Gibson
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: 1902;
112 years ago,[1] Kalamazoo, Michigan
Founders: Orville
Gibson
Headquarters:Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Area served: Global
Key people:Orville
Gibson, Ted McCarty, Les Paul, Seth Lover
Products: Guitars,
Bass Guitars, Amplifiers, Mandolins, Banjos, Violins
Gibson sells guitars under a variety of brand names and builds one of the world's most
iconic guitars, the Gibson Les
Paul. Many Gibson instruments are highly collectible. Gibson was at the
forefront of innovation in acoustic guitars, especially in the big band era of
the 1930s; the Gibson Super 400 was widely imitated. In 1952, Gibson
introduced its first solid-body electric guitar, the Les Paul which became its most popular guitar
to date designed by Ted McCarty and Les
Paul.
Fender
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: Fullerton, California, U.S. (1946)
Founders: Clarence
Leonidas Fender
Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Area served: Global
Key people: CEO
Larry Thomas
CFO James Broenen
Products:
Guitars, Bass Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects unit, Steel guitars
The company also makes and / or distributes acoustic guitars, electric basses, mandolins, banjos, and electric
violins, as well as guitar
amplifiers, bass amplifiers, and PA (public address) equipment. Other Fender
brands include Squier (entry level/budget), Guild (acoustic and electric guitars and
amplifiers), SWR (bass amplification), Passport Tacoma, Jackson, Charvel, Gretsch guitars and collaborated with Eddie
Van Halen to make the EVH guitars and amplifiers.
Ibanez
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded:1957
Area served: Global
Products: Electric
guitars, Bass guitars, Acoustic guitars, Amplifiers
Effects units
The modern era of Ibanez guitars began in 1957 and the late 1950s and 1960s Ibanez
catalogues show guitars with some wild looking designs, manufactured by Guyatone, KisoSuzuki Violin, and their own Tama factory.
Epiphone
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: 1873,
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir, Turkey)
Founders: Anastasios
Stathopoulos
Headquarters: Nashville,
Tennessee, United States of America
Area served: Global
Products: Guitars, Bass guitars, Amplifiers, Banjos, Mandolins
The name "Epiphone" is a combination of proprietor
Epaminondas Stathopoulos' nickname "Epi" and "phone" (from
Greek phon-,
"sound"/"voice"). Epiphone instruments made between 1957
and 1969 were made in the Gibson factory at 225 Parsons Street and on Elenor
Street.
Paul Reed Smith
Type: Private
Industry: Guitar
manufacturing
Founded: 1985
Founders: Paul
Reed Smith
Headquarters: Stevensville,
Maryland, USA
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Paul
Reed Smith
Products: Guitars,
Bass Guitars, Guitar Amplification
The bodies of most PRS guitars are crafted of mahogany, with a maple top on most models. They often feature highly figured tops,
including flame maple, quilt maple and figured maple creating the effect of tiger stripes. A
small number of bodies feature Limba, referred to as Korina by luthiers
Jackson
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: 1980
Founders: Grover
Jackson and Randy Rhoads
Headquarters: Scottsdale,
Arizona
Area served: Global
Products: Electric
guitars
From the earliest
beginnings until the present day, Jackson Guitars is known for its slender,
elegant designs, and feature aggressive motifs that are popular with hard rock
and metal musicians. In 2004, Jackson
released the DK2 guitar series featuring a Sustainiac Driver/Pickup in the neck
position of the guitar.
ESP
Type: private
company
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: 1975
Founders: Hisatake
Shibuya
Headquarters: Main
HQ in Tokyo, Japan
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Makoto
Suzuki president
Products: Custom
Electric guitars, Electric guitars, Bass guitars
In
1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products (ESP) in
Tokyo, which provided custom replacement parts for guitars and quickly gained a
reputation for the high-quality of these replacement parts. At this time, ESP
also began crafting guitars under the ESP and Navigator brand in the Japanese
market.
Yamaha
Type: Public
Traded as: TYO:
7951
Industry: Conglomerate
Founded: October
12, 1887
Headquarters: Hamamatsu,
Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Key people: Torakusu
Yamaha, founder
Products: Musical
instruments, Audio/Video, Electronics, and Computer related
products, automobiles, Vehicle Engines, Personal water craft, golf clubs
products, automobiles, Vehicle Engines, Personal water craft, golf clubs
Yamaha, a company that is known for having an extensive broad
range of products, from motorcycles to musical instruments, produces electric
guitars models since 60's. The Yamaha
Corporation is Amultinational
Corporation and conglomerate based in Japan with a wide range of
products and services, predominantly musical instruments, motorcycles, power
sports equipment and electronics.
B.C. Rich
Type: Private
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: Los
Angeles, California, United States (1969)
Founders: Bernardo
Chavez Rico
Headquarters: Hebron,
Kentucky, United States
Area served: Global
Products: Electric
guitars, Bass guitars
A somewhat odd design, ostensibly based on a toilet seat shape, this
guitar was designed by Bernie Rico. It was a stage favorite of guitarist Dick Wagner, who played the lead guitar work on Aerosmith's remake of "Train Kept A Rollin" and Dream On.
Schecter
Type: Private
Company Guitar manufacturer
Industry: Musical
instruments
Founded: Van
Nuys, California, United States (1976)
Founders: David Schecter, Herschel Blankenship and Shel
Horlick
Headquarters: United
States
Area served: Worldwide
Products: Electric
guitar, Bass guitar, Steel-string acoustic
guitar, Guitar amplifier
In 1976, David Schecter opened Schecter Guitar Research, a repair shop in Van Nuys, California. The shop manufactured replacement guitar necks and bodies,
complete pickup assemblies, bridges, pick guards, tuners, knobs,
potentiometers, and miscellaneous other guitar parts.
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