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info    updated 20/2/2010

Eagle

1991 to present

Eagle guitars made in Korea/China since 1991. Eagle brand distributed by Norway firm, Strings & Things, Romerike Musikksenter A/S

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

Earthwood

1972-1985

Acoustic models by Ernie Ball including acoustic basses.

Earthwood catalog

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

see Ernie Ball

Eastman

1992 to present

China based Eastman Strings started building violins and cellos.  They expanded to guitars in 2002 and mandolins in 2004.  Mainly built in China, but some are made in Germany and Romania. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

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

Forum http://www.eastmanguitars.com/forum/forum.html

Images eBay:

Eastwood

1997 to present

Mike Robinson imports.

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

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Eastwood+Guitars

Brian Eastwood Guitars

current

Bacup, Lancashire, United Kingdom makes an amazing range of guitars, acoustic and solid body including Bender guitars which have to be seen to be believed.

T Eaton Co. was a large Canadian retailer. The T. Eaton Company, or Eaton's, was founded by Timothy Eaton in 1869 [Source: Access my Library]

Some guitars were made by Harmony http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php

T Eaton cowboy guitar

According to Vintaxe the "Saturn" brand was also available in T Eaton catalogs around 1969 to early 1970s.

Doug Eaton

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

Gila Eban

1979 to present

Riverside, Connecticut.

http://www.maui.net/~rtadaki/eban.html

http://members.tripod.com/handmadeguitars/3.html

Hiro Ebata

2006 to present

"I opened my shop in 2006.
My shop is located in Japan near Tokyo.
All my guitars have label inside the body and you can see year and serial number.
[Source: Hiro Ebata, email 17/7/2008 ]

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

current

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+

Image eBay

see ESP

Martin Edwards

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

Patrick Eggle

1991 to present

Patrick Eggle Guitars started in Birmingham, England in 1991 building solid bodies. Eggle left in 1995 to do repairs. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

2005 Patrick Eggle Guitar Catalog

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

Images Patrick Eggle 1993 New York guitar eBay:

Patrick James Eggle

2001 to present

After leaving Patrick Eggle guitars in 1995, Patrick did repairs and in 2001 founded an acoustic shop in Bedfordshire, England.  He later relocated to Hendersonville, North Carlina, USA

Patrick John Eggle

Different guy to above.

see Faith

Egmond

1935 - 1972

Founded by Ulke Egmond, orignally in Eindhoven, later in Beste, Netherlands.

Dating Egmond Guitars

"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. Some dating info for Egmond guitars is here "  [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 catalogs

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

Samples

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

Image Bruunari:

Brands made by Egmond include:

Rosetti, Wilson, Miller, Manhattan, Lion, Caledonie, Alpha ,Vega, Frima, Orpheum

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]

Eichelbaum

1994 to present

David Eichelbaum, premium flat tops Santa Barbara, California

Eight T

8T

2006 to present

Melbourne, Australia

I was making another brand name guitar from the end of 2000 until 2007, the Eight T brand name first appeared in mid 2006 on a headstock, i was previously called Mercury Amplification. Eight T Guitars & Amplification is my full time occupation and a family run business.

I don't use serial numbers, each guitar is given a name that is found inside the neck pocket. to actually date it you would need to contact me.

all Eight T guitars are built with a 'Hot Rod' ethos, ALL have custom colours, high quality brand name components, the best timbers, custom inlays, but are made with a certain attitude or flair that speaks to (or of) the owners own style.

All work is done in my Melbourne workshop (guitar & amp work) 7 days a week. I am also the importer of Budda Amplification and wah pedals and Suhr pickups (NOT guitars) that are for sale directly through my workshop, along with all manner of guitar and amplifier repair and servicing.

I have a degree in electronics/communications, 10 years at the department of defence in electronic warfare, and was mentored in guitar building by one of the very best in the business to which all my work must live up to. [Source: Simon Cotter, Eight T Guitars & Amplification]

Eimers

current

Selmer, Maccaferri style guitars made in The Netherlands.

"I started in 1995 under my name Eimers-Guitars.

My workshop is located in the town Almere close to Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dating Eimers Guitars
The date is on the inside of the guitar (top) together with my signature.

I specialize in building and restoring Selmer Maccafreri style guitars. I restored over 10 original Selmers and many vintage Selmer style guitars like Favino, Di Mauro, Busato and Castelluccia. Famous players in gypsy jazz play Eimers Guitars like Stochelo and Nous'che Rosenberg, Boulou and Elios Ferre, Wawau Adler, Robin Nolan and many more. I have customers in over 27 countries all over the world." [Source: Leo, Eimers Guitars, email 13/2/2009]

Images eBay:

Eisele

1995 to present

Made Kailua, Hawaii

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

EKO

1959-1985

2000 to present

Eko guitars are Italian made instruments from 1959.  Originally built by Oliviero Pigini and Company in Recanti, Italy. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

Eko history

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

Wikipedia

EKO examples

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eko guitar catalogs

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

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

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

see Vox

Images EKO Ranger 12 eBay:

Elazzi

current

Jayson Elazzi, Sydney Australia

Image Guitar Centre Australia:

El Degas Guitars

early 1970s

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 ] Based on labels found on eBay - see below El Degas guitars were also made in Korea and Romania.

Unofficial El Degas Fan Site including forum

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

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

? same as Onyx

Image Korean, Romanian el Degas labels eBay:

Eldorado

Info needed on this brand.

Images eBay:

Electa

The Electa brand is still around and dates back to at least the 1970s.  There are steel string acoustic and solid body electric guitars around with this name. Sold in Australia at 2009

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

Electar

see Epiphone

Electra

1971 - 1983/4 Japan

Imported from Japan by St Louis Music. most made by Matsumoku. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

Dating Electra guitars

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

Images eBay:  1983 Front & back, others unknown,

Electrical

current

Kevin Burkett, aluminium guitars

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

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

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

Dating Electrical Guitar Company Guitars.

The guitar shown here was portrayed as serial number 11 made in 2004.  This suggests that the first 3 numbers of the number engraved at the base of the neck are the serial number and the remainder is the date of manufacture. In this case 7 July 2004.

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

Images Electrical Guitar Company Guitar eBay:

Electro

1964-1975

http://www.rickenbacker.com/history_early.asp

see Rickenbacker

Elgava

1970s-80s

Elgava guitars made in Russia. Elgava guitars were made at the Moscow Experimental factory in the 1970's and early 1980's, [Source: Cheesy Guitars]

Image eBay:

Elite

Made in Italy by Crucianelli accordion company. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

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

http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/crucianelli/earlysolid/1964elite_japan.html

Elk

1960s - 1970s

Japan made by Elk Gakki C Ltd.  Also amps and effects. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide]

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

Images Elk Burgundy Mist eBay: Headstock from a different guitar.

Boaz Elkayam

1985 to present

Boaz Elkayam, Chatsworth, California, USA

http://www.claritanegra.com/

Ellenrieder Musikhaus

The sign reads: ""Gebr. Ellenrieder Musikhaus Tutlingen" (south of Germany)? nothing else known. Source eBay

Elliott Guitars

1968 to present

Started  manufacture 1968.

1968-1973 Detroit, Michigan; 1973-present, Portland, Oregon
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]

Elli-Sound

1950s-60s

Made in Italy by Crucianelli accordion company.

Images eBay:

Ellsberry

2003 to present

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

see Maya

Elrick Basses

 ? - present

Last two digits of serial is year of manufacture

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

http://www.elrick.com/