Hanson Musical Instruments, LTD is a manufacturer of

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

s and electronics/pickups for electric guitars and basses. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded in 2005 by John and Bo Pirruccello. The company is the current owner of the

Lakland Lakland Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric bass guitars based in Chicago, Illinois. The company's first bass combined elements of the Fender Jazz Bass and the Music Man StingRay. The company's current line-up includes basses inspire ...

brand of basses.

Product range

The company's product range includes the Chicagoan, a mini-

humbucker A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in ...

guitar designed to resemble the Epiphone Riviera and the Gretsch White Falcon, the Cigno, supporting

P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desi ...

pickups, and the three-humbucker Firenze.

Notable users

Richie Furay Paul Richard Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member (with Buffalo Springfield). He is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bru ...

played a Hanson Chicagoan ST during the 2011

Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield was a rock band formed in Los Angeles by Canadian musicians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin and American musicians Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely known for the song "For What It's Worth", rele ...

reunion tour. Anne McCue Paul Cotton of Poco and Illinois Speed Press Alejandro Escovedo Pat Sansone of Wilco Charlie Sexton Nicholas Tremulis Ivan Julian Blondie Chaplin Hubert Sumlin

References

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External links

Hanson Guitars

Hanson Pickups
Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States Musical instrument manufacturing companies based in Chicago