Koolau Guitar and Ukulele Company, Fine Handcrafted Musical Instruments made in Hawaii.
The Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company is owned and operated by the Kitakis Family: John and Susan Kitakis, and Sons Noa (Bonk) and Andrew.
Ko'olau Guitars and 'Ukuleles are professional quality, hand crafted instruments. The shop is located in Kaneohe, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, approximately fifteen minutes from Honolulu, at the foot of the the beautiful Ko'olau Mountains.
Materials used are all the highest quality available. Solid woods, locally harvested from the Hawaiian Islands are used to make Ko'olau Instruments such as Koa, Hawaiian Mahogany, Milo, Kulawood, and other exotic woods as available. Much time and care is given to each instrument to insure the best tone and projection ...
Gilles Mercier, Luthier: Conception et fabrication artisanale de guitares. Aix en Provence, France.
(...) Another experience, another vision, another conception : trained at the Mittenwald School of Luthiers, for a long time, Gilles Mercier, oscillated between the production of the instruments of the string quartet and the guitar.
He is now settled in Aix-en-Provence and makes only guitars. Recommended by musicians such as Dana Chivers, he is one of the few luthiers to use violonistic lutherie techniques. In particular, he works only with knife, plane and chisel, without machinery. The rosaces are black and white in accordance with violin filature technique, a neck/head V-joint lamination and French polish, in the purest tradition of the 19th century, are his unique marks.
He offers affordable concert models and more elaborated models in which, as in a epoch long past, "time doesn't count" ...
Dewey Decibel's FlipOut Guitar.
EVER HAD A GUITAR ...
that felt so nice it seemed to call out "Play me, you genius of melody and rhyme!"? DeweyDecibel's FlipOut™ was built for THAT!!!
Not just a pretty face, but honest-to-goodness high quality craftsmanship, the FlipOut is certified single-coil bliss, with a twist! Its fantastic warm and punchy tone has been roundly praised by professionals, and will no doubt knock you out!
At long last, with this conspicuously cool axe, Dewey Decibel has corrected the primary design flaw of our esteemed guitar forebears!
The new J3 Guitars™ product line — owned by Codel Enterprises™, LLC — was introduced at the Summer NAMM show in 2005.
The J3 line includes guitars, basses and amplifiers — all aimed at satisfying the needs of a discerning, yet cost-conscious musician. And best of all, J3 guitars are available at competitive prices.
"Our goal in designing the new J3 line is to produce guitars and basses that players will want as their main instruments," said John Coates, one of the three Johns after which J3J3 logo Guitars is aptly named. "Our instruments will embody equal measures of playability, innovation and dependability. We're passionate about our products, and we feel confident that the passion will be evident in the instrument's design and sound. The quality of the build will attract the pro, and the competitive pricing will offer the beginning guitarist unparalleled value as well ...