Watkins / WEM
Founded 1949
Watkins / WEM is a historic British brand linked to early UK amplifiers, tape echo units and electric guitars such as the Rapier line.
Brand origin catalog
The United Kingdom is broad rather than uniform: Burns, VOX and Shergold cover historic or revived electric-guitar identities; Gordon Smith, Fret-King, Vintage and Patrick James Eggle cover workhorse, affordable and boutique electrics; Lowden, Avalon, Fylde and Faith make the acoustic side especially strong.
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Founded 1949
Watkins / WEM is a historic British brand linked to early UK amplifiers, tape echo units and electric guitars such as the Rapier line.
Founded 1959
Burns London is a British guitar brand associated with distinctive vintage-style electric guitars and basses.
Founded 1959
Burns London is a historic British electric-guitar and bass brand associated with distinctive 1960s designs such as the Marvin and Bison.
Founded 1967
Shergold is a British guitar brand with a historical catalogue and a modern line designed in the UK by Patrick James Eggle.
Founded 1973
Fylde is an English handmade acoustic-instrument maker led by master luthier Roger Bucknall.
Founded 1974
Gordon Smith is a UK electric-guitar brand known for handmade solid-body guitars and straightforward single-cut, double-cut and offset designs.
Founded 1974
Lowden is a Northern Irish acoustic-guitar maker focused on high-end steel-string acoustic guitars.
Founded 1988
Tanglewood is a UK guitar brand offering acoustic, electric and bass guitars across accessible price ranges.
Founded 1989
Avalon is a Northern Irish acoustic-guitar maker based in Newtownards, focused on handmade steel-string guitars.
Founded 1998
Italia is a retro-styled electric-guitar and bass brand associated with British design by Trev Wilkinson and South Korean production.
Founded 2005
Patrick James Eggle is a UK boutique guitar maker building high-end electric and acoustic instruments.
Founded 2009
Chapman is a UK-origin guitar brand focused on modern electric guitars, including S-style, T-style, baritone and extended-range models.
Founded 2009
Chapman is a UK-origin electric-guitar brand focused on modern player-driven designs, artist models and affordable-to-midrange instruments.
Faith is a UK-designed acoustic-guitar brand associated with Patrick James Eggle designs and production instruments.
Fret-King is a UK-origin electric-guitar brand associated with Trev Wilkinson and classic-inspired working instruments.
Vintage is a UK-origin guitar brand offering affordable electric, acoustic and bass instruments inspired by classic guitar formats.
VOX is a British music brand whose guitar line revives classic 1960s VOX shapes and includes compact and modelling-based instruments.
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British boutique pedal maker focused on robust, premium guitar effects.
British effects maker focused on fuzz, drive and compact utility pedals.
British maker of guitar amplifiers and pedals with a boutique workshop profile.
British boutique amp and pedal maker focused on responsive, original guitar amplification designs.
British boutique amplifier maker focused on hand-built guitar amps and cabinets.
British maker of aged electric guitars and vintage-style handmade replacement pickups.
London workshop known for handmade guitar and bass pickups, repairs and guitar-care products.
British maker of custom guitar and bass speaker cabinets.
British cabinet maker focused on lightweight, high-output bass and guitar speaker cabinets.