DeArmond

Also known as: De Armond, DeArmond Pickups, DeArmond Guitars

DeArmond is an American guitar pickup brand with roots stretching back to the late 1930s, when Harry DeArmond and his collaborators in Toledo, Ohio began producing some of the first commercially available detachable magnetic pickups for archtop and acoustic guitars. Manufactured through Rowe Industries for decades, DeArmond pickups became a fixture of mid-century American guitar building, suppl...

33 Products · Used by 38 Artists

DeArmond M-75T Solid Body Electric Guitars

$586.61

1 available store

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2 artists using

DeArmond X-155 Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

$549.00

1 available store

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DeArmond Starfire Bass Electric Basses

$1,400.00

1 available store

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DeArmond Tone Boss Soundhole Acoustic Pickup Acoustic Guitar Pickups

$89.28 - $132.80

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1 artist using

DeArmond Starfire Special Electric Guitar Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

$625.00

1 available store

2 artists using

DeArmond Rhythm Chief 1000 Electric Guitar Pickups

$144.00 - $159.00

2 available stores

1 artist using

DeArmond Starfire Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

$1,400.00

1 available store

2 artists using

DeArmond S-73-12 12-String Solid Body Electric Guitars

$1,400.00

1 available store

DeArmond M65-C Solid Body Electric Guitars

$189.00

1 available store

DeArmond 800 Trem-Trol Tremolo Effects Pedals

$1,500.00

1 available store

DeArmond 601 Tremolo Control Tremolo Effects Pedals

$600.00

1 available store

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5 artists using

DeArmond Starfire Custom Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

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DeArmond S-65 Solid Body Electric Guitars

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DeArmond 1602 Volume Pedal Volume Effects Pedals

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DeArmond M55 Solid Body Electric Guitars

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DeArmond 1802 Weeper Wah Pedals

$100.00

1 available store

2 artists using

DeArmond S-67 7-String Guitar Solid Body Electric Guitars

1.0 (1)

DeArmond 602 Volume Pedal Volume Effects Pedals

10 artists using

DeArmond 610 Volume/Tone Volume Effects Pedals

2 artists using

DeArmond 210 Acoustic Guitar Soundhole Pickup Acoustic Guitar Pickups

4.5 (2)

3 artists using

DeArmond Pilot Bass Electric Basses

DeArmond 60B Tremolo Control Tremolo Effects Pedals

1 artist using

DeArmond (Fender) Ashbory Electric Basses

DeArmond 600 Volume Volume Effects Pedals

1 artist using

DeArmond X-135 Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

5.0 (1)

1 artist using

DeArmond Model 1600 Volume Pedal Volume Effects Pedals

DeArmond M-65 Solid Body Electric Guitars

$195.00

1 available store

DeArmond Gold Foil Electric Guitar Pickups

4.0 (1)

1 artist using

DeArmond Tornado Phase Shifter Phaser Effects Pedals

Jetstar Special Electric Basses

DeArmond Square Wave Overdrive Effects Pedals

DeArmond 1800 Wa-Wa Combination Volume Multi Effects Pedals

1 artist using

DeArmond Twister Phase Shifter Phaser Effects Pedals

The brand is best known for a handful of vintage pickup designs that have become cult favorites, including the Rhythm Chief 1000 archtop pickup introduced in 1948, the Model 2000 Dynasonic single-coil (closely associated with Gretsch guitars), and the gold foil pickups that turned up on numerous budget and import instruments of the era. Fender acquired the DeArmond trademark in the late 1990s and, from roughly 1999 through the early 2000s, used the name for a line of Korean- and Indonesian-built electric guitars based on classic Guild designs, including models like the M-series solidbodies and Starfire-inspired semi-hollows.

Under its present ownership, the brand focuses on pickups rather than complete instruments, offering easy-to-install models such as the Rhythm Chief 1000 and 1100 archtop pickups and the Tone Boss acoustic soundhole pickup. DeArmond's catalog continues to target players of archtops, acoustics, and vintage-style electrics who want the distinctive microphonic, airy tone associated with the original post-war designs.

DeArmond has 33 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Solid Body Electric Guitars, Volume Effects Pedals, and Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars. Their gear is featured by 38 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Pop, and Folk, World, & Country. Notable users include Paddy McAloon, David Gilmour, and Noel Gallagher.