The new Chinese-made Rapier Guitar Company is the brainchild of veteran guitar designer Alan Entwistle, whom many will know from his own retro‑informed Revelation brand.
The first Rapier electric guitar was a rather tidy re-run of a Brit-classic, the Watkins Rapier. While Watkins is still a going concern, Alan had noticed that the rights to the name Rapier had lapsed, so he acquired them and it became the brand name.
