Farida Guitars is a Chinese musical instruments

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. Farida, launched in 2004, seems to be a copy of Marina guitars and is part of the Grand Reward Education & Entertainment (GREE) portfolio of brands. GREE was founded in 1995, and is based in

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

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. It produces

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instruments for a selection of other brands in its 120,000 sq. ft. factory. On average, it produces around 13,000 guitars per month. Farida endorses a number of popular contemporary musicians. These include

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, and

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. Farida Guitars are distributed around the world under license. In the US, distribution is handled by famed vintage stringed instrument retailer Elderly Instruments, Inc. In the UK, distribution is handled by

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. Instruments manufactured include

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, acoustic and classical guitars and

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References

External links

Official website
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