Paul Stevens learned guitar-making at Guildhall University, London back in the 90's. He now has his own workshop on Pevensey Rd, Eastbourne where he spends most of his time making bespoke electric and acoustic guitars. Pauls custom guitars are made from top quality materials, premium hardware and the best electronic components. Most are based on classic designs but he does have plans for some more original rock machines.

For the last 20 years He has worked as a guitar repairer, in the Gibson Artist Relations Office London, Hanks Denmark Street, Wembley Guitar Centre, Bonners Music Shop and his own clients include Stereophonics, Idlewild and Tokyo Dragons. He has also worked as a guitar tech for the likes of Daniel Bedingfield, One Hundred Hours, and the West End show We Will Rock You. He now does repairs from his workshop in Eastbourne.

Tom Stenback makes bass guitars in Finland.

Source: Tom Stenback website (5 November 2020)

Stellar Guitars was launched in 2003 as a budget electric, acoustic & bass guitar brand by a company in Coral Gables, Florida. By 2017 their own website was inactive - but they carried on selling Stellar instruments through eBay.

Source: Stellar Guitars website (archived 2016)

Stella was a brand name of the Oscar Schmidt Company of New Jersey - they used it for acoustic guitars and other stringed instruments from around 1899 onwards. The Harmony Company of Chicago bought the Stella brand in 1939 - the Stella brand would have been discontinued around 1975 when Harmony stopped production in the USA.

Stadium Guitars is a guitar & bass brand of Lou Capece Music Distributors (LCMD). Some Stadium branded acoustic guitars were made in Holland in the 1950s by Egmond (not related to the modern Stadium brand)

Source: Stadium Guitars website (3 November 2020)

Hitachi Musical Instrument manufacturing company was the maker of Splendor brand guitars in the 1960s (according to the neck plates on those guitars).

Oliver Specht has been building instruments since 1991. From 1991 to 1993 he studied guitar building with Michael Dunn at Douglas College. The next year he started Specht Guitars while also studying cabinet-making and woodworking at BCIT. From 1995-2005  he repaired musical instruments with Paul Iverson at Calder Music and at Tom Lee Music.  From 2005-2011 he designed and built various electric and acoustic guitars, basses and baritone guitars. He exhibited some of these guitars at the Montreal Guitar Show. Since then he has also repaired and serviced guitars for Long & McQuade in Nanaimo.

Source: Specht Guitars website (20 October 2020)

Sorina electric guitars and basses  - originated in Korea in the 1970s. These usually have a small red "New Gibson Electric" logo on the peghead. Most likely made for the Korean domestic market but some found their way to the USA in the hands of military personell stationed in Korea.