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Fender Custom Colours: the Pre-CBS Era
Where cars meet guitars – the colourful story of Fender’s custom finishes…
Gibson Les Pauls: from the first to the ‘Burst
We look back at the early evolution of Gibson’s most popular solidbody guitar…
Origin of Species – the 1954 Fender Stratocaster
There have been many defining moments along the course of guitar evolution, but there are few instances when an instrument has appeared right out of the gate as a fully formed musical icon of the 20th Century and beyond...
1950's Fender Stratocaster's
We look back at the Stratocaster’s transformation during the 1950s as it ascended to stratospheric success…
(Re)discovering the Holy Grail
How a handful of 1960s British bluesmen helped Gibson’s most iconic guitar rise to prominence…
1964 Gretsch 6131 Jet Firebird
1964 Gretsch 6131 Jet Firebird. Surely one of the coolest looking guitars, this one is a great players Gretsch. It has had a headstock repair at some time but otherwise...
1959 Gibson ES-330TD
1959 Gibson ES-330TD. Lovely players ES-330TD just in and not on the website quite yet. Featherweight with 2 strong P90s and a neck that you won’t want to put down....
1936 Gibson L-75
1936 Gibson L-75. A pretty rare model, the L-75 spec changed a few times in its short production, this one being a 16inch with a round sound hole and Archtop....
1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior 3/4
1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior 3/4. One of 181 made in 58. This thing rocks. Very clean with a nice strong P90. Set up with 12s it feels solid and...
1963 Fender Super
1963 Fender Super. 40watts, 2×10, brown faceplate with rough brown tolex and wheat grill cloth, 6G4-A circuit and harmonic tremolo. It’s not going to win any beauty contests but who...
Vox Tonebender MKII
Original Vox Mk II Professional Tonebender. 3 Original Mullard OC81D transistors. Incredibly rare, these were made in very small quantities for Vox by Sola Sound. This is fuzz holy grail