Guitar Story
Guitar Story
9 plants in China on record built for Epiphone, Gretsch, Guild, Harmony, Ibanez, Ovation and PRS.[1, 2]
“Made in China” on a label tells you the country, not the factory. Several brands can share one plant, and one brand can move between plants in the same country. Below is every China plant on record and what it built.
6 of 9 plants placed. Click a plant to open it.
| Brand | Lines | Plants | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibanez | Ibanez GIO | Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified) | 1997–now[3] |
| Epiphone | Epiphone China | Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao | 2000–now[4] |
| Gretsch | Gretsch Electromatic | Yako (China; city unverified) | 2000–now[5, 6] |
| Guild | Guild GAD (China), Guild Westerly Collection (China) | Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified) | 2000–now[7, 8] |
| Ovation | Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import) | Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) | 2014–now[9, 10] |
| Harmony | Harmony Standard Series (import) | Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog) | 2018–now[11] |
| PRS | PRS SE | Cor-Tek China (PRS; city unverified) | 2019–now[12] |
| Plant | Where | Run by | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) | South Korea / China / Indonesiano source | No operator on record | Ovation |
| Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Epiphone |
| Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Ibanez |
| Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Guild |
| Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Guild |
| Cor-Tek China (PRS; city unverified) | China[1] | No operator on record | PRS |
| Gibson Qingdao | Qingdao, Shandong, China[2] | Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands[4] | Epiphone |
| Harmony import line builder (disputed origin; China per blog) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Harmony |
| Yako (China; city unverified) | Chinano source | No operator on record | Gretsch |
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.