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Studio One

Studio One was a brand name of Red Tree Music Inc a musical instrument distribution company. Red Tree Music was established in 1973 by Austin Lempit in Mamaroneck, New York. They began importing instruments (from Korea) using their own brand names: Studio One for electric guitars and effects and Alton for acoustic guitars and banjos. Lempit had to sell the business in 1978, due to a divorce, and the new owners dropped the Studio One brand name and started using the Zapp brand name instead. They also changed suppliers - some of the Zapp guitars were decent quality Japanese made instruments. Some of the electronic products - such as Zapp or Studio One practice amplifiers were cheaply made in the USA. Red Tree Music stopped trading in the early 1980s.

Zapp

Zapp was a brand name of Red Tree Music Inc a musical instrument distribution company. Red Tree Music was established in 1973 by Austin Lempit in Mamaroneck, New York. They began importing instruments (from Korea) using their own brand names: Studio One for electric guitars and effects and Alton for acoustic guitars and banjos. Lempit had to sell the business in 1978, due to a divorce, and the new owners dropped the Studio One brand name and started using the Zapp brand name instead. They also changed suppliers - some of the Zapp guitars were decent quality Japanese made instruments. Some of the electronic products - such as Zapp or Studio One practice amplifiers were cheaply made in the USA. Red Tree Music stopped trading in the early 1980s.

Wotan

Wotan acoustic, electric and bass guitars were made in Japan in the 1970s and early 1980s. These were made in Japan and distributed in Germany.

AIO (All In One)

All In One (AIO) is a brand name of the All in One Guitar shop in Los Angeles. Jin Kim first opened the shop in 2014 to provide guitars made internationally with reasonable prices taking extra care to avoid the stress, wood shrinkage & fret damage often caused by overseas handling and weather changes. In 2021 they had two main product lines: AIO Custom and AIO Wolf.

Source: AIO website (15 November 2021)

Wolf

Several Wolf brand guitar companies:

  • A Wolf electric & bass guitar brand made by KHL in Seoul, South Korea. These are the most common Wolf brand instruments and have a Wolf inlay on the peghead with the word "Wolf" above.
  • Wolf acoustic guitars are made by Karl Redlich in Alvie, Victoria, Australia.
  • Wolf custom electric guitars made by Thomas Bruneteau in France.
  • Wolf guitars by Philippe Jammes in Brax,France
  • Wolf guitars made in Nashville, Arkansas by Joshua Rodgers. These all have a wolf paw engraved somewhere on the instrument

Woody Woodcasters

Woody Woodcasters is a custom exotic wood guitar and bass brand established in 2006. Wanting to avoid use of plastics they started building guitars and basses made with metal and exotic hardwoods only. The only plastic parts are the switch tips. The pickguards, cavity covers, knobs, tuners, even the pickups are made of wood. Each instrument comes with a matching custom finished wood and aluminum flight case.

Wizard

Wizard guitars are made in Saint Hilaire de Chaléons in Fance by Maxime Mimil. Maxime began his woodworking training in the Compagnons du Devoir before going to work for a furniture restorer. He then gained the the ITEMM (European Technological Institute for Music Professions) for more in-depth and specialized training in luthiery. He went to work with several luthiers in order to learn the particular skills of each one (acoustic guitars, archtops, electric, basses etc…). He was was lucky enough to be hired by the prestigious Cartier house as a Jeweler, while continuing to work on his instruments.

Source: Wizard Guitars website (2 November 2021)

Wooden Wizard

Wooden Wizard Guitars was established by Larry Smoak in Pembroke Pines, Florida on November, 1983. It has since moved to a new location in Orange Park, Florida. They offer custom built instruments including: Set neck, Bolt-on neck and Bodies of your design as well as after market designs. They can build specialized parts out of metal as well as wood in their machine shop. Custom tooling is fabricated as needed. Nitrocellulose Lacquer is the preferred finish. Clients have included: John Starling, Bill Kirchen, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton.

Source: Wooden Wizard website (archived 2019)

Wolford

Jens J Hucke launched the JJ Hucke brand in 1991. JJ Hucke Guitars were built to order in London from 1991 to 1995. In 1996 the workshop relocated to Warwickshire and a few shops acted as dealerships. Jens J Hucke then co-launched JJ Guitars.  After leaving that company in 2003 he ran Wolford Guitars as a solo project - changing the name to Hucke Guitars around 2018.

Source: Wolford Guitars website (archived 2017)

 

Saito

Saito Musical Instrument Studio Co., Ltd. is a guitar and bass design, manufacturing, sales & repair company founded in 1991 in Adachi-ku, Tokyo. Their history is as follows:

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