Guitar brands

A list of arbitrary choosen guitar and other string instruments brands, generally affordable.

  • Alvarez (acoustic G&B + ukulele including bass)

  • Aria (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, ukulele Acoust G&B)

  • Art&Lutherie (Acoust G)

  • Baton Rouge (Acoust G&B, Resonators, ukulele G&B)

  • BC Rich (Elec G&B, spiky shapes)

  • Blade (Elec G&B)

  • B&G Guitars (Elec G&B, Acoust G)

  • Breedlove (Acoust G&B + acoust ukulele ~300/350€

  • Carvin/Kiesel guitar (Elec G&B, custom, easily > 1200€)

  • Chapman (Elec G)

  • Charvel (Elec G&B)

  • Cordoba (Acoust G, ukulele Acoust)

  • Cort (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, ukulele Acoust)

  • Crafter (Acoust G & Ukulele)

  • Cuenca (Acoust G)

  • Danelectro (Elec G&B, Elec resonator, Elec sitar)

  • D’Angelico (Elec G, Acoust G, ukulele Acoust)

  • Dean Guitars (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, ukulele Acoust G (particular shape), Resonator G&B, banjo, mandolins)

  • Dowina (Acoust G)

  • Duesenberg (Elec G&B, lapsteels)

  • Eastman (Elec G, Acoust G, Mandolins & neightboors)

  • Eastwood (Elec G&B, Elec Resonator G, lapsteels, Elec mandolins, tenor guitar, Microtonale, full vintage particular shapes)

  • Eko Guitars (Elec G, Acoustic G&B, ukulele G&B, low price < 400€)

  • Epiphone (Elec G&B, Acoust G, ukulele Acoust, Mandolins)

  • ESP/LTD (Elec G&B, Acoust G) And ESP Takamine (Acoust G&B)

  • Faith (Acoust G)

  • Fender (Elec G&B, Acoustic G&B, ukulele G)

  • FGN Guitars (Elec G&B) and US website

  • Framus (Elec & Acoust G, like warwick, only chinese d-series affordable)

  • Fret King or this one (Elec G&B around 600-1100€)

  • Furch (Acoust G&B)

  • G&L (Elec G&B)

  • Gibson (Elec G&B, Acoustic G)

  • Godin (Elec G&B, Acoustic G, Elec Nylon, Elec Oud Nylon)

  • Gold Tone (Resonators G&B, banjos, mandolins, ukulele, lapsteels, short scale & mix instru)

  • Greco (Elec G&B, Acoustic G)

  • Gretsch (Elec G&B, Acoustic G, ukulele Acoust G, Resonator G)

  • Goc Guitars (Elec G)

  • Guild (Acoust G&B, Elec G&B)

  • Hagstrom (Elec G&B, Acoustic G), LP type and semi-hollow)

  • Hallmark Guitars (Elec G&B)

  • Hamer (Elec G)

  • Harmony (Elec G)

  • Höfner (Elec G&B, Acoustic G)

  • Ibanez (Elec G&B, Acoustic G&B, ukulele G, Mandolins, Banjos, steel string piccolo acoustic guitar)

  • Islander by Kanile’a (Ukulele G & Acoust Mini G)

  • Italia (Elec G&B, Elec Sitar)

  • Jackson (Elec G&B)

  • Kala (Acoust Ukulele G&B, Elec Ukulele B, Guitar)

  • Kamaka (Acoust Ukulele G)

  • Kanile’a (Acoust Ukulele G, Elec Ukulele B)

  • Kramer (Elec G)

  • Lâg (Elec G, Acoust G, Acoust Ukulele G&B)

  • Lakland (Elec B&G, few models, > 1000€)

  • Lanikai (Acoust Ukulele G&B)

  • Lohanu (more or less an entry ukulele pack

  • Luna (Elec B, Acoust G&B, Ukulele G&B, Mandolins, Banjos)

  • Legator (Elec G&B, Acoust G (7 and 8 strings, headless)

  • Marceau (Elec G&B, french high end little workshop)

  • Martin & Co. (Acoust G&B, Ukulele)

  • Maton (Elec G, Acoust G, Ukulele, too expensive)

  • Mayones (Elec G&B, Ukulele size bass Cali, too expensive)

  • Mayson (Acoust G)

  • Michael Kelly Guitars (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, notable hybrides serie)

  • Musicman (Elec G&B, expensive), see Sterling

  • Norman (Acoust G)

  • Ohana Music (Acoust Ukulele)

  • Ormsby (Elec G, batch production)

  • Oscar Schmidt (Elec G&B, Acoust G, Acoust ukulele G&B, banjos, mandolins, autoharps)

  • Ovation (Acoust G&B, roundback)

  • Ozark (Acoust G, balaïka, mandolins, banjo, resonators, bouzoukis, Appalachian dulcimers)

  • Paoletti (Elec G&B to expensive, lapsteels)

  • Prodipe (Elec G&B, Acoust G, Acoust Ukulele G, french, low price)

  • Phred <(Elec G)

  • Peal (Acoust G roundback, Elec G&B)

  • Peerless (Elec G archtop only, Acoustic G)

  • Prestige (Elec G&B, Acoust G)

  • PRS (Elec G&B, Acoust G)

  • Recording King (Acoust G, Resonators, banjos, ukulele, lapsteel)

  • Reverend (Elec G&B)

  • Royall Resonator Co. (Resonators)

  • Rickenbacker (Elec G&B, Acoust G too expensive)

  • Samick (Elec G&B, Acoust G, Acoust ukulele G)

  • Sandberg (Elec G&B, expensive > 1200€)

  • Schecter (Elec G&B, Acoust G)

  • Seagull (Acoust G, ukulele G, mandolins, M4)

  • Shergold (Elec G)

  • Spector (Elec B, Acoust B)

  • Stagg (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, Acoust ukulele G&B, banjos, mandolins, resonators, percussions, orchestra)

  • Steinberger (Elec G&B, space…)

  • SigmaGuitar (Acoust G&B)

  • Simon&Patrick (Acoust G)

  • Sire (Elec B&G, Acoust G)

  • Solar guitars (Elec G&B)

  • Stanford (Acoust G, Elec G)

  • Supro (unknown, rebuilding pending)

  • SX (Elec G&B, Acoust G, banjo, resonator, lapsteel)

  • Tagima (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, Ukulele G&B)

  • Tanglewood (Acoust G, Acoust ukulele G, Elec G&B, banjos, mandolins)

  • Taylor (Acoust G, Elec G)

  • Tokai (Elec G&B, Acoust G, chromaharp) or this distributor or this one

  • Tune (Elec B)

  • Vigier (Elec G&B, very high end FR)

  • Vintage (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B)

  • Warwick (Elec & Acoust B, like Framus only chinese rockbass available)

  • Washburn (Elec G&B, Acoust G&B, Mandolins, Resonators, banjo)

  • Yamaha (Elec G&B, Acoust G)

  • Zematis (Elec G)

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