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Catalog distributor - Harmony Brand

http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php

Doug Eaton

Luthiers, Doug Eaton and Dale Jacobsen are Stanley River Music, Maleny, Queensland, Australia

Eccleshall Guitars

Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK

Echeverria Guitars

Richard Echeverria graduated from Roberto-Venn school of luthiery in 1980. Since then he has been designing, building, restoring and selling guitars.  [Source: Roberto-Venn ]. ? Currently based in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Edward Klein

see K for Klein

Edwards

ESP guitars for Japan only (theoretically) market.  Apparently very high quality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP_Edwards_Series

Dating Edwards Guitars

According to the Caparison Forum the ESP serial number applies with the Edwards Guitars having an ED preix.

Forum http://forum.japanaxe.com/phpBB3/

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Edwards+

see ESP

Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards, luthier, Jordanstown, Northern Island, United Kingdom

Egmond

1960 - 1972 Holland

"Unfortunately you cannot date Egmond guitars by the numbers. You can only give a rough dating by looking in their catalogues and by the types of parts they used in their different years. I am working on a new website and I hope to tell something about dating" [source: Wim, Egmond Guitars website, email 12/2/2007]

http://home.kpnplanet.nl/~w.markenhof@kpnplanet.nl/indexe.html

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/charlottecooper/guitarsite/docs/Egmond.html

Egmond Typhoon http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/pagina9a.html

George Harrison's Egmond http://www.thecanteen.com/harrison1.html

Egmond Museum http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/collectors/egmond_index.html

http://www.blackguitars.com/gallery.htm

http://patchristmas.neuf.fr/index.html

Ehlers Guitars

1968 to present

"I started working on guitars in 1963, but didn´t make my first one until 1968. I have built 651 guitars to date.

My shop is now located in the state of Veracruz, in southern Mexico. I moved here about 10 years ago and still do all of the construction myself, with the exception of the finish work.
I have one employee doing parts production and another doing my lacquer work.
 
Until about 5 years ago my guitars had the manufacturing date on the neck block.
Usually it was combined with the serial number.  The number 300480 would mean that it was my 300th guitar and it was built in April, 1980. The number is now written on the inside of the top.
 
Most of the historical info, as well as photos ect. , is available on my website. I´m selling most of my guitars in England, Japan and the USA now."  [Source: Rob Ehlers, email 17/7/2008]

Eisele

1995 to present

Made Kailua, Hawaii

http://www.ducksdeluxe.com/eisele.html

EKO

1959-1970s

Eko guitars are Italian made instruments from 1959

http://www.myrareguitars.com/ekopics.htm

http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/pagina5.html

http://www.vintaxe.com/guitars_european.htm

Eko Tramp II http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/page12.html

Eko Manta, 200 http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/page15.html

Eko Modello 990VI http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/page16.html

http://www.greenbuddha.de/guitars/index_b.php?mod=eko&lang=de

Eko Model 500/3V search at  http://www.vintageguitar.com

Eko guitar catalogs http://www.fetishguitars.com/index/eko.htm

http://vintage.catalogs.free.fr/Index.htm

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Eko

see Vox

El Degas guitars were copies of classic American guitars made in Japan, imported by Buegeleisen & Jacobson of New York. [Source: http://vintageguitarz.blogspot.com/2007/12/el-degas-sg.html ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Degas_guitars

http://oriscus.com/mi/qa/guitar.asp

Thread http://www.guitarscanada.com/Board/archive/index.php/t-212.html

El Degas Catalog http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_eldegas.htm

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/El-Degas

Fan site coming soon as at 10/5/2008 http://www.eldegas.com/

? same as Onyx

Electra

1971 - 1983/4 Japan

For dating of Westone/Electra guitars check this site: http://www.westone.info/faq.html

and: http://vintageguitarpro.com/serialtoc.shtml

Lots of models listed here: http://www.rivercityamps.com/electra/

Electra (guitar) http://www.rivercityamps.com/electra/history.php

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c73/inscho/4923.jpg

http://www.hagstrom.org.uk/copies_copies.htm

http://www.myrareguitars.com/eelectra.html

1983 Electra Lady XV1 RD http://www.myrareguitars.com/eelectralady.html

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Electra

Electra forum http://www.rivercityamps.com/electraforum/index.php?

see Matsumoku, Westone

Electrical

http://www.metalnecks.com/index.php/mID/3f626392/fuseaction/guitars.manu.htm

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=75565971

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Electrical+Guitar+Company

Elite

Elite guitar catalog ?70s http://www.t-shiga.com/sub7-5-1.htm

Elk

1960s - 1970s

Japan

http://tix.gozaru.jp/other.html

http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/teisco/ refer to the Category Box LHS

Elk guitar catalogs

1970 acoustic http://www.t-shiga.com/sub7-5-1.htm

electric http://guitar.webinjp.com/70guitar_catalog/elk1.htm

http://guitar.webinjp.com/70guitar_catalog/elk2.htm

Boaz Elkayam

http://www.claritanegra.com/

Elliott Guitars

1968 to present

1. What year did you start manufacture? A. 1968
2. Where? A. 1968-1973 Detroit, Michigan; 1973-present, Portland, Oregon
3. How can someone tell the date of manufacture for your guitars? A. I prefer they contact me directly with any queries.

[Source: Jeff Elliott, email 11/4/2008]

Ellsberry

James Ellsberry, Harbor City, California, USA

A brand of Rokkoman. Japanese guitars made by Tahara. El Maya was the quality line. A related brand was Maya [Source: Blue Book]
El Maya catalogs
http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_elmaya.htm

El Maya Em1100 http://www.wietsesguitars.nl/pagina9a.html

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/El+Maya

Elrick Basses

 ? - present

Last two digits of serial is year of manufacture

http://www.ducksdeluxe.com/elrickbs.html

http://www.elrick.com/

1966 - 1992

Emperador was the entry level brand to the Cort line of Westheimer Musical INstruments, Chicago, Illinois [source: Harmony Central ]. Japanese made guitars from the 1960s. Later models may have been made in Korea [Source: WikiAnswers ]

Emperador catalogs

http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_emperador.htm

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Emperador

See Cort, Cortez

Empire

see GMW Guitars

English

1993 to present

Date label inside guitar

http://www.englishguitars.com/

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/English+Guitar+Company

Epiphone

1928 to present

TRY THIS FIRST http://www.guitardaterproject.org/epiphone.aspx

https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/Eguitar/ElectricSerialization.pdf

http://www.provide.net/~cfh/epiphone.html

http://www.ducksdeluxe.com/epiphone.html

http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/epiphone.html

Image courtesy of M Tandy:

1965 Emperor http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp

Epiphone EA7 Professional http://ushigomepan.cool.ne.jp/darkend/help.html

Riviera http://www.vintageguitar.com/

Epiphone guitar catalogs

1961, 1962, 1964,1966 http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/catalogues.php

1974 http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/catalogs/catalogs.html

Epiphone guitar advertisements

http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/advertisements/epiphone

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Epiphone

Epiphone Forums

http://forum.japanaxe.com/phpBB3/

http://www.guitardogs.com/message-board-forum/viewforum.php?f=27

1991 to present

Gary Erickson and Steve Wolff partnered and applied for several patents in the field of Acoustic/Electric Transference Materials and Tremolo Action/Reaction Physics. Erickson Design Associates
 (EDA) offers Tone Hound Acoustic Sensor Systems, Erickson Guitars, and Theory "Z" component parts for musical instruments from its manufacturing center in Fountain Valley, California, USA. [Source: Erickson ]

EVH, Ernie Ball Music Man

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/

http://www.wolfgangregistry.com/evh-guitar-info/evh-guitar-info.html

https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/Eguitar/ElectricSerialization.pdf

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-guitars/210-musicman-guitar-dating.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Ernie+Ball+Music+Man

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Ernie+Ball

ESP, LTD, XTONE

1980s to present Japan

from the ESP web site “ESP maintains limited production records. Send an e-mail to techinfo including serial number, description, & pictures (make sure to include close-up shots of headstock front & back, back of neck plate & top of body) to help with the dating process. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to date your instrument, but we will at least try and help! (Please note: If you do not send pictures, chances are we will not be able to assist you with your request.)

http://p222.ezboard.com/FAQs/fespguitarsmessageboardfrm14.showMessage?topicID=6.topic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP_Guitars

ESP catalogs 1981-1987 http://audiozone.dk/cm/jackson-charvel-guitar-catalog-scans.php?cat=11

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/ESP

ESP Forum http://bbs.espguitars.com/index.php

Espana

1960s to present

http://www.hagstrom.org.uk/hagstromhub.htm

http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/general/espana.html

Espana guitar catalog 1965 http://www.hagstrom.org.uk/Catalogues2/CatEsp1.htm

See Hagstrom

A Harmony Brand

http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php

1957 to present

"Esteve Guitars started in 1957 in Alboraya, Province of Valencia, Spain. Presently the date of manufacture is on the label. I believe this practice was started in the early 1990's." [Source: Ron Fernandez, Fernandez Music, Authorized Import and Distributor of Esteve Guitars Irvine, California,  www.fernandezmusic.com, email 22/3/2008]

http://www.fernandezmusic.com/EsteveGuitars.html

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Esteve

http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/eko/index/eston.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/eko-guitars

see Eko

Estruch Guitars

1880 to present

The labels signed by Juan Estruch Pipó were personally made by him. The ones that were not signed, were made by his employees."  [Source: Rafael Montes ESTRUCH LUTHIERS, email 31/3/2008]

1934-1944

Made by the Larson Brothers in Chicago.  Other brands Prarie State, Symphony Harp Guitar [Source: Classic Guitars]

Euphonon examples

http://www.larsonscreations.com/euphononguitar.htm

see Larson

EVD Guitars

1976 to present

Edward Victor Dick, Denver, Colorado, USA

EVD String Instruments
Victor Guitars
Victor Banjolas
Manufactured since "1976
1995 - present - Denver Colorado USA
1983 - 1995 - Ottawa Ontario Canada
1976 - 1983 - Peterborough Ontario Canada
Everything is numbered chronologically from 001 to present (#369) and serial number is usually stamped on heel block and handwritten on the inside of the top (along with signature)." [Source: Edward Victor Dick, email, 16/7/2008 ]

http://www.banjola.org/

1990 to present

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Everett%20Guitars