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.infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">National String Instrument Corp.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_guitars_placque.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, United States<sup id="cite_ref-brozman_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brozman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hist_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/John_Dopyera" title="John Dopyera">John Dopyera</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/George_Beauchamp" title="George Beauchamp">George Beauchamp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1932<span class="noprint">; 92 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1932</span>)</span> <br /> (merged with <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Merged with <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a>, company then acquired by <a href="/wiki/Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">Los Angeles, California</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Resonator_guitar" title="Resonator guitar">Resonator guitars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Resonator_mandolin" title="Resonator mandolin">resonator mandolins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Resonator_ukulele" title="Resonator ukulele">resonator ukuleles</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National String Instrument Corporation</b> was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original <a href="/wiki/Resonator_guitar" title="Resonator guitar">resonator guitars</a>. National also produced <a href="/wiki/Resonator_ukulele" title="Resonator ukulele">resonator ukuleles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Resonator_mandolin" title="Resonator mandolin">resonator mandolins</a>. The company merged with <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a> to form the "National Dobro Company", then becoming a <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand</a> of <a href="/wiki/Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a> until it closed in 1968. </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=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg/200px-1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg/300px-1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg/400px-1930_National_Triolian_resonator_mandolin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>1930 National Triolian resonator mandolin</figcaption></figure> <p>The first<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Second to what? (May 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> company was formed by <a href="/wiki/George_Beauchamp" title="George Beauchamp">George Beauchamp</a>, a vaudeville <a href="/wiki/Steel_guitar" title="Steel guitar">steel guitar</a> player and house painter, and inventor <a href="/wiki/John_Dopyera" title="John Dopyera">John Dopyera</a>, a violinist and <a href="/wiki/Luthier" title="Luthier">luthier</a>. </p><p>Dopyera had seen an amplified <a href="/wiki/Stroh_violin" title="Stroh violin">Stroh stick violin</a> nearby<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Nearby what? (May 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> with a small flat diaphragm and long attached horn. He used that initial idea, but with a large spun conical inverted speaker, to create his patented multiple resonator designs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Dopyera was assisted with his nephews Paul and Carl Barth spinning the first aluminum diaphragms on wooden bucks. They first experimented with their novel ampli-phonic design in a large walnut console instrument. Soon afterwards the first German silver Hawaiian guitar was built by John and Rudolph Dopyera. This guitar, #101, was later modified with a mahogany Spanish neck for regular guitar playing. </p><p>Beauchamp had suggested to Dopyera the need for a guitar loud enough to play a melody over brass and other wind instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-rickenbacker_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rickenbacker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1927, National produced the first resonator instruments and sold them under their National brand. They had metal bodies and a tricone resonator system, with three aluminium cones joined by a T-shaped aluminium spider. </p><p>Brother Rudolph Dopyera, who previously worked with Weissenborne, hand built the original tri-cone models with diamond holes, prior to the second production stamped metal bodies by engineer Adolph Rickenbacher. They built metal resophonic mandolins, tenor guitars and ukuleles, some of which were ornately engraved with rose, lily of the valley and chrysanthemum designs. </p><p>Wooden-bodied Triolian and Trojan single resonator models eventually followed once the Dopyera brothers departed, based on inexpensive <a href="/wiki/Plywood" title="Plywood">plywood</a> student guitar bodies supplied by <a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmony_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmony guitars">Harmony</a>, and other established instrument manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-rickenbacker_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rickenbacker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dobro">Dobro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dobro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a></div> <p>In 1928, Dopyera left National, and with four of his brothers formed the <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro Manufacturing Company</a> to produce a competing single resonator design, with the resonator cone inverted. John Dopyera continued to hold stock in National. The Dobro design was both cheaper to produce and louder than the tricone.<sup id="cite_ref-rickenbacker_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rickenbacker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>National soon introduced their own single resonator design, the "biscuit", which Dopyera claimed to have designed before leaving, though the patent was registered by Beauchamp. National also continued to produce tricone designs, which some players preferred. </p><p>In their 1930 catalog, National list eight key associates, including <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rickenbacker" title="Adolph Rickenbacker">Adolph Rickenbacker</a>, George Beauchamp, Harry Watson, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Barth_(guitar_engineer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Barth (guitar engineer) (page does not exist)">Paul Barth</a>, and Jack Levy.<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> </p><p>In 1932, the Dopyera brothers secured a controlling interest in both National and Dobro, and merged the companies to form the "National Dobro Corporation". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resonator_guitar_designs">Resonator guitar designs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Resonator guitar designs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Resonator_Style0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Resonator_Style0.jpg/220px-Resonator_Style0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="437" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Resonator_Style0.jpg/330px-Resonator_Style0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Resonator_Style0.jpg/440px-Resonator_Style0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="1993" /></a><figcaption>A resonator guitar.</figcaption></figure> <p>The National brand and trademark are particularly associated with two of the three basic <a href="/wiki/Resonator_guitar" title="Resonator guitar">resonator</a> designs: </p> <ul><li>The <b>tricone</b> design with three resonator cones</li> <li>The <b>biscuit</b> design with a single cone</li></ul> <p>Terms such as National or <i>National pattern</i> are often used to distinguish these patterns from the <a href="/wiki/Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a> design. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_artists">Notable artists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artists associated with National guitars include:<sup id="cite_ref-hist_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonhouse3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sonhouse3.jpg/150px-Sonhouse3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sonhouse3.jpg/225px-Sonhouse3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sonhouse3.jpg/300px-Sonhouse3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Son_House" title="Son House">Son House</a> used National resonator guitars</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Winter" title="Johnny Winter">Johnny Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kay_(musician)" title="John Kay (musician)">John Kay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Ace" title="Black Ace">Black Ace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scrapper_Blackwell" title="Scrapper Blackwell">Scrapper Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumble_Bee_Slim" title="Bumble Bee Slim">Bumble Bee Slim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Carter" title="Bo Carter">Bo Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Gary_Davis" title="Reverend Gary Davis">Reverend Gary Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blind_Boy_Fuller" title="Blind Boy Fuller">Blind Boy Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvella_Gray" title="Arvella Gray">Arvella Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_House" title="Son House">Son House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lindley_(musician)" title="David Lindley (musician)">David Lindley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Stovall" title="Babe Stovall">Babe Stovall</a><sup id="cite_ref-hist_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Red" title="Tampa Red">Tampa Red</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukka_White" title="Bukka White">Bukka White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brozman" title="Bob Brozman">Bob Brozman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Hoopii" class="mw-redirect" title="Sol Hoopii">Sol Hoopii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitley" title="Chris Whitley">Chris Whitley</a><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_%22Buddy%22_Woods" title="Oscar "Buddy" Woods">Oscar "Buddy" Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Auerbach" title="Dan Auerbach">Dan Auerbach</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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Reverend_Peyton%27s_Big_Damn_Band" title="The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band">Reverend J. Peyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinsley_Ellis" title="Tinsley Ellis">Tinsley Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Griffin" title="Sid Griffin">Sid Griffin</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic Guitars</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_String_Instrument_Corporation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wheeler, Tom: <i>The Guitar Book: A Handbook for Electric & Acoustic Guitarists</i> (1978), Harpercollins - 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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 href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Guitars" title="Taylor Guitars">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Anderson_Guitarworks" title="Tom Anderson Guitarworks">Tom Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li>Vester <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vintage_Guitars" title="Vintage Guitars">Vintage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washburn_Guitars" title="Washburn Guitars">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemaitis_Guitars" title="Zemaitis Guitars">Zemaitis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other strings<br /> instruments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">Banjos</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/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering_Banjo_Company" title="Deering Banjo Company">Deering</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/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_King" 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Blackbird_Guitars" title="Blackbird Guitars">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. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maton" title="Maton">Maton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petros_Guitars" title="Petros Guitars">Petros</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/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 href="/wiki/Suzuki_Musical_Instrument_Corporation" title="Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation">Suzuki</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></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup><small>(1)</small></sup> Include <a href="/wiki/Classical_guitar" title="Classical guitar">classical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar" title="Steel-string acoustic guitar">steel-string acoustic guitars</a> – <small>(†)</small>: Defunct company</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Mandolin" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">Mandolin</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General topics</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/History_of_the_mandolin" title="History of the mandolin">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolins_in_North_America" title="Mandolins in North America">North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mandolinists" title="List of mandolinists">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolin_playing_traditions_worldwide" title="Mandolin playing traditions worldwide">Playing traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolin_Society_of_Peterborough" title="Mandolin Society of Peterborough">Society (Peterborough)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family instruments</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/Bandola" title="Bandola">Bandola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandolin" title="Bandolin">Bandolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandora_(instrument)" title="Bandora (instrument)">Bandora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandurria" title="Bandurria">Bandurria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cittern" title="Cittern">Cittern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gittern" title="Gittern">Gittern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_bouzouki" title="Irish bouzouki">Irish bouzouki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laouto" title="Laouto">Laouto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandobass" title="Mandobass">Mandobass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandocello" title="Mandocello">Mandocello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandola" title="Mandola">Mandola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolin-banjo" title="Mandolin-banjo">Mandolin-banjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolone" title="Mandolone">Mandolone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandolute" title="Mandolute">Mandolute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandore_(instrument)" title="Mandore (instrument)">Mandore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricordia" title="Tricordia">Mandriola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octave_mandolin" title="Octave mandolin">Octave mandolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpharion" title="Orpharion">Orpharion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resonator_mandolin" title="Resonator mandolin">Resonator mandolin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</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/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> 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