page_title: Tony Zemaitis
section_title: 1980s
hierarchical_section_title: Tony Zemaitis / 1980s
caption_attribution_description: English: Example of Zemaitis Student model guitar.
context_page_description: Tony Zemaitis was a British luthier from London. He is mostly known for his "metal top" electric guitars, which were used by some notable rock musicians of that era.
  Under the leadership of his son Tony Zemaitis, Jr., Zemaitis Guitars company continued this guitar-making style after the luthier's death in 2002.
context_section_description: In the 1980s Zemaitis launched a "student model" guitar that would allow people to upgrade his guitar when it was affordable but this proved too popular and time-consuming. He quickly realized that this model threatened to overshadow all other guitar production so it was discontinued. The 1980s were also a time when Zemaitis started to take more orders for guitars than was physically possible to produce and he had to start turning down work.
caption: Example of a Zemaitis "Student model".
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