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Pickard Acoustics
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1982 to present |
"I
started in 1982.
I make them in a workshop at my home (currently
in Lincolnshire, UK).
Dating
Pickard Acoustics guitars
The label in my instruments always has the date (month and year)
of manufacture - nowadays it is in the format of 07-08 and is
preceded by a number denoting the total instruments to date.
Each instrument also has it's
own unique number."
[Source and image courtesy of: Ivor
Pickard,
email 12/7/2008 ]
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Pickard Guitars |
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Jason Pickard, USA. |
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Antonio
Picado |
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Antonio Picado Cardoso makes
classical guitars in Berga, a mountain village near Barcelona,
Spain.
Image GBase:
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Pieper |
2005 to present |
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Pilot |
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see Lignatone |
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Pimentel and Sons
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1951 to present |
Luthiers
Lorenzo Pimentel and Sons, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, USA
Pimentel Price
Lists
Pimentel pricelist
2000
Pimentel pricelist
2003
Pimentel pricelist
2005
Image 1968 LP
Pimentel label ebay, 1972
Pimentel Internet Archive
 
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Carlos Pina
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Carlos Pina guitars are made in
Paracho, Mexico. High end guitars.
Images courtesy
Guitar Salon:
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Pine Island Guitar |
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Florida
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Pitt
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I came across the guitar with Pitt
brand name on ebay ? from the ?1930s-40s
Images eBay:
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Pitt
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current at 2010 |
Mike Pitt, Anderson, South
Carolina. |
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Pittillo |
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Doc Pittillo, Fountain Valley,
California USA |
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The
Plainsman |
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see Richter |
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Oliver Planchon |
current |
France |
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Player |
1984-85 |
Could find nothing on the web
about this brand but according to
Vintage Guitar Price Guide
Player Guitars featured interchangeable pick up modules and wer
made in the mid 1980s in Sacarsdale, New York |
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Playtime
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Play Time guitars were made around
the 1940s. ? Kay /Regal. House brand for Sears [Source: Blue
Book]
8/46 mark from a 1946 Playtime
guitar on eBay.
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Jose Marin
Plazuelo |
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Apprenticed for his uncle Antonio
Marin Montero from 1974. [Source:
Zavelatas ]
Image courtesy of
Guitar Salon
International:
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Pleasant |
1940s-1966 |
Japanese electric guitar brand
from 1960s [Source:
Vintaxe ] Shinko Musical Company, Japan
Pleasant guitar being played
Image Pleasant,
Shinko Musical Company guitar eBay:
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Plummer
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Dave Plummer made guitars from the
1970s in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Images eBay 2009:
Dave Plummer started this
guitar before he passed away and it was finished by Bob
Saunders, a former partner of Dave's.
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Pohaku
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Image Lone Ranger guitar ebay
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Poling Guitars |
current |
Dublin, Ohio, USA |
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Philip Porter |
2002- |
Philip Porter Guitars
" The company started in 2002.
Manchester Stockport firstly in Hallam mill 2002-2007 since then
in pear mill Stockport.
Dating Philip Porter guitars
Usually written on them either
back of headstock or under pickup.
I was trained at Leeds college of
music for 1998 -2002 ND and HND in music instrument repair and
manufacture under Ted Lee a great man from the local area.
At present I work repairing
instruments and when I find the time I make instruments all are
one off bespoke instruments mostly of my own design but I do
some custom building work, I do however have a patented design
of guitar I am looking to take to market soon that I am hopping
to base a new company around that will have a date system and
all the other bits. "[Source: Philip Porter, email, 3/6/2010] |
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Portland Guitars |
current |
Jay Dickinson,
Handmade guitars, Portland, Oregon, USA |
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Leo Posch |
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Luthier interview
Wildflower guitars Image
Webshots
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Joe Poshek |
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Makes and
performs on his own guitars |
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Jeffrey Poss
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Jeffrey Poss guitars are made in Pahrump, Nevada, USA |
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Potvin
Guitars |
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Handmade custom guitars from
Canada
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Poulsen Guitars |
2002-2009? |
Eric Poulsen started woodworking
in 1987 in a small, high end cabinet shop. He continued there
for four years, returned to college to study studio art and
mathematics. In 1994 he was offered a position by Richard
Hoover, at Santa Cruz Guitar company. He started in the neck
department, learning all aspects of that particular job,
including inlay and neck carving. Eventually he was promoted to
department supervisor, and in 1998 to shop foreman, a position
he held until leaving SCGC in 2002 to start his own shop.
2006 base price was $4,200 USD
[Source:
Waybackmachine]
The Poulsen guitars website is
down from 2009. Presume this is the time he linked up with
Willie Carter to form
Carter Poulsen
guitars |
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Powell |
current at 2010 |
Ken Powell,
custom guitars, north west England |
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Andy Powers |
1996 to present |
Started in about 1996, most
instruments hand signed, numbered and dated on label inside. All
are built in Oceanside, California USA," [Source, -Andy Powers,
email 22/10/2010]
Forum
http://theguitarwall.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0
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Power Beat |
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Power Beat guitars are made in
Taiwan.
Image Yahoo:
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Poynter |
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Poynter at myspace Peter Poynter,
Grants Pass, Oregon, US
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Olivier Pozzo |
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Nimes, France
http://www.guitarsmatrix.com/profiles/olivierpozzo.html
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PR Guitars |
1988- |
Paul Richardson custom guitars |
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Prairie
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Prairie brand guitars - Japanese 1960/70s?
Images of Prairie Hummingbird copy
eBay:
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Prairie Custom
Guitars |
current |
Custom made Telecaster style
guitars |
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Prairie
State |
1920s-1940 |
Larson Brothers Brand.
Image
Larson Brothers
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Prairie
Voice |
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A Harmony Brand
http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php |
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Prairiewood |
2006-present |
Prairiewood Guitars by Robert
Dixon, 5837 Creek Valley Rd. Edina, MN USA |
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Marc Prave |
2004 to present |
M. Prave Guitar Works,
Curwensville, PA USA
bio
myspace |
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Premier
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1938-1975. 1990s to present |
Premier was started by Peter
Sorkin Music Company in Manhattan, New York City, Began in
Philadelphia and relocating to New York in 1935. Brands offered
by Premier included Premier, Multivox, Marvel, Belltone and
Strad-O-Lin. [Source Vintage Guitar Price Guide]
Some made by
Harmony
http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php
Premier amp
catalog
http://www.harpamps.com/premier/premier.html
Reviews
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Premier
Images eBay:
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Prenkert |
1979- |
Richard Prenkert,
California, USA
"I started
building in 1979, after I graduated from College. I build here
at my home [shop on premises], in Sebastopol, Ca.
Dating
Prenkert guitars
The instruments
are dated and opus #d on the label inside." [Source: Richard
Prenkert, email, 24/10/2010] |
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Presnall |
2000 to present |
"I
delivered my first guitar in July of 2000...the first 3 were
made in Michigan, the next 10 in Tennessee, and now we've
relocated (hopefully for the last time) to Mississippi...Olive
Branch to be more specific...although each top is signed and
dated on the underside, of the 13, only the 10th is numbered (on
the headstock as an "X" inlay)...if one needed to know where a
particular guitar fell in line, he'd need to contact me and get
the info...now that I'm in the new shop, all guitars from August
forward will be numbered and dated on the headblock
label...electrics will be numbered and dated in the neck pickup
cavity" [Source: Larry Presnall, email 31/7/2008 ] |
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Prestige
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current |
Canada,
Vancouver, British Columbia
"they select
the woods Canadian maple (but we don't grow mahogany here) ,
ship it to Korea and (could be the Sammik factory?) build the
blanks. They finish them in Vancouver with American parts ( some
from Stew Mac) , (Grovers are built in China though I think, not
positive).
But the pups
are American SD. I just bought a NYS Standard with P90's
........sounds great' [Source:
Ben van Dyk, Canada email 23/5/2011]
Reviews
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Prestige |
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Prestige
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Japanese made in 1960s for St
Louis Music, USA
http://www.vintaxe.com/guitars_japanese.htm
Images eBay:
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John Price
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1984 to present |
Classical and flamenco guitars,
Australia
Images
Classic guitar ,
eBay
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Prisloe |
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Tom Prisloe,
founder of the
Santa Fey Spruce Company |
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Profile
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Profile brand is seen on electric
and acoustic guitars.
At
Guitarsite there is a claim that
Profile is a low end Kaman/Ovation brand.
Profile guitars were made between the mid 80's
and late 80's in Japan. According to the Guru's Guitar Guide
they were a quality copy of Fenders and Gibsons
[Source:
Guitarsite]
From
www.guitargear.net.au
In the 70's an Australian guitar shop sent some authentic
fenders to a company in Japan to make exact replicas. What they
send back were guitars that were as good as any fender on the
market for about 1/2 the price. They called them "Profiles"
because the headstock profile was copied exactly. Now
unfortunately towards the end of their production a
lot of the models were made using ply bodies and bad
quality components.
Reviews
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Profile |
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Prohaszka |
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Prohaszka guitars, Northern
Ireland |
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Pro Martin
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Japanese guitars - Martin copies
1970s.
Pro Martin
guitar catalogs
http://www.t-shiga.com/sub7-5-1.htm
Images eBay May
2012
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Vlado Proskurnjak |
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Yugoslavian luthier Vlado
Proskurnjak, graduate of concert instrument school Zicama
Yogoslavia. Instruments are signed and dated on the label.
1983 label ebay
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Proulx |
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Mario Proulx,
Ontario, Canada |
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Herve Prudent |
1984- |
Herve Prudent, French luthier
since 1984 |
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Puglisi, Reale & Figli |
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The Puglisi
family has started to build musical instruments in Catania
(Sicily) since 1820. Giuseppe(G.) Reale was born in 1852 and was
the son of a piano and organ builder. In 1880 he has founded one
of the largest Italian factories for manufacturing bowed and
plucked string instruments. After 1906 the firm`s name appears
already as "G. Puglisi Reale i Figli(o)". Figli(o) means "sons"
in Italian. The sons are Concetto Puglisi and Michelangelo
Puglisi. Michelangelo Puglisi ran the workshop successfully
after 1909 and his son Salvatore also played a part in this.
They were active makers of fine violins (mainly), bows, strings,
guitars, mandolins and unique cellos. Unfortunately the factory
was destroyed during WWII by bombardment in 1943. Although it
was rebuilt and some noted instruments were built after this
time, many of the original Puglisi family susbsequently migrated
from Sicily to USA, Canada and Australia. After Salvatore`s
death his son-in-law Buccheri took over the factory. Before he
died he gave all the factory tools to Alfredo Privitera, who
established the Privitera company in 1962, which makes the
instruments like Puglisi used to make. The Privitera factory
still exists in Catania and is located on "Via Scuto Costarelli".
[Source & images: ebay]
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Benedict Puglisi |
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Benedict Puglisi makes double bass
in Melbourne, Australia |
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Hans Pukke |
1996 to present |
Santa Barbara,
California, USA |
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Matt Pulcinella |
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Matt Pulcinella Guitars, MP
Guitars Chadds Ford, PA |
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Pulse |
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Pulse guitar Made in USA. This
example found on ebay. Please send info.
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PWE |
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Guitars and amps made by Ted
Stevenson Canada |
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