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Robin Ranger


The saga of Alamo Music Products is one of both “retro-innovation” and an against-the-trend manufacturing chronology. What’s more, the Robin Ranger bass has its own unique history.

Founded as Robin Guitars in the early 1980s, the Houston-based company began as an importer of high-quality Japanese solidbody electric guitars from Chushin, ESP, and Tokai.

The first Robin catalog, released in 1982, shows a plethora of electric guitars (and no basses), all of which have “reverse” headstocks – a design element that while borrowing from Gibson’s Firebird was actually at the forefront of ...
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