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Se-Si | SK-Sta |Ste-   updated 8/2/2012

Sada

SADA acoustic guitars were hand crafted by the Luthier Sadao Yairi,  in Nagoya Japan in the 1970's. Sadao Yairi is a cousin to the better known Master luthier Kazuo Yairi of Alvarez Yairi fame. Both were trained by Sadao's father Giichi Yairi who was apprenticed at the Suzuki Violin Company. Both Kazuo and Sadao established their own companies in the early 1930's. Sadao established the instrument company Yairi Gakki Ltd in Nagoya Japan, hand crafting violins under the trade mark SADA before moving into guitars . Sadao is said to have perfected his trade by dismantling Martin guitars and copying them. I believe this one is based on the Martin D-28.

The guitar is labeled SADA, luthier, Nagoya Japan. The original signature looks to have been scribbled over at some time...The name SADA on the head stock is in gold leaf. The number 227 is stamped on the neck brace inside the sound hole. Back and sides appear to be Brazilian rose wood while the solid top is cedar with rosewood fret board. The guitar is full size 41.5 inches and 16.5 inches at its widest part. [Source and images ebay Aug 2009]  Please note the above information has been corrected as follows courtesy of YL.

Sadao Yairi was the UNCLE of Kazuo, not cousin. I've found nothing that notes that Sadao learned from Kazuo's father, Giichi (Yes on finding notes of Kazuo learning from his father)... both Giichi and Sadao apprenticed at Suzuki Violin, so it appears that those two learned the craft there.
Another error is that Kazuo and Sadao established business in the early 1930's.. true for Sadao, but Kazuo NO... Kazuo came into the picture much later.

The photo shown of SADA guitar appears to be one made around 1980 (bridge design similar to those he did for Samick and Lowden)... maybe that is why the lower part of the label has been defaced, it would have listed the year made and SN.. and was not a place he signed (he didn't sign these later labels).

Sadowsky

 1979 to present

Roger Sadowsky makes guitars and basses in Brooklyn, New York [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadowsky ]
New York Times article on Roger Sadowski from 1991
Dating Sadowsky Guitars

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

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Prudencio Saez

1963 to present

Prudencio Saez guitars  was founded in 1963 by the luthiers Prudencio Saez, Senior and Junior. Today Prudencio Saez guitars are still built by hand by the  family firm of GUISAMA, S. L. in a factory in Valencia, Spain.

Reviews are at Harmony Centralz

Image eBay:

Saga

Saga Musical Instruments, San Francisco, California

Saga 2004 Retail Price list

Saga 2005 Retail Price list

Saga instrument catalog 2005-6

Fernando Rubin Saglia

Baleares,  España

Sago

Takayama Satoshi

Eric Sahlin

1975 to present

Eric Sahlin makes premium classical and flamenco guitars, Spokane, Washington, USA

Images courtesy of Guitar Salon International:

Saint Blues

St Blues

St BLues guitars are made in Asia. Imported and set up in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

see Custom

Saint George

St George

1963-1967

The St. George brand name is associated with 2 Japanese import companies, Buegeleisen & Jacobson of New York and WMI of Los Angeles. The St. George label was used on Japanese import guitars from the mid to late 1960's. They were entry-level guitars and weren't know for great production quality.[Source: Vintaxe]

The guitar pictured  for this entry is from eBay and apparently was owned by the son of the Los Angeles importer per:"St. George Music Supply out of Hollywood California. In business from 1963 to 1967 my dad had these guitars made in Japan and imported to the states"  The guitar was photographed with original packing indicating made by Pleasant, Shiro Musical Inst Mfg Co Ltd

Some further information was published on ebay in January 2010 as the son of the LA store owner sold another St George guitar...

A little history on St. George music stores, only because there has been a lot of questions on the other one I sold on E-Bay a few months back. My dad Paul George owned the music store in Hollywood and my Grandfather owned I believe 5 stores in New York. For the most part these were a Fender design and produced in Japan and imported to the states which were sold both in CA & NY. My grandfather Tony George and Uncle Herb who was also included in the business and kept the ones in NY running through the mid 70's. My father closed up shop in Hollywood in 1966 before we sailed off to Hawaii. There were two guitars that he had sent to my uncle in Florida that he kept and gave me some 15yrs ago. So being that I don't play and am not musically inclined I am going to part with little baby:( Anyway if you have any questions please feel free to ask. I will do the best to answer and will have some help from my mom on any info she can give. My father is now gone who was an avid sax player and had a love music and all instruments.

The emblem that is on this guitar (as pictured left) was designed by my father which dates this particular guitar ie: 1963 to 1967. The guitars that have St. George written in script came for the east coast.

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Saint Moritz

St Moritz

1960s-70s

Japanese guitars.

Image Guitar Center below, ebay left and bottom

Sakai

1960s to 1970s

This trademark has been identified by researcher Willie G. Moseley as a "House Brand" of the F. W. Woolworth (Woolco) department stores.
Further information from authors Tony Bacon and Paul Day indicate that guitars with this trademark originated in Japan (later Korea) during the 1960s and 1970s" [Source: Talk bass forum  ]

Examples
http://www.theguitarcollection.org.uk/gallery1/sakai.html

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

Headstock image courtesy of roj_mugwump, Melband forum 2008. Below Sakai Made in Japan on neck plate from ebay:

Taku Sakashta

1995 to 2010

Rohnert Park, California, USA

Taku Sakashta made archtop guitars.  He was murdered 12 February 2010. [Source: Guitarnoize]

Sakura

1970s to ?

Sakura guitars made in Japan ? now China

example http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1970s_Sakura_C119_705116.htm

Reviews are at Harmony Central

M Sakurai

M Sakurai guitars, supervised by M Kohno, Made in Japan 1976

Image eBay:

Sakuray

http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Guitars/rec/3006/wwwboard/messages/97.shtml

see Matsuoka, Kohna, Orozco

Adam Salamon

1970s

Adam Salamon luthier. The inside sticker reads "Hand built and guaranteed by Adam Salamon of Lower Mitcham, South Australia 1972-3" and is numbered and signed. From eBay April 2010.

Salcedo

2006-current at 2011

Salcedo Guitar Works, Argentina

" I started building guitars in 2006
The instruments are manufactured in Argentina.

Dating Salcedo instruments
My instruments are numbered in chronological order. The first two digits of the serial number is the number of instrument and then there's the production date (mm / yy)
I started in the manufacture of instruments as a hobby and gradually it grew into something commercial. However, each instrument is made with craftsmanship and custom." [Source and images: Maximiliano Salcedo, email 17/5/2011]

Arnoldo Salguero

Arnoldo Salguero (b 1980) San Salvador.

see Paax Muul

Salvi's

Steve Salvi, Handmade Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Lap Steel and Lap Slide Guitars, Dobros, Bass Guitars ~ based in Adelaide, South Australia

Juan Salvador

Made in Spain

Image 1991 Juan Salvador guitar eBay:

1958 to  present

Samick began producing pianos, adding guitars in 1965 under other brands.

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

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image eBay:

see Greg Bennett

Sammo

1897-192?

Brand name of Samuel C Osborn Mfg Co, Chicago, IL, The Osborn Manufacturing Co. was established in 1897 at Chicago, IL by Samuel C. Osborn. They built guitars, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and other small musical instruments, along with a zither variant for which Osborn was issued patents in 1917. In 1921 they claimed the largest factory of its kind in the country. The instruments were marketed under the Sammo and the Sammos trade marks, the latter being made entirely from koa wood. [Source: Mugwumps]

Label from mandolin "Samuel C. Osborn Mfg. Co. Masonic Temple Chicago Ill." [Source: Mandolin Cafe]

Sanchis Carpio

1915 to present

In 1915 Ricardo Sanchis Nacher founded the Sanchis Carpio guitar shop.  He started working with the Valencian guitar makers and during military service made friendships with Domingo Esteso who later founded Alhambra guitars, Casa Ramirez and Casa Gonzalez as well as Ricardo Sanchis Carpio.

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image eBay:

Lucas Sanchis

2002 to present

" I started in the guitar business on 1993, but in 2002 I started to build guitars with my own brand. 

Dating Lucas Sanchis guitars

The date of manufacture is written on the label by myself." [Source: Lucas J. Sanchis, Luthier email 9/4/2008]

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Vicente Sanchez

Vicente Sanchis, House of Ricardo Sanchis. Massanasa, Spain.

Image of guitar label from 1969 eBay: Image unknown year - ebay

Sanchis Lopez

Sanchis history of guitar making goes back to 1915 when Ricardo Sanchis Nacher (1881-1960) a talented luthier with close ties to Manuel Ramirez, Gonzalez and Domingo Esteso, founded his own shop. The Ricardo Sanchis factory is now led by his grandson, Ricardo Sanchis Carpio, born (1937). Ricardo has been awarded with a master degree in guitar construction since 1970. Recently, adding the fourth generation of luthiers to the Sanchis family, Ricardo's sons, David and Herman Sanchis Lopez, have joined him. Although their production line of flamenco guitars are still made under Ricardo's supervision, they are now marketed as "Guitarras Hermanos Sanchis Lopez". [Source and image eBay]

Sanctum

2009-

Affordable aluminium guitars.

Sand

1979 to present

Luthier Kirk R Sand, Laguna Beach, California, USA

Image Gbase"

Sandberg

1986 to present

Image Jedistar - taken at Chicago Music Exchange 2008:

Ashley Sanders

current

Ashley Sanders, Australian classical guitars. Workshop is in the small coastal town of Port Elliot

Image courtesy of Guitar Centre Australia:

Sandy Sanderson

The following information was taken from the internet archive - pages available 2002-2007: handmade-tk.com/

"I was born in Sunderland England in 1954. I served an apprenticeship in optical engineering in York completing my time as a draughtsman. I worked as a design draughtsman before training to become a technical teacher. I taught in Keighley, West Yorkshire for five years before moving to New Zealand in 1986, taking up residence in Te Kauwhata. At present I am the Middle Dean at Te Kauwhata College, and teach in the technology department. I have had success designing, building, and competition flying model aircraft, being a New Zealand National Champion for five consecutive years. Currently I play electric bass guitar in an amateur Celtic / Folk band . Since learning to play bass, I had been fascinated with the sound of a fretless bass, and on completion of helping a friend make an electric guitar out of Swamp Kauri, I decided to make myself a fretless bass. My wife seeing the results of these two instruments ordered herself an electric mandolin which I modeled on my Jazz bass, resulting in a very 'cute' and easy to play instrument. The action is nice and low, sounds great, and it looks beautiful! For the instruments I source the Swamp Kauri locally which has been carbon dated to 400 B.C. Although the timber can be a little heavier than traditionally used timbers, such as Ash or Alder, it does impart superior qualities of sustain and tone to the instrument. Each instrument is unique and made to exploit the characteristics of the timber used. No two instruments are ever alike."

Sandlin Guitar Company

? -2008

Sandlin Guitar Co, Clearwater, Florida.

According to eBay Jan 2009 "Sandlin is a local company here in Clearwater Fl. that has recently had to unfortunately close its doors due to the economy."

Acoustic, electric guitar, banjos and mandolins

Pages printed from internet archive [2002-2004]

About Sandlin

Sandlin models, prices and specifications

Acoustic Sandlin Paradise | Sandlin Eagle

Electric Sierra Falcon| Sierra Hawk

Banjo Goldrush

Mandolin Sundance

Anton Sandner

German luthier.

There are reports of a German luthier Anton Sandner violin 1932, viola 1978, and this modern example from the label below.  I assume this is a family name that has been around a while.

Image eBay: 

Sandoval Engineering

1979 to present

Karl M Sandoval, worked with the Charvel Custom Shop in Covina, California until 1979 when he established his own shop in Santa Fe Springs, California doing repairs and making Sandoval Custom Guitars.

Sandoval Guitars at wikipedia

Sano

?-1970

Circa 1940, Joe Zonfrilli, Sr., founded music schools called Major Music, in Irvington New Jersey. Around 1950, Nicholas Sano, wanted a pickup for his accordion, and Joe designed and patented one of the first pickups for this instrument. In 1951 Zonfrilli made the first Sano amps.

In addition to manufacturing the amps, the Sano company imported acoustic and electric guitars, and accordions from Italy. 

[Source: Larry John McNally]

A fretless bass bears the Sano name [Source: Yahoo Answers]

It is assumed that they were imported in the 1960s.

Image Rob Roberge ? by Goya

Images ;eft and below ebay Sep 2011

Sanox

Image Sanox guitar, made in Japan courtesy of  Jerome Mausling [email, 3/12/2010]

Santa Cruz

1972 to present

Richard Hoover began building guitars and carved-top mandolins in 1972. By 1976 his focus was on the modern steel string guitar. [Source: Santa Cruz]

Founded in 1976 by luthier Richard Hoover and repairpersons Bruce Ross and William Davis.  Hoover became the sole owner of the company in 1989.  Richard Hoover and a small staff (4-6) build each guitar to order, by hand. SCGC produces a few hundred guitars per year. [Source: Guitar Notes]

Dating Santa Cruz Guitars

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

Santa Cruz Guitar Company Catalogs and Pricelists

1998 Santa Cruz pricelist

1999 Santa Cruz pricelist

2001 Santa Cruz pricelist

2002 Santa Cruz pricelist

2005 Santa Cruz Brochure  |  2005 Santa Cruz pricelist

2006 Santa Cruz pricelist

2007 Santa Cruz pricelist

Image 1997 Trilogy Guitars , 2003 eBay:

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Forum http://santacruzguitarplayers.com/scgc-forum/

Santo Guitars

Biography of David A Santo by Martin Vincent Yancosky

My friend and long time associate ( as well as one of the premier North American Luthiers ) David Santo recently died a few months  ago. I wonder if you would be interested in putting his work on your site. I met David in Newport Beach / Costa Mesa area of Southern California in the Late 1970's. It was there he had a Lutherie & Instrument repair shop catering to many musicians including some of the better known industry giants.
He always maintained a one to two man operation , intentionally keeping his production down to 10 to 12 guitars a year. Truly hand made. I am fortunate to won one of Davis's guitar's. It was his own  made in 2001 and used on his last recordings. After not seeing him ( since we both relocated ) for many years we reestablished our relationship when I found him working out of Hudson Valley , New York.

His list of achievements is quite impressive. I'll give you a brief time line of what I know.

1. DAVID SANTO was one of the founding founders & first employees of Gurian guitars in New York City.

2. I believe he also worked with Uminov and Michael Uminov is a long term childhood friend of David's.

3. Moving on to California he eventually found his way to Ernie Ball where he made significant contributions. I believe he told me once that he had made the first 300 Ernie Ball Earth guitars & developed the acoustic bass there ( info should be vetted but David was so talented he had no reason nor the disposition to boast).

4. Eventuating to his lutherie shop in Costa Mesa he made some of the most magnificent acoustic guitars I have ever seen & played.

5. Finding his way full tilt back home he relocated to an hour north of N.Y.C. to Hudson Valley N.Y. where he continued to make outstanding  instruments in his one man shop limiting his production to about 10 a year.

6. His final line of work was much less decorative than his earlier California Big Dreadnoughts, with intricate inlay which are both beautiful to hear and in appearance . He seemed to concentrate his final work on the essence of sound. His later work upon first glance seemed very simple in design. He seemed to concentrate his work into the perfection of tone & the musical quality of the build although all of his work from the beginning to the end was magical. His later work become tonal to a near mystical proportion." [Source: MV Yancosky (aka Marvin Player) email, 12 July 2010]

His early work was known for a large ornate inlay of an elongated S on the headstock as well as a great deal of inlay on the fretboard. His mid work began to tone down the ornate inlay but still displayed the elongated S on the headstock. The picture of David himself holding an example of his mid work ( about mid to latter 1980's ) roughly 1988/89. This is a pic of David displaying a cutaway flat top much less ornate but still showing that signature elongated S.

The the other guitar I am posting shows how in his latter work he began to concentrate less on the ornate. On this guitar he displays no elongated signature S on the headstock. the I.D. is embossed on the back of headstock & inside the body of the guitar. The embossed stamp states " DAVID A. SANTO GUITAR MAKER".
This guitar was David's own personal guitar & he used it to record the last of his work for an ongoing C.D. project. Interesting to note that on his early 1960's album his guitar player was David Bromberg. His bassist's name escapes me but he later became very well known also.
GUITAR DISPLAYED :

Maker David Santo 1 of 2. Completed 9/11/2001
all mahogany top / sides / back /neck / His signature planetary banjo style tuning machines / pre ban Ivory nut & saddle.
Although David was well known for his acoustic guitars. There are some Electrics out there as I recalled one evening we had a session at his shop and he pulled down a Santo Strat I always regretted not purchasing. [Source & images: MV Yancosky (aka Marvin Player) email, 17 July 2010]

Arturo Sanzano

Image Classic Guitar

Charles Sanzone

Graduate of the Roberto-Venn school of luthiery 1995.

Guitarbench interview

Stephen Neal Saqui

Salmon River Guitars are made by Stephen Neal Saqui, former owner of The Blue Guitar in San Diego. After 35 years in the San Diego shop, Stephen established Salmon River Guitars and is now building instruments, and taking in repairs.

Kazuo Sato

1974 to present

Kazuo Sato (b. 1946).  1965 apprenticed in Tokyo, Japan with Master  K Nobe. 1971 worked with David Rubio in England. 1974 established own guitar and lute shop in Hekelgem, Begium and in 1976 moved to Germany.

Image Guitars International:

Saturn

Saturn guitars - made in Japan by Kawai. (different to Saturn model by Hopf).

They appeared in the 1968 Canadian Eaton's catalog.

Saturn catalogs

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

Images Saturn hollow body guitar ? 1960s eBay:

Images below and right courtesy Steve Tsotsos email 11/1/2012

Saturn Guitars

Saturn guitars are cigar box guitars.

Paul Saunders Guitars

1979-

Custom guitars Welland, Ontario Canada

Savannah

Savannah guitar company, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Images ebay:

Savage Guitars

Ken Savage

Savona

Savona guitar - Made in Brazil

Sawchyn Guitars

1972 to present

Peter Sawchyn, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Image Salondeguitare

Saxon

1970s

The Saxon trademark is a brand name utilized by a United Kingdom importer (Selmer). Acoustic guitars made in Japan. [Source: Tony Bacon and Paul Day, The Guru's Guitar Guide ]

Guitar List .

Schaefer Guitars

1997 to present

Ed Schaefer, electric archtops Bastrop, Texas, USA

Schafer

According to All Experts Schafer guitars may have been made by the Piano Brand Schafer and Sons Company, Belmont, California.  And according to reviews at Harmony Central there were amps with the same brand.

Images Schafer Gibson Les Paul copy ebay:

1975-

Classical guitar builder Theo Scharpach established Scharpach Guitars in 1975 in Groessen, The Netherlands.   Partnership with Menno Bos since 2001.  Since 2004 production focus has been classical concert guitars and archtop construction. [Source: Scharpach ]

"I started about 30 years ago...We do have different numbers in different models so only we know when a guitar is produced. But mostly the date is simply on the label as well." [Source: Theo Scharpach, email 21/3/2008]

http://www.destroyallguitars.com/pages/scharpach.html

Henry A Schatz

mid 1800s

Henry A Schatz was a contemporary of CF Martin in the mid 1800s. [Source: 12Fret.com 27/10/2009] In fact he worked with Martin and guitars produced under this partnership were co-branded Martin and Schatz [Source: Susan Hamburger]

Image of Henry Schatz guitar label from Frets.net 27/10/2009

Schecter

1976 to present

Established as a component manufacturer in California in 1976 by four partners - David Schecter's sounded the best. Complete guitars were offered from 1979. [The company was sold in early 80s and moved toDallas,  Texas.  By 1988 it moved back to Claifornia and in 1989 it was purchased by its current owner Hisatake Shibuya. Schecter Custom Guitars are made in Burbank, Califonia with the Diamond Series made in Korea. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide ]

Dating Schecter Guitars (post 1989)

http://www.schecterguitars.com/faq.asp

Other Schecter resources

http://www.schecter.co.jp/

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

Schecter ads/ catalogs

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

2004 Schecter catalog

2005 Schecter catalog

2008 Schecter guitar catalog scan front and back cover | Here is most of the 2008Catalog

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Scheerhorn

1989 to present

Tim Scheerhorn, Dickson, Tennessee.

http://www.swer.net/english.gear.bars.html

Images eBay:

Schenk Guitars

Rod Schenk, Silverdale, Washington, USA

Schiller

1960S Schiller, handcrafted. STUDIO 19 AUSTRALIA

Ivon Schmukler

Guitars made in New York, USA Biography

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Image Ivon Schmukler 1974 ebay

Gerhard Schnabl

Alfred Schneider

Builder Alf Schneider, Luby U Chebu, Czech Republic

Image courtesy of Dan Erixon

Schneider Guitars

David Schneider studied  with Jim D'Aquisto in his Farmingdale, Long Island shop in the 1970's.  He now makes guitars in Cincinnati, OH. [Source: Schneider guitars ]

Richard Schneider Guitars

1960s -1997

Richard Schneider (1936-1997) made guitars in Washington State.

Richard Schneider Bio

Tribute to Richard Schneider

1978 interview with Richard Schneider

Image Trilogy Guitars:

Schoenberg

1986 to present

"Eric Schoenberg started playing the guitar in 1959, teaching the instrument in the 1960s and then recording.  His search for guitars led him to believe that the Martin OM (1929 to 1933) was ideal.  In 1969 he convinced Martin to make a batch of 6 OM28s. In the early 1980s Dana Bourgeois built Eric a guitar based on a 1933 OM adding a 'cutaway' - the first Schonberg Guitar. Using this prototype Martin began building guitars for Schoenberg.  From 1986 to 1994, Schoenberg guitars would emerge from Nazareth, PA, with Martin serial numbers and “Schoenberg” on the headstock.   around 500 of these Schoenberg guitars survive today.

Since 1995 master luthier Bruce Sexauer has made about 3/4 of Schoenberg Guitars (52 examples). Others include Robert Anderson in Victoria, BC, Canada (about 8), Alan Perlman in San Francisco (2), James Russell in Redding, CA (5 or 6). John Slobod also makes for Schonberg. [Source: Schoenberg and Bruce Sexauer ]

Dating Schoenberg Guitars

Martin serial number system used from 1986 to 1994

Guitars made by Bruce Sexaur date is on label.

More info

http://www.gansz.org/David/Guitars/Schoenberg/Index.htm

see Sexauer Guitars

http://www.nsblues.com/gear/ns_gearns.htm

1990 to present

David Schramm, classical and flamenco guitars made in Clovis, California.

Dirk-Jan Schrander

 Dirk-Jan Schrander builds classic guitars, mainly in the tradition of Antonio de Torres (1817 - 1892) and Hermann Hauser Sr (1882 - 1952) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Image The Guitar Salon

Jason Z Schroeder

1988 to present

I started making guitars under the Schroeder Guitars name in 1988 while in high school in San Jose, California.  While in college at CSU Chico I built my next batch of guitars in 1994 and sold a couple in 1995.  I moved to Redding California and have been building here since 1999.  I write the date of the build completion and serial number on the back of the headstock and take photos so that we have record of guitars that were built.  See attached photo for typical headstock back." [Source: Jason, email 2/8/2008 ]

Schroeder guitar forum

Schroeder Guitars

1993 to present

Tim Schroeder repairs and builds custom guitars in Chicago, Illinois since 1993.

Eric C Schulte (born August 28, 1923) custom guitars made in Pennsylvania, USA

See excellent article on these guitars at http://www.vintageguitar.com

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Schwartz Guitars

1992 to present

"I started building guitars in 1992.

Dating Schwartz guitars

With the exception of the first couple of guitars, all my guitars have a serial number on the neck block, which represents the number built.  Early serial numbers include the date. The date on all my guitars is written in pencil on the inside of the top on the bass side of the sound hole.  I've also signed the guitar there and written the information backwards so you can read it easily with a mirror.

Early guitars do not have a label, but the information is still in pencil on the inside of the top.
On almost every guitar, except for a few early ones and the guitar with  the wolf inlay, the neck is attached with an unglued dovetail that is secured by  a screw through the neck block.

Pre 1998  guitars have the 'cat's ears' headstock.

The guitars have been built in Loretto, Ontario, Canada since 2000.  Pre 2000 guitars were built in Toronto, Ontario.

Post 2003 guitars have my logo on the headstock.  Guitars with art work  may have the logo on the back of the headstock.

Post 2005 guitars have an 'X' braced back.

All my guitars have had bound fingerboards, usually Ebony on Ebony.

All my guitars have solid linings on the back." [Source: Sheldon Schwarz, email 24/7/2008 ]

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Scipio

1995 to present

Flip Van Domburg Scipio - builds and repair guitars, Staten Island New York.

ScoGo

2001 to present

Scott Gordon, Solid body custom guitars 442 West First Avenue, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Website was not available Dec 2008. From internet archive:

Scogo Design 2002

Scogo Gallery 2005

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Douglas Scott

1998 to present

Classical Guitars, Canada

Image Trilogy Guitars:

John David Scott

1999 to present

Annacis Island, British Columbia, Canada

Commenced manufacture "1985.  Stamped on the inner heel block inside the guitar is a series of numbers; for example  030784 .
This would indicate that the instrument was assembled in March of 2007 , and was the 84th guitar I had built." [Source: Nicholas ,email 3/4/2008]

S.D. Curlee

1975-1982

S.D. Curlee was founded by Randy Curlee around 1975 in Matteson, Illinois.  S.D Curlee came from the three original designers, Sonny Storbeck, Randy Dritz and Randy Curlee. According to Michael Wright (Guitar Stories), this independent entrepreneur built and sold around 15,000 handcrafted instruments, including 12,000 bass guitars, between 1975 and 1982. [Source: Wikipedia]

SD Curlee Guitar Catalogs

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

According to the ebay article with these pics from this particular model is made in Japan.

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