Music Man is an American guitar and bass guitar manufacturer. It is a division of the Ernie Ball corporation.
The Music Man story began in 1971 when Forrest White and Tom Walker formed a company they would call Tri-Sonix, Inc (often incorrectly referred to as "Tri-Sonic"). The name of this partnership was changed to Musitek, Inc. by 1973 and in January 1974 the final name, Music Man, appeared.
Initially, Music Man concentrated solely on production of its high-end, US-built instruments, refusing to enter the budget instrument market. In the late 1990s, the demand for cheaper versions of Music Man instruments had increased and other companies had begun to exploit this market-gap by producing replica instruments, built from inexpensive woods and components in various East-Asian countries.
