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Norman Harris (born 1949) is an American vintage guitar dealer, and he operates a store called Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, California. He is one of the guitar industry's foremost experts on vintage guitars. [1] His store has become a destination and he has become a celebrity through his Youtube channel which has more than 500,000 subscribers.
Taylor Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer based in El Cajon, California. The company was founded in 1974 by Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug and specializes in acoustic guitars and semi-hollow electric guitars. It is one of the largest manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States [4] and sells guitars in 65 countries around the ...
The guitar tech also might perform any of a variety of maintenance tasks, such as checking that the string height of the guitars is set properly, modifying ("dressing") the height and arc of the frets, adjusting the intonation of the instruments, checking that tubes (valves) on tube amplifiers are working properly, and that cables are in good condition and free from crackles and hum caused by ...
On December 28, 2009, it was announced that the founder of Carvin Guitars/Kiesel Guitar, Lowell C. Kiesel, had died. [ 9 ] In 2015, Carvin Corporation split off the guitar business to a new company, Kiesel Guitars , [ 10 ] which continues to build electric and acoustic guitars, MIDI synth guitars, bass guitars and other instruments under the ...
Collings Guitars is an Austin, Texas–based stringed instrument manufacturer. The company was founded in 1973 by Bill Collings (August 9, 1948 – July 14, 2017). In addition to acoustic guitars, Collings Guitars manufactures electric guitars, archtop guitars, mandolins and ukuleles.
Since 1990, the factory has been located in San Luis Obispo, California. It currently produces over 600 instruments annually, offering more than 50 different models including Scheerhorn guitars. The company also repairs and restores vintage National instruments. National Reso-Phonic Guitars is currently owned by President/CEO Jason Workman.
The tops of most steel string acoustic guitars are braced using the X-brace [6] system, or a variation of the X-brace system, generally attributed to Christian Frederick Martin between 1840 and 1845 for use in gut string guitars. [7] [8] The system consists of two braces forming an "X" shape across the soundboard below the top of the sound hole ...
Carvin Guitar's JB200C Jason Becker Tribute Guitar, at the 2014 NAMM Show. In 2015, Carvin Corporation split its business units, and Kiesel Guitars was founded to take over the guitar and bass manufacturing, as a wholly separate company. The original Kiesel name and logo was chosen to honor founder Lowell Kiesel.