Dean Cadillac Later in 1978 Dean introduced the second of his original designs, the E’lite and Cadillac. Both featured a set neck and a molded heel. Generally speaking the E’lite was a...
Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire In 1982 Tokai introduced the Talbo Blazing Fire, their first original body shape since 1968. Built from cast aluminum and (generally) consisting of an HSS or SSS pickup configuration it...
Fender D'Aquisto Clearly, Smith was going out on a limb and presenting some other menu options to Gibson’s Les Paul and hollow body players. Why not a jazz box? Fender had nothing...
Washburn HM-20V There was also a very rare one-off that wasn’t cataloged, the HM-80 which is essentially the same as the HM-20V but it has a hockey block headstock. If you dig...
Maton Wedgtail Maton is known for their original body styles and the Wedgtail is definitely unique, debuting in 1968 and produced until 1973, just over 100 Wedgtails were built. There were two versions...
Yamaha SA-15 Guitar historians try to box this one into several boxes :-). Is it a nod to Rickenbacker with the hybrid cat’s eye f-hole, pickguard, and checkered body binding? The Ventures...
