xl999

We all love our Fenders, Gibsons, ESP's, and whatnot...
but what do you think are brands that could very well be mainstream in a few years?
Who knows, mayeb we'll learn about new brands?

I'll give the first suggestion: I think both Killer Guitars, and maybe Manne Guitars could be big, If they market right.

What else?

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thelax

MAYBE Cort in a few years?? we probably won't ever see them in the higher end market though

Jyrgen

Nothing will change in a few years, I think

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Green_Jelly

Cort are already big. They just keep their ass in the background because they build a lot of affordable guitars for i.a. Ibanez.

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fernandes guitars all that big?

stephen_rettie

Caparison? Dunno if they are well known, damned nice guitars. Edwards are a part of ESP in japan and make awesome guitars with kickass hardware for very respectable prices.

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robshredsky

Woah TS those 2 brands are awesome never heard of them. Killer guitars look like they belong in a old videogame

ChucklesMginty

Suhr? They're pretty much in the radar now, just incredibly expensive.

Which reminds me, they're doing a budget line. *heads to Suhr website*

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xl999

yeah, Suhr are def up and coming!

Cort are pretty much on the radar imo. They just keep making budget models.

Fernandes used to be big, and I think they can get on top but their focus is mostly japan and US now.

Caparison is def also an up-and-comer since Killswitch is endorsing them.

Anyone ever heard of Reverend Guitars?

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thelax

I meant not as in OEM, but as a brand of their own.
In fact, they don't build that much for other companies nowadays

robshredsky

DBZ guitars?

Dream Floyd

I beg to differ. Look at Agile!

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JELIFISH19

Parker is the only one I can think of. Caparison and Killer are Japanese companies and they tend to keep the best stuff to themselves (looks at ESP and Ibanez). And that's probably holding them back. A lot of non-boutique companies are afraid to make high-end guitars so they cater to the mid-range crowd. Schecter Japan has high-end guitars, but that just goes back to the point about Japanese companies.

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thelax

I'm sorry but I just don't see the connection between Agile and Cort...

Agiles ARE manufactured in Korea, but as far as I know, in the factory of a custom guitar company called Kraken guitars (I visited the factory twice and saw some Agiles hanging there... so I'm like 80% sure)

and even if Agiles were built by Cort, that really wouldn't do anything much for Cort as an individual guitar company

Himelnator

Reverends are nice, problem is they dont have a modern vibe to them and alot of the new guys who wouldn't be playing new shit like metal, but more stuff like blues tend to use guitars that were around at the time like fenders and gibsons, accually thats pretty true with w/e ur playing xept for us guys in the pit, like my freinds like jacksons cuz we're thrashers, then one fat kid ik who i like to make fun of basically only plays gretchs and gibsons, he wont even accept an epiphone

Id say tho Dbz has the most potential, especially if dime was still alive, id think hed switch over to DBZ cuz hes good freinds w/zelinsky

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jpnyc

Laguna. The people running Guitar Center/Musician’s Friend are pretty smart. They’re not going to just sit around an watch Agile, Cielo, Xaviere, etc. go after the chain’s sales by selling Asian guitars direct. In five years I expect Guitar Center stores to be Laguna showrooms with the other brands used to decorate the corners.

Gargoyle2500

Reverend. I don't have much to say about them but I've heard other people saying they could get big. Also, Hallmark makes great guitars but I don't think they'll make it big soon. They deal direct and although this keeps the price down your every day kid won't find one unless its used in a guitar center and I don't think that'll happen very often.

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DBZ, Caparison, Edwards (ESP but still...), and Agile I guess.

DBZ just started and I'd say theres quite a good amount of people who are dedicated to it and to Dean himself

Caparison, wat? it's just plain awesome

Edwards is getting quite a lot of attention since the 08s.

Not a huge fan of Agile but with the amount of people getting all hyped about it is getting them quite a lot of attention.

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