This week, Jason and Chris (a couple fake cowboys) take a look at a 1957 Gretsch Rancher. This guitar is in great shape and sounds fantastic! Learn a little about the history of Gretsch, why this guitar looks the way it does, and how not to …
Eastwood Guitars reboots the 60s Mosrite with The Sidejack Pro
This guitar was given to us at The Local Pickup by Eastwood Guitars when we did an episode of our show in their showroom in Nashville, TN. View Episode. They are very cool to help support the show by giving us a guitar that we can …
Episode 13: Eastwood Guitars in Nashville, TN
On this episode, we sit down with Lincoln Smith of Eastwood Guitars in the Eastwood/Novo showroom in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s a great guy, and we had a blast talking with him! Eastwood carved out their niche by combining the quirkiness and style of vintage guitars with …
1952 Gretsch Synchromatic Archtop Acoustic
This is a rare 1952 Archtop Acoustic Gretsch Synchromatic. The Gretsch serial numbers can be dated here. From our research, these models were referred to both as the Synchromatic 100F and the 6014. You will see them with and more commonly without the super cool bridge …
Episode 12: Summer NAMM 2019
Jason and Chris went to Nashville to see and play some of the “crazy” and “insane” guitars on display at this year’s Summer NAMM Show! From big name manufacturers to boutique luthiers, we saw guitars of just about every shape, size, and price point. Subscribe to …
Santa Cruz Guitar Company to be on The Local Pickup
We are so excited to announce that Santa Cruz Guitar Company (SCGC) will be on The Local Pickup. The first of two anticipated episodes will air in the early fall. This August, we will have the amazing experience of interviewing Richard Hoover – a legendary luthier …
Episode 11: The Gibson SG & a 1960s Kay Copy
It seems like no other guitar is as synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll as the Gibson SG. But how does a Kay knock-off stack up? Today we’re looking at two guitars that look very similar but are actually worlds apart. Delve into the history of the …
Episode 10: 1952 Gretsch Synchromatic
In today’s episode of TLP, Jason and Chris are talking about a classic, all-American acoustic guitar. The Gretsch. The founder of Gretsch was a German immigrant who came to New York and started making some of the world’s coolest guitars. This guitar looks and sounds really …
Eastwood Guitars will be on The Local Pickup!
We’re stoked about having Eastwood Guitars on The Local Pickup. We’re gonna be able to spend some time in their shop in Nashville just prior to Summer NAMM, hanging out and trying out some of their beautiful (and wild!) guitars. They make the coolest and wildest …
1957 Gretsch 6022 Rancher
This beautiful Gretsch 6022 Rancher was made in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. And Premier Guitar did a piece on one just like this (same year and everything). The 50s were a great era for Gretsch. The family was in its third generation of leadership, and …
Episode 9: 1960s Dutch Egmond Bass
Today we’re looking at a vintage Egmond bass guitar from the 1960s. Egmond was a huge player in the ’60s guitar world. This “thumpy”-sounding beauty has perfect checking on the finish (if you’re into that sort of thing). Except for the nut, this bass is entirely …
Novo Guitars will be on The Local Pickup!
We’re headed to Summer NAMM 2019 in Nashville, TN, and we’re going to have the pleasure of shooting an episode of the show with none other than Novo Guitars the day before the show. Novo is in Nashville and has been gracious enough to allow us …
Episode 8: 1928 Tricone at Heyday Music in Asheville NC
Today we’re getting into the second half of our conversation with Charles Gately, co-owner of Heyday Music in Asheville, NC. This metal Tricone resonator is (almost) unique, being one of two ever made! It was modded to have a 5-string neck, but it’s still a beautiful …
Episode 7: Ural 650 Soviet Era Rare Guitar
When they were first produced in the late 1970s in the USSR, only 25,000 of these rare Ural 650s were built. The fact that this one made its way to our studio is pretty mind-blowing! In ’70s and ’80s Soviet Russia, electric guitars represented Western pop …
Episode 6: Gretsch 6117 at Heyday Music in Asheville NC
The Local Pickup hits the road with our first out-of-studio episode! Today, Jason is talking to Charles, co-owner of Heyday Music. They’re looking at a 1965 Gretsch 6117 Double Anniversary electric guitar. This beauty is all-original. Despite some slight wear-and-tear, it still plays like a dream! …
Babies Martin & Taylor
It must be a playdate at the RevenFlo project shoot at the McCelvey Center! This May, RevenFlo shot a creative marketing video (that we also recorded music for) at the McCelvey Center in York, SC. This narrative-driven video required us to hire actors to play a …
Episode 5: The Kay Vanguard – Genius or Fluke?
In this episode of The Local Pickup, Jason and Chris continue wearing red shirts and talking about vintage guitars! This week’s subject is a Kay Vanguard from the ’60s, one of the most successful guitars of that era. This simple, inexpensive guitar was available everywhere, including …
Episode 4: 1960s Japanese Guitars
In Episode 4 of TLP, Jason and Chris talk about a few different guitars made in 1960s Japan and what makes them each so special and uniquely Japanese. During the ’60s, many American and Italian guitar companies outsourced manufacturing to Japan, which had a very distinct …
The Great Epiphone, The Pre-Gibson Years
Like seemingly most of the great beginnings in American History, the story of Epiphone begins with the story of an immigrant to this great nation. Anastasios Stathopoulo was the son of a Greek timber merchant, and while still in Greece, he began crafting lutes and violins …
Late 1960s Kay K1 SG Made in Japan
Kay K1 SG Kay was a large guitar manufacturer in the US in their own right (one of the largest) in the 50s and early 60s. Then in the late sixties and seventies, they became a brand importing Japanese-made American guitar knock-offs. The Japanese guitar makers …
Late 70s Soviet Ural 650 Guitar
Ural 650 This is a Ural 650 that was made in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s. There were about 25,000 of these made at that time (according to an article from Premier Guitar). Playability (we’ve worked on it) Most of these, from what we …