jedistar vintage guitar dating serial numbers, Quiles, Quicksilver, Quest


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luthiers and guitar brands

Q	made	info updated 27/4/2009
Queen Shoals Stringed Instruments	1972-2000 ish	According to Vintage Guitar Price Guide Queen Shoals Stringed Instruments were made by luthier Larry Cadle in Clendenin, West Virginia. I could find little info on web but did print this page on Larry Cadle models from 2000 at Fret'n'Fiddle
Quemayama
Alain Queguiner	1982 to present	France Images courtesy of Nicolas Dussart, France
Quest		Japanese built guitars 1980s. http://www.matsumoku.org/models/vantage/vantage.html Quest catalogs http://www.matsumoku.org/models/vantage/catalogs.html http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_quest.htm Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Quest http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/quest/atak_10/index.html see Vantage
Quicksilver		Ed Roman Guitars are usually sequentially serialized, some have the last two digits representing the year, like the Abstract and Quicksilver. [Source, Scott, Ed Roman Guitars email 4 Mar 2008]
Quiles	1959 to present	Ricardo Quiles established a small musical instrument factory in Catarroja, Valencia in 1959. Current labels are in the name of Rafael (son). Rafael has been building guitars for 45 years, and has built over 1,000 by himself. Until the mid 1980's he worked with his father and two brothers and they were building 500 guitars annually. Rafael's father learned his lutherie skills working in the Ricardo Sanchis (now Vicente Sanchis, since 1956) workshop from 1918-1958. Rafael's father opened the Quiles shop in 1958, and Rafael soon began making guitars under the guidance of his maestro. [Source: Fine Fretted ] An example of a Ricardo Quiles guitar can be seen at Hagstrom.org.uk One of the brothers was named Vincente according to review at bottom. Image of current label courtesy of Fine Fretted: Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Acoustic+Guitar/brand/Quiles
Pascal Quinson	1985 to present
Quintero		Alejandro Quintero Villarreal Image Quintero: