Iron Age

Iron Age Guitar Accessories has been making handcrafted guitar picks since 2015.
Other products include custom guitar knobs & momentary guitar kill-switches.

XTag

XTag is a budget Indian guitar and accessories brand.

Source: XTag website (archived 2013)

Wabash

Wabash is a guitar, amplifier & accessories brand name of David Wexler & Company. Wexler & Co has been around since the 1920s and the Wabash guitars date back until at least the 1950s. There were also Wabash tube amplifiers, picks & straps.

Source: Wexlar & Co website (25 June 2021)

Wyres

Wyres Strings are manufactured in the USA .Circa 2021 they also planned to start making them in Canada.

Source: Wyres website (29 January 2021)

RockJam

RockJam is a budget electric guitar and amplifier brand, made in China. Circa 2020 these were sold in the UK by Argos shops and online at Amazon- as a £99 starter kit including amplifier and strap.

Wylde Audio

Wylde Audio was founded by Zakk Wylde in 2016 as an electric guitar brand. Circa 2019 Wylde Audio guitars were only available in the USA and were distributed by Schecter.

Source: Wylde Audio website (8 October 2019)

Hufschmid

Anglo-Swiss luthier Patrick Hufschmid lives and works in the Aigle near Montreux in Switzerland. He studied acoustic steel string, electric guitar building and repair at Red Wing Technical College, Minnesota, USA, before starting out in 1996 as a self-employed artisan guitar maker. Hufschmid also makes luxury guitar picks.

Source: Hufschmid guitars website

Gear4music

Gear4music was founded in 2003 by sound engineer Andrew Wass as a web-based UK retailer of own-brand beginner level musical instruments. Since then the group has grown consistently and launched a further 18 country specific websites covering much of Europe.

Source: Gear 4 Music website (10 July 2017)

EVH

The EVH brand was launched in 2007 by Eddie Van Halen. The EVH line includes guitars, amplifiers, cabinets, strings and straps all designed, tested, refined and approved by Van Halen.

Source: EVH website (23 April 2017)

De Rosa

De Rosa is brandname used for a range of budget imported instruments (including travel electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitars and amplifiers) distributed in the USA by Bridgecraft.

BlackSmith

Blacksmith is a brand name of the South Korean DHP Corporation. Blacksmith offer a full range of guitar and bass strings as well as accessories like cables, straps, picks, cleaners and polish.

Black Diamond (Strings)

Black Diamond Strings is a brand name that goes back to 1890. In the past they were made by the National Musical String Company in New Jersey. Currently made in Sarasota, Florida.

LEE HOOKER

The LeeHooker brand was established in 1998, by professional musicians who wanted to try building guitars. LeeHooker is based in the Czech Republic and offers a range of electric guitars, basses, effects pedals and guitar accessories. All LeeHooker guitars are custom boutique instruments (up to 90% handmade) all models are solely made in Czech Republic.

Currently LeeHooker offer two product lines: The Vintage Line and The Pro Line. The Vintage Line models are replicas of famous models from well known brands, The Pro Line models are LeeHooker original designs.

Gibson Eddie Lang Pick (No. 80-L)

Gibson's Eddie Lang pick (no. 80-L) - was the signature pick of Eddie Lang the father of jazz guitar. The Eddie Lang pick was made from brown celluloid tortoise shell, stamped with "Lang", had a laminated white corrugated grip and came in medium or heavy thickness. They cost $1.50 for a dozen in 1939 - although Lang had died six years earlier in 1933 .

Gibson Harry Reser Pick (No. 81-R)

Gibson's Harry Reser pick (no. 81-R) - was the signature pick of Harry Reser a 1920s and 1930s superstar banjo player and band leader. The Harry Reser pick was made form white celluloid tortoishell, stamped with "Reser" and had a laminated brown corrugated grip. They cost $1.50 for a dozen in 1939.

Gibson Pick No. 87

Gibson Pick No. 87 was square ended and made from medium green felt.

Gibson Pick No. 86

Gibson Pick No. 86 was oval shaped and made from medium green felt.

Gibson Pick No. 20

Gibson's pick no. 20 was the cheapest of their range in 1939 - selling at 20 cents for a dozen. It came in assorted colors including a vari-colored one. The no. 20 was polished but not bevelled and available as light thickness only.

Gibson Pick No. 309

Gibson Pick No. 309 was made from genuine tortoise shell, imported from France and carefully polished and bevelled. This pick also came in medium (316) and small (315) sizes and in light, medium and heavy thickness.

Gibson Pick No. 73

The three-pointed Gibson pick no. 73 was a triple threat. Celluloid tortoiseshell (73) or ivory (73½), bevelled edges with a hole in the centre for easy grip. Also available without the hole it came in light, medium or heavy thickness.

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