Fret-King

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rdf:langString Fret-King is a UK manufacturer of stringed instruments and musical accessories, originally conceived by guitar designer Trevor Wilkinson in the early 1990s. The company has manufactured a number of electric and bass guitars noted for their distinct appearance and non-traditional aesthetic. Since 2008, the Fret-King brand has been owned by UK musical instrument distributors John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd. (JHS), and is based in Garforth, Leeds. Fret-King has designed signature model guitars for a number of artists include Jerry Donahue, John Etheridge, Gordon Giltrap, John Verity, John Jorgenson, Elliott Randall and Danny Bryant. Manic Street Preachers guitarist James Dean Bradfield is a notable exponent of Fret-King guitars, and regularly plays a red Ventura 60SSH live and in the studio. Other notable users of Fret-King branded guitars include Parker Lundgren, Gavin Coulson of Oliver/Dawson Saxon, Jeff Brown of Cats In Space and Andrew Pipe of The Mentulls. Trevor Wilkinson parted ways with JHS in 2018.