product type musical instruments acoustic guitar banjo resonator and lap steel guitar owner music link corporation c. 2010 1 introduced 1930s 2 discontinued 1939 1940 ; then revived in 2007 markets global 3 previous owners montgomery ward 1930s registered as a trademark in 12 april 2011 latest united states 1 website revived as recordingking.com singer songwriter caitlin canty writes and plays her songs with a 1930s recording king guitar . recording king is a musical instrument brand of the professional grade acoustic guitar banjo resonator and lap steel guitar based in hayward california . 4 their guitars are designed in the us and sold worldwide . 3 5 6 the current owner of a brand is the music link corporation 1 based in hayward which also produces other musical instrument lines . 1940 recording king archtop by gibson recording king tricone after 2007 contents 1 brand history 2 musicians 3 references 4 external links brand history edit recording king started as a house brand for montgomery ward in the 1930s . 2 legendary guitarist john fahey played a 1939 model . 7 8 the original guitar was similar to the gibson advanced jumbo discontinued in 1939 . 9 the brand was revived in 2007 with johnson guitars taking the recording king label . 10 current recording king products use vintage designs and replicas of pre world war ii parts . 2 musicians edit musicians who use recording king guitars include christian letts of edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros justin townes earle john fahey mark spencer of son volt will kimbrough lizzy long jonathan devoto of the matches and rob mccoury . 11 references edit a b c recording king the music link corporation serial number 85014031 . trademark registration trademarkia.com . registered 4 12 2011 serial number 85014031 filing date 4 14 2010 registration number 3946444 registration date 4 12 2011 ... type of mark trademark ... horizontal tab character in quote at position 155 help a b c a piece of history with every model . recordingking.com . archived from the original on 2012 06 08 . originally a house brand in the 1930 s for montgomery ward recording king acoustic guitars and banjos were developed in a period known as the golden age of musical craftsmanship . ... building on this storied american tradition our recording king guitars banjos and resonators carry on the legacy of these classic instruments using vintage designs and hand assembled parts . ... here in america recording king is a brand name with a lot of american heritage . ... note recent version of the equivalent page became short and possibly uncertain about us . recordingking.com . retrieved 2015 07 22 . a b international distributors . recordingking.com . retrieved 2015 07 22 . damian fanelli jan 21 2012 . namm 2012 recording king updates jubilee series slope shoulder guitars . guitar world . adam perlmutter . recording king ros 626 review . acoustic guitar march 2009 . archived from the original on 2013 01 26 . note recent version of the page has no review . recording king introduces the ro 310 acoustic guitar . premier guitar . september 25 2012 . simone solondz . fahey s recording king reborn . acoustic guitar october 2001 . federico sheppard . the resurrection of the recording king john fahey s 1939 ray whitley recording king . parachodelnorte.com . paracho michocan mexico paracho del norte . evans steve ; middlebrook ron 2002 11 01 . cowboy guitars . centerstream publications . p. 1927 . isbn 978 1 57424 102 0 . retrieved 2013 01 28 . henry yates 29 jan 2008 . recording king carolina rd 27 review . musicradar.com . artists . recordingking.com . retrieved 2015 07 22 . external links edit recordingking.com . web site of a brand which has revived in 2007 v t e guitars playing chords harmonics jazz lead picking strum techniques rhythm tunings guitarist list by type six string acoustic acoustic electric archtop baroque classical electric flamenco fretless lap steel pedal steel requinto resonator dobro semi acoustic hollow body electric steel string acoustic with additional strings 7 russian 8 9 10 english 11 12 13 var 25 ancillary bajo sexto baritone bass chapman stick chitarra battente craviola cuatro guitalele harp lyre multi neck pikasso requinto six string alto tenor viola caipira related topics amplifier electric guitar design guitar wiring history classical guitar flamenco guitar list of guitars luthier experimental manufacturing list of manufacturers prepared guitar vintage guitar category outline portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title recording king & oldid 742533528 categories brandsguitar manufacturing companiesbanjo manufacturing companiescompanies based in hayward californiamusic of the san francisco bay areahidden categories cs1 errors invisible characters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 07 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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