MannMade USA designs, manufacturers and sells the world's finest guitar and bass components. Each part is designed with the goal of producing the ultimate in tone, playability, and functionality, while enhancing the look and feel of your instrument.
Used by many of the world's foremost guitar builders and musicians alike!
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John Mann grew up in suburban Long Island, New York, and began playing guitar at age 12. Armed with his constant curiosity and inventiveness, he would modify and repair many guitars during his youth. He attended college as a music major, later changing his studies to mechanical engineering. It seems as if destiny has combined his two loves, music and mechanics to put him on the path he has carved out for himself. After college, John began working as a machinist in the aerospace industry, where he learned and developed the skills needed for high precision workmanship, often working in tolerances as close as 1/10,000's of an inch!
In 1977, John moved from New York to Stevensville, Maryland, which is across the beautiful Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis, Maryland. In late 1978, John met Paul Reed Smith, future founder of PRS Guitars. From that meeting, the two became friends and began collaborating on various projects related to Paul's original guitar designs, including the now famous guitars that Paul built for Carlos Santana, Al DiMeola, and Howard Leese and many other guitarists.
In 1979, John opened a small machine shop, located in his garage, to design, develop and produce guitar parts for Paul. Things continued like this until 1984 when John moved back north, this time to New Hampshire. When Paul Reed Smith opened his factory in 1984, John opened a factory in Franklin, NH to produce various parts for PRS Guitars.
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John now designs and manufactures parts for many different guitar and bass manufacturers, as well as marketing his own product line.
MannMade USA Ltd PO Box 6034 Manchester, NH 03108-6034 USA
603-488-1912
e-mail - [email protected]
www.mannmadeusa.com
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