Don't Box in a Flamenco Player - B.C. Rich Bernie Rico had only made classicals and acoustics, flamenco guitars, and banjos in his father’s shop and didn’t make his first solid body electric until 1968. A year later, it...
NAMM 2022 Recap From a Spectator's Perspective I was fortunate enough to attend my first NAMM out of pure pleasure and it was an absolute blast. I did some networking for Guitar Gavel which was part of...
Kramer Baretta - Plain & Simple Shredder Glory Kramer was riding high in the early 1980s with their Pacer guitar leading the charge. Kramer’s Rockinger trem system had caught the attention of Eddie Van Halen who was looking...
One For The Space Age - Eko Rokes Guitar Similar to The Ventures teaming up with Mosrite for a signature model, The Rokes joined forces with Eko to produce the Eko Rokes model (1965/66). A rocket shaped guitar that...
Epiphone Professional - Truckload of Switches All the features of an amp are built into the guitar allowing the player to control the amp settings on the guitar. The integration was done via a six-pin jack,...
BYOA - Bring Your Own Amp Aimed at the entry-level guitar player the first models (1448) was a 3/4 sized semi-hollow electric with one lipstick pickup and a 3-watt amp in case. The package deal came...
