Guitar Boogie - Merlin Arthur Smith Country Squire What helped propel Smith was a giant hit from 1945, “Guitar Boogie”. It sold 3 million records and you may be familiar with Tommy Emmanuel’s version of the same song. Or...
Schecter Dream Machines After a few short years Schecter’s parts inventory was so expansive it only made sense to start building whole guitars. So in 1979 Schecter introduced the first models, a custom...
The Robin Ranger from Texas Also that year came the Robin Ranger. It invoked the best of Fender in one guitar. An asymmetrical double cut, and a Tele-esque pickguard extended into the Tele-esque control plate...
To The Batmobile! - Hallmark Swept-Wing The guitar was taking forever and Joe was losing money, unable to gig. He struck a deal to work for Semie for free just so he could speed up the...
ESP - Breaking The Chains While on tour with Dokken in 1986, George Lynch and his guitar tech stumbled into ESP’s main shop in Tokyo. They ended up spending a half a day working with...
Wheel Bearings to Guitars - Maton Maton comes from the brother’s last name “May” and the word “tone”. At first they built acoustic and classical guitars before adding amplifiers (1954/55) and eventually electric guitars.
