Manne Guitars

Manfred-Klose

Check some of their guitars out, looks pretty cool, and they also have a few south african musos who endorses their guitars:

http://www.manne.com/eng/who.htm

Gearhead

Never heard of these okes? They must sell quite a few from the looks of the site, the extent of the range and so forth.

Interesting neck joint, worth copying ? methinks the secret is in the lower neck extending underneath the front pickup. That would also make it possible to bolt instead of screw, with obvious advantage of reduced wear, higher holding pressure etc. Admittedly this is also possible when putting in a threaded insert like a T-nut before glueing on the fretboard, but that does not work when you make a 1-piece neck.

I find it hard to believe they would really manufacture bridges, tuners and strings themselves like they claim. Well ok, bridges are easy but tuners and strings take very specialised knowledge and machinery. Would this not be simple rebranding?

AlanRatcliffe

Gearhead wrote I find it hard to believe they would really manufacture bridges, tuners and strings themselves like they claim. Well ok, bridges are easy but tuners and strings take very specialised knowledge and machinery. Would this not be simple rebranding?

Agreed. Even D'Pergo, who make everything for their own guitars from ferrules and neckplates to bridges, use tuners and strings from manufacturers who specialise in those things. Might be made for them to their own specs, but I doubt they are manufacturing them inhouse themselves.