Page
Vintage Guitar on Danelectro’s return
Danelectro guitar dates

similar new guitars by Jerry Jones
Vintage Guitar on Jerry Jones’s Electric Sitar
 

Dean company homepage
Ed Roman’s Dean links [not very extensive for him]
Dean Guitar dates
DeGennaro company homepage
Dewey Decibel’s FlipOut guitar company homepage
DiPinto company homepage
Martin Dixon company homepage
Epiphone company homepage [glitchy connection]
vintage information
Vintage Guitar on Epiphone Crestwood: ’60s Un-Gibson Solidbody
Vintage Guitar on Jorma Kaukonen Riviera Deluxe
Epiphone Crest Custom & Newport Bass
Epiphone guitar dates

Also check out the new Crestwood Deluxes built by Daguet Guitars.

ESP company homepage USA
company homepage Japan
Fender company homepage
Mr. Gearhead (Fender’s tech support)
Custom Shop homepage
Fender Japan
Ishibashi’s Fender Japan Web Shop
vintage information
Fender guitar dates
Fender Vintage Guitar Detail Pictures
Fender Custom Colors: Color Confusion
Vintage Fender Guitar Pickup Specs and Info
Blue Horizon: Fender
Fender Discussion Page
Fender Talk Guitar Forum
Fender Museum of Music and the Arts
Ed Roman’s Fender links
Vintage Guitar on Fender aluminum-bodied models

Jaguar
Jaguar and Jazzmaster Page, incl. the Virtual Jaguar
Jag-Stang, Jaguar, Mustang

Jazzmaster
Jazzmaster and Jaguar Page
Inside a 1958 Jazzmaster

Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic
Inside an April 1956 Fender Musicmaster
Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic

Mustang
Fender Mustang Web

Stratocaster
Inside a 1954 Stratocaster
Strat Central
The Stratocaster Web Site!
Stratocaster — A True Thoroughbred
Strats.com
Fender Stratocasters – Made in Japan
Upgrading MIJ reissue Strats
Vintage Guitar on Standard Strat
Vintage Guitar on Clapton and Beck Strats
 

Telecaster
FenderRama: Esquire, Broadcaster & Telecaster
1951 "Nocaster": The Building of Historic Replicas
Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue
TelePhiles
The Complete Telecaster
Bruce Stringkiller’s Telecaster Shootout
Telecaster Gallery
Telecaster history by Vintage Guitar:
1 2

Bass VI
The Fender Bass VI
Vintage Guitar on the Bass VI

 

Fury company homepage
Fury guitar dates
G&L company homepage
Guitars by Leo
ToneQuest’s ASAT Review
Vintage Guitar on the SC-2
G&L guitar dates
Gibson company homepage
Custom Shop homepage
vintage information
Gibson guitar dates
Gibson Custom Colors: Color Confusion
1968 catalog at Excellent Leads
Vintage Guitar on Gibson’s "Experimental ’70s"
Vintage Guitar on Gibson’s ES-357
Blue Horizon: Gibson
blueshawk.info focuses on BluesHawk and Nighthawk
Ed Roman’s Gibson links

Flying V
Flying V

Les Paul
Gibson’s Les Paul page
The Les Paul Forum
Vintage Guitar on the 1958-60 Les Paul Standard
Vintage Guitar on the Goldtop Reissue
Vintage Guitar on the Spotlight Special
A Stringkiller Guitar review — The Ultimate Les Paul (first half is Gibson)

Les Paul Jr.
The Les Paul Jr. Tone Showdown by Vintage Guitar

M-III
M-III

SG
Gibson’s SG page
The Gibson SG Page
The Gibson SG Special, immortalized by Pete Townshend
Vintage Guitar on the SG Les Paul
"
Fool Guitar," Eric Clapton’s psychedelic SG
 

Girl Brand company homepage
interview with creator Chris Larsen
Gretsch company homepage
vintage information
The Gretsch Pages
Gretsch guitar dates
Guild company homepage
Mr. Gearhead’s Guild support area (Fender now owns Guild)
Guild guitar serial numbers:
1 2
 
Hagstrom company homepage
Bälgdraget (former employees;
English section)
The Hagström Gallery
Hagstrom USA
Historien om en svensk musikindustri (in Swedish)
Robert Danielsson’s Hagstrom page
The Ugly Duckling®
Hallmark company homepage
Hamer company homepage
Ed Roman’s Hamer links
Hamer 12-String Basses
Hamer’s Beatle Guitars
Hamer Factory Tours:
1 & 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hamer Fan Club
Hamer Talk
Unofficial Official Hamer Guitar Archive
Vintage Guitar History of Hamer:
1 2 3 4
Hamer guitar dates
Heritage company homepage
Ed Roman’s Heritage links
Heritage guitar dates
Hofner company homepage [now part of Boosey & Hawkes]
vintage information
factory tour in Hagenau, Germany
Hofner Guitars [emphasis on basses]
Hofner Heaven
1968 catalog at Excellent Leads
Steve Russell’s Vintage Hofner site
Hofner guitar dates (not a simple process)
Ibanez company homepage
Hoshino Gakki Group
Ibanez Japan
Blue Horizon: Ibanez
Ibanez Collectors Page (in German)
Ibanez Collectors World
Ibanez-Guitar.com
Ibanez guitar dates
The Ibanez Register
Ibanez Rules
Ibanez Vintage Page
J-Custom.com
JEM/Universe Site
JEM 7 Burnt Stained Blue
Jemfest
Jemsite Forum
JPM Site
JS page
Vintage Ibanez Page
Ed Roman’s Ibanez links
 
Jackson

Charvel

Wayne

company homepage
Brian’s USA Jackson page
Jackson/Charvel Heroes
Jacksonbass.com
San Dimas Charvel
Steve Vai’s Charvel Green Meanie
Thrashburn’s Jackson Tribute Page
Wayne Guitars
Ed Roman’s Jackson links
 
Jon Kammerer company homepage
Klein company homepage
Kramer Kramer Krazy [now a mere portion of its former expanse]
Kramermaniaxe
Vintage Kramer
Vintage Kramer Guitars
Kramer Konvention
Ed Roman’s Kramer links

new metal-necks by Vaccaro

Lace company homepage
Ed Roman’s Lace links
Vintage Guitar on Lace’s California Twister
 
Lado company homepage
Master company history
Terry McInturff company homepage
Ed Roman’s McInturff links [not very flattering]
factory tour
TCM Forum
McInturff guitar dates
 
Melancon company homepage
Ed Roman’s Melancon links [not very extensive for him]
Vintage Guitar on the Artist
Melancon Forum
 
Minarik company homepage
Monteleone company homepage
scroll down to see
some nice Monteleone guitars
makes
nice guitar stands, too
Moonstone company homepage
Ed Roman’s Moonstone links
Vintage Guitar on Moonstone
serial numbers
Brian Moore company homepage
Blue Horizon: Brian Moore
Mosrite Johnny Ramone’s Mosrites
Mosrite guitars and the Ventures
Tim’s Mosrite page
Ventures model owner list
Ed Roman’s Mosrite links

Mosrite-like designs: Tym Guitars
current Japanese reissues

 

Ovation company homepage
[note: they no longer make solidbodies, the focus here]
Ovation Solidbody and Storm Collection
Breadwinner fan page
Ovation Fan Club
Vintage Guitar on Ovation Solidbodies
 
Paul Reed Smith company homepage
PRS Forum
Ed Roman’s PRS links
Vintage Guitar on PRS
guitars, basses
PRS guitar dates
Paradis company history
Parker company homepage
NiteFly fan page
ToneQuest interviewed Ken Parker
Ed Roman’s Parker links
 
PGM company homepage
 
Phantom company homepage
 
Prestige company homepage
 
Reverend company homepage
Vintage Guitar on the Avenger
Vintage Guitar on the Slingshot
Vintage Guitar on the Rumblefish bass
Vintage Guitar inteview with Joe Naylor
 
B.C. Rich company homepage
Dutch B.C. Rich site
Ed Roman’s B.C. Rich links
Ronz B.C. Rich Temple of Worship
Vintage B.C. Rich Maniacs
The Anatomy of a Bich
Vintage Guitar on B.C. Rich
my 1978 Mockingbird

Neal Moser, designer of Bich model and full active electronics
He’s the "M" in
GMW Guitars.
Neal Moser Custom Shop
 

Rickenbacker company homepage
vintage information
Rickenbacker guitar dates
alt.guitar.rickenbacker
Frequently Asked Questions
Rickenbacker Registration Page
Rickenbacker Research Ring
Roger McGuinn’s 370/12Byrd wiring explained
Ed Roman’s Rickenbacker links
Vintage Guitar on Ric 12-strings
 
RKS (Australia) company homepage (Australian company)
 
RKS (USA) company homepage (U.S. company)
 
company homepage
Sadowsky company homepage
Sadowsky guitar dates
 
Schecter company homepage
Schecter Japan
Dave Schecter now runs
Lost in the Ozone
 
Shergold Shergold Guitars
Shergold Guitars Forum
Siegmund company homepage
Signature A Tribute to the Signature Guitar Company
company homepage
Spector Spector’s current product
They’re better known for their
basses
.
Spector history at Vintage Kramer
Steinberger

NS Design

Steinberger current product
built by
Gibson; for sale here

Ned Steinberger’s current company

Steinberger World
homepage and Yahoo! Group

Steinberger Freaks (mostly in Japanese)
Ed Roman’s Steinberger links (dead)

Teuffel company homepage
 
Timtone company homepage
Tokai company homepage
Tokai Forum
Tokai Guitar Registry
Tokai Guitar Australia
Tokai Guitars Benelux
Tokai Guitars (UK)
A Stringkiller Guitar review — The Ultimate Les Paul (second half is Tokai)
ToneSmith company homepage
 
Totem company homepage
Totem Guitars for sale in Japan
 
Travis Bean The Cult of Travis Bean
Travis Bean Unofficial Guitar Resource
Vintage Guitar Travis Bean interview
 
Trussart company homepage
Vintage Guitar on Trussart
 
Univox The Univox Page
Univox Photo Gallery
Veleno company homepage
VOX VOX Chronicles
The VOX Showroom (guitars, amps, organs)
VOX Vintage Museum
[
official VOX amps page, not strictly part of a guitar page]
Wandre best overview, at fetishguitars.com
Le chitarre di Wandré
played by Buddy Miller
Wandré Guitars
Vintage Guitar on Wandré:
1 2

Wandré Models
Avalon
BB
Rock Oval [scroll down]
Selene
Sweden Bass

 

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