("Ecuadorian Company Limited"-incorporated in Delaware and a U.S. On December 19, 1969- ECL Industries Inc.
Matsumoku's products enjoy a strong following among devoted enthusiasts. Information about Matsumoku's contribution to guitar making is better known now due in large part to the Internet. Matsumoku could not afford to buy itself out of Singer and in 1987, closed down. Matsumoku was one of the first guitar companies to use CNC machines in the guitar building process.īy 1986, the home sewing machine market was in heavy decline and Singer was nearly bankrupt. In 1979 Matsumoku began manufacturing their own guitars under the Westone name. Matsumoku worked mainly as a contractor, producing guitars and parts for companies such as Vox, Greco, Yamaha, Ibanez, Aria and Norlin among others. Matsumoku also built amplifier, radio and television cabinets.īy the 1960's Matsumoku was producing violins, classical guitars, small steel-string acoustic guitars, as well as venturing in to high quality electric and acoustic archtop guitars. By 1951 Matsumoku became a partially owned subsidiary of Singer, Japan. Originally a family woodworking company specializing in tansu storage chests and butsudan shrines, by the mid 1940's, Matsumoku was contracted by the Singer Corporation to produce sewing machine cabinets. Established around 1900 as a woodworking manufacturer of various items but is best known as a manufacturer of high quality guitars and bass guitars including some Epiphone and Aria guitars. was a Japanese manufacturing company from c.
For more information pertaining to the Matsumoku factory not relating to Epiphone, click on the "Matsumoku" link to wikipedia below. This page focuses mainly on Epiphone guitars made at the Matsumoku factory in Japan.
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