Bear Creek Guitars
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Headquarters | California |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Bill Hardin |
| Products | Custom Weissenborn-style Hawaiian lap steel guitars |
| Website | Bear Creek Guitars |
Bear Creek Guitars is a California-based manufacturer of Hawaiian instruments. Luthier Bill Hardin founded the company in Hawaii in 1995 after working at O.M.I Dobro and the Santa Cruz Guitar Company.[1] Bear Creek primarily builds acoustic lap steel guitars in the tradition of the Weissenborn, one of only a handful of manufacturers basing their instruments on the original Weissenborn design.[2] Hardin has collaborated with guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman in designing an updated 7-string baritone version of the Style IV Weissenborn, called the BearTone.
