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WestCreek

WestCreek Guitars is an affordable electric guitar brand. The brand is owned by Weifang Hengyi musical instrument Co., Ltd who registered the WestCreek Guitars trademark in August 2022. Circa 2023 there were at least 3 electric guitar models: an LP DC Junior model ($120), the Revenge Explorer style ($220) and a semi-hollow bodied 333 model ($180).

Source: USPTO Trademark Search

Messiah

Messiah Guitars specialize in unique relic guitars featuring tops made out of reclaimed cigar boxes. Most of them have hand-wound pickups made by Rob Timmons at Arcane, Inc. Their guitars are made to order. You decide if you want them to make design decisions or if you want to be involved in every step of the build. Messiah also make custom hand-wired tube amplifiers and guitar pedals. Some finished models are available directly from Messiah, or at Impulse Music Company in Canyon Country, CA. The company was founded by Tom Hejda.

Source: Messiah Guitars website (29 November 2023)

Beetle

The Beetle Quantar was a guitar based MIDI controller made in the 1980s. The Quantar used ultasonic sensing technology to convert the fretted notes to a MIDI signal. A ultrasonic sound is transmitted across each string which is reflected back by the fingered fret. The timing of this reflected sound is then used to determine which fret is being played and converted into a MIDI code. Velocity information comes from the conventional electromagnetic pickups. The Quantar guitar controller came with an additional electronics box with select, hold, sustain and pedal controls. Yamaha used very similar technology on their G10 MIDI controller launched in 1988.

Slick

Slick electric guitars and basses are designed in collaboration with Earl Slick and sold by GF Sales. The brand was launched around 2014 and they are finished in a thin layer of automotive paint, sanded it back to reveal the wood. Hardware is brass and they use Slick designed pickups - which are also available to buy separately.

Marathon

Marathon was a brand sold by the German musical instrument distributor Roland Meinel. In the 1980s and 1990s Marathon electric guitars were made in Korea, but the brand name was discontinued by the end of the 1990s.

Roman Rist

Roman Rist is an American luthier and founder of one of the original custom shops in the 1980s in Hollywood, California. His celebrity client list is long and includes: Billy Idol, INXS, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, The Commodores, Mike Kenealy, Bad Company, Yngwie Malmsteen, Yes, Cheap Trick, Don Henley, Poison, Ratt, Guns and Roses, Charlie Sexton, Tom Petty, Taj Mahal, Lita Ford, Masters of Reality, Hole, The Wallflowers, Jethro Tull, Bobby Blue Bland, Jay Gore (Hillary Duff), Gary Moore, the Angels, John Mayall band, Patti Labelle, Chris Impelliterri, Chris Korblein, Kiss, Prince, The Steve Morse band, Bernie Taupin, Guitar world Magazine, Seal, Van Halen, Kingdom Come, Ronnie James Dio, Lisafer, Krokus and Dave Amato.

Source: Roman Rist website (archived 2005)

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