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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Samick</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Musical instruments</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1958<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1958</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Lee Hyo-Ik</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Eumseong_County" title="Eumseong County">Eumseong County</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">South Korea</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Piano" title="Piano">Pianos</a>, <a href="String_instrument" title="String instrument">string instruments</a>, and <a href="Wind_instrument" title="Wind instrument">wind instruments</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brands</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">

<ul><li>Greg Bennett</li>

<li>Kohler & Campbell</li>

<li>Pramberger</li>

<li>San Mateo</li>

<li><a href="Seiler_Pianofortefabrik_GmbH" title="Seiler Pianofortefabrik GmbH">Seiler</a></li>

<li><a href="Silvertone_(instruments)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvertone (instruments)">Silvertone</a></li>

<li>Stony River</li>

<li><a href="Wm._Knabe_%26_Co." title="Wm. Knabe & Co.">Wm. Knabe & Co.</a></li></ul>

</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smcmusic.com/">smcmusic.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.</b> (<a href="Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">삼익악기</span></span><a href="Korea_Exchange" title="Korea Exchange">KRX</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://finance.naver.com/item/main.nhn?code=002450">002450</a>, also known as <b>Samick</b>) is a South Korean <a href="Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">musical instrument</a> manufacturer. Founded in 1958 as Samick Pianos, it is now one of the world's largest musical instrument manufacturers and an owner of <a href="Share_(finance)" title="Share (finance)">shares</a> in several musical instrument manufacturing companies.

</p><p>Apart from its own brand, Samick manufactures musical instruments through its subsidiary brands, including pianos under the brands <a href="Wm._Knabe_%26_Co." title="Wm. Knabe & Co.">Wm. Knabe & Co.</a>, Pramberger, Kohler & Campbell, and <a href="Seiler_Pianofortefabrik_GmbH" title="Seiler Pianofortefabrik GmbH">Seiler</a>; and guitars under the brands Greg Bennett, <a href="Silvertone_(instruments)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvertone (instruments)">Silvertone</a>, Stony River, and San Mateo.

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<p>In 1992, Samick built its P.T. Samick factory in Cileungsi, near <a href="Bogor" title="Bogor">Bogor</a>, Indonesia. This factory produces the majority of instruments that Samick makes.

</p><p>North American operations are performed from its North American Corporate Headquarters in <a href="Gallatin%2C_Tennessee" title="Gallatin, Tennessee">Gallatin, Tennessee</a> (completed July 2007). This 214,000 sq ft (19,900 m<sup>2</sup>) facility is responsible for all administrative activities for the North American market, as well as acting as a distribution center for its guitars and acoustic/digital pianos. The facility manufactures of a small number of acoustic pianos, sold under the Knabe brand.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guitar_manufacturing_and_OEM_supply">Guitar manufacturing and OEM supply</h2></div>

<p>Samick guitars are manufactured under different brand names and made by a number of different makers, including Greg Bennett and J.T. Riboloff (a former <a href="Luthier" title="Luthier">luthier</a> at <a href="Gibson_Guitar_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Guitar Corporation">Gibson</a>).<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> Some other Samick-built guitars are sold under <a href="Squier" title="Squier">Squier</a>, <a href="Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a>, <a href="Washburn_Guitars" title="Washburn Guitars">Washburn</a>, <a href="Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a>, <a href="Silvertone_(instruments)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvertone (instruments)">Silvertone</a>, and other brands.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greg_Bennett_Guitars">Greg Bennett Guitars</h3></div>

<p>American luthier Greg Bennett designed a line of guitars for Samick. The guitars have <a href="Pickup_(music_technology)" title="Pickup (music technology)">pickups</a> designed by <a href="Seymour_Duncan" title="Seymour Duncan">Seymour Duncan</a>, <a href="Machine_head" title="Machine head">machine heads</a> from Grover, and bridges by Wilkinson. Woods used include ovangkol and ebony from Africa, rosewood from India, and rock maple from North America. Instruments under the Greg Bennett label are electric, acoustic and archtop guitars, electric and acoustic basses, <a href="Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolins</a>, <a href="Banjo" title="Banjo">banjos</a>, <a href="Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukuleles</a> and <a href="Autoharp" title="Autoharp">autoharps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-About_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Bennett died on 29 June 2020, at the age of 69.<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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Piano_manufacturing_and_brand_management">Piano manufacturing and brand management</h2></div>

<p>Samick also has a wide range of pianos. Its acoustic piano brands include Samick, Pramberger, <a href="Wm._Knabe_%26_Co." title="Wm. Knabe & Co.">Wm. Knabe & Co.</a>, Kohler & Campbell, and Gebrüder Schulze; and it has digital piano brands of Kohler, Samick Digital, and Symphonia. Samick recently announced the discontinuation of the <a href="Sohmer_%26_Co." title="Sohmer & Co.">Sohmer & Co.</a> brand.

</p><p>In 2004, Samick gained controlling interest in competitor <a href="Young_Chang" title="Young Chang">Young Chang</a>, but antitrust rulings in the U.S. and Korea ended the merger a year later.<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> From 2003 to 2009 Samick was associated with German <a href="C._Bechstein_Pianofortefabrik" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik">C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik</a>.

</p><p>In addition, Bechstein and Samick have a joint venture factory in Shanghai, China. In October 2008, Samick announced its purchase of <a href="Seiler" title="Seiler">Seiler</a>, another German piano company, that is generally agreed to compete with Bechstein at both price point and overall quality. The announcement raises questions about the continued viability of relationship between Samick and Bechstein <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pianobuyer.com/fall11/154.html">[1]</a>.

</p><p>In late 2009, Samick acquired a 16.5% share of <a href="Steinway_Musical_Instruments" title="Steinway Musical Instruments">Steinway Musical Instruments</a>. By November 2010, Samick's share in Steinway Musical Instruments increased to 32%.<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 2013, John Paulson outbid Samick when Steinway and Sons was taken private.<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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_businesses">Other businesses</h2></div>

<p>In 1975, Samick Pianos, as the company was known at that time, created an <a href="Archery" title="Archery">archery</a> department and began building <a href="Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">bows</a>. In 1990, this division was spun off as Samick Sports Co., Ltd. In 2016, the company was restructured and its name changed to Samick Archery Co., Ltd. Since 1996, its products have been used to attain several <a href="Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> gold medals, mostly by Korean athletes.<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> Besides Olympic-level archery equipment, Samick also manufactures the very popular budget-oriented Sage and Polaris hunting bows.

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</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161028020338/http://www.vintageguitar.com/jt-riboloff/">"JT Riboloff"</a>. <i><a href="Vintage_Guitar_(magazine)" title="Vintage Guitar (magazine)">Vintage Guitar</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vintageguitar.com/jt-riboloff/">the original</a> on 28 October 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 February</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gregbennettguitars.com/about.html">"About Greg Bennett"</a>. <i>Greg Bennett Guitars</i>. Samick<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fine, Larry. (editor.) Acoustic and Digital Piano Buyer. Fall 2010. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pianobuyer.com/fall10/193.html">193</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101009180404/http://www.pianobuyer.com/fall10/193.html">Archived</a> 9 October 2010 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Snowdown, Ross. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/businessnews/Snooker-baize-firm-pockets-1m.6625969.jp">Snooker baize firm pockets £1m orders in China.</a>" <i>Yorkshire Post</i>, 15 November 2010.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMurphyXu2013" class="citation news cs1">Murphy, Lauren S.; Xu, Jodi (14 August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-14/paulson-co-to-buy-piano-maker-steinway-for-512-million">"Steinway Agrees to Be Bought by Paulson for $512 Million"</a>. <a href="Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg News</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.samicksports.com/em41.php">"About Samick"</a>. <i>Samick Archery Co., Ltd</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite></span>

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</style><div id="Guitar_brands_and_manufacturers292" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Guitar" title="Guitar">Guitar</a> brands and manufacturers</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acoustic only<sup><small>(1)</small></sup></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="Alvarez_Guitars" title="Alvarez Guitars">Alvarez</a></li>

<li><a href="Avalon_Guitars" title="Avalon Guitars">Avalon</a></li>

<li><a href="Babicz_Guitars" title="Babicz Guitars">Babicz</a></li>

<li><a href="Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li>

<li><a href="Blackbird_Guitars" title="Blackbird Guitars">Blackbird</a></li>

<li><a href="Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li>

<li><a href="Cole_Clark" title="Cole Clark">Cole Clark</a></li>

<li><a href="Hermanos_Conde" title="Hermanos Conde">Conde Hnos.</a></li>

<li><a href="Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li>

<li><a href="Dobro" title="Dobro">Dobro</a></li>

<li><a href="Freshman_Guitars" title="Freshman Guitars">Freshman</a></li>

<li><a href="Furch_Guitars" title="Furch Guitars">Furch</a></li>

<li><a href="Joseph_Lukes_Guitars" title="Joseph Lukes Guitars">Joseph Lukes</a></li>

<li><a href="Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Lichty_Guitars" title="Lichty Guitars">Lichty</a></li>

<li><a href="Maestro_guitars" title="Maestro guitars">Maestro</a></li>

<li><a href="C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li>

<li><a href="National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Original_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Original Musical Instrument Company">Original</a></li>

<li><a href="Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li>

<li><a href="Petros_Guitars" title="Petros Guitars">Petros</a></li>

<li><a href="RainSong" title="RainSong">RainSong</a></li>

<li><a href="Ram%C3%ADrez_Guitars" title="Ramírez Guitars">Ramírez</a></li>

<li><a href="Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li>

<li><a href="Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li>

<li><a href="Santa_Cruz_Guitar_Company" title="Santa Cruz Guitar Company">Santa Cruz</a></li>

<li><a href="Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li>

<li><a href="Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li>

<li><a href="Stella_(guitar)" title="Stella (guitar)">Stella</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Suzuki_Musical_Instrument_Corporation" title="Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation">Suzuki</a></li>

<li><a href="Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li>

<li><a href="Takamine_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Takamine (guitar manufacturer)">Takamine</a></li>

<li><a href="Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li>

<li><a href="Walden_Guitars" title="Walden Guitars">Walden</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="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="Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li>

<li><a href="Bigsby_Electric_Guitars" title="Bigsby Electric Guitars">Bigsby</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(†)</span></li>

<li><a href="Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li>

<li><a href="Bohemian_Guitars" title="Bohemian Guitars">Bohemian</a></li>

<li>Brawley</li>

<li><a href="Burns_London" title="Burns London">Burns</a></li>

<li><a href="Campbell_American_Guitars" title="Campbell American Guitars">Campbell</a></li>

<li><a href="Caparison_Guitars" title="Caparison Guitars">Caparison</a></li>

<li><a href="Chapman_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapman Guitars">Chapman</a></li>

<li><a href="Charvel" title="Charvel">Charvel</a></li>

<li><a href="C.R._Alsip_Guitars" title="C.R. Alsip Guitars">C.R. Alsip</a></li>

<li><a href="D'Alegria" title="D'Alegria">D'Alegria</a></li>

<li><a href="Diamond_Guitars" title="Diamond Guitars">Diamond</a></li>

<li><a href="Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li>

<li><a href="Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li>

<li><a href="Electrical_Guitar_Company" title="Electrical Guitar Company">Electrical</a></li>

<li><a href="Fernandes_Guitars" title="Fernandes Guitars">Fernandes</a></li>

<li><a href="Flaxwood_Guitars" title="Flaxwood Guitars">Flaxwood</a></li>

<li><a href="Gordon-Smith_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon-Smith Guitars">Gordon-Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li>

<li><a href="Hamer_Guitars" title="Hamer Guitars">Hamer</a></li>

<li><a href="Heritage_Guitars" title="Heritage Guitars">Heritage</a></li>

<li><a href="Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li>

<li><a href="Jackson_Guitars" title="Jackson Guitars">Jackson</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Tyler_Guitars" title="James Tyler Guitars">James Tyler</a></li>

<li><a href="Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li>

<li><a href="Kiesel_Guitars" title="Kiesel Guitars">Kiesel</a></li>

<li><a href="Kramer_Guitars" title="Kramer Guitars">Kramer</a></li>

<li><a href="Lindert_Guitars" title="Lindert Guitars">Lindert</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Lotus_(guitar)" title="Lotus (guitar)">Lotus</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Matsumoku" title="Matsumoku">Matsumoku</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Mayones_Guitars_%26_Basses" title="Mayones Guitars & Basses">Mayones</a></li>

<li><a href="Micro-Frets" title="Micro-Frets">Micro-Frets</a></li>

<li><a href="Moniker_Guitars" title="Moniker Guitars">Moniker</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="MotorAve" title="MotorAve">Motor Ave</a></li>

<li><a href="Mosrite" title="Mosrite">Roman</a></li>

<li><a href="Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li>

<li><a href="Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li>

<li><a href="Robin_Guitars" title="Robin Guitars">Robin</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Ruokangas_Guitars" title="Ruokangas Guitars">Ruokangas</a></li>

<li><a href="Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li>

<li><a href="Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li>

<li><a href="Squier" title="Squier">Squier</a></li>

<li><a href="Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li>

<li><a href="Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li>

<li><a href="Teisco" title="Teisco">Teisco</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Valley_Arts_Guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Arts Guitar">Valley Arts</a></li>

<li><a href="Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li>

<li><a href="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="Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li>

<li><a href="Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li>

<li><a href="D'Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li>

<li><a href="Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li>

<li><a href="Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li>

<li><a href="Jay_Turser" title="Jay Turser">Jay Turser</a></li>

<li><a href="Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li>

<li><a href="Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li>

<li><a href="Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li>

<li><a href="Garrison_Guitars" title="Garrison Guitars">Garrison</a></li>

<li><a href="Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li>

<li><a href="Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li>

<li><a href="Godin_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Godin (guitar manufacturer)">Godin</a></li>

<li><a href="Greco_guitars" title="Greco guitars">Greco</a></li>

<li><a href="Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li>

<li><a href="Hagstr%C3%B6m" title="Hagström">Hagström</a></li>

<li><a href="Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li>

<li><a href="H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li>

<li><a href="Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li>

<li><a href="Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li>

<li><a href="Klira" title="Klira">Klira</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Larriv%C3%A9e_(guitar_company)" title="Larrivée (guitar company)">Larrivée</a></li>

<li><a href="Maton" title="Maton">Maton</a></li>

<li><a href="Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li>

<li><a href="Orville_by_Gibson" title="Orville by Gibson">Orville</a></li>

<li><a href="Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li>

<li><a href="Penco_Guitars" title="Penco Guitars">Penco</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li>

<li><a href="Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li>

<li><a href="Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li>

<li><a href="Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li>

<li><a href="Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li>

<li><a href="Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li>

<li><a href="Taylor_Guitars" title="Taylor Guitars">Taylor</a></li>

<li><a href="T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li>

<li><a href="Tom_Anderson_Guitarworks" title="Tom Anderson Guitarworks">Tom Anderson</a></li>

<li><a href="Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li>

<li><a href="Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a> <small>(†)</small></li>

<li>Vester <small>(†)</small></li>

<li><a href="Vintage_Guitars" title="Vintage Guitars">Vintage</a></li>

<li><a href="Washburn_Guitars" title="Washburn Guitars">Washburn</a></li>

<li><a href="Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li>

<li><a href="Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a></li>

<li><a href="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="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">

<li><a href="Deering_Banjo_Company" title="Deering Banjo Company">Deering</a></li>

<li><a href="Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li>

<li><a href="Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li>

<li><a href="Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li>

<li><a href="Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li>

<li><a href="Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li>

<li><a href="Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li>

<li><a href="Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li>

<li><a href="Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li>

<li><a href="Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="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="Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li>

<li><a href="Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li>