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Washburn guitars - wikipedia Washburn guitars Jump to : navigation , search Washburn Guitars <Td_colspan="2"> Type Subsidiary Industry Musical instruments Founded 1883 ; 134 years ago ( 1883 ) in Chicago , Illinois Founder George Washburn Lyon Headquarters Chicago , Illinois , United States Area served Worldwide Products Electric , acoustic & resonator guitars Bass Guitars Banjos Mandolins Ukuleles Amplifiers Parent US Music Website washburn.com Washburn Guitars is an American manufacturer and importer of guitars , mandolins , and other string instruments . The original company was established in 1883 in Chicago , Illinois . The modern Washburn is a division of US Music Corp. , in turn now owned by JAM Industries USA . Contents ( hide ) 1 Corporate history 1.1 1864 - 1940 1.2 Modern era 2 Production 3 Innovation and success 4 Model number suffixes 5 Past and present models 5.1 electric guitars 5.2 basses 5.3 acoustic guitars 5.4 mandolins 5.5 banjos 5.6 resonator guitars 5.7 amplifiers 5.8 effects 6 Endorsers 7 Product lineup 7.1 2017 Signature Lines 7.2 Previous Signature Product lineup 8 References 9 External links Corporate history ( edit ) 1864 - 1940 ( edit ) Washburn Banjorine ( 1892 ) . Parlor guitar ( 1894 ) and `` New Model '' ( 1896 ) right : archtop guitar model 5250 ( 1928 ) . Lyon & Healy began in 1864 as a partnership of businessmen George W. Lyon and Patrick J. Healy , acting as the Chicago outlet for Boston sheet music publisher Oliver Ditson and Company . By 1865 , Lyon & Healy had expanded into reed organs and some small instruments . The company achieved independence by 1880 , and around 1888 the company launched fully into fretted and plucked instruments ( guitars , mandolins , banjos , and zithers ) under the `` Washburn '' brand , which happened to be Lyon 's middle name . Tracing the history of any particular instrument of this period presents many obstacles . Not only did the Lyon & Healy company often change designs to follow the rapidly evolving consumer demand , but the company also repaired instruments , and offered engraving services , including decorating instruments that it retailed but did not actually manufacture . As well , they built instruments for other retailers and distributors under various house brands , and outsourced construction of some models . In 1912 , Washburn introduced the Lakeside Jumbo guitar , which some consider the first dreadnought - sized guitar . It bridged the gap between smaller - bodied `` parlor '' guitars of the late 19th and early 20th century and modern - day dreadnought and jumbo acoustic guitars . George Lyon retired from the company in 1889 ( died 1894 ) . Patrick Healy then led the company into a period of major expansion , beginning with a larger new factory and improved mass - production techniques , and soon dominated the domestic market . Their 1892 catalog claimed to manufacture 100,000 instruments annually . Healy died 1905 . By the 1920s , Lyon & Healy faced growing competition from other instrument manufacturers as well as from the rise of other forms of entertainment , particularly film and the gramophone . Lyon & Healy gradually shifted manufacturing chores onto wholesaler Tonk Brothers , to whom they sold the guitar portion of the business in 1928 , continuing to produce their own lines of harps , pianos , and organs . Tonk Brothers turned to manufacturer J.R. Stewart Company to purchase and operate the massive factory , but this transition proved problematic and Stewart went bankrupt in 1930 . Some of the Stewart assets were acquired by the Regal Musical Instrument Company , which had purchased the `` Regal '' brand name in 1908 from Lyon & Healy ( who acquired it in 1905 ) . Regal was chosen to reopen the Washburn factory ( producing Regal instruments as well ) . Though the Washburn brand was preserved , it never regained its preeminence , and by the early 1940s had declined to nothing . Modern era ( edit ) An unbroken lineage is often alluded to by Washburn International ( in press releases and advertising materials , and on the company website ) : `` Washburn has been building stringed instruments since 1883. ... 130 years of history is at the root of our strong foundation building high quality instruments . '' There is no direct connection between the original Washburn brand and the modern Washburn International . In the early 1960s , retail store The Chicago Guitar Gallery hired Rudolf `` Rudy '' Schlacher , a young German violin builder , as a repair technician . A few years later , Schlacher opened The Sound Post ( in Evanston , Illinois ) to focus on guitars . He soon realized the sales potential for lower - cost quality instruments . Tom Beckmen and his wife Judy Fink Beckmen in 1972 left careers as music salesman and teacher ( respectively ) to launch a wholesale music business in Los Angeles , Beckmen Musical Instruments . It was Beckmen Music that resurrected the Washburn name , and beginning in 1974 applied it to a series of quality imported acoustic guitars , made in Japan by Terada , as well as a selection of mandolins and banjos . With that groundwork laid , Schlacher and Rick Johnstone , as Fretted Industries , Inc. , acquired the Washburn name in 1977 ( for $13,000 ) when the Beckmens took their business a different direction , and so the Washburn name was returned to Chicago . With assistance from Ikutaro Kakehashi ( founder of Roland Corporation ) , Schlacher was able to find instrument factories in Japan that could meet the desired standards . Fretted Industries acquired other lines as well , such as Oscar Schmidt autoharps . Schlacher bought out Johnstone in 1987 , and changed the company name to Washburn International . A stateside manufacturing operation was opened in 1991 for higher - end , short - run , and one - off instruments , as well as development and prototyping . That year , a Chicago Tribune article confidently places Washburn `` among the top three guitar manufacturers in the world , '' behind only Fender and Gibson . On December 15 , 2002 , Washburn International announced that it had completed acquisition of U.S. Music Corporation , and would be rolling its assets into that company in a reverse merger . Schlacher remained as CFO , appointing Gary Gryczan to COO ; Gryczan had been Washburn 's CFO from 1995 through 1998 . The new USM 's headquarters were in Mundelein ( 440 E. Courtland Street ) , which also housed the stateside Washburn luthiery , often referred to as `` the USA Custom Shop . '' Schlacher announced completion of selling USM to JAM Industries on August 24 , 2009 , and that he would be stepping away from his company after fully four decades . We are pleased to join forces with a strategic partner like Jam Industries , that has a long , successful history in the music industry and has been a long - term business partner with U.S. Music for more than 20 years . It has been a thrilling and rewarding 40 - year ride that has allowed me to realize my dreams and goals . As RS Consulting he remained a consultant to the musical - instrument industry and was an executive producer for a small - budget film The corporate offices of U.S. Music were relocated to Buffalo Grove in 2012 . Production ( edit ) Very few modern Washburn instruments have been built by the company itself . It has relied on outside factories and luthiers to fulfill their designs and meet public demand . The first modern Washburn instruments were full - size acoustic guitars imported from Japan by Beckmen Music . The 1974 range included one folk - style guitar ( W - 200 ) and eight dreadnoughts of increasing quality and decoration : W - 240 - 12 , W - 250 , W - 260 , W - 280 , W - 300 , W - 300 - 12 , W - 500 , W - 600 . These were constructed by Yamaki . Under Rudy Schacher , most Washburn models were ordered in runs of 200 units , rather than ongoing production ; if sales went well , a further run might be ordered . This application of just - in - time manufacturing ( or lean manufacturing ) kept the company from needing to warehouse and liquidate overproduction , improving profitability . As a result , many Washburn instruments ( acoustic or electric ) are difficult to locate once out of production , and are scarcer than the `` limited editions '' of other manufacturers . Some late - 1970s Washburn - branded acoustic guitars were made in Japan by luthier Sadao Yairi and his son Hiroshi . ( Their shop built instruments under a variety of labels , and took contract work for brands including Alvarez , which also had a long - standing relationship with Kazuo Yairi , Sadao 's nephew . ) The first Washburn electric guitars were the Wing Series models , offered 1978 - 1984 . This series of instruments featured innovative push - pull split humbuckers , brass hardware and inlays , and neck - through construction . Most of the Wing Series models were produced by Yamaki , a Japanese manufacturer of Washburn acoustic guitars as well as the Daion brand ( late 1970s to early 1980s ) . By 1991 , production of Washburn instruments had shifted almost entirely to Korea , built by Samick . Between 1994 and 2001 , ten models of acoustic guitar were built for Washburn in the United States , five by Tacoma Guitars ( Tacoma , Washington ) and five by Bourgeois Guitars ( Lewiston , Maine ) . Washburn brought out a line of four USA - made dreadnoughts , available from 2002 to 2008 . These were the D - 78 , D - 80 , D - 82 , and D - 84 . ( All had the `` - SW '' suffix , for `` solid wood , '' indicating that no laminate wood was employed . ) The rare Korea - made J - 14 ( 1998 ) and J - 15 ( 1998 - 1999 ) archtops were among the highest - priced Washburn guitars ever made . In 2012 , when JAM Industries declined to renew the lease on the Mundelein facility , the Washburn luthiery closed . At the time , it was the ninth - largest employer in the village ( the third - largest business ) , providing 180 jobs . The stated intent was to reopen at a smaller building in Buffalo Grove ( 1000 Corporate Grove Drive ) but this did not materialize , and is the probable end to Washburn instruments made in the United States . As of 2017 , primary production has largely shifted from Korea to factories in China and Indonesia . Innovation and success ( edit ) Most widely known for its guitars ( both electric and acoustic ) , Washburn also makes electric basses , acoustic basses , banjos , mandolins , travel guitars , ukuleles , and amplifiers , as well as accessories including guitar cases , clothing , tuners , and straps . In the 1980s , Washburn introduced the Festival Series of acoustic / electric guitars ( the EA series , for `` electrified acoustic '' ) . They were thinner than standard acoustic guitars and less acoustically resonant by design , thereby reducing susceptibility to feedback , a significant problem using acoustic or electrified acoustic guitars in large - venue performances . The addition in later models of sound slots ( rather than the traditional round soundhole ) , a patented innovation , further reduced the possibility of feedback , and the guitars quickly became the go - to stage acoustic for artists such as Jimmy Page , George Harrison , and Bob Dylan . In the early 1990s when MTV introduced their Unplugged series , hardly a show went by without seeing a Festival Series guitar . The design also lent itself well to acoustic basses , and Washburn 's AB Series quickly became popular both for its look and its tone , whether amplified or unplugged . Headstock of a Washburn RB2802 eight - string bass . In recent years , Washburn licensed several notable guitar construction features : the Buzz Feiten Tuning System -- a corrected - temperation tuning formula , using a compensated nut and saddle to minimize the inherent intonation problems of the Western tuning formula . The BFTS was first used by Washburn in 1995 on a very few models , then increasingly with the introduction of the WI - 64 ( 1999 ) , and was entirely phased out after the 2010 production year . At its peak , this system came standard on U.S. - made Washburn guitars and basses and the better imports . Stephen 's Extended Cutaway -- a unique bolt - on neck joint invented by luthier Stephen Davies to allow greater unrestricted access for a guitarist 's fretting hand . Used primarily with the Nuno Bettencourt signature models , the SEC has also been employed with acoustic guitars , and is still in use on some current ( 2017 ) models of the Parallaxe line of shredders . Voice Contour Control ( VCC ) -- a special potentiometer and wiring , intended to allow access to the entire range of tones `` between '' the one - coil ( `` single - coil '' mode ) and two - coil sounds of a humbucking pickup , rather than one or the other . Designed by Trevor Wilkinson , the VCC is no longer in use by Washburn , but is available in various models of Vintage ( UK ) guitar as the Roll Control knob . VCC is similar to coil splitting , in that it changes the tone of a humbucking pick - up to that of a single coil , but it does it by turning the tone knob ... without the hum normally associated with single coils . Model number suffixes ( edit ) Over the past 40 years , Washburn has accreted a system of identifying some of the most pertinent features in many of its acoustic instruments and some of the electric . Additional letters may be used to indicate the instrument 's finish . While imperfectly applied , and sometimes awkwardly long , this can often be useful in identifying a given guitar . suffix -- C - cutaway DL - deluxe ( generally , a standard model with a few upgraded features ) E - electric ( i.e. , built - in pickup ) K - kit ( i.e. , includes case or gig bag ) LH - left - handed M - mahogany top Q - quilt maple top R - rosewood S - solid - wood top ( rather than laminate ) SP - spalt maple top SW - solid wood used throughout V - vibrato ( on electric guitars ) This often combines with the prefix to tell a guitar 's story . For example , the WLG110SWCEK indicates that it 's part of the Woodline series ( WL - ) , likely top of the line ( 110 ) , Grand Auditorium ( G ) size , all solid wood , cutaway , piezo pickup , and originally included a case . Past and present models ( edit ) WG587 7 - string guitar . N4 Special HB35 . J5 Jazz guitar . Any given series may have as little as one model . electric guitars ( edit ) prefix Series a.k.a type duration comments J Jazz hollowbody archtop 1989 - date HB Hollow Body semihollow archtop 1981 - date Bantam headless bass 1984 - 1986 no connection to 1990s Bantams GB Bantam headless bass / guitar 1984 - 1986 no connection to 1990s Bantams Bantam headless guitar 1984 - 1986 no connection to 1990s Bantams CT Centurian carved - top 1997 - 2002 Centurian carved - top 1997 - 2002 Centurian carved - top 2001 - 2002 CP Culprit 1998 - 2000 Dime Dimebag Darrell 1995 - 2004 signature line Force 1983 - 1988 CS Hard Rock 2000 - 2002 NX Nextar 2002 - 2003 Stephen 's Extended Cutaway PT Poptop 2000 - 2002 RS Hard Rock 2000 - 2002 WG Hard Rock 2000 - 2002 WR Hard Rock 2000 - 2002 HM 2008 - 2010 Series , not prefix WI Idol 1999 - 2010 WM HM 2008 - 2010 no connection to 1990s WM WV Wavepoint ; Vee 2008 - 2010 WIN Idol 2010 - 2014 JB Jennifer Batten 2000 - 2004 signature line KC Chicago 1989 - 1991 LS Laredo Legacy ; Silverado S copy 1992 - 1994 LT Laredo Legacy ; Silverado T copy 1993 - 1994 MR Magnum 1997 - 2000 BT Maverick BillyT ; Bantam 1995 - 2002 all 24.75 '' scale WM Maverick 1997 - 2002 no connection to 2008 WM DD Maya Dan Donegan 2005 - 2010 signature line MG Mercury 1992 - 1996 NC Nick Catanese 2005 - 2009 signature line Nuno Bettencourt 1990 - date Stephen 's Extended Cutaway PS Paul Stanley 1998 - date signature line RX RX 2011 - date SI Scott Ian 2005 - 2010 signature line Stage 1980 - 1986 EC Extended Cutaway 1988 - 1991 Stephen 's Extended Cutaway SS Steve Stephens 1993 - 1994 AF Tour Ace Frehley 1987 - 1988 signature line FV Tour Flying Vee 1984 - 1985 HM Tour 1985 - 1987 RR Tour 1985 - 1987 RS Tour 1987 - 1988 WP Tour Paul copy 1987 - 1991 WT Tour 1984 - 1994 Wing 1978 - 1985 SB Wing Reissue 1992 - 1995 X X 2002 - 2010 XM XM 2011 - date Sonamaster 2016 - date PX Parallaxe 2013 - date PXM Parallaxe 2013 - date PXS Parallaxe 2013 - date PXL Parallaxe LP shape 2013 - date TB Tabu 2009 WB Lyon S copy 1994 - 1995 left : AB - 10 acoustic bass . right : XB - 600 6 - string bass ( right ) . basses ( edit ) prefix Series a.k.a type duration comments 1983 - 1985 Wing Scavenger 1980 - 1981 Stage 1981 - 1984 Stage 1981 - 1984 Force P copy 1983 - 1986 ABT 1987 - 1989 XS Axxess 1990 - 1991 BB Bantam 2006 - 2010 XB Bantam 1994 - 2006 MB Mercury 1992 - 1993 MB Mercury 2002 - 2006 RB RB 1999 - 2003 WP Shadow P copy 1997 - 1999 WJ Shadow J copy 1997 - 1999 Status 1000 1988 - 1993 SHB Stu Hamm 2012 - 2016 signature Taurus 2002 - date AB 2004 - 2006 Bootsy Collins Space Bass 2002 - 2006 CB 2007 - 2010 DB 2000 Force 2002 - 2010 2002 - 2003 WB Idol 2007 - 2010 SB Sonamaster 2016 - date AB Festival Acoustic 1988 - date D100DL acoustic . 12 - string acoustic electric acoustic guitars ( edit ) prefix Series shape duration type comments RW Roger Waters acoustic / electric RW300 signature ( USA ) dreadnought 1978 - 2010 WD dreadnought 2011 - date 125th Anniversary parlor 2008 - 2009 WSJ 125th Anniversary southern jumbo 2008 - 2009 southern jumbo 1985 - 2000 folk 1978 - 2010 WF folk 2012 - date WG grand auditorium 2011 - date J jumbo 1991 - 2010 SJ southern jumbo 2004 - 2005 WB baby jumbo 2007 - 2010 WJ jumbo 2011 - date PS Paul Stanley dreadnought 2007 PS Paul Stanley folk 2007 PR Prairie State 1920s 2002 - 2003 DC dreadnought 1987 - 1994 Stephen 's Extended Cutaway mandolins ( edit ) banjos ( edit ) resonator guitars ( edit ) amplifiers ( edit ) effects ( edit ) Endorsers ( edit ) Washburn uses the mechanism of endorsements , where : Manufacturer provides custom - shop instrument that suits the artist best , for free ( or even paying artist ) . Artists promotes his or her usage of that instrument and advertises manufacturer company . The current list of Washburn Signature endorsers . Standard Washburn Endorsers . Product lineup ( edit ) 2017 Signature lines ( edit ) N4 XX anniversary edition . Nuno Bettencourt models are flagshipped by the American hand - made N4 . The N4 is a small reverse - headstock `` super-strat '' that features the Stephen 's Extended Cutaway neck joint for easy access to the higher frets . It is outfitted with a Bill Lawrence and a Seymour Duncan pickup , and a licensed Floyd Rose - type tremolo . The N1 and N2 are production ( budget ) models of this line , factory - built in Korea , and feature standard bolt - on necks and lower - grade pickups and tremolo systems . The N3 ( discontinued ) was also produced in Korea and sported the Stephen 's Extended Cutaway but used lower - grade pickups . Bettencourt has endorsed several Washburn acoustic models as well . There is the N7 7 - string model , and an acoustic / electric based on the Festival Series , the EA20SNB . Ola Englund Solar ( 2013 / 2014 ) : Signature model announced by Washburn in 2013 for Swedish guitarist Ola Englund of Six Feet Under , Feared , and The Haunted . Warren Haynes - vocalist and guitarist , Gov 't Mule , The Allman Brothers , and the Warren Haynes Band . The Washburn WSD5249 acoustic guitar is based on the original Washburn Solo Deluxe from 1937 , which is similar in size to the popular OM shaped guitars on the market today . Adirondack Spruce top with period - correct vintage sunburst finish . Hand - shaped scalloped Adirondack Spruce bracing , solid rosewood sides , 2 - piece back with vintage - inspired 1930s zipper - style inlaid herringbone stripe . The top has 3 - ply ivoroid binding and the sound hole is finished by a ringed herringbone rosette . Previous Signature product lineup ( edit ) DIME 333 ( Dean ML - style ) . CP2003 `` Culprit '' . `` Dimebag Darrell '' Abbott Washburn 's Dean ML - style Dime 333 and radical Gibson Explorer - like Dime Culprit models were the most popular . The Dime 333 had a Floyd Rose double - locking tremolo ; the 332 variant featured a stop - tail bridge . The Culprit , with its sliced - up Explorer - style body , featured a Floyd Rose tremolo , a mirror pickguard and a pair of hot ceramic humbucking pickups with chrome cover . Paul Stanley model . Paul Stanley Models for 2014were the PS2014 , PS2012 , PS 12 and PS10 . Previous models have been the PS600 and PS800 ( extensively used while touring with KISS ) , as well as the `` Preacher '' PS7000 / PS7200 / PS9000 / PS9200 ( which he used during his 2006 - 2007 tour to promote his solo album Live to Win ) . Stanley 's line also includes the PS9 and PS11E acoustic guitars that feature his image on the front and come bundled with a custom gig bag . Jennifer Batten three guitars based on the WM design ( the USA version of the Maverick BT Series guitars ) . All had three single - coil pickups : JB - 80 ( Korea ) , JB - 100 ( USA ) , JB - 100 MIDI ( USA ) with installed Roland GK - 2A divided pickup system . Steve Stevens Signature Model ( 1993 ) SS80 and SS100 models made at Washburn 's Chicago custom shop . The SS40 was mass - produced in Korea . The SS80 was produced in black with gold hardware and a Schaller - licensed Floyd Rose tremolo , Seymour Duncan JB humbucking pickups . The SS100 featured black hardware and Frankenstein monster graphics . George Washburn / Stephens Extended Cutaway electric models were introduced in 1987 and designed entirely by Stephen Davies . The EC series had 3 models in the series : the EC - 26 Atlantis , the EC - 29 Challenger , and the EC - 36 Spitfire . The EC - 29 and EC - 36 were the first mass - produced guitars that had over 27 frets . The EC26 had 26 frets , was made in the U.S.A. and is a very rare model . Nick Catanese Signature Model ( 1999 ) Idol Series for Nick Catanese . Stu Hamm - Signature electric bass model designed by Stu Hamm . Dan Donegan Signature Model / Maya Series ( 2003 ) : A six - string electric guitar series for Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan and named after his daughter Maya . There were two models : the Maya Standard ( DD - 70 ) and the Maya Pro ( DD - 75 ) . Both use Seymour Duncan pickups . Bootsy Collins Space bass ( 2006 ) : Signature model for Bootsy Collins . Features Fender Jazz Bass pickups . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Hubert Pleijsier ( 2008 ) . Washburn Prewar Instrument Styles . Anaheim Hills , CA : Hal Leonard . p. 3 . ISBN 978 - 1 - 57424 - 227 - 0 . Jump up ^ `` History of Lyon & Healy - origin of Washburn name '' . Lyon & Healy , Inc . Jump up ^ John Teagle , U.S. Music Corp. ( 1996 ) . Washburn , Over One Hundred Years of Fine Stringed Instruments ( 1st ed . ) . New York : Amsco Publications . p. 73 . ISBN 0 - 8256 - 1435 - X . Jump up ^ Bacon , Tony ( 1 September 2001 ) . The history of the American guitar : 1833 to the present day ( 1st ed . ) . Hal Leonard . ISBN 9781617130335 . Jump up ^ ( 1 ) , heading of `` Rudy Schlacher '' video in NAMM Oral History video project . Jump up ^ `` Grand Piano Haus : our history '' Jump up ^ ( 2 ) : Beckmen Music became Roland 's distributor for the western United States in 1976 , and in 1978 a 50 % partner in founding Roland USA . The Beckmens sold their share back to Roland in 1993 and bought a vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley . Jump up ^ Di Perna , Alan ( July 2009 ) . `` Burning for you '' ( PDF ) . Guitar World . Retrieved 7 March 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Guitar - maker Strikes Comeback Chord : Washburn Hits The Top 3 On 15 Years Of Growth '' , February 17 , 1991 Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Hoovers.com , entry : U.S. MUSIC CORPORATION Company Profile Jump up ^ U.S. Music press release , 12 / 15 / 2002 Jump up ^ `` Schlacher Says Farewell '' Jump up ^ U.S. Music press release , 08 / 24 / 2009 , in Music Inc Magazine Jump up ^ LinkedIn entry `` Rudy Schlacher '' Jump up ^ IMDB entry : Steel Panther : The British Invasion Jump up ^ Village of Mundelein 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Jump up ^ ( 4 ) , Guitar maker leaves Mundelein . Jump up ^ `` Washburn History '' . Washburn Guitars / U.S. Music Corp. , a division of JAM Industries , LTD . Jump up ^ `` Buzz Feiten Tuning System '' . Washburn Guitars . Archived from the original on 2011 - 12 - 21 . Jump up ^ `` The Washburn Days '' . Stephen 's Extended Cutaway. 2010 . Archived from the original on 2012 - 03 - 17 . Jump up ^ `` Washburn Voics Contour Control ( VCC ) '' . Washburn Guitars . Archived from the original on 2011 - 12 - 29 . Jump up ^ `` Ola Englund Signs With Washburn Guitars '' . Guitar Noize . July 1 , 2013 . Ola Englund recently posted an announcement that he would n't be renewing his contract with S7 Guitars and I also recently mentioned that S7G are no longer manufacturing the Strandberg Boden and Washburn have taken over those duties . Well it seems Washburn are making a big move back into the Metal guitar community as Ola Englund ... has just signed with Washburn to create a new Solar Series guitar , which will be part of the new Parallaxe series . Jump up ^ `` Washburn WSD5249 Acoustic Guitar '' . Washburn Guitars . Jump up ^ `` Washburn Paul Stanley Series Electric Guitars '' . Washburn Guitars . Archived from the original on 2014 - 08 - 12 . PS10BK / PS10WHK / PS12BK / PS12WHK / PS2012B / PS2012WH / PS2014TS Jump up ^ `` Washburn Stu Hamm Series Bass Guitars '' . Washburn Guitars . Archived from the original on 2014 - 04 - 19 . 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