Guitar Stories

From disassembling electronics to repairing and flipping busted guitars Dean Zelinsky was employed by his local music store as a guitar “repairman” at the age of 16. 

Semie Moseley, the guitar building brother is the star of this show.  His credentials include a stint at Rickenbacker learning under luthier Roger Rossmeisl (Rickenbacker and Fender) and apprenticing with...

Fresh management was brought in to correct the problem in 1981 and they decided to revive the Squier name by introducing a line of budget-friendly Fender guitars made in Japan....

The 1950s was the wild west in the solid body guitar world and competition between manufacturer’s was intense.  Who was going to develop the next best design kept executives awake...

Phil wrote, “I used to salivate over three pickup Les Pauls of which I only use the outer two”, referring to his Destroyer. He used it to record the solos...

One young artist that picked up a Starfire happened to be Jerry Garcia playing with his band the Warlocks.  He used it to record the Grateful Dead’s first self-titled album...