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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:
Unicon		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
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	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:
Paul Unkert	current	UNK Guitars by Paul Unkert, Tom's River, New Jersey Image Rare Guitars UK
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]