Baldwin

Also known as: Baldwin Guitars, Baldwin-Burns

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22 Products · Used by 66 Artists

Baldwin Discoverer DS-50 Synthesizers

$500.00

1 available store

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9 artists using

Baldwin Electric Harpsichord Harpsichords

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25 artists using

Baldwin Fun Machine Organs

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6 artists using

Baldwin Burns Buzzaround Fuzz Effects Pedals

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Baldwin Howard ´80 Baby Grand Pianos

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Baldwin Microcomputer Orchestra Organs

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Baldwin Upright Upright Pianos

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2 artists using

Baldwin Concert Model D Piano Grand Pianos

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1 artist using

Baldwin Model 801CP Electric Classical Guitar Classical & Nylon-String Guitars

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1 artist using

Baldwin C1 Professional Combo Guitar Amplifiers

4 artists using

Baldwin C172 Grand Piano - Red Grand Pianos

1 artist using

Baldwin BP211 Piano Baby Grand Pianos

9 artists using

Baldwin M1 Piano Baby Grand Pianos

1 artist using

Baldwin Tempo-Matic Drum Machine Drum Machines

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Howard Combo Organ Organs

1 artist using

Baldwin Model 243 Acoustic Piano Upright Pianos

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4 artists using

Baldwin 1966 Baldwin Hank Marvin Acoustic-Electric Guitars

1 artist using

Baldwin Burns Vibraslim Mark I Bass Guitar Electric Basses

1 artist using

Baldwin Burns Jazz Bass Electric Basses

Baldwin Organ Wonder Chord Interlude Model 124 Organs

Baldwin Combo Organ Organs

Baldwin Syntha-Sound 37-Key Monophonic Analog Synthesizer Synthesizers

Baldwin is an American brand best known in the music-gear world for a short-lived line of electric guitars, basses, and amplifiers produced in the late 1960s. The Baldwin Piano Company of Cincinnati, Ohio entered the fretted-instrument market in 1965 after being outbid by CBS for Fender, instead acquiring the British guitar maker Ormston Burns Ltd. for $380,000. Early Baldwin-branded instruments were essentially rebadged Burns designs — including versions of the Marvin, Double Six, Vibraslim, and Virginian — distributed through Baldwin's network of piano dealers.

In 1967 Baldwin introduced the 700 Series, a range of more affordable semi-hollow thinline electrics built in partnership with Italian maker Crucianelli, with bodies made in Italy and necks produced in the UK or at Baldwin's Fayetteville, Arkansas plant. Models included the 706 six-string, the 712 and 712T twelve-strings, and matching bass versions. The Italian-made pickups looked like humbuckers but were actually single coils, giving the instruments a jangly 1960s character. Also in 1967, Baldwin purchased Gretsch, and by the end of the decade it had wound down its own-branded guitar line to focus on the Gretsch range, with Baldwin guitar production ending in 1970.

Original Baldwin electrics are collectible vintage items today, associated with players such as Al Jardine of the Beach Boys. The instruments are noted for their Burns-derived styling, scrolled headstocks, and distinctive tonal character that ties them to British Invasion–era guitar sounds.

Baldwin has 22 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Organs, Baby Grand Pianos, and Electric Basses. Their gear is featured by 66 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Pop, and Electronic. Notable users include Moby, Dizzy Reed, and Philip Glass.