Hodson Guitars was a budget electric guitar and bass brand active from around 2009 to 2014. Hodson was owned by Simply Guitars, in Hampshire, UK, who imported these guitars from China for sale primarily through ebay  in the UK.

Source: Hodson Guitars website (Archived 2011)

Danny Hines Custom Guitars was established in 2007 as a supplier of custom aged guitars (typically Fender style), bodies, necks and parts.

Source: Danny Hines Custom Guitars website

Pete Hilton started making basses in the 1990s. At first he worked by trial and error before joining Carl Thompson in New York as an apprentice. After a couple of years working with Carl Hilton set up on his own. Now based in Los Angeles, he offers a range of 4 to 6 string basses as well as guitars.

Source: Hilton Guitars website

Graham High came from  a family of wood workers and went on to train as a luthier. He worked at Lasido in Quebec setting up Godin, Seagull, Norman and Simon Patrick Luthier guitars. He learned his craft next to David Freeman of Timeless Instruments in Tuskage, Saskatchewan and Joe Kovacic of Lado Luthery School in Lindsay, Ontario. He established his own company and makes custom electric and acoustic guitars and mandolins in his workshop in Niagara Falls, Ontario .

Growler electric guitars were a budget Palmer brand distributed by Tropical Music Export Enterprises of Miami, Florida.

Meinel & Herold was a German musical instrument maker in Klingenthal, Saxony from 1893 until 1973. Both the Meinel and Herold families were active in violin making in Klingenthal from the 1700s.

Heman guitars are designed by Graham & Paris Henman (from around 2010 onwards). The Hemans moved from England to Los Angeles to work in the film industry. The production of Henman guitars is overseen by Rick Turner, each one is hand built to order

Source: Henman Guitars website

Scott Hembry started making guitars in the early 2000s. Intially his workshop was based in Shelton, Washington - now Hembry makes guitars from his garage in Southern Texas.

Source: Hembry Guitars website

Hendrick guitars was founded by Kurt Hendrick. Hendrick had studied at the Roberto Venn School of luthiery but left early to work as an instrument repairer in the early 1980s in Tennessee and Houston. In 1982 Hendrick made guitars for Billy Gibbons and Willie Nelson, while still working his day job as a repairer in Houston. In 1983 Hendrick moved to Ohio and attempted to start mass production of his own guitars but was unsuccessful initially. He then contracted out production to a group of guitar makers in Kalamazoo (who would later form the Heritage company). Although there was positive publicity at the time Hendrick's inexperience in the business side of things meant that the company never really got going properly and only around 100 guitars were made.

Source: Hendrick catalog 1984

Source: Vintage Guitar Magazine. Kurt Hendrick History of the Mystery. By Willie G. Moseley