The Real Italian Grand Prix As rock n’ roll hit the scene the accordion industry started to dry up by the late 1950s. So Galanti diversified into guitars. The guitar line was short-lived for the family,...
All The Kids In The Marketplace Say... March 26, 1987 The Bangles were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone and Vicki Peterson was proudly displaying her pink Carvin DC125. She started playing a Carvin in 1986...
HELP! I hear banjos... These guitars were made in Kalamazoo, MI from 1960 to 1969. Thereafter, nearly all production moved to Japan (some in Korea for a couple of years) and Epiphone guitars were...
VALCO - It's Complicated During the 1950s and 60s Valco produced all kinds of guitar centric products including pickups and amps mostly for other brands. Its two house guitar brands were National and Supro,...
Barney Kessel - Signature Gibson (that wasn't "very signature") Barney Kessel (The Wrecking Crew among many accolades) was on the list too with a signature Standard and Custom model that first appeared in 1961. Prior to the endorsement deal...
A Little Silvertone, A Lot Harmony Fast forward to 1959 and the Silvertone 1429 was released, made by Harmony, and it was the highest-end offering from Sears at the time. Sporting a trio of DeArmond Golden...
