Hohner Guitars
Founded 1857
Hohner is a German musical-instrument company with a historical guitar catalogue, though the company states that guitar production has stopped.
Brand origin catalog
Germany has one of Europe's broadest guitar ecosystems: historic names such as Höfner and Framus, bass-focused builders such as Warwick and Sandberg, boutique electric brands such as Nik Huber and Duesenberg, acoustic makers such as Lakewood, and Thomann's budget house brand Harley Benton.
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Founded 1857
Hohner is a German musical-instrument company with a historical guitar catalogue, though the company states that guitar production has stopped.
Founded 1887
Höfner is a long-running German instrument brand known for hollow-body guitars, archtops and electric basses.
Founded 1946
Framus is a German guitar brand with a long history and a catalogue covering electric, acoustic, archtop and semi-hollow instruments.
Founded 1982
Warwick is a German bass brand founded by Hans-Peter Wilfer and known for electric basses, custom-shop instruments and bass amplification.
Founded 1986
Duesenberg is a German guitar brand known for art-deco styling, semi-hollow instruments, solid-body electrics and its own hardware designs.
Founded 1986
Lakewood is a German acoustic-guitar maker focused on handcrafted steel-string acoustic guitars.
Founded 1994
Ortega is a German-origin brand focused on nylon-string, acoustic, ukulele and fretted folk instruments.
Founded 1996
Nik Huber is a German boutique guitar maker focused on high-end electric guitars, including single-cut, double-cut and semi-hollow models.
Founded 1997
Harley Benton is Thomann's house guitar brand, covering a wide range of affordable electric, acoustic and bass instruments.
Founded 2011
Maybach is a German brand focused on vintage-style electric guitars and basses inspired by classic S-style, T-style, single-cut and semi-hollow designs.
Sandberg is a German producer of guitars and bass guitars, best known for premium basses and Fender-inspired electric formats.
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