Mayones Guitars & Basses, established in 1982, is a manufacturer of

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s and

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s, located in

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. They specialize in building handcrafted and custom instruments.

Basic Models

Guitars

- Aquila - Regius - Duvell - Legend - Hydra

Discontinued

* Vidius * Maestro * Virtuoso * Setius

Bass guitars

- Jabba - Caledonius - Comodus - Patriot - Cali

Discontinued

* BE * Elegance * Prestige * Slogan * Victorious * Viking

Mayones Artists

Some notable artists that use/have used Mayone instruments now and in the past: * Aaron Marshall ( Intervals) * Acle Kahney (

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) * Adel Rouhnavaz ( Acrovaya) * Alber Sanmiguel (Enki) * Anders Nyström (

Katatonia Katatonia is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for their love of death metal. Increasing popularity ...

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) * Andrew Craighan (

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) * Andy Slade (Collapse, Echovirus) * Adam Christianson (ARCHITECTS) * Adam Zieliński
JAMUN
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) * Amadeus Awad (Amadeus Awad & Amadeus Awad's EON) * Ali Dean (ARCHITECTS) * Alex Mauric (I Vs. I) * Bart Hennephof ( Textures) * Brian van Zwietering (Dr.Jekyll) * Cristian Giurgiu (Tableau Mort) * Daniel Antonsson (

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) *

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) * Dennis Notebaart
Yellow
* Dmitry Porubov (Психея) * Eric Hazebroek (

Stream of Passion Stream of Passion is a Dutch progressive metal band with symphonic and gothic influences founded by guitarist and composer Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Mexican singer, violinist, and lyricist Marcela Bovio. They have released four studio albums. ...

) * Fiachra Kelly (Xerosun) * Federico Malaman * Gareth Jeffs (Xerosun) * Gregor Mackintosh (

) * Hadrien Feraud * Hugo Markaida ( Rise to Fall) * Jakob Batten ( Illdisposed) * Jakub Zytecki (ex-DispersE) * Jeroen van Veen (

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) * Jil Y. Creek *

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( Yellowjackets) * Jochem Jacobs (ex- Textures) * Juan Tides (Pervy Perkin) * Johan Edlund (

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) * John Browne (

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) * Jon Schaeffer ( Traverser) *

Jonas Renkse Jonas Petter Renkse (born 19 May 1975) is a Swedish musician in the bands Katatonia (1991–) as lead vocalist, founder, songwriter (1991–1994, 1997–) and formerly as drummer (1991–1994, 1996–1998); formerly in Bloodbath Bloo ...

(Katatonia, Bloodbath) *

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(Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures) * Keshav Dhar ( Skyharbor) *

Kristoffer Gildenlöw Kristoffer Gildenlöw (born in 1978) is a Swedish musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of progressive rock band Pain of Salvation. Early life and education Gildenlöw was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He studied piano for six years u ...

* Lena Abé (

) * Leo Tomasz Dorsz (Red Seas Fire) * Leslie Jhonson * Mark Brekelmans (Selfmachine) * Michael Chirva ( Tvangeste) * Mick Gordon * Misha Mansoor ( Periphery) * Micael Svan (Myrah) * Mohini Dey * Niilo Sevänen ( Insomnium) * Niklas Sandin (Katatonia) *

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(Dark Tranquillity) * Paul Jackson ( T'Pau) * Per Eriksson (Katatonia & Bloodbath) * Patrick Sheridan (Fit For An Autopsy) * Paul Notebaart (Dr.Jekyll) * Peter "PeteyG" Graves (Red Seas Fire, CAGE) * Piotr Grudziński ( Riverside) * Pontus Hjelm ( Dead by April) * Prashant Shah (Scribe (band)) * Roger Williams * Ruud Adrianus Jolie (Within Temptation) * Ryan Siew (Solo/Polaris) * Rick Sschneider (Polaris) * Scott Kay (Voyager) * Sylvain Coudret (Soilwork, Scarve) * Shaun Murphy (The Summoned) * Sergey Mavrin (Ария) * Stephan Schultz (

) *

Sithu Aye Sithu Aye (; born 26 June 1990) is a Scottish-Burmese guitarist, musician, and producer based in Scotland. He began his career with the release of his first album, ''Cassini'', in 2011, which was self-recorded and independently released. He ha ...

* Ville Friman ( Insomnium) * Viacheslav Kocharin (Психея) * Thorsten Geschwandtner (Nump) * Tom Searle (Architects) * Wojtek Pilichowski ( Woobie Doobie) * Wes Borland (

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References

External links

Official website
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