Founded in 1992, Brian Moore Guitars handcrafts high-end electric guitars in LaGrange, New York, where ergonomic design and technology meet traditional woodwork. Its custom shop grew from the MC/1, an early neck-through instrument blending composite materials with wood, and is known for the versatile C-series, including guitars with piezo and synthesizer access. The company also offers hand-created custom inlays made in New York State by inlay artist Ray Memmel.
Hipshot Products, IncFounded by Dave Borisoff in 1982 after he invented a lever-operated string bender for his band, Hipshot Products makes innovative hardware for electric guitars and basses. Now based in Interlaken, New York, the company employs a 43-person team of machinists, inventors and musicians, with CNC machining and final production supported by American labor. Hipshot’s factory is powered in part by nine solar-panel banks that generate 200 kilowatts, while its original string-bending idea has grown into hardware used by musicians around the world.INTERLAKEN, NY
Instruments of AfricaInstruments of Africa designs and produces African electric guitars shaped by the continent’s landscapes, blending African cultural inspiration with modern technology and craftsmanship. Based in Lagos, the company’s African Electric Guitar line includes distinctive instruments such as the Nairobi Limited Edition, whose neck-through-body construction forms the continent’s silhouette in a single piece of wood. Its guitars have also been used in Afrobeat sound production.OWINGS MILLS, MD
C. F. Martin & Co., IncFounded in 1833, C. F. Martin & Co. is a family-owned and operated musical-instrument maker that has remained under family ownership for six generations. The company builds acoustic guitars and ukuleles, and has also manufactured its own strings since acquiring Darco Strings in 1970. Its instruments are handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, while Martin strings are made at the company’s facility in Navojoa, Mexico.NAZARETH, PA
Indian Larry MotorcyclesBrooklyn-based Indian Larry Motorcycles builds one-off custom motorcycles and machines its own parts in the spirit of the late New York mechanic, machinist, and metal sculptor Indian Larry. The shop carries his blend of classic choppers and hot-rod race bikes into rideable works of art, fabricating frames, machining components, and painting in-house whenever possible. Its work preserves a distinctive New York motorcycle legacy that gained wide attention through Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off and Motorcycle Mania.BROOKLYN, NY