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Władysław William "Willy" [3] Wilkanowski (November 15, 1886, in Działyń, [4] Poland – December 8, 1954, Long Island, US) [5] was a Polish-American violin-maker, guitar-maker and violinist. He was a very productive luthier , known for making over 5000 violins and 100 violas with his staff at his workshop. [ 6 ]
Archtop 4-string bass guitars have been manufactured since the use of electric pickups became popular. The most famous example is the Höfner violin bass used by Paul McCartney. Warwick makes a range of archtop 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass guitars. Framus also makes a range of archtop bass guitars.
In the early 1960s [3] (or mid-1950s [citation needed]), Matsumoku began to look into other woodworking markets when several subcontracts of Singer Corporation were moved to the Philippines [3] and, as it had on its staff several skilled luthiers, [citation needed] ventured into guitar and violin [citation needed] production in 1963. [2]
Gibson invented archtop guitars by constructing the same type of carved, arched tops used on violins. By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars , used and popularized by Charlie Christian .
Kalamazoo is the name for two different lines of instruments produced by Gibson.In both cases Kalamazoo was a budget brand. The first consisted of such instruments as archtop, flat top and lap steel guitars, banjos, and mandolins made between 1933 and 1942, and the second, from 1965 to 1970, had solid-body electric and bass guitars.
He used the guitar to compose some of his first songs, including "When I'm Sixty-Four". It still hangs in his studio. Although their guitars were more popular by far, Framus made other stringed instruments. In particular, their four-string tenor banjos were very popular among Irish traditional musicians. [citation needed]