In 2004, Ronstadt wrote the Foreword Introduction to the book titled The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk Music, and in 2005 she wrote the Introduction to the book titled Classic Ferrington Guitars, about guitar-maker and luthier Danny Ferrington and his custom guitars that he created for Ronstadt and other musicians such as Elvis Costello, Ry Cooder, and Kurt Cobain.

* Dominic Miller: Guitars ( Courtesy of BBC Music )

She won seven Golden Guitars in the Tamworth Country Music Festival 2004 awards in Tamworth, the most awards ever won in one year in the 32-year history of the awards.

On October 28, 2007, Fender announced its intention to buy Kaman Music Corporation ( owners of Hamer Guitars, Ovation Guitars, Genz Benz amplifiers, Gibraltar Hardware, along with many others, and exclusive distributor for Sabian cymbals and Takamine Guitars ).

The Californian guitar giant has recently purchased Kaman Music Corporation, which owns Ovation acoustic guitars, LP and Toca hand percussion products, Gibraltar Hardware, Genz Benz Amplification, Hamer Guitars and is the exclusive U. S. sales representative for Sabian Cymbals and exclusive worldwide distributor of Takamine Guitars and Gretsch Drums.

His commissions have included The Marshes of Glynn for the Royal opening of the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham in 1986 ; Centenary Fire Dances for the City of Birmingham ’ s Centenary Festival of Fireworks and Music ; an Overture for the Three Choirs Festival ; songs for the Cantamus Girls Choir ; song cycles for mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker and tenor John Mitchinson for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 ; anthems for the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service ; Sonata for 8 Horns for the Horn Octet of the University of New Mexico ; Suite for 6 Horns for the Vienna Horn Society ; Song of the Eagle for the James Madison University Flute Choir of Virginia ; Concerto for Two Pianos for the Duo Scaramouche ; Sonata for 8 Pianists for soloists from France, Italy and Britain ; Mela Kamavardhani for performances by Indo-Jazz Fusions in Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay ; Fanfare for Madam Speaker, for the Installation of the Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP as Chancellor of the Open University in 1994 ; Concerto for Two Guitars for Simon Dinnigan and Fred T. Baker with Strings from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Concert Overture ' Towards a New Age ' for the 150th anniversary of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers, premiered in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; and Suite for Brass Sextet for the Czech Philharmonic Brass Sextet.

Guitar Center's sister companies / subsidiaries incorporate Music & Arts, Musician's Friend, GuitarCenter. com, LMI, Giardinelli, Musician. com, Private Reserve Guitars, Woodwind and Brasswind and Harmony Central.

As a replacement for the overseas line of OLP Music Man instruments the company developed the ' SUB ' line of Guitars & Basses ( listed both online & in print and other media as well as physically on the headstock first as the acronym " S. U. B.

Steve was then approached by Music Man Guitars to create a signature model to his specifications ; he is now one of the longest endorsees of the company in particular he's been using prototype n ° 1 of his steve morse signature guitar for more than 20 years ( the guitar has been refretted eight times and is still the first original one ).

Gretsch, Fender, Gibson ( EB-6 ), PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schecter, Jerry Jones, Burns London and many other companies have produced baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always in small numbers due to low popularity.

* Mosrite Guitars, " Mosrite Guitars at Front Porch Music ", California

* 2010: Archive, Band of Skulls, Beatsteaks, Biffy Clyro, Bigelf, Billy Talent, Bonaparte, Boys Noize, Charlie Winston, Coheed and Cambria, Cosmo Jarvis, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Danko Jones, Deftones, Deichkind, Dendemann, Does It Offend You, Yeah ?, Donots, Dropkick Murphys, Element of Crime, Enter Shikari, Erol Alkan, Faithless, Florence and the Machine, FM Belfast, Frank Turner, Frittenbude, Horse the Band, Hot Water Music, Ignite, Jack Johnson, Jennifer Rostock, K's Choice, Kashmir, Katzenjammer, La Roux, LaBrassBanda, LCD Soundsystem, Madsen, Mando Diao, Marina and the Diamonds, Massive Attack, Moneybrother, Mr. Oizo, Paramore, Phoenix, Porcupine Tree, Revolverheld, Shout Out Louds, Skindred, Skunk Anansie, Stone Temple Pilots, Tegan and Sara, The Bloody Beetroots, The Gaslight Anthem, The Get Up Kids, The Hold Steady, The Prodigy, The Specials, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The xx, Timid Tiger, Turbostaat, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, White Lies and Zebrahead

Urban is also a winner of numerous " Golden Guitars ", which are presented annually during the Tamworth Country Music Festival at " The Country Music Association of Australia's Annual Awards " in Tamworth, New South Wales Australia.

Blues ; Sibelius DTP ; Programme Music ; Guitars ( Notation and Performance ); Extending an idea ; Rondo Form ( Cub as is Sequencing ); Rondo Form ( Acoustic ); Medieval Music.

In 2005, Ampeg, and its parent company, St. Louis Music ( also makers of Crate amps ) was purchased by LOUD Technologies Inc., an umbrella company name given to describe the family of brands now consisting of Mackie brand of mixers, pro audio and recording equipment, Crate amplifiers, Alvarez Guitars, Martin Audio U. K., and Eastern Acoustic Works.

Today, Wayne and his son Michael own and operate Charvel Music, a full line music store in Paradise, CA, and currently manufacture guitars as a joint venture under the name Wayne Guitars.

They named it Westland Music Company ; eventually to become Taylor Guitars.

* Nadeem F. Paracha ( Guitars, Bass, Drum Machine, Synth-FX, Music, Words )

Guitars featuring mahogany in their construction include Martin D-18 and Gibson Les Paul models.

At the Winter NAMM of 2008, ESP Guitars unveiled three new 8-string guitars: two of them, part of Stephen Carpenter's signature line, are in 27 " baritone scale, and an LTD version, the FM-408, in 25. 5 " standard scale ; both versions are of neck-through-body construction.

Zon had elements of their graphite necks made by Modulus Guitars until Modulus ' patent for Graphite neck construction ran out in the early 1990s.

Taylor Guitars has since developed a guitar finish that uses ultraviolet lamps to dry in a few hours ( versus weeks for traditional nitrocellulose lacquer finishes ), and also was the first guitar company to use CNC wood routers in the construction of acoustic guitars.

Guitars can be constructed to meet the demands of both left and right-handed players.

These guitars have become highly famous among Finnish guitar players, and Roope was instrumental in cementing Jackson Guitars as the best selling guitar brand in Finland.

In September 1972 Hoshino began a partnership with Elger Guitars to import guitars from Japan.

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* Norman Guitars, a guitar brand from Canada

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# Spirit of Guitars ( Guitars and Strings from the Spirit of Man )

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