Guitar Stories

Kay began producing a well-rounded catalog of thinline guitars in the late 50s and by the early 60s they were hitting stride with the introduction of the K-592. Or more affectionately...

Fresh management was brought in to correct the problem in 1981. Their solution? Take Fender to Japan and force the imitation companies out of business, or at least diminish their...

The story begins with the short-lived guitar company, Odyssey Guitars, of Vancouver, B.C. In 1981, after a few Loverboy hit records Dean had some spending money and commissioned Odyssey to produce...

One of several radical design concepts is that of the fretboard, often described as “sawtooths”. The fretboard is actually fretless whereas the frets are “stair-stepped” and the strings make contact...

"I own the 1959 Candy Apple Red Stratocaster that was on the cover of Rick Derringer's ‘All American Boy’ album with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo. It was originally purchased...

For “show off and tell” day at school Washburn went all out to display the extra access to the highest frets by producing three models: an EC26, EC29, and EC36. ...