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Every Guitar Brand Explained 2

Fourteen guitar brands explained, from Fender's neck-screw shortcut to a guitar built out of furniture scraps.

By Music Junky · Published 5 days ago · 7.2K views · Last updated 17 August 2026

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This video covers 15 brands. Each one below has its own full page with the founding story, key models, notable players, and where the brand stands today when that page is live. This page is the index; the depth lives on each brand's own page.

Brands covered in this video

01 FenderBolt-on necks, single-coil pickups, and a founder who never learned to play

02 GibsonGlued necks, humbuckers, and two bankruptcies Brand page coming soon

03 Martin190 years, six generations, one family Brand page coming soon

04 TaylorThe bolt-on neck joint that changed acoustic repair Brand page coming soon

05 PRSSold backstage before it was ever a company Brand page coming soon

06 IbanezA lawsuit forced the design that made it famous Brand page coming soon

07 YamahaThe "beginner brand" label that never told the full story Brand page coming soon

08 GretschStarted with banjos and drums in 1883 Brand page coming soon

09 EpiphoneGibson's biggest rival, now Gibson's subsidiary Brand page coming soon

10 SquierThe budget line collectors now pay more for Brand page coming soon

11 RickenbackerNever paid a single artist to endorse it Brand page coming soon

12 ESP / LTDBuilt for Metallica, engineered for heaviness Brand page coming soon

13 KramerEddie Van Halen made it, grunge nearly killed it Brand page coming soon

14 DanelectroBuilt from masonite and cosmetics-factory scrap Brand page coming soon

15 SteinbergerThe headless guitar, forty years before it came back in style Brand page coming soon

Jump to a timestamp

0:00 Intro
0:00 Fender
0:51 Gibson
1:43 Martin
2:35 Taylor
3:27 PRS
4:19 Ibanez
5:11 Yamaha
6:03 Gretsch
6:55 Epiphone
7:47 Squier
8:39 Rickenbacker
9:31 ESP / LTD
10:23 Kramer
11:15 Danelectro
12:07 Steinberger

Timestamps are estimated placeholders — replace with your actual video chapter markers.

More in this series

Part 1 (soon) Part 2 Japanese Brands Brands That No Longer Exist Full Brand Index (A–Z)

Note: Each brand card above links to that brand's full profile page once it's built. Brands without a page yet are marked "coming soon" rather than linked, so nothing here points to a broken page. See the full brand index.