Brand origin catalog

🇩🇪 Germany

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.

11 brands · origin, not necessarily manufacturing location

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.

HG-490The PrinzTE PrinzST SeriesHeadless Professional Series
Acoustic

Höfner

Founded 1887

Höfner is a long-running German instrument brand known for hollow-body guitars, archtops and electric basses.

Violin BassClub BassVerythinPresidentCommittee
Acoustic

Framus

Founded 1946

Framus is a German guitar brand with a long history and a catalogue covering electric, acoustic, archtop and semi-hollow instruments.

PantheraDiabloMayfieldHollywood
Acoustic

Warwick Basses

Founded 1982

Warwick is a German bass brand founded by Hans-Peter Wilfer and known for electric basses, custom-shop instruments and bass amplification.

StreamerThumbCorvetteDolphinRockBass
BoutiqueAcoustic

Duesenberg is a German guitar brand known for art-deco styling, semi-hollow instruments, solid-body electrics and its own hardware designs.

Starplayer TVCaribouPalomaFullertonAlliance Series

Ortega Guitars

Founded 1994

Ortega is a German-origin brand focused on nylon-string, acoustic, ukulele and fretted folk instruments.

Family SeriesPerformer SeriesPrivate Room SeriesEarth SeriesBamboo Series
Acoustic

Sandberg is a German producer of guitars and bass guitars, best known for premium basses and Fender-inspired electric formats.

California T BassCalifornia V BassBasic BassClassic BassCalifornia ST Guitar
S-styleBoutique