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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Musical instrument</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2005<span class="noprint">; 19 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2005</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Joe Luttwak and Kyle Wolf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisco" title="Mission District, San Francisco">Mission District, San Francisco</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar" title="Steel-string acoustic guitar">Acoustic guitars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukuleles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blackbirdguitar.com/">blackbirdguitar.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blackbird Guitars</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">musical instrument</a> company that manufactures <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Acoustic guitars">acoustic guitars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukuleles" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukuleles">ukuleles</a> from <a href="/wiki/Composite_materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Composite materials">composite materials</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fiber" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon fiber">carbon fiber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ekoa" title="Ekoa">ekoa</a>, a flax linen reinforcement fabric in a bio-epoxy matrix. The company has made contributions to both the field of <a href="/wiki/Luthiery" class="mw-redirect" title="Luthiery">luthiery</a> and the field of composite design, notably with the composite all-hollow unibody instrument design used on all Blackbird models,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the development and use of <a href="/wiki/Ekoa" title="Ekoa">Ekoa</a> in the construction of fretted instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blackbird is located in the <a href="/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisco" title="Mission District, San Francisco">Mission District of San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_California" title="Northern California">Northern California</a>, and as of 2015, produces about 400 instruments per year<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackbird_Guitars&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was founded in 2005 by Joe Luttwak and Kyle Wolf in San Francisco with the intent of producing travel guitars with composite materials, which are more durable than wooden guitars. In 2007, Blackbird released its first model, a carbon fiber steel string travel guitar called the Rider, which was the first all-hollow unibody instrument made of composite materials. The innovation produces increased volume.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the company released a nylon version of the Rider, also made of carbon fiber.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the company released a carbon fiber OM-sized steel string guitar called the Super Om. </p><p>In 2010, the company released a carbon fiber ukulele, a tenor size model. In 2011, the company released a carbon fiber OO-sized guitar called the Lucky 13.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the company released a concert size ukulele called The Clara, which was the first musical instrument built with <a href="/wiki/Ekoa" title="Ekoa">Ekoa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blackbird has received innovation awards in the composite design field for the Clara, having received recognition at The Composites And Advanced Material Expo (CAMX),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> JEC Americas,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Designers_Society_of_America" title="Industrial Designers Society of America">Industrial Designers Society of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the company announced a jumbo-sized steel string guitar made of eKoa called El Capitan, which was the first guitar built with <a href="/wiki/Ekoa" title="Ekoa">Ekoa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patents_Held">Patents Held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackbird_Guitars&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Patents Held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/7763784">"US Patent 7,763,784"</a>. <i>USPTO.gov</i>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Patent_%26_Trademark_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Patent & Trademark Office">United States Patent & Trademark Office</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Lag (company)">Lâg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichty_Guitars" title="Lichty Guitars">Lichty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Guitars" title="Luna Guitars">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maestro_guitars" title="Maestro guitars">Maestro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Original Musical Instrument Company">Original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petros_Guitars" title="Petros Guitars">Petros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RainSong" title="RainSong">RainSong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%ADrez_Guitars" title="Ramírez Guitars">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Guitar_Company" title="Santa Cruz Guitar Company">Santa Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stella_(guitar)" title="Stella (guitar)">Stella</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Musical_Instrument_Corporation" title="Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation">Suzuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takamine_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Takamine (guitar manufacturer)">Takamine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walden_Guitars" title="Walden Guitars">Walden</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electric only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigsby_Electric_Guitars" title="Bigsby Electric Guitars">Bigsby</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(†)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Guitars" title="Bohemian Guitars">Bohemian</a></li> <li>Brawley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burns_London" title="Burns London">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_American_Guitars" title="Campbell American Guitars">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caparison_Guitars" title="Caparison Guitars">Caparison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_Guitars" title="Chapman Guitars">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charvel" title="Charvel">Charvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C.R._Alsip_Guitars" title="C.R. Alsip Guitars">C.R. Alsip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Alegria" title="D'Alegria">D'Alegria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Guitars" title="Diamond Guitars">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrical_Guitar_Company" title="Electrical Guitar Company">Electrical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESP_Guitars" title="ESP Guitars">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Guitars" title="Fano Guitars">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernandes_Guitars" title="Fernandes Guitars">Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaxwood_Guitars" title="Flaxwood Guitars">Flaxwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FujiGen" class="mw-redirect" title="FujiGen">FGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%26L_Musical_Instruments" title="G&L Musical Instruments">G&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon-Smith_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon-Smith Guitars">Gordon-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamer_Guitars" title="Hamer Guitars">Hamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Guitars" title="Heritage Guitars">Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guitars" title="Jackson Guitars">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tyler_Guitars" title="James Tyler Guitars">James Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Guitars">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiesel_Guitars" title="Kiesel Guitars">Kiesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koll_Guitar_Company" title="Koll Guitar Company">Koll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kramer_Guitars" title="Kramer Guitars">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lado_Guitars" title="Lado Guitars">Lado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindert_Guitars" title="Lindert Guitars">Lindert</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_6_(company)" title="Line 6 (company)">Line 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_(guitar)" title="Lotus (guitar)">Lotus</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoku" title="Matsumoku">Matsumoku</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayones_Guitars_%26_Basses" title="Mayones Guitars & Basses">Mayones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micro-Frets" title="Micro-Frets">Micro-Frets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moniker_Guitars" title="Moniker Guitars">Moniker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MotorAve" title="MotorAve">Motor Ave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosrite" title="Mosrite">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Guitars" title="Robin Guitars">Robin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruokangas_Guitars" title="Ruokangas Guitars">Ruokangas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samick" title="Samick">Samick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squier" title="Squier">Squier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhr_Guitars" title="Suhr Guitars">Suhr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teisco" title="Teisco">Teisco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TYM_Guitars" title="TYM Guitars">TYM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Arts_Guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Arts Guitar">Valley Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westone_(guitars)" title="Westone (guitars)">Westone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acoustic<br />and electric</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(guitar_company)" title="Aria (guitar company)">Aria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.C._Rich" title="B.C. Rich">B.C. Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title="Cort Guitars">Cort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Turser" title="Jay Turser">Jay Turser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eko_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Eko guitars">Eko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrison_Guitars" title="Garrison Guitars">Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godin_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Godin (guitar manufacturer)">Godin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco_guitars" title="Greco guitars">Greco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagstr%C3%B6m" title="Hagström">Hagström</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klira" title="Klira">Klira</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larriv%C3%A9e_(guitar_company)" title="Larrivée (guitar company)">Larrivée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maton" title="Maton">Maton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orville_by_Gibson" title="Orville by Gibson">Orville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penco_Guitars" title="Penco Guitars">Penco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a 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title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">Basses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title="Cort Guitars">Cort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%26L_Musical_Instruments" title="G&L Musical Instruments">G&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tobias_Design" title="Michael Tobias Design">Michael Tobias</a> ‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modulus_Guitars" title="Modulus Guitars">Modulus Graphite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobias_(bass_guitar_company)" title="Tobias (bass guitar company)">Tobias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westone_(guitars)" title="Westone (guitars)">Westone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zon_Guitars" title="Zon Guitars">Zon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harp_guitar" title="Harp guitar">Harp guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">Lutes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">Mandolins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hora_(company)" title="Hora (company)">Hora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tenor_guitar" title="Tenor guitar">Tenor guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_Guitar_Company" title="Guild Guitar Company">Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">Ukuleles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(guitar_company)" title="Aria (guitar company)">Aria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freshman_Guitars" title="Freshman Guitars">Freshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hora_(company)" title="Hora (company)">Hora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichty_Guitars" title="Lichty Guitars">Lichty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_Guitars" title="Luna Guitars">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. 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