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Working For The Weekend

Working For The Weekend

The story begins with the short-lived guitar company, Odyssey Guitars, of Vancouver, B.C. In 1981, after a few Loverboy hit records Dean had some spending money and commissioned Odyssey to produce...

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Bond Electraglide

Bond Electraglide

One of several radical design concepts is that of the fretboard, often described as “sawtooths”. The fretboard is actually fretless whereas the frets are “stair-stepped” and the strings make contact...

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All American Boy Pete Flynn

All American Boy Pete Flynn

"I own the 1959 Candy Apple Red Stratocaster that was on the cover of Rick Derringer's ‘All American Boy’ album with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo. It was originally purchased...

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Washburn Extended Cutaway

Washburn Extended Cutaway

For “show off and tell” day at school Washburn went all out to display the extra access to the highest frets by producing three models: an EC26, EC29, and EC36. ...

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Jackson Schon Guitar - What a Journey

Jackson Schon Guitar - What a Journey

In 1985 Neal Schon personally commissioned and financed his own signature guitar through Jackson. One of his artistic touches beyond the original body style was the Testarossa tailpiece (see Carlisi’s...

Baby Boomer Bloomer

Baby Boomer Bloomer

John’s earliest musical memories were as a young boy, laying on the floor, listening to his mom sing and play honky tonk piano in his childhood home in Parkersburg, WV....

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