[中文]华许本公司于1883年成立于芝加哥，吉他工厂的原址距离麦克斯韦街只有几个街区。该街区于20世纪20年代引领了一场影响深远的音乐革命。作为成千上万从密西西比三角洲而来的非洲裔美国人的最初落脚点，麦克斯韦街为激动人心的“三角洲蓝调”的雏形提供了温床。音乐菜鸟和资深音乐人在纯粹的音乐环境下共同演奏，相互倾听。这种强烈的、情感丰富的音乐风格不但主宰了蓝调领域，更为摇滚音乐带来了根本上的革新。

在麦克斯韦街乃至全国各地的大街小巷里，在人行道上，在酒吧和舞场里，华许本吉他被看作是用它们辛勤演奏的乐手和精心设计制作这些吉他的华许本雇员们的精神的体现，这种精神引导着华许本公司，直至今日。

华许本吉他见证了许多普通摇滚人向白金吉他演奏家的转变。每当你打开收音机或观看一场现场演唱会，你都可以感受到这段由深爱吉他的工匠和乐手创造的历史。

直至今日，华许本吉他仍以其综合设计创新和高清晰音质引领全世界。

现今的华许本公司成型于1977年，一家芝加哥的公司购买了华许本这一世纪品牌和小部分的存货并继承了华许本的理念。当时这家公司的年利润为30万美元。现如今，华许本公司一年能卖出25万架吉他，年利润可达到5000万美元。

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[外文]Washburn was founded in Chicago in 1883. The original guitar factory was located just blocks away from Maxwell Street. In the early 1920s, Maxwell Street itself would emerge as the epicenter of a musical movement. Often considered the first entry point for thousands of African-Americans arriving from the Mississippi Delta, Maxwell Street became a hotbed for Delta Blues in its most raw and dramatic form. Newcomers and established musicians alike would listen and jam with one another in an atmosphere void of commercial influence. Once recorded, this powerful, emotional style of music would not only become the dominant form of blues but would radically change the emerging sound of rock and roll.

There, on Maxwell Street, as well as in alleyways, city sidewalks, bars, and honky-tonks around the country, Washburn guitars were embraced as the very embodiment and reflective spirit of the hard-working musicians who played them as well as the employees who designed and crafted them. It is the same spirit that guides Washburn to this day.

The history of Washburn Guitars is the history of a wide range of musicians. From blues players who shaped rock ‘n roll to multi-platinum recording artists to emerging guitar virtuosos. It is a history that can be heard and experienced every time you turn on the radio or listen to a live performance. It is a history built by skilled craftsmen and musicians who share one common love–a passion for the guitar.

Washburn continues to be a consistent leader in combining design, innovation, and technology to deliver the rich, bold sounds for a vast musical landscape.

Nowadays Washburn International was founded in 1977.A small enterprise in Chicago bought the brand Washburn of one century, and a small number of guitars, elements, inventories. At that time, the company profit 300,000 dollars a year but nowadays Washburn can sell 250,000 guitars and profit more than 50,000,000 dollars a year.

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