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...
Super Supro - Dual Tone Supro’s most recognizable guitar came along in 1954, the Dual Tone, originally called the Duo Tone. Link Wray helped make this guitar famous and it’s beloved for the gold plated...
Toothful Tiger - Music Man Sabre As the non-compete expired Leo built a manufacturing facility under the CLF entity to produce guitars, and Music Man was the sales and distribution agent. Music Man delivered their first guitars,...
An Okie From Muskogee Even after getting his name on a guitar, more often than not Kessel continued to gig and record with the ES-350 over his own model. Likely that was his personal preference,...
Is This Love That I'm Feeling? The first high-end model of those was the SG-175 and that’s what Yamaha originally offered Santana as the starting point for his custom guitar. He suggested some improvements, mainly to...
Gibson Flying V 2.0 In 1978 Tim Shaw of Gibson pickup fame was tasked to breathe new aesthetics into two “old” models. They were to be the Explorer E2 and Flying V2. The common...
