The Zon Sonus Custom 5 is the 5-string version of the Sonus Custom. This is a custom model so there are many options for woods, inlays and hardware, although they all have bolt-on graphite necks. These have been around since at least 1996 (maybe earlier).

YAMAHA made the FGX 412 between 1998 and 2001. It was a mid to low priced dreadnought style acoustic from Yamaha, in their well known folk guitar (FG) series. The FGX-412 was the cheapest in the FGX range and featured a spruce top. The back, sides, bridge and neck were made from nato. The fingerboard was rosewood with dot inlays and 20 frets. Hardware was chrome. The FGX-412 had a piezo bridge pickup with 3 Band EQ, AMF (adjustable mid-range frequency), volume battery light and mute.

The Washburn S70 was made under license from Status and had Status body desisgn, Status active electronics and solid brass Status hardware. The S70 had solid brass hadware, maple neck-through-body construction with American walnut on the front and back of the body. The Washburn S70 was made from the late 1980s until around 1994, There was also a fretless version - the S70-FL.

Production of the Steinberger GM4 began in 1988 and ended in 2001. The Steinberger GM4S was the standard GM4 model - with passive pickups and the S-Trem bridge. Optional extras for the GM4 model were the Trans-Trem (GM4T) and active pickups (GM4SA). You could also have combinations - for example the GM4A has both Trans-Trem and active pickups. Pickups were an EMG 85 humbucker at the bridge and two EMG SA single coils.

The Spector NS-2J is like the NS-2 but has a bolt on neck, swamp ash (or curly maple) body, 2 EMG active J pickups and 24 fret Pau Ferro fingerboard with pearl crown inlays. Also  available as a limited edition model in 2010 with a walnut body and figured walnut top, Hipshot custom bridge and UltraLite tuners,

The Peavey Cirrus 5 was introduced in 1997. It has a walnut body with various figured bookmatched top options including maple, redwood. Peavey described the features of the Cirrus 5 bass as follows:

Wenge with walnut is a superb combination for those who appreciate warmth with plenty of upper-end bite. The Cirrus walnut back and walnut neck are the basis for the warmth. The addition of the much harder wenge top gives a nice sizzling presence on the top end while still offering great sub-lows.

The LTD JH-600 was introduced in 2004. It is the more affordable version of the ESP Jeff Hanneman signature model. This is a black neck-though superstrat with bound ebony fingerboard and EMG 81/85 humbuckers. The model has gone through minor changes in its nearly 10 year history. Initially the LTD JH-600 had eagle fingerboard markers (up to the 12th fret and then dots) these are currently H & sword inlays (up to the 12th fret then swords). The 2005 ESP catalog says the body is maple (like on Hanneman's own guitar) but this was changed to alder in subsequent catalogs.

The IBANEZ SR1015 was the 5-string version of the SR1010 and was manufactured during the 1990s and discontinued around 1999. Ibanez upgraded the specifications of the SR1015 in 1998 - changing the pickups from ADX to SFR-MN and SFR-MB units, the bridge was changed to an Accu-Cast B-25. They also included the new Vari-Mid High-Fi EQ from 1998.

The Epiphone Coronet was introduced by Epiphone in 1959, two years after Gibson aquired the brand. Costing around $120 it was designed as a reliable entry level guitar. The Coronet was discontinued in the 1970s when production of Epiphone guitars was moved overseas.