Members seagullplayer77 Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Outside of the Godin brands (Seagull, Art & Lutherie, Simon & Patrick, Godin, etc.), the really high-end stuff (Gibson, Taylor, Martin), and custom luthiers, are there any other guitar manufacturers that make their guitars in North America (not including Mexico)? Not looking to buy or anything like that...just a curious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Godin is Canadian.Larrivee builds guitars in Oxnard, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Existentialist Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Is LaPatrie a Godin sub-brand? Theyre Canadian/North American Ah nevermind just looked... yes they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Well, Collings is considered a mid-size manufacturer (around 5,000 gits per year) and they are located in Texas. The USA Guild's used to be built in Tacoma, WA and I think they are now built in New Hartford CT. Larrivee makes their high end guitars (all their guitars above the O3 grade models) in Oxnard CA. Breedlove is located in Bend, OR, where they make their higher end models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 there are actually plenty of others at the upper end of the pricing continuum, which I deliberately didn't mention before.SCGCCollingsHuss & DaltonandPantheon Guitarsand then of course you have all the boutique shops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 You can add Froggy Bottom to that list as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here's a list of the ones in Canada. Some of them are small in terms of numbers but high on quality. I would bet there are many, many more in the USA since our population is about equal the state of California. Canadian Guitar Makers Here are some links to some of the finest guitar makers Canada has to offer.Ontario Manzer Guitars F Bass John Briggs Oskar Graf Zachary Allan Beardsell Lado Freddy's Frets Beneteau Guitars Proulx Guitars Laskin Guitars Hibbs Guitars Willow Guitars GBS Guitars Potvin GuitarsBritish Columbia Morgan Guitars Webber Guitars Larrivee Guitars Northwood Timtone Guitars Alberta Fretworks Threet GuitarsSaskatchewan Fury Dingwall Sawchyn Guitars Quebec Godin Seagull Nova Scotia Rizsanyi Guitars Legend GuitarsNewfoundland Garrison Guitars Tremblett Archtops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tennisplayer Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee making guitars both in Canada and US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guildfire Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Santa Cruz Guitar Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valentsgrif Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Babicz. I think they are in New York. http://www.hudsonvalleyguitars.com/shop/cart.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outdoorgb Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee LarriveeLarrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larrivee Larriveemaking guitars both in Canada and US I was gonna say Larrivee...Looks like we have it covered... As an owner of an L03R...They rate a best buy in my book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conway Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Froggy Bottom is my favorite, Prices are very high........ Collings would be my second choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here's a list of the ones in Canada. Some of them are small in terms of numbers but high on quality. I would bet there are many, many more in the USA since our population is about equal the state of California. . . .. . . NewfoundlandGarrison Guitars . . . I don't think Garrison actually exists any longer as a brand. It was bought out by Gibson back in 2007 and AFAIK the brand is no longer produced, with the facilities now dedicated to production of Gibson's "Songmaker" line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knowspicker Posted June 6, 2009 Members Share Posted June 6, 2009 Composite Acoustic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2009 I was just thinking...Rainsong guitars are made in Hawaii, aren't they? I guess that would qualify them onto the list, though they are a bit on the pricey side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StumpDPG Posted July 17, 2020 Members Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 6/3/2009 at 2:41 PM, seagullplayer77 said: Outside of the Godin brands (Seagull, Art & Lutherie, Simon & Patrick, Godin, etc.), the really high-end stuff (Gibson, Taylor, Martin), and custom luthiers, are there any other guitar manufacturers that make their guitars in North America (not including Mexico)? Not looking to buy or anything like that...just a curious question. Zager is built in Lincoln, NE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members money12 Posted August 14, 2020 Members Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 3:05 PM, StumpDPG said: Zager is built in Lincoln, NE. Zager lies about where they are built. Truth is, they're import guitars made in Indonesia and Zager claims that Denny does some scientific setup on them. Which I hardly believe that either. I would never do business with a company like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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