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|company_name=Halo Guitars
|company_logo = [[Image:Haloguitarslogo.jpg|200px]]|
|company_slogan=''"Built By Musicians, Priced For Musicians"''
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|company_type=[[Private company|Private]]
|foundation=[[2000]]
|founder=Belinda Lee & Waylon Ford
|location=[[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], [[California]], [[United States|United States of America]]
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|area_served=Global
|industry=[[Musical Instruments]]
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|owner=Halo Custom Guitars, Inc.
|homepage=[http://www.haloguitars.com/ www.haloguitars.com] 
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'''Halo Guitars''' is an [[United States|American]] manufacturer of [[electric guitar]]s, primarily known for outrageous guitar body designs.

==History==
Halo Guitars® was created in [[2000]] by CEO Belinda Lee, her son Jeff Lee, and [[luthier]] Waylon Ford. Seeing most guitar companies stagnate in designs and become greedy by charging high prices to the public - they decided to do what they could to improve the market. The company is dedicated to manufacturing high quality hand made instruments at an affordable price. The first Halo® guitars and basses were released at the [[2000]] Winter [[NAMM]] show and featured designs popular within the metal genre of musicians. The instruments gained popularity quickly because of the outrageous designs, performance, and fast-playing necks {{Fact|date=June 2007}}. The company grows larger and larger every year with a roster of endorsees that include; Skinlab, Re:Ignition, Terror Syndrome, The Miserables, Brides Of Destruction, Poison, Hanzel Und Gretyl, Down Factor, Hail Mary, Ministry, Fire Ball Ministry, Danzig, Tony Smotherman, Bestial Devastation, New Project, HateFX, Oscar Ortega, and many more. They have grown dramatically with their guerilla marketing strategies. Halo is known for its 60+ showcases every month, NHRA racing, billboard advertisements, and massive growing street team.

In 2007, at the winter [[NAMM]] show, Halo Guitars® revealed the 8-string electric guitars made possible by the joint action of Halo® owner Waylon Ford & [[Kahler Tremolo System]] owner Gary Kahler. Since then, they have been known to cross the bar in many ways and are considered one of the up and coming guitar manufacturers of this generation.

==Marketing==
Halo's marketing strategy, which featured [[fetish]] models (known as the "Halo Gals") holding the guitars in unique poses, solicited comparison a young [[Dean Guitars]].{{Fact|date=June 2007}} Halo employed marketing strategies unconventional for companies that manufacture musical instruments, including club showcases, conventions, billboards and radio and television. In addition to these the company also sponsors a [[drag racing]] team in cooperation with ITG Motorsports.

===Halo Gals===

The Halo Gals are employed as part of the marketing strategy and include models, [[roller derby]] skaters [[burlesque]]-, fetish- and sideshow- performers. They can be seen all across the globe heading districts of the Halo Street Teams. 

<gallery>
Image:BrandyAdFromHalo.jpg|Halo Guitars advertisement
Image:Halocover.jpg‎ ‎|Halo cover of Rock City News 2006
Image:Galspic.jpg‎ |The Halo Gals
</gallery>

==Guitar designs==
[[Image:Halov.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|200px|right|The Hellfire Guitar introduced at Summer [[NAMM]] July 2006]]
[[Image:8oct.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|200px|left|The Octavia 8 String Guitar introduced at Winter [[NAMM]] January 2007]]
[[Image:Squidguitar.jpg‎ ‎|thumb|200px|left|Glen Telford of [[Skinlab]] Signature Model Guitar "The Squid" introduced at Summer [[NAMM]] July 2007]]

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;Current
*Hellfire
*Satyr
*D-Spawn
*Squid
*Octavia
*Bettie Page (limited edition of 100, designed and styled with and signed by [[Bettie Page]])
*Inverted
*GVK (hand-carved)
*BH Series
*Fallen Angel
*Violon
*S-Nine
*The Revival
*Texas Renegade
*O'Dixie
*American Made Outlaw
*Hellborn
*DS-7
*667
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;Discontinued
*JLP-VI
*PT-VI
*BLH-VI
*Invert
*TFG ([[Tracii Guns]] signature model)
*DA-VI
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[[Image:Halostocks.gif‎ ‎|thumb|216px|left|Halo headstock designs since July 2006]]
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==Famous Halo Guitar Users==
*[[Tracii Guns]] &mdash; [[LA Guns]], [[Brides of Destruction]]
*[[London LeGrand]] &mdash; [[Brides of Destruction]], Hail Mary
*Scott Sorry &mdash; [[Brides of Destruction]]
*Glen Telford &mdash; [[Skinlab]]
*[[David Shankle]] &mdash; [[Manowar]]
*[[C.C. Deville]] &mdash; [[Poison (band)|Poison]]
*E-Rock Z. &mdash; Hail Mary, [[TLC (band)|TLC]], Fetisch
*W4D &mdash; Hail Mary, Black Tongue, Mark Boals Band
*Clarke &mdash; Homicidal, Studio Bassist
*Joe Fraulob &mdash; Danzig
*Tony Smotherman
*Tristan Williams
*[[Mark Boals]] &mdash; [[Yngwie J. Malmsteen]], [[Ring of Fire (Mark Boals album)|Ring of Fire]])
*[[Taime Downe]] &mdash; [[Faster Pussycat]]
*[[Danny Nordahl]] &mdash; [[Faster Pussycat]]
*Angel &mdash; Ky Deity, Fetisch

<gallery>
Image:Ccwf.jpg|[[C.C. Deville]] of [[Poison (band)|Poison]] with Halo Guitars Co-Owner Waylon Ford
Image:Glennyhalo.jpg|Glen Telford of [[Skinlab]] and his US Custom GVK
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.haloguitars.com/ Official Halo Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/halogals Official Halo Gal MySpace]
*[http://www.myspace.com/haloguitars Official Halo MySpace]

[[Category:Electric bass guitars by manufacturer]]
[[Category:Guitar manufacturing companies]]
[[Category:Companies established in 2000]]

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