Vester Guitars
Vester was a musical instrument brand specialised in guitars and amplifiers. Formed as a part of retail company "Samuel Music" based in Effingham, Illinois, Vester is perhaps best known for their good quality Korean electric and acoustic guitars. History The Samuel Music Company, founded in 1946, was the proprietor and owner of a chain of music stores which sold pianos and specialized in school band renting programs. Following the success of several small luthier businesses such as Jackson and ESP in the late 1980s boom of the rock music industry, the Samuel Music company decided to launch its own brand of guitars, and named the brand "Vester". Rather than manufacture the instruments themselves, Vester used imported instruments, starting with Young Chang during 1987–88, then Saehan Guitar Technology, a subdivision of Zaozhuang Saehan Music Co., Ltd in South Korea (now known as Sunghan Music). The guitars were imported into the United States by Midco Music (now Musicorp), at the time chaired by L.Dean Samuel. Design specifications were dictated by Samuel Music in Illinois and revolved around variations on Saehan's preexisting top-of-the-line models. For a brief period in 1992, Vester manufactured an electric twelve-string model with dual humbucking pickups, a disparate string