Where were your guitars made?

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Thu May 10, 2012 4:32 am

USA-1
Korea-1
China-2
Mexico-2
Japan-5

off the top of my head

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Thu May 10, 2012 7:01 am

USA - 2

I know, where the fuck did my guitars go?

Some new Indonesians coming to my house this year, me thinks.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu May 10, 2012 7:26 am

USA - 1
Japan - 1
Mexico/Japan parts, assembled in UK - 1
USA parts, assembled in UK - 1

vincel · Post by **vincel** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:13 am

USA - 3
Korea - 1

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:39 am

China- 1 (Squier)
USA- 3 (Fender)
Taiwan- 1 (Yamaha)

I have various guitars lying in bits, 2x USA and 1 Korean (I think)

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:42 am

Sweden - 5
USA - 2
East Germany - 2
Japan - 1

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:37 am

Japan - 1 - jag-stang
China - 1, my first guitar. an acoustic steel strings Eagle
Hand made 4 - Gritante (screamer) , Rhoads , Surf-stang , Evh
Spain - 1 - Raymundo y aparicio , acoustic nylon strings

thinking in sell the evh and the eagle and buy a American Vintage '52 Telecaster Reissue if she is north american made.
pickups don mare or fran lin , backlite pickguard.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:59 am

USA - 4
Japan - 3
Korea - 2

Also three i built from various parts; USA, Indonesia, Japan, China, etc.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:08 am

4 -USA
1- China
2- Korea
3- Backyard

For a 3rd rock total of 10.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:21 am

USA - 1
UK - 1
Japan - 4
China - 1
Korea - 2

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:25 am

Guitars I've owned in the past:

Burns Marquee - Korea
Squier Telecaster Custom II - Indonesia?
Squier Stagemaster - Indonesia?

Current guitars:

Burns Batwing - Korea
Burns Nu-Sonic - China
Alden Chicago - China
Fender Jaguar - Japan
Danelectro - Korea

Korea wins hands down in this case. But it should be borne in mind that most of my guitars are pretty low end and production for many of them has since switched from Korea to China, most notably for the Danelectro and lower end of the Squier line like the Stagemasters (which they no longer produce but would deffo be produced in China if they did).

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:35 am

USA - 2
Korea - 1

I have a couple of unfinished projects but won't include those yet

James · Post by **James** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:03 am

Good stuff, guys. I'm surprised at the amount of Korea made guitars. To be honest I didn't even realise the Schecter I have here (owned by my wife) was made there until after starting this thread. Here's a few stats after 26 respondents but hopefully we can get to 50 or so.

26 members
198 guitars
Average of 7.6 guitars per member

22/26 (85%) own at least one USA made guitar
19/26 (73%) own at least one Japan made guitar
17/26 (65%) own at least one Korea made guitar

Some percentage breakdowns of the total guitars by country
USA - 25.76%
Japan - 21.21%
Korea - 14.65%
Indonesia - 7.58%
China - 7.07%

Those five countries account for 76.26% of the total, which is even more impressive when you take into account unknown/parts guitars make up 10.62%.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:09 am

after our conversation the other day James, I would be interested to see which factories these were made at as well as I know places like Samik in Korea and some of the Chinese ones make guitars for a number of different brands.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:24 am

ProcessedMeatMan wrote:
Ankhanu wrote:Japan: 3
Canada: 1
Korea: 2 (waiting on another one to arrive)
Unknown/Parts: 2
Indonesia: 2

I have others that I inherited, but don't know so well; primarily acoustics.
My Korean guitars are Schecters and a G&L, all great players, and my Japanese instruments are all Fenders, likewise great quality.
Did you get your new Hellcat yet? I just got mine yesterday... LOVIN IT

New Hellcat is the Korean I'm waiting on... it's been a bit over 7 weeks now! I had the same issues with shipping last year when I bought my Ultra VI; I can't forsee buying from themadape.com again. That said, I expect big improvements over the old Hellcat with this one when it finally arrives!

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:43 am

about i think Fender Toronado GT was made in Korea by Cort in Oem , amazing guitar.
samick made some top lines of Squier.
i believe korea is a little more expensive than china. so cheap line goes all China. most of Squier
most of reissue is japan if donÂ´t fail my memory.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Thu May 10, 2012 12:00 pm

All Fender:

US: 1
Japan: 2

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Thu May 10, 2012 12:08 pm

USA * 2 AVRI Strat, LP P90s

Jap * 4 FP Jem, RG550, Mustang Kurtdz, JV Squier Strat

Korea *1 S470

Indo * 1 EGen8

China * 1 JMJM

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu May 10, 2012 12:08 pm

iCEByTes wrote:about i think Fender Toronado GT was made in Korea by Cort in Oem , amazing guitar.
samick made some top lines of Squier.

Yes it was.
I believe the Lite Ash Fenders and Pro-Tone Squiers were also. There were some obscure ranges too like the Deluxe Specials; anyone remember the quilt top Cyclone and Toronado?

Always been a fan of the Korean stuff and if you had asked this question a few years ago they would have made up the majority of my collection.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Thu May 10, 2012 12:18 pm

2, Japan (fujigen)
2, China
1, Korea - assembled in Bedwas, Wales.
1, Unknown/Parts - Mostly Squier parts thing - Bronco bass conversion to 6 string bodgery.