" Warrior would like to announce it's first international gallery with Ace Guitars in Switzerland. We are confident the Warrior heart will be portrayed through Gilles Duvoisin. Gilles will train under workshop supervision here in the United States to become equipped professionally to service and serve our clients. We look for three characteristics in our covenant galleries. They are friendliness, enthusiasm, and knowledge. Our pronet pricing insures global pricing whether you are in Europe or the United States. He will be schooled in our innovative Buy to Build program which enables our family members to obtain an instrument of their dreams. "

Best Regards, JD and Anna Lewis, founders

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1. The Acoustic Guitar

which encompasses the Classical guitar, the Spanish guitar, the Folk guitar and the Resonating guitar (aka Dobro).

2. The Electric Guitar

which encompasses the electro-acoustic and the amplified guitar which is amplified by either microphone or piezo sensors.

3. The electric bass guitar.

Acoustic Guitars

Let us set aside the history of stringed instruments prior to 2000 BC. The closest guitar to what is played today is probably the Vihuela (4 strings) which appeared about 1500 AD. The lute was also played during this same period and both instruments often seemed to be in competition with each other. The desire to play polyphonic music led to the development of the larger 6 string guitar tuned identically to today's instrument.
Until recently the acoustic guitar evolved in response to different cultural, temporal and regional musical fads and fashions. The top and most prestigious brands such as C.F.Martin guitars, and more recently, Ovation, have influenced the design and manufacture of today's guitar. In January 2003 the new acoustic Warrior guitar was successfully introduced at the MAMM in California.
We believe that the prospects for the future success of the 12 string guitar are impressive. However, the confidence of the manufacturers has not been overwhelming as yet.

Electric Guitars

The arrival of electricity. followed by electronics in the first decades of the 20th century, naturally led to thoughts of amplifying the sound of the guitar electronically.
After several fruitless attempts, notably those of Lloyd Loar, an engineer at Gibson, it was Adolf Rickenbacker who without a doubt made the biggest step toward the creation of the electric guitar in 1931. Adolf Rickenbacker ( Rickenbacher in Switzerland) was a Swiss immigrant to California. But it was the genius of Clarence Leo Fender (1909-1991) who had the courage, tenacity and vision to bring to life the solid body electric guitar. Today's guitars deviate little in characteristic shapes and forms from the foundation laid more than 50 years ago by Leo Fender and his associates. In 1950 Fender commercialized the Broadcaster but soon renamed it the Telecaster because Gretsch used a similar name for his drum sets. Later, the same design was adopted (copied?) by numerous manufacturers including not only Leo Fender with his G&L guitars but also Roger Sadowsky , Freenote Music, Tom Anderson, Aria and many others. In a different vein, the most copied guitar to date remains the Les Paul Gibson model.

Evolution has continued because of the development of new materials and technologies such as rare earths for the magnetic pickups, carbon and composite materials used for the body, neck and fingerboard of the guitar that create instruments with very specific tones. It is important then to choose your instrument with the utmost care. Some guitars and electric basses are no longer made entirely of wood. Fortunately, due to the passionate commitment of certain manufacturers and guided by the demands of experienced musicians, there is a trend to return to the careful fabrication of these instruments with exquisite woods. The Warrior guitars made by J. D. Lewis being an excellent example.

A new trend is a 7-string guitar. The future will tell if this configuration will one day be the norm. Other modern instruments with MIDI technology, modulation and which are programmable do not have much left in common with the traditional guitar, but could be useful and appreciated in certain contexts.

Bass Guitars

1951 Birth and marketing of the first electric bass precision by Leo Fender

1953 The Gibson company launches Gibson electric Bass. (Model having the look of a bass with a telescopic metal rod allowing to play vertically)

1956 Launch of the bass Höfner 500/1, sometimes called violin bass, well known due to the bass player of Beatles, Paul McCartney, who adopted it in 1961

1957 First bass 6 strings; Danelectro UB-1 (it is rather a guitar tuned an octave lower)

1960 Bass Gibson EB-2 adopted in 1963 by the bass player of Rolling Stones Bill Wyman

1961 Patent granted to Fender for his humbuckers pickups

1962 Bass Gibson EB-3 adopted by The bass player of Cream, Jack Bruce, later user of the Warwick basses

1964 Rickenbacker 4001S used among others by Paul McCartney

1966 First electric Bass Fretless Ampeg AUB-1

1970 First electric bass made with Plexiglas by Ampeg; Ampeg Dan Armstrong

1971 First Electric Bass Alembic adopted in 1972 by Stanley Clarke precursor of the fusion style with Chick Corea

1978 Bass fretless becomes more democratic with Jaco Pastorius

1979 Electric Bass Music Man StingRay by Leo Fender and his associates. Instrument adopted by numerous musicians as Pino Palladino for recordings with Paul Young, Elton John etc.

1986 First basses of Patrice Vigier (wood and composit materials, carbon)

1989 Birth of the Electric Bass Fodera Jackson Contrabass. Fodera is the brand adopted by the "slap man" Victor Wooten.

1993 Electric Bass 6 strings Ken Smith BT Custom VI

1976 First basses and electric guitars by the bass player JD Lewis, Warrior founder. These instruments are without interests because of the irregularity of the quality, often made under the influence of hard drugs.

1993 Foundation of the brand Warrior by JD and Anna Lewis. JD now miraculously cured had a new drive to create the best instrument in the world. In 2001 he won the prestigious luthier award in the USA. From the bass with 4 strings all the way to 15 strings and some meticulously encrusted with nacre. Some made of finely sculpted woods, all seemed possible now to JD Custom made to the specifications of the artists. Truly the Rolls of the electric and acoustic guitars and basses to see and play.

Warrior was immediately adopted by a number of talented musicians such as Chuck Rainey who was known in the business as "King Bass". He recorded with such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Paul Simon, Ringo Starr, Barbara Streisand, Barry White and many others.