Before ESP LTD ventured on making their own line of guitars, it already had established a good reputation on manufacturing high quality custom replacement guitar parts in Japan and later on was introduced to the US market where it also has been well received. Then soon came the decision to discontinue the parts business for the company to focus more
At the end of 1964, Leo Fender sold his beloved company Fender to CBS which includes an agreement that he wouldn’t be involve on any way in the musical instrument industry for 10 years after the sale. As time went by, soon came the non-involvement clause expired and no longer in effect, Leo immediately went back on what he does
Paul Reed Smith as a guitar player may not be a household of a name, but the guitars he had created however is a totally different story. His guitar company started way back in 1985 when he first introduced the PRS Custom for the NAMM show and that launch the continuous success of the brand of guitars, bass and amplifiers
The rich history of Gretch as a instrument manufacturer is more than a hundred years old. It started out from making drums that is still made today until the company went over on making also other types of instruments like banjos and different kinds folk instruments including guitars. Gretsch hit it big during the 50’s with their hallow body guitars
Diving into a Gibson Les Paul guitar especially in the higher models is to spend a surmountable amount of money just to own one. However that all change when Gibson released guitars for 2017 that includes a less expensive US made Les Paul, the Gibson M2. This attempt of Gibson to reach a broader audience so far has received mix
Epiphone offers good sounding and playable guitars for players who are not ready yet to pour in cash on a Gibson made guitar. The guitars this sub-brand of Gibson makes are much easier to save for, ranging from beginner level guitars like the Epiphone LP-100, and signature model Slash AFD, to mid-level guitars starting from the Epiphone Les Paul Standard,
Fender FSR Stratocaster is basically a Standard Stratocaster, but unlike any other Fender or Squier guitars on the market, players won’t be able to view it when looking for information about their specification through searching the Fender catalog. They are Fender Special Run guitars, manufactured only in limited numbers with parts to build are requested by distributors and the guitars