Echopark Guitars is an American
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
and bass manufacturer which started in
Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA. Now located in Detroit, Michigan,
the instruments are made by Gabriel Currie, who previously worked for
G&L Musical Instruments
G&L is an American guitar manufacturing company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. G&L produces electric guitars and basses with designs based on some classic Fender instruments. The company also produce ...
and Tak Hosono at Hosono Guitar Works before starting Echopark Guitars. Echopark players include Joe Perry and Bradley Whitford of Aersomith, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, actor Johnny Depp, and the German guitarist Azhar Kamal. A limited number of Echopark guitars are produced each year. Currie utilizes aged and in some cases, ancient woods in the production of the instruments.
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External links
Detroit Business News, "Detroit’s Echopark Guitars Signs Multi-year Collaboration Agreement with Gibson""With or without Gibson, Detroit guitarmaker strikes chord with musicians", Detroit NewsDetroit Metro Times, "How Echopark guitars moved from the West Coast to set up shop in Detroit"Guitar-Connoisseur magazine, "Echo Park Guitars"
Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States