Italia Guitars

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company_type=Private
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foundation=2000
founder=Trevor Wilkinson
location=England
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industry=Musical instruments
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homepage= [http://www.italiaguitars.com/ italiaguitars.com]
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Italia Guitars is a manufacturer of retro-styled electric guitars. The company was founded in 2000 with a line of guitars designed in England by luthier Trevor Wilkinson and manufactured in South Korea.

Description

Most guitars are based on other guitars manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s. For example, the basic shape of the Maranello is based on a Swedish Hagstrom of the late 1950s. The Modena is based on an Italian Crucianelli from the early 1960s. [ [http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/reviews/italia_guitars_review_pm0208_2.pdf Italia Guitar review] ] The guitars have been used by many musicians, most notably Chris Rea who discovered them after recovering from pancreatitis and deciding to embrace blues. A chance trip to a local music store led him to discover Italia guitars. He found they so perfectly suited him that he bought four for recording and touring, saying "I've played the best guitar of my life on that guitar." [ [http://www.italiaguitars.com/artist.php?type=2&language=en&numOfPagePerPage=5&offset=1 Guitar Buyer Magazine March 2004] ]

Guitars

*Maranello Classic, Standard, Custom, Semi-Tone, Speedster, '61
*Modena Classic, Standard, D-Man Baritone, Sitar
*Mondial Classic, Sportster
*Modulo Tipo 1, Tipo 2, Tipo 3
*Rimini 6-String, 12-String, Doubleneck
*Muira
*Lusso
*Monza
*Torino
*Freebird

Basses

*Maranello, Maranello Z
*Imola 4, Imola 5
*Torino
*Rimini
*Mondial II Woody, Classic, Sportster

Artists notable for their use of Italia Guitars

*Chris Rea
*Steve Salas
*Elliot Easton of The Cars
*Ricky Phillips of The Babys, Bad English and Styx
*Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
*Jeff Cook of Alabama
*Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers
*Kenny Olson of Kid Rock and Twisted Brown Trucker
*Whitey Kurst of Iggy Pop
*Eddie Duffy of Simple Minds
*Fernando Perdomo of Transendence and DC-3
*Jason Ringenberg of Jason and the Scorchers
*Boz Boorer of Adam Ant and Morrissey
*Gary Day of Morrissey
*Bo Ramsey of Lucinda Williams and Ani DiFranco
*Simon Edwards or Billy Bragg
*Anthony Drennan of The Corrs
*Keith Duffy of The Corrs and Ronan Keating Band
*Ronny North of North
*Joey Mazolla of The Sponge
*Paul Duffy of Ronan Keating Band and Boyzone
*Ben Waugh of The Sillies
* Jake Willis of Near Death Experience

Popular Culture

An Italia Mondial Classic guitar is featured prominently in the 2005 Japanese movie "Linda Linda Linda" performed by Yuu Kashii as Kei Tachibana. The same guitar was also played by Haruhi Suzumiya in the 2006 anime series "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya".

External links

* [http://www.italiaguitars.com/ Italia Guitars] - official website

References