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  luthiers and guitar brands

U

made

info    updated 2/12/2009

U.A.C.

1920s

? Distributor brand made by Oscar Schmidt and others. [Source: Vintage Guitar Price Guide ]

Example http://www.vintagebluesguitars.com/pages/UACHawaiian.html

Ukeleles by Kawika

 

see K for Kawika

Ultra

 

by Ovation, made in USA

Image eBay:

Ultra by Ovation guitar

Unicon

Unicorn guitar head

 

by Venlonia http://www.daisybelle.nl/nedgit.htm

Unicord

 

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

see Univox

Unique Guitars

2003-?

Luthier Joey Rico, California USA.  Joey is the son of Bernie Rico, founder of BC Rich

uguitar web site not available post 2006. Following and image from archive:

Unique pricelist 2006

Unique guitar

United

1940s

Instruments made in 1940s in Elizabeth, New Jersey [Source: Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars ]  According to Michael Wright, United also made Orpheum guitars - possibly in the 1950s.  United was the successor to the Oscar Schmidt Company [Source: My Rare Guitars]

Unity   see Jubal

Univox

Univox guitar headstok

1964-1978

http://www.univox.org/guitars/

http://members.tripod.com/~ifumust/univox.html

http://www.minegitarer.com/vintageguitars.htm

http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=54

http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=150

http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=179

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

Univox catalogs http://www.univox.org/catalogs/

Warning re: Univox counterfeits http://www.univox.org/guitars/counterfeit.html

Forum http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/index.php

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

see Unicord

Images eBay:

Univox guitar

Univox classical guitar label Made in Japan

Paul Unkert

current

UNK Guitars by Paul Unkert, Tom's River, New Jersey

Image Rare Guitars UK

Paul Unkert metal neck guitar

Upfold Guitars   Craig Upfold makes custom guitars, South Tacoma, New South Wales, Australia.

Ural Guitars

 

http://www.cheesyguitars.com/ural.html

Urlacher guitars

2002 to present

"I started building steel string guitars at the beginning of 2002. My guitars are made in the Pacific Northwest; Eugene, Oregon, USA Each guitar has a label ( viewed from the soundhole) that indicates the date, model, guitar number in that series and overall guitar number." [Source:  Rebecca Urlacher, Luthier, email 12/7/2008 ]

USA Custom Guitars

1999 to present

Tacoma, Washington, USA

US Masters Guitar Works

current

Middleton, Wisconsin, USA

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/U.S.+Masters

Frank Usher Guitars   "So far I've made 45 instruments, all one off's for specific buyers, none of which are numbered or dated. This information is with me at the workshop, noted in a book. All are with their original purchasers except one l/h strat, sold when the owner was broke, a 5 string bass stolen in France, and a guitar and bass lost in the states when the rep died windsurfing. " [Source: Frank, email 3/4/2008]