Fernandes Guitars

Fernandes Guitars
Private
Industry Musical instruments
Founded 1969
Headquarters Osaka, Japan
Area served
Global
Products acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, and amplifiers
Subsidiaries Burny
Slogan Innovation and Tradition since 1969.
Website http://www.fernandesguitars.com

Fernandes Guitars is a guitar and accessory manufacturer, that originated in Japan in 1969, building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and accessories to become one of the biggest guitar manufacturers in Japan. Fernandes also owns a brand for Gibson replicas: Burny.

Despite its high production figures, Fernandes is better known in the United States for its Sustainer system, which uses electromagnetism to vibrate a string for an extended period, so long as the user continues to fret a note. Unlike the similar manual E-Bow sustainer, the Fernandes Sustainer can be used with a standard plectrum, because the sustainer is imbedded in the body of guitar. Fernandes' custom shop has installed numerous Sustainers into guitars built by other manufacturers.

Fernandes continues to manufacture guitars, that cover the range from inexpensive starter models to custom instruments.

In 2000, Fernandes made a guitar to promote the video game UmJammer Lammy, similar to Lammy's guitars.

Notable people

References

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