If Americans proudly claim electric guitar's invention, and have the best-known brands and models in the world, other countries build strong guitars brands over the decades.
One of the best example is Japan, where craftsmen and companies work quality build them a solid reputation, until providing instruments for a large number of guitarists around the world.
We of course think about ESP and Ibanez, two well-known brands that we're very happy to add to geetarist today.
Far from clichés of cheap asian guitars with low quality, these Japanese brands offer a vast range of instruments at all prices for many styles.