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Guitars

Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars

Epiphone Guitars, Epiphone Acoustic Guitars, Epiphone Electric Guitars, The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. Before being bought out by Gibson in the late 1950s, Epiphone was actually Gibson's main rival in the archtop market. Epiphone's  professional archtops, including the Epiphone Emperor, Epiphone Deluxe, Epiphone Broadway and Epiphone Triumph, rivalled (and some contend surpassed) those of Gibson......read more

Fender Bass Guitars, Fender Bass Guitar Amplifiers, The Fender Precision Bass, known as "P-bass" for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. Although the Fender Precision Bass was first presented some 15 years after the original solid body, fretted, guitar-style electric bass produced by the Audiovox Manufacturing Company in Seattle, Washington, the Fender Precision Bass was the first mass-produced and commercially successful electric bass.....read more

Fender Stratocaster Guitars The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as a Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares in the early 1950s, and manufactured continuously to the present. The Fender Stratocaster has been used by many leading guitarists, and thus can be heard on many historic recordings. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, the Fender Telecaster and the Gibson SG, it is one of the most enduring and common models of electric guitar in the world.....read more

Gibson Guitars   The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. The company's most popular guitar, the Les Paul Standard, a solid-body electric, sells for about $2,300. Gibson also makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Valley arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. In addition to guitars, the company makes pianos through its Baldwin unit, Slingerland drums, and Trace Elliot amplifiers, as well as many accessory items. Company namesake Orville Gibson began making mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the late 1890s. Gibson used the same type of carved, arched tops in archtop acoustic guitars, and by the 1930s was also making flattop acoustic guitars and electric guitars......read more

Ibanez Electric Guitars, Ibanez Acoustic Electric Guitars, Ibanez Bass Guitars, Ibanez Guitar Effects, Ibanez is a well known guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Ibanez production was started in Japan in 1970 by Hoshino Gakki but the actual Ibanez name dates back to the Ibanez Salvadol Brand in 1929. Hoshino Gakki owns the Ibanez (guitars) and Tama (drums) brand names. Ibanez is only a brand name that is owned by Hoshino Gakki and therefore Ibanez does not produce guitars. An Ibanez guitar is not produced by Ibanez, an Ibanez guitar is produced by Hoshino Gakki who contract guitar factories to make guitars for them bearing the Ibanez brand name.....read more

Squier Electric Guitars, Squier Bass Guitars,  Squier is a second-line brand of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Squier produces models mostly derived from the Fender line of products but at lower cost, Squier are marketed similarly in providing high quality instruments at affordable prices for novice players. Squier guitars are now also sold in stores that do not specialize in musical instruments.....read more

Amplifiers

Fender Electric Guitar Amplifiers, Fender Valve Guitar Amplifiers, The first big series of Fender amplifiers were built in 1948. These were known as tweed amps because they were covered in the same kind of cloth used for luggage at the time. These Fender amps varied in output from 3 watts to 75 watts. Fender moved to Tolex coverings for the amps in 1960 with the exception of the Champ which kept its tweed until 1964. Fender also began using Oxford, Utah and CTS speakers interchangeably with the Jensens; generally the speaker that could be supplied most economically would be used. Jensens and Oxfords remained the most common during this period....read more

Marshall Amplifiers, Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures electric guitar amplifiers. Marshall amplifiers are well known and highly popular among guitarists. The sight and sound of a Marshall stack amp with a Gibson Les Paul or Fender Stratocaster is an iconic image in pop culture. Marshall amps were originally built as direct copies of Fender amplifiers, but soon incorporated certain traits which made them more favorable to guitarists seeking a heavier sound. Like most professional-level amplifiers, Marshall amplifiers still use valve preamp and poweramp stages instead of solid state devices (transistors), although Marshall also manufactures cheaper solid-state or hybrid devices....read more

Guitar Pedals, Guitar Effects

Dunlop Guitar Effects, Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known to many as Jim Dunlop, is a popular music supplies company based in Benicia, California, U.S.A. The Jim Dunlop company is most famous for its wah-wah pedal, the Dunlop Cry Baby. Jim Dunlop is also well-known for its other guitar products, such as slide barrels, capos, and guitar picks. Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. has bought many other music supplies companies such as Dallas-Arbiter and MXR....read more

DJ Equipment

Technics SL series turntables have become legendary, with over 3 million sets being produced and used by DJs and clubs the world over. All SL models feature the undisputedly accurate, reliable and durable Quartz Direct Drive Motor....read more

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