Luthier Harvey Citron has been building high quality, innovative, solid body guitars since the early 1970s. Citron, a noted guitarist and singer, co-founded the Veillette-Citron company in 1975. During the partnership's eight years, they were well-known for the quality of their handcrafted electric guitars, basses, and baritone guitars. Citron also designed the X-92 Breakaway model for Guild and was a regular contributing writer for several guitar magazines.
Citron instruments are available direct from Harvey Citron, or through a limited number of dealers. Citron maintains a current price list and descriptions of his models at his website. His Basic Guitar Set-Up and Repair instructional video is available from Homespun Tapes. For more information contact Citron directly or visit their website.
Instruments currently built in Woodstock, NY. Distributed by Harvey Citron Enterprises. Citron has been building guitars since 1983.

CITRON Electric Guitars Models

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CITRON AE4

- offset double cutaway hollow body, spruce top, mahogany body, oval soundhole, bolt-on three-piece mahogany/curly spruce neck, 22-fret pau-ferro, ebony, or maple fingerboard, four-on-a-side headstock, pau-ferro bridge, one or two Citron cu...

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CITRON AEG

- offset double cutaway hollow body, spruce top, mahogany body, oval soundhole, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or ebony fingerboard with dot inlay, six-on-a-side headstock, Pao Ferro bridge, single Citron custom blended single coil pi...

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CITRON AEG-3

- similar to the AEG, except has no soundhole, three Citron custom blended single coil pickups, four knobs (MV, stacked v, b, t), and a five-way pickup switch, 25.5 in. scale, current mfg.

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CITRON BO4

- offset double cutaway swamp ash or mahogany body, bolt-on three-piece hard rock maple neck, 24-fret or fretless pau ferro, rosewood, ebony, or maple fingerboard, four-on-one-side tuners, fixed bridge, two humbucker pickups, passive or act...

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CITRON BARITONE

- baritone configuration tuned B-E-A-D-G-B, offset single cutaway hollow body, spruce top, mahogany body, single f-hole, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or ebony fingerboard, six-on-one-side headstock, rosewood bridge, two Citron custo...

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CITRON BO5 Five-String

- similar to the BO4, except in five-string configuration, 4/1-per-side tuners, active electronics, four knobs, 35 in. scale, current mfg.

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CITRON CC1

- offset double cutaway korina or mahogany body, internal hollowed chambers, curly or quilted maple top, bolt-on neck, six-on-a-side headstock, tremolo, three pickups, volume/tone controls, five-way selector switch, 25.5 in. scale, current...

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CITRON BO6 Six-String

- similar to the BO4, except in six-string configuration, 4/2-per-side tuners, active electronics, four knobs, 35 in. scale, current mfg.

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CITRON CC2

- similar to the CC1, except has two humbucker pickups, tune-o-matic bridge, and stop tailpiece, mfg. 1998-present.

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CITRON CB4

- offset double cutaway honeycombed body, bolt-on neck, matching headstock with four-on-one-side tuners, fixed bridge, two pickups, five knobs, 34 in. scale, mfg. 2005-present.

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CITRON CF1

- sleek, balanced reverse Firebird-style korina or mahogany body, bolt-on neck, six-on-the-other-side reverse headstock, Tele-style fixed bridge, one humbucker and one Tele-style single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, three-way selector...

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CITRON CG2

- offset double cutaway honeycombed body, quilted maple top, mahogany body, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or ebony fingerboard with dot inlay, six-on-a-side headstock, Pao Ferro bridge, two Citron soap bar pickups and one EMG piezo p...

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CITRON CS1

- offset double cutaway swamp ash or mahogany body, bolt-on hardrock maple or mahogany neck, rosewood, pao-ferro, ebony, or maple fingerboard, six-on-one-side locking tuners, tremolo, three Citron custom blended single coil pickups, two con...

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CITRON J4

- offset double cutaway J-style honeycombed ash body, maple top, three-piece laminated maple bolt-on neck, 21-fret pau ferro fingerboard, four-on-one-side tuners, individual bass saddles, optional STB, tortoise pickguard, two Citron Jazz-st...

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CITRON CT1

- single cutaway swamp ash body, bolt-on maple neck, maple or rosewood fingerboard, six-on-one-side tuners, Tele-style fixed bridge with three individual saddles, two Seymour Duncan Tele-style single coil pickups, two knobs (v, tone), 3- wa...

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CITRON HG

- single cutaway hollow amhogany body, quilted maple top, single f-hole on the bass side, one-piece mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, quilted maple headstock overlay, six-on-one-side tuners, rosewood bridge with wide custom-compe...

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CITRON NT4

- offset double cutaway swamp ash or mahogany body, NTB three-piece hard rock maple/curly maple neck, 24-fret or fretless pau ferro, rosewood, ebony, or maple fingerboard, four-on-one-side tuners, fixed bridge, two humbucker pickups, active...