Peavey T60 plans

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Hi there,

Looking to see if anyone knows where I can get a drawing of T60 body for a guitar project I am planning.
Would be happy with a tracing of the body and note of depth so I can make a template
Strange request but hopefully someone can help.
Thanks Gary

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S101

S101 Guitars is a brand name of the America Sejung company. Sejung is a Korean-based textile, construction and information technology business founded in 1974. Qingdao Sejung Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. was established China in 2001 to produce affordable pianos and guitars. Company chairman, Soon Ho Park invested $20 million to build a new piano and guitar factory in Qingdao, staffed by experienced Korean managers, to supply product to local and worldwide markets. Their George Steck, Hobart M. Cable and Falcone piano brands offer a wide range of styles and finishes in both grands and uprights. Their guitar brands are S101 and Canvas.  Qingdao Sejung Musical Instrument Co. are also OEM producers of instruments for other big name brands.

Source: S101 Guitars website (15 May 2020)

Kumalae

Jonah Kumalae (1874 - 1940) was a Hawaiian politician, businessman and prolific ukulele maker. His main period of ukulele manufacture began in 1911. In 1915 he displayed his instruments at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, where his ukulele design won a Gold Award. From then on this gold award was incorporated into his peghead logos. The original Kumalae ukuleles were made until the early 1930s but the Kumalae brand name was resurrected in 2012 by Welkin Sound with modern Kumalae ukuleles made in China and Japan.

Source: Kumalae Ukuleles website (15 May 2020)

Source: The Ukulele: A Visual History. 2003. Jim Beloff

ZZ Ryder

ZZ Ryder guitars were made in China from around 2004 to 2008 for Stenzler Musical Instruments. The ZZ Ryder 2004 catalog describes the range as follows:

"You've entered the Eclectic Electric Guitar World of ZZ Ryder, the world's newest, most innovative guitars. These sexy guitars and basses are built to play, with hot rod electronics that let you emulate your favorite guitars at a price that you'll want to keep to yourself.

ZZ Ryder's unique guitars come in a variety of shapes and sizes from the short scale Rip your face off travel-sized (22 1/2 scale) Model 2 series to the artist acclaimed Model 3 series (24 3 4 scale).All ZZ Ryders have coil taps to let you go from a phatt,powerful humbucking to a single coil on steroids at the flip of a switch or via the push/pull potentiometers.

A.C. Fairbanks

A.C. Fairbanks and William E Cole established the Fairbanks & Cole musical instrument workshop in Beach Street, Boston in 1880 to make guitars, banjos and mandolins. William's brother Frank Cole also joined as production manager. In 1890 they patented a banjo tone ring design which evetually became the famous Whyte Laydie model in 1903. Fairbanks himself left the company in 1892 to concentrate on making wooden bicycle rims. The Cole brothers also left to form another banjo company. Fairbanks & Cole was bought by Dodge & Cummings who changed the name to AC Fairbanks & Co Inc. and put David L Day (later of Bacon Banjo Co.) in charge of production at new premises at 786 Washington Street.

Hafner & Sutphin (H&S)

John P. Hafner (1856 - 1929) and Eugene H. Sutphin (1876-1965) founded a musical instrument and small good company in Philadelphia . J.P. Hafner was connected with the small goods trade for many years, having previously been employed by the firm of Klemm Brothers from 1873 until it closed in 1877 and thenseveral other large dealers of musical instruments including Zimmerman (harp house) . E.A. Sutphin also had many years of training in the business - he was formerly connected with the firm of Robert C. Kretschner. In 1911 they organized the firm of Hafner & Sutphin at 149 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia as jobbers of musical instruments and small goods. In 1921 they moved their premises to a four storey building at 925 Arch Street in 1921. The ground floor was the sales and show rooms with the other floors used for storage. They had a complete line of merchandise.

Blair Iain Russell

Blair Iain Russell first learned guitar making in 2010 under the supervision of Stephen Hill. Following this, he studied for a year at the Newark College of Instrument making. He then set up a workshop in Bristol where he made acoustic and classical guitars to order. Blair Russell also offered, setups, repairs and one on one guitar making lessons in his workshop.  Students were guided through the complete process of constructing the guitar, starting with just blocks of wood.

Later he relocated to Berlin, Germany. His guitars are sometimes labelled "Iain Russell" and sometimes "Blair Iain Russell".

Source: Blair Russell website (archived 2013)

Rustler

Rustler guitars were made by Charles "Chuck" Caponi in the 1990s in Mason City, Iowa. Rustler guitars were high end Telecaster style electrics with cowboy styling. In the 1995 catalog there were three Rustler models the Original Rustler, Rustler TL and the Outlaw. All these guitars had figured maple tops, alder back and sides, tooled leather side binding, brass studs, gold hardware, bound top & back, bone nut, vintage style tuners, "R" brand in top, tweed case and matching tooled leather strap. List price ranged from $1599 to $1699

Source: Rustler catalog 1995

Rusch

Robert Rusch makes custom guitars in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. In addition to custom builds Rusch concentrates on around six core models, including his Jerry Garcia series, which includes The Wolf, The Tiger, and the Rosebud. He also makes archtops, like his Artista model, and a Vintage 21 electric model. Rusch is a self-taught luthier, heavily influenced by Robert Benedetto’s books on building archtop guitars.

Source: Rusch Guitars website (14 May 2020)

Runesson

Tyko Runesson is a Swedish luthier who now works in Switzerland. He has been building guitars under the Runesson brand name since 2006 and currently makes a wide range of electric and acoustic guitars as well as other stringed instruments.

Source: Runesson Custom Instruments website (14 May 2020)

Russtone

Russtone Guitars were made in Moscow from 1988 onwards. The origins of Russtone were covered by Artyom Kadik and Douglas Williams in Guitar Player Magazine in 1991:

"IN THE HEART OF Moscow, between the Kremlin and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Soviet Union’s first private musical instrument factory has arisen—despite pre-perestroika rock restrictions and stormy political struggles surrounding the ownership of private property. Launched in 1988 by Artyom Kadik and Evgeni Bereza, Russtone Musical Instruments has already begun to make its mark: Bands now playing the company’s guitars include Russia's Aria, Va Bank, Master, Black Coffee, and Rondo,as well as Australia’s Climax and Denmark's Sixty Nine.

Rukavina

Rukavina instruments are hand made in Missoula, Montana by Ryan Rukavina - who graduated from Roberto-Venn Institute in 1996. Rukavina specializes in making electric guitars, basses and lap steels but also offers mandolas, ukuleles and instruction in luthiery.

Source: Rukavina Guitars website (11 May 2020)

Russell Guitars

James Russell began making guitars in 1979 at the age of 23 while living in Orange County, California. Some years later he was able to go full time as a guitar builder. He is now based in Redding, California where he makes acoustic, electric, classical and bass guitars in his one-man workshop. James also teaches guitar and perforrms solo guitar in the Redding and Mount Shasta area.

Source: Russell Guitars website (10 May 2020)

RTO

RTO guitars was founded by Raymond Olsen in 2006. Olsen worked in the motorcycle industry for many years before and used his machining skills to design a new type of surfacing mounting tremolo (patented in 2010). RTO sell tremolos as well as electric guitars.

Source: RTO Guitar and Tremolo website (11 May 2020)

David Russell Young

David Russell Young made acoustic and classical guitars from the 1960s to 1980s before moving on to violin and cello bow making. In the 1970s his clients included Eric Clapton, Carly Simon, Gram Parsons, Merle Haggard, and Keith Richards. He is the author of the book "The Steel String Guitar - Construction and Repair" published in 1975.

David Rubio

David Joseph Spinks (David J. Rubio) was born in 1934 in London. He studied flamenco guitar in Spain and became a professional player by his 20s. During this time he earned the nickname "Rubio" on account of his red beard. In the 1960s he settled in New York and stopped performing to concentrate on making guitars instead. While learning flamenco guitar in Spain he had spent many hours in guitar makers workshops and had absorbed the techniques involved due to his photographic memory - well enough to build his own instruments by memory alone. He established his first workshop on Carmine Street in New York's Greenwich Village. On his return to England he set up a workshop near Oxford, later relocating it to Cambridge. He widened his range of instruments to lutes, harpsichords, theorbos, vihuelas, citterns, and panduras. By 1979 his focus was on making violins, violas and cellos. He died in 2000 in Cambridge, aged 66.

Robert Ruck

Robert Ruck lived from 1945 to 2018 and was a prolific maker of classical guitars. Ruck started making guitars in the mid 1960s in Miami and is best known for his guitar number 58 sold to Manuel Barrueco in 1972 which became the virtuoso's main instrument. Ruck made more than 1000 guitars and his instruments were played by Berta Rojas, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Celedonio, Celin, and Pepe Romero, Gerardo Nuñez, Leo Brouwer, Michael Lorimer, Kaare Norge, Paulo Bellinati, Michael and Joanne Andriaccio, Sharon Isbin, Tilman Hoppstock, and many others.

Source: Noted Luthier Robert Ruck (Builder of Manuel Barrueco’s Famous ‘No. 58’) Passes Away at 72. Classical Guitar Magazine, August 15, 2018

Running Dog

Running Dog acoustic guitars are made by Rick Davis. By 2016 Rick had produced over 160 guitars for clients across the world. Rick served as the Executive Director of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA) and was the editor of Guitarmaker magazine from 1999 to 2005. Rick has been an exhibitor at the Healdsburg, Newport, and Montreal guitar shows, and has been featured in several books about contemporary luthier-built instruments. Rick's work is the centerpiece of Tim Brookes' 2005 book, Guitar: An American Life. Originally based in Vermon he moved to Seattle in 2006 to create a shared shop and lutherie center with wife Cat.

Source: Running Dog Guitars website (archived 2016)

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