Where were your guitars made?

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USA - 3 (LP, Strat, Martin)
Canada - 1 (Seagull)
Korea - 2 (Epiphone LP and SG)
Japan - 2 (Jag-Stang and Jaguar)
China - 2 (SX Jazz Bass, Turser Beatle bass)

Parts/Kits - 5 (lots of MIM, Squier and GFS parts, Chinese kits, the occasional high-end pickup)

I have owned an Indonesian Squier, a Standard Tele (step up from the Affinity).. It was the nicest Squier Tele I've ever played.
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Talk about senility.

Tried to think off the top of my head and my resident 'Marekins got forgotten.

USA - 2
Rickenbacker 360/12
Rickenbacker 620 (SoCal)

Japan - 4
Jazzmaster
Stratocaster
Yamaha SG1000
Jaguar (SoCal)

Korea - 5
Swing T-Thru
Willows Televersary
Peerless Smoked Bass Custom
Epiphone LP-7
Moollon J-Classic

China - 1
Epiphone Emily the Strange G-310

Canada - 2
Godin A4 Fretless
Godin A6 (SoCal)




Of the above, I'm not really using these and will likely attempt to sell them off real soon:
Epiphone LP-7
Yamaha SG1000
Godin A4 Fretless
Shell Pink Esquink body(!)
Godin A6 (next time I'm in the States)



...So I can justify buying these two and bump my MIKs up to SIX:
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ultratwin wrote: Yamaha SG1000
is that a reissue or OG?
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Japan 2
Jaguar
Tokai Les Paul

China? 1
Aria Mosrite Bass
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I forgot I have a MIK Squier and a MIJ BC Rich ATM. I didn't know Canada made guitars, but it makes sense.
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ultratwin wrote:
Of the above, I'm not really using these and will likely attempt to sell them off real soon:
Epiphone LP-7
For reals? I thought that was the special sauce!
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stewart wrote:
ultratwin wrote: Yamaha SG1000
is that a reissue or OG?

'09 reissue, clean as a whistle.
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Nick wrote:
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Of the above, I'm not really using these and will likely attempt to sell them off real soon:
Epiphone LP-7
For reals? I thought that was the special sauce!

It admittedly is, though with more quirks than I seem to have patience for.

Being nicely chambered and resonant, it really is a decent instrument but I'm finding the 24.75" scale rather hard to keep tight on the low end with my preferred AEADGBE, not to mention the pickups wound too hot to get the clarity that I want. It's has given mixing engineers a big headache when I've used it to supplant a solid baseline with rich harmonics (in theory), the sound instead often ending up with a more or less muddy distorted tone that lacks a classic crunch.

If it were just a matter of pickups I'd switch out the bridge side and keep on trucking', but am thinking that Senor Watts' post several months back about stringing a guitar up with the lower 6 of 7 strings (esp. On a 25.5" scale) making more sense right now, the Swing T-Thru being the main candidate for flexible low end tones.
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Japan 1
USA 1
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JAPAN
Ibanez Destroyer II
Antoria SG - for sale
Washburn Raven - for sale

CHINA
Jay Turser SG Junior

GERMANY
Hofner Ambassador WMZ4578
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James wrote: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%.
The same stats after 42

42 members
317 guitars
Average of 7.5 guitars per member

35/42 (83%) own at least one USA made guitar
30/42 (71%) own at least one Japan made guitar
26/45 (56%) own at least one Korea made guitar

Some percentage breakdowns of the total guitars by country
USA - 24.16%
Japan - 22.4%
Korea - 12.93%
Indonesia - 6.94%
China - 9.78%

Those five countries account for 76.66% of the total (very close to last time though the balance between them changed a little), the unknown parts now make up 8.52% and only 14.83% are from neither unknown/parts or one of those five countries.
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Really interesting thread :)

My two pence:

USA - 4 (Ric, Fender, Gibson and Martin)
Mexico - 1 (Fender)
Japan - 1 (Fender)
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mkt3000 wrote:USA - 2
China - 3
Indonesia - 6
Puerto Rico - 1
Japan - 3
Korea - 2
Updated
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wish one is from puerto rico ?
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Canada - 1
Ireland - 1 (mando)
China - 1 9( mando)
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USA:1
Japan:1
Parts:1
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iCEByTes wrote:wish one is from puerto rico ?
A classical guitar I've owned since childhood. My first guitar.

There's also two guys here who make custom electrics, a handful of guys who make pedals, and a guy who's going to start making amps soon.
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England - Gordon Smith GS1
Japan - Mustang 65RI
Mexico - Standard IBM Strat
China (i think) - Squier Jagmaster
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USA - 1
Indonesia - 1
UK - 1
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Mexico 1 (telecaster)
Japan 2 (Gretsch, & a Daion acoustic)
USA 1 (duosonic)
China 1 (Eastwood airline)
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