Guitar Stories

Then in 1958 two new unforgettable shapes appeared. One was the company’s most recognized, the Shorthorn. The other was Dano’s most unforgettable, the Longhorn. The Longhorn was also available as a...

Lukather's guitar differed little from the high-end RS 1000 that basically had the same appointments except for a different bridge humbucker and rosewood fretboard. Ibanez’ biggest feature that year was the...

In the early 90s Yamaha approached Mike before about a signature guitar, but being a self-described “one-guitar guy” he remained satisfied with the partscaster.  Around 1995 Yamaha presented the idea...

Supro’s most recognizable guitar came along in 1954, the Dual Tone, originally called the Duo Tone. Link Wray helped make this guitar famous and it’s beloved for the gold plated...

As the non-compete expired Leo built a manufacturing facility under the CLF entity to produce guitars, and Music Man was the sales and distribution agent. Music Man delivered their first guitars,...

Even after getting his name on a guitar, more often than not Kessel continued to gig and record with the ES-350 over his own model. Likely that was his personal preference,...