Stella was an American guitar brand owned by the Oscar Schmidt Company. It was founded around 1899.^[1] The Stella brand consists of low and mid-level stringed instruments.

Stella guitars were played by notable artists, including Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Charlie Patton, Doc Watson and Willie Nelson^[2] who learned to play on one.^{[citation needed]} Kurt Cobain of Nirvana played an acoustic Stella on the recording of the song Polly, from the Nevermindalbum, and Mason Williams with Classical Gas.

Stella was acquired by the Harmony Company in 1939. The brand was dissolved in 1974, and was later reintroduced by M.B.T. International, which is the corporate parent of the Harmony Company