Vintage Gibson ES-300 Series Explained In this article we will look at the more legendary rock n’ roll semi-hollow thinlines from the 1950s and 60s. The “standard” guitars that most of us think about when...
Trini Lopez - Two Gibson Signature Guitars To say that Trini was hot by the time Gibson’s McCarty reached him is an understatement. Unlike Johnny Smith and Tal Farlow who were on the back half of their...
Hagstrom Corvette Hopping on the electric guitar bandwagon in 1958 Hagstrom unveiled their first solid body electrics, the Deluxe and Original. Very ORIGINAL names :-). The body styles resembled a Les Paul...
Put This In Your Longhorn & Smoke It Then in 1958 two new unforgettable shapes appeared. One was the company’s most recognized, the Shorthorn. The other was Dano’s most unforgettable, the Longhorn. The Longhorn was also available as a...
Ibanez Steve Lukather Lukather's guitar differed little from the high-end RS 1000 that basically had the same appointments except for a different bridge humbucker and rosewood fretboard. Ibanez’ biggest feature that year was the...
Yamaha's Tele - Mike Stern In the early 90s Yamaha approached Mike before about a signature guitar, but being a self-described “one-guitar guy” he remained satisfied with the partscaster. Around 1995 Yamaha presented the idea...