Guitar
Bertram D
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- Gretsch Spectrasonic G6144 C Melody Baritone By Tv Jones
guitarz.blogspot.com Another guitar I'd love to play before I die - preferably on stage (the playing - well also the dying if I come to this) - is this wonderful Gretsch Spectrasonic G6144 C Melody Baritone designed by luthier Thomas V. Jones - originally...
- 1960s Kent Violin-shaped Electric Mandolin
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ever since Beatle Paul McCartney's endorsement of the Hofner 500/1 "violin bass", having first seen one for sale in Hamburg's Steinway Shop in 1961, the violin bass has been much copied by guitar makers in Europe and Japan....
- Taylor Classic Sb1-x Solid Body
guitarz.blogspot.com I love crazy guitars with original designs and creative spirit, but I also enjoy no-nonsense simple ones like this Taylor Classic SB1-X with its sober but very elegant line and finish (transparent white is one of my favorite, look...
- Rickenbacker 260 El Dorado
guitarz.blogspot.com: I usually avoid to label a guitar as being rare, since it is usually just a cliché intending to add value to a banal instrument - and often it is its only virtue. In the case of this Rickenbacker 260 El Dorado, it might well...
- Guild S30 3/4 - Rare Three-quarter Scale Solidbody From 1979
guitarz.blogspot.com: In 1977, Guild introduced the S60 guitar series of solidbody electric guitars, a line of instruments which were in production until the early 1980s. The S60 itself had a single humbucker, whereas the S60 D intially had dual humbuckers...
Guitar
Firefox mini Les Paul
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I'm afraid there's not much I can tell about this Firefox mini Les Paul - but that it's probably Japanese and probably from the 1990s... I find short scale guitars interesting instruments if you don't try to just use them as regular guitars... I once bought a cheap small strat for my kid and it sounds surprisingly good: in open tuning it becomes a kind of electric mandolin with unsuspected possibilities... I'd be curious to hear how these humbuckers sound in higher pitch.
Bertram D
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - 10 years and counting!
- Gretsch Spectrasonic G6144 C Melody Baritone By Tv Jones
guitarz.blogspot.com Another guitar I'd love to play before I die - preferably on stage (the playing - well also the dying if I come to this) - is this wonderful Gretsch Spectrasonic G6144 C Melody Baritone designed by luthier Thomas V. Jones - originally...
- 1960s Kent Violin-shaped Electric Mandolin
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ever since Beatle Paul McCartney's endorsement of the Hofner 500/1 "violin bass", having first seen one for sale in Hamburg's Steinway Shop in 1961, the violin bass has been much copied by guitar makers in Europe and Japan....
- Taylor Classic Sb1-x Solid Body
guitarz.blogspot.com I love crazy guitars with original designs and creative spirit, but I also enjoy no-nonsense simple ones like this Taylor Classic SB1-X with its sober but very elegant line and finish (transparent white is one of my favorite, look...
- Rickenbacker 260 El Dorado
guitarz.blogspot.com: I usually avoid to label a guitar as being rare, since it is usually just a cliché intending to add value to a banal instrument - and often it is its only virtue. In the case of this Rickenbacker 260 El Dorado, it might well...
- Guild S30 3/4 - Rare Three-quarter Scale Solidbody From 1979
guitarz.blogspot.com: In 1977, Guild introduced the S60 guitar series of solidbody electric guitars, a line of instruments which were in production until the early 1980s. The S60 itself had a single humbucker, whereas the S60 D intially had dual humbuckers...