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- Dean Cadillac With Small 'shrimpfork' Headstock
guitarz.blogspot.com: Dave Coulson writes via our Facebook page: I was having a whizz around the Guitarz site - as you do - and I came across the black '81 Dean Cadillac, so here's mine which I picked up around 14 years ago. It's all original,...
- Vintage Modified Höfner 182 Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: My uncle gave me a bass which he'd informed me a friend had made for him when he was in the army in the late '60s/early '70s... this is it. I was mildly surprised and rather pleased to see it was in actual fact a (very...
- Krozka Sharpe - Rare Handmade Guitar From The Uk
guitarz.blogspot.com: I've not heard of Krozka Guitars before. According to the seller of this Krozka Sharpe with handwound P90 pickups, Bigsby vibrato and relic gun metal finish: Krozka Sharpe Guitars of Northumberland, England [were] manufacturers...
- Vintage Japanese 1960s Greco Shrike With V-shaped Pickups
guitarz.blogspot.com: We've looked at a Greco Shrike before, but that example was missing one of its very distinctive V-shaped pickups. This example pictured above, currently listed on eBay UK with a whopping starting bid of £1,995 has both pickups...
- Wem Sapphire 12-string - Rare 1960s Solidbody From This Classic British Maker
guitarz.blogspot.com: Watkins Electric Music was formed in 1949 in London by the Watkins brothers, Charlie and Reg. Their first solid electric guitars appeared in 1957. Guitars made by the Watkins brothers have appeared under the WEM (Watkins Electric...
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Wilson Rapier 44
guitarz.blogspot.com:
Thought you might like this one - an old 4-pickup Wilson Rapier 44 which I was given around 28 years ago. The Watkins company made guitars and amps, and in 1968 they decided to badge their guitars as Wilson, so this is obviously a post-'68 model. The vibrato block is damaged as the arm has been drilled out at some point, there's some damage to the finish, the chrome on the pickups has bubbled a little and there's a control knob missing, but overall it's in decent nick - it's playable, and the electrics work fine. Not bad for a 40-year-old freebie anyway.Thanks for that, Dave. The Wilson name was chosen, apparently because it was Reg and Charlie Watkins' mother's maiden name.
G L Wilson
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Dean Cadillac With Small 'shrimpfork' Headstock
guitarz.blogspot.com: Dave Coulson writes via our Facebook page: I was having a whizz around the Guitarz site - as you do - and I came across the black '81 Dean Cadillac, so here's mine which I picked up around 14 years ago. It's all original,...
- Vintage Modified Höfner 182 Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: My uncle gave me a bass which he'd informed me a friend had made for him when he was in the army in the late '60s/early '70s... this is it. I was mildly surprised and rather pleased to see it was in actual fact a (very...
- Krozka Sharpe - Rare Handmade Guitar From The Uk
guitarz.blogspot.com: I've not heard of Krozka Guitars before. According to the seller of this Krozka Sharpe with handwound P90 pickups, Bigsby vibrato and relic gun metal finish: Krozka Sharpe Guitars of Northumberland, England [were] manufacturers...
- Vintage Japanese 1960s Greco Shrike With V-shaped Pickups
guitarz.blogspot.com: We've looked at a Greco Shrike before, but that example was missing one of its very distinctive V-shaped pickups. This example pictured above, currently listed on eBay UK with a whopping starting bid of £1,995 has both pickups...
- Wem Sapphire 12-string - Rare 1960s Solidbody From This Classic British Maker
guitarz.blogspot.com: Watkins Electric Music was formed in 1949 in London by the Watkins brothers, Charlie and Reg. Their first solid electric guitars appeared in 1957. Guitars made by the Watkins brothers have appeared under the WEM (Watkins Electric...