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 …
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 …
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 …
It must be a playdate at the RevenFlo project shoot at McCelvey Center.
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 …
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 …
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 …
We got a nice set of Vintage 1970s Slingerland Drums for the studio. Here’s the description from the dude we got these from (a nice guy from Canada): ” Slingerland 70’s 3ply Thermogloss / Natural Maple Shell Kit 12 x 8 tom 15 x 10 tom …
This is a beautiful natural blond 1953 Epiphone Century Archtop. This guitar was made in the Epiphone plant in Queens, NY – the same place where Les Paul created “The Log” in 1940, which was his crowning contribution to inventing the electric guitar as we know it. …
This is a late 1960s Japanese-made Norma in sparkle red. Norma was started by Norman Sackheim in 1965. Sackheim started importing Japanese guitars to Chicago from a manufacturer called Tombo. The designs of the guitars were based on the Italian guitars made by companies like Goya …
We had John’s BC Rich Warlock with a Widow’s Peak headstock here at the studio for years. Hated to see it go, but as John so eloquently commented – it deserves to be played.
Melody was an Italian guitar maker that made guitars mostly for Eko. This is one of more rare guitars branded with the Melody name, and it was not made in Italy. The guitar was made in Japan. It even carries that obvious distinct look of the …
I’ve heard people credit Les Paul with inventing the electric guitar, and I’ve heard people say the Telecaster was the first electric guitar. But the reality is that the history of the electric guitar is messier, and way more fascinating, than most would know. (Check out Who …
This is a 1963 Teisco Del Rey WG-2L. We dated this guitar from this Teisco Timeline website. It’s a great site about Teisco. This guitar has great playability. Low, fast action. Great sound! Great neck feel. This is a great guitar. We did very little work on …
The Fender Telecaster is a legend. It’s working-man’s royalty among guitars. It has been, and still is, played by some of the most influential musicians of all time. You see Teles played customized by players (hot rodded), and you see them played by the greatest guitarists …
We have a brilliantly playable 1964 Teisco Del Rey MJ-2L, dated with the information provided at TeiscoTwangers.com (great site!). This guitar is super cool looking of course (as most of these 60s Japanese guitars are), but it is also as wonderfully playable as any nice guitar should …
The Rickenbacker shown here in this post is a 330 Fireglo made in their home factory in Santa Ana, California in January, 1991. It’s a beautiful guitar just to look at for sure. And it has the unmistakable Ric sound. You can go either jangly Beatles …
1960s Harmony H601 Lap Steel 100% Original Works Great Sounds Fantastic New Strings Copper Finish “Hershey Bar” Pickup “Cupcake” Knobs
This is a Egmond bass made in Holland in the early 60s. Egmond didn’t have the best system of cataloguing their guitars, so I dated this guitar primarily from these two websites: http://jedistar.com/egmond/ http://www.egmondguitars.nl/dating.html The information I’m relying on primarily are these statements: Is the name egmond “written”t …
This is a very nice guitar. In the early 2000’s, Fender launched a classic series of the 50s surf Stratocaster. While the move was surely influenced by the pop punk 90s band Blink 182 (whose lead man played one), Fender did the reissue with class and …
This is a 1979 Fender Stratocaster. See the video and description below to see what is original on the guitar and what is not. The guitar is black on black with rosewood fretboard. It’s in great condition in terms of being a player. It has cosmetic …