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|company_name=Halo Guitars
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|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 Custom Guitars, Inc. was founded in [[2001]] by Belinda Lee and Waylon Ford.  The first Halo guitars and basses were released at the [[2001]] Winter [[NAMM Show]] and featured designs popular within the metal genre of musicians.  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 "Octavia" 8-string electric guitar made possible by the joint action of Halo Guitars co-founder Waylon Ford & [[Kahler Tremolo System]] owner Gary Kahler.

==Marketing==

[[Image:BrandyAdFromHalo.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Halo Guitars advertisement]] 

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]], in an attempt to make up for their sloppy build quality.{{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.

==Guitar designs==

[[Image:Halov.jpg|thumb|right|The Hellfire Guitar introduced at Summer NAMM July 2006]] 

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;Current
*Hellfire
*Satyr
*D-Spawn
*Morbus
*Inverted
*GVK
*Squid
*Reaper
*667
*Octavia
*Bettie Page (limited edition of 100, designed and styled with and signed by [[Bettie Page]])
*Texas Renegade
*O'Dixie
*American Made Outlaw
*Saw Series 1
*Saw Series 2
*30 days Of Night
*Heavy Metal Collector Series 1 - 6
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;Discontinued
*JLP-VI
*PT-VI
*BLH-VI
*Invert
*TFG ([[Tracii Guns]] signature model)
*DA-VI
*BH Series
*Fallen Angel
*Violon
*S-Nine
*The Revival
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==Famous Halo Guitar Users==<!-- need citations -->

[[Image:Glennyhalo.jpg|thumb|right|Glen Telford of [[Skinlab]] and his US Custom GVK]] 

*[[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
*Rodney Clarke &mdash; 
*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
*"G" - HateFX, Dogma

==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]
*[http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/84177-anyone-own-a-halo-guitar.html Halo Guitars' Build Quality]

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

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