MJ Guitar Engineering was founded by Mark Johnson. Johnson started his career working for Alembic in the mid 1970s before founding his own company makign custom electric guitars. MJ Guitar Engineering, is best known for the Mirage series (introduced in 1993), a handmade electric guitar with carved top and a unique open headstock design. Mark Johnson's son Ethan has now joined him in the company.

Source: MJ Guitars website (4 June 2018)

Source: MJ Mirage catalog 1997