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  • Guitar Manufactures West Coast

    Posted by n6xrf on May 12, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    Hello All

    We will be driving from LA to Eugene Oregon in July. we would like to stop and visit custom guitar mfg, enroot to our destination.

    Looking for custom guitar and banjo mfg close to the coast.

    I will call and setup tours.

    We have been to Santa Cruise Guitars, and Gene Larrivve Guitars.

    I have called Preston Thomson, waiting on a call back.

    Due to covid, many mfg have stopped tours, hoping to find some open

    thx

    Mike

    n6xrf replied 3 years, 9 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • tailsawaggin

    Member
    May 12, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    If larger manufacturers are also in your zone of interest, Southern California has Taylor and Cordoba Music Group, and then up in Oregon there is Breedlove.

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    May 12, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    Orangewood Guitars manufactures overseas, but the guitars are all set up in Los Angeles.

  • Alfred

    Member
    May 13, 2021 at 2:51 am

    Breedlove is in Oregon. Guild and Tacoma guitar used to be in Washington but…. No longer. Guild is now owned by Cordoba (I think), and manufactured elsewhere. Tacoma guitars isn’t a thing any more as far as I know

    • n6xrf

      Member
      May 13, 2021 at 10:19 am

      Guild and Cordoba are in Oxnard near Gene Larrivve Guitars. check before covid started, they were not doing tours at that time

  • SoCal_Ian

    Member
    May 13, 2021 at 9:22 am

    Fender manufacturers guitars in Corona, CA near L.A.. I’m not sure they do factory tours anymore though.

  • n6xrf

    Member
    May 13, 2021 at 10:20 am

    I appreciate all the responses.

    I will call and find out who is still doing tours, have started tours again

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