Campbell American Guitars is an American
guitar manufacturing company based in
Massachusetts
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. Their factory was located in Pawtucket
Rhode Island
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. The company originally began in 2002 Greene and Campbell but changed its name to "Campbell American Guitars" in 2005.
Their lines of guitars include the Transitone, Space Biscuit, Caledonian and Precix. As of 2013, all instruments were available through a small group of select dealers on a pre-order basis.
Musicians who play Campbell American guitars include
Danny Kortchmar
Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, Gr ...
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James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
,
Carole King,
Carly Simon),
Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966) is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her step-sister Kristin Hersh. Donelly went on to co-form the alternative rock band ...
(
Throwing Muses,
Belly,
The Breeders
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of members Kim Deal (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), her twin sister Kelley Deal (lead guitar, vocals), Josephine Wiggs (bass guitar, vocals) and Jim Macpherso ...
),
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson,
Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Flo ...
,
Charlie Farren and
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski.
Signature models
* Guitarist
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski plays his signature 'FuZix' Model.
* Bassist Evan Marien plays his signature five string bass the EM-5.
* Guitarist
Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Flo ...
plays his signature Campbell American Nelsonic Transitone and a custom space age theme Transitone painted by Nicholas DelDrago called the Spaceship Transitone.
* Guitarist
Charlie Farren designed the FMan guitar for Campbell American Guitars. The first production model (serial number 001) was purchased by Massachusetts billionaire
Ernie Boch, Jr.
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Jon Butcher - News
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References
External links
Official website
(archived, 5 Mar 2013)
Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
Manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts
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