rharv, there are conflicting sources of information on whether it was Zenith or Curtis Mathes as the last standing, Made in USA manufacturer. Now that TVs are all nearly LCD, it's like the laptop market, where there are only a few actual design manufacturing locations; all Asia based. One week these locations are cranking out HP lappies, next week Apple (yes Apple contract manufactures almost all of it's products in China), next week Dell. All of them likely get repaired by UPS - yes UPS - at locations nearby UPS hubs across the country.

The last synth that I bought was an Ensoniq VFX-SD, made in Malvern, PA if I'm not mistaken. That was 1989 - still hard at work in the home studio as a midi controller. Built like a tank. Heavy as a tank as well! It did have an issue with an internal card-edge connector that Ensoniq sent out a service bulletin to solder jump wires across this edge connector. Mine was serviced by Nalli music in Ann Arbor.

I also have a made-in-USA electric guitar: My Peavey Milestone. I need to replace the pots in that thing. It's a fine instrument. Same type of pups as in the T-60, which is still a popular guitar in C&W bands for some reason. Those guitars were some of the first CNC cut bodies and necks in the USA, if not the world.

My acoustic guitar is made in N.A. Larrivee made in Vancouver. Great product but I probably can't sell it internationally and I'm nearly certain Mr. Larrivee is not buying finished ebony fingerboards from somewhere. I got a tour of the Oxnard location and the fingerboard blanks were there, unfinished, at that time back in probably 2005 or so.

My Fender Fat Strat is a Made in Mexico product, with a rosewood fingerboard. Probably can't sell that internationally either since I don't have the provenance of the fingerboard.

My Chinese made SX bass, and Valencia classical guitars have rosewood fingerboards on both of those. I don't have the provenance of those either.

-Scott

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