Members ivenstein Posted September 5, 2013 Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 Hello,can you name me guitar manufacturer from Japan, Indonesia and South Korea? Only Companys who exists today. I plan to go to Asia in the next months for about a half year and want to make connections to interesting manufacturers. My plan is to import good/high quality guitars to europe. I don't need chinese companies. I was in contact with China in the last years and the quality was mostly disappointing. Thanx for your help, Ivenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted September 5, 2013 Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 Look at any of the main guitar websites from the US, most guitars under $800 bills are from there. Yep, all the big names use asian manufacturing for their less expensive lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ivenstein Posted September 5, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 i know that but it is not easy to find out who this manufacturers are thanks for reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted September 5, 2013 Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 Some very high quality guitar manufacturers in Japan. Your not going to get them cheap though. Labor costs are up in South Korea also. May have better luck with companies in India, Indonesia and Vietnam. The problems with some of these countries is the nfrastructure. Getting your materials in and goods out can be a pain. The trev wilkinson guitars ,Vintage JHS are made in Vietnam. Have you checked them out and see if there about the quality your looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ivenstein Posted September 5, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 hey DaleH: thank you for informations. i am also interested at manufacturers from other countries. for me the quality is more interesting than the cheapest price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultraworld Posted September 5, 2013 Members Share Posted September 5, 2013 Google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted September 6, 2013 Members Share Posted September 6, 2013 @larryguitar Very interesting! Do you have any pics or anything? What does it cost to make a guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted September 6, 2013 Members Share Posted September 6, 2013 I'll see if I can dig up a few pix; I talked about them here, so not sure if a search will show anything, as it was years ago. I called the brand 'Caliber Guitars', if that might help. One thing I found out early on is that what a guitar 'costs' from the factory and what it 'costs' to sell are two almost unrelated things; stuff like UPS cracking guitars in shipping (and never honoring a claim), customs fees, even packing materials, added up quickly. It was also so long ago that I can't honestly recall what I was paying, but it *seemed* cheap on paper. Since I was so anal, though, every one got a full fret dress, level and polish, and was set-up and strung with the customer's choice of gauge in D'Addario strings; the time was hard to price.And when I dealt with them, a minium 'sample' order with your own logo inlay was a minumum of six guitars, though as I said, it was a number of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted September 6, 2013 Members Share Posted September 6, 2013 ivenstein wrote: Hello, can you name me guitar manufacturer from Japan, Indonesia and South Korea? Only Companys who exists today. I plan to go to Asia in the next months for about a half year and want to make connections to interesting manufacturers. My plan is to import good/high quality guitars to europe. I don't need chinese companies. I was in contact with China in the last years and the quality was mostly disappointing. Thanx for your help, Ivenstein Don't forget Vietnam. I own several VN guitars. Love them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ivenstein Posted September 7, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2013 Thank you guys for all your informations! With some of these manufacturers I even got in touch and 2 are interested in a cooperation At first we look at the concept and the prices and then we will see if we can make something concrete. But please don't stop to send names and informations of manufacturers because it is very important to get more offers and connections. @ Etienne Rambert do you have names of this vietnamese manufacturers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted September 8, 2013 Members Share Posted September 8, 2013 You should start researching the governments of the nations you want to do business with. They might have English-speaking offices that can put you in contact with their manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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