Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Electric Guitar Brands for Your Choiches

Ibanez
There are many good electric guitar brands in the world. Below are famous electric guitar brand. Which one is your choice?

1. Gibson

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Valley Arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo as their partners. Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and its most popular guitar the Les Paul.

2. Fender 

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona is a manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster. The company, previously named the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was founded in Fullerton, California. This brand is known for its high quality and perfection. Kurt Kobain of Nirvana was played Fender electric guitar.

3. Ibanez

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki which makes acoustic and electric guitars. Ibanez guitars are known for their quality and performance and are even quite impressive in terms of looks and appeal. Guitarists like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani play Ibanez guitars.

4. PRS 

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-end electric guitars. PRS Guitars or Paul Reed Smith Guitars manufacturer in Stevensville, Maryland. PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier (someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments) Paul Reed Smith in 1985. Carlos Santana was recipient of some of Paul Reed Smith's early instruments. 

5. Epiphone

The Epiphone Company is a musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos which was later, in 1957 adopted by Gibson Guitar Corporation. It became quite for its unique archtop body design in the 1980’s. The style of these guitars was totally different and mainly good for blues.

6. ESP

In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called electronic sound parts which later came out to be the famous guitar and bass producing brand known as ESP. This is one brand that produces electric guitars primarily for the artists of Thrash Metal and became famous by making guitars for guitarists who would become lead legends in future. Kirk Hammet, James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine played ESP guitars.

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