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Langcaster Guitars
Langcaster Guitars is a New Zealand guitar brand founded by Dutch people, Dutchman Joh Lang. The Langcaster Guitar is distinctive for its unique prehistoric swamp kauri body and intricate patterns made from the roots of the List of trees native to New Zealand, native New Zealand Kauri tree. Carbon dating carried out by the scientists at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands has found wood used in the guitar bodies to be more than 35,000 years old. Notable players of Langcaster Guitars include Jan Akkerman, Kara Gordon, and Arli Liberman. History The first Langcaster guitar was handmade and crafted in 2000 by Amsterdam-born inventor and luthier Joh Lang. These guitars were further developed by Lang and his son in his home in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland suburb, Titirangi in New Zealand on the fringes of the Waitākere Ranges native kauri forest. Material The Langcaster guitar is made from 35000 year old sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
