Super Size Me Please - Gibson Super 400-CES In 1951 the Super 400 received an electrified overhaul and here comes the Super 400-CES (Cutaway Electric Spanish). It was released alongside an electric version of the L-5, the L-5-CES. ...
Acoustic Black Widow The guitar was only produced for three years, most of them were built in Japan by Matsumoku, but Mosrite built the last couple of hundred. Coincidentally (or not), Semie Moseley...
Ovation Viper - The Hotter The Better Making his fortunes in the helicopter business and other defense related industries Charles Kaman just couldn’t shake his guitar ambitions. After unsuccessful bids to buy C.F. Martin & Co and...
No Wood? No Problem Veleno taught guitar lessons from his home in St.Petersburg, FL. That was the mid 1960s and he wasn’t allowed to have any large signs on his property advertising his guitar...
Santana Gold - Yamaha SG-2000 Yamaha approached Carlos Santana about a custom 175 and he wasn’t having it. Among several issues, his main complaint was the guitar would not sustain like he wanted it to.
FRAMUS - FRAconian MUSical Instruments The production history before the early 1950s is a little mysterious. Framus went on to become one of the largest guitar manufacturers in Europe by the mid 1960s and the...
