Now that we can travel again these little guitars may be the answer! Set up by keen guitarist, Gerry Dale, some years ago when he found out how difficult it was to carry a conventional instrument on board an aircraft. He wanted an instrument that felt like a standard guitar, with...
Ashdown Engineering are well known for their high-quality bass amps used by bands such as the Foo Fighters and U2, but they also produce a range of quality bass guitars. These are all classically styled homages to the greatest basses in history. Designed by the renowned luthier, Dan Lakin, and built...
Strandberg make 6, 7 and 8 string headless guitars and 4 and 5 string headless basses, starting back in 1982. As they say they 'make headless guitars as opposed to guitars without a headstock'! Made by hand Standberg guitars represent ergonomics, playability, quality, innovation and design in an excellent sounding package. Website: Strandberg Links...
PRS produce a small range of US made Core and Private Stock basses and Asian made SE basses PRS Guitars, like Taylor Guitars, are a new kid on the block in guitar terms and are celebrating their 35th Anniversary in 2020. In that time they have grown to be a major...
Supro, reborn in 2014, is one of the original US gear manufacturers and now produces a range of electric guitars, bass guitars, amps and effects pedals. Their bass guitar range includes: Huntingdon IHuntingdon IIHuntingdon IIIAn original Rock & Roll music brand, Supro manufactured in Chicago from 1935 to 1968 and their amplifiers...
Reverend Guitars, based out of the US, produce a range of electric and bass guitars. Their bass guitar range includes: Bolt-on Series of six models Set-neck Series of seven modelsThe company began quietly, in a garage behind a bicycle shop in East Detroit in 1997. Joe Naylor drew upon his years of...
Italia Guitars is a manufacturer of unusual and original retro-styled electric and bass guitars. The company was founded in 2000 with a line of guitars designed in England by luthier Trevor Wilkinson and manufactured in South Korea. Most guitars are based on other guitars manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s. For...
Warwick is a German bass guitar manufacturing company, originally founded in 1982 by Hans-Peter Wilfer. Their bass guitars are a premium brand offering a range of models built from high quality and exotic tone woods with through neck designs. The company also produces amps and cabinets, bass guitar strings, and...
Squier was originally a string manufacturer acquired by Fender in 1965, who, from 1982, used the brand to market lower cost variants of Fender guitars intended to compete with the rise of Stratocaster copies; initially manufactured and distributed in the Japanese domestic market they were soon offered to Europe, North...
An iconic guitar brand, Rickenbacker manufacture electric and bass guitars. Instantly recognisable as a ‘Rickenbacker’ their guitars come in iconic finishes too such as Fireglo and Jetglo. Their toaster top pickups are legendary and much copied. Today they have 46 models in the range across 6 and 12 string electrics, basses and...