Vintage Gibson J-45 guitars

The Gibson J-45 Model Through the Years

The Gibson J-45 with its round shoulder body shape and classic Americana tone is an essential model for any collector, studio or serious player. Gibson named the model "J-45" with...
1948 Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar

1948 Gibson J-200 - Cowboy Tiny Adams

Vintage 1948 Gibson SJ-200 ~ This beauty was owned for a long time by Cowboy Tiny Adams. It's going in the shop at Burns Repair for a few maintenance repairs before heading...
Vintage Fender Starcaster electric guitar

Weird and cool: the Gibson Les Paul Signature and Fender Starcaster

The 1970s were a decade of cool innovation but also declining quality for both the Gibson and Fender guitar companies. Large scale factory production took a toll on what once...
Vintage 1957 Gibson Les Paul Junior guitar

1957 Gibson Les Paul Junior

Gibson's Les Paul Junior model debuted in 1954 as an affordable, stripped down alternative to the Les Paul Model or the Les Paul Custom. The beautiful gold finished Les Paul...
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True Vintage Guitar top 5 vintage guitars from 2018

  The vintage guitar haul from 2018 was one for the record books! I love every guitar that comes through the shop, which is why I bought them in the...
Vintage 1960 Gibson ES-355 cherry red electric guitar

Vintage 1960 Gibson ES-355 Cherry Red Electric Guitar

  Feast your eyes upon Gibson's top of the line thinline, semi-hollow arcthop electric guitar, the ES-355td Stereo+Vartione! Gibson offered three versions of the thinline electric arcthop guitar with solid...
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Four Stunning Vintage Gibson ES-335 Guitars in 2019

2019 has been a wild ride here at True Vintage Guitar! I'm really grateful to those who followed along with the guitar safaris on my blog as well as on Instagram: @truevintageguitar....
1960 Gibson ES-335 guitar

Four Stunning Vintage Gibson ES-335 Guitars in 2019: #3 from 1960!

You can check out the first two posts in this series here: 1962 Gibson ES-335TDC and 1961 Gibson ES-335TDC! It's possible that the only true secret to finding amazing vintage...
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Gibson Guitar Buyer: 1966 Gibson Trini Lopez in Birmingham, Alabama

  I was very pleased when Joe called me to sell his vintage 1966 Gibson Trini Lopez Standard! I'm always a vintage Gibson guitar buyer, but I'm especially looking to...
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Vintage Guitar buying road trip! 1962 Gibson ES-335

Vintage guitar buying roadtrip! Some vintage guitars are too special to ship. This one called for an almost 24 hour drive time road trip. I received a call from a...
1965 Gibson Firebird III Frost Blue guitar

Gibson Firebird III non-Reverse in rare Frost Blue!

Gibson's Firebird range of guitars consisted of four trim levels and one major body style change in 1965. The trim levels mirrored that of the Les Paul line where the...
1964 Gibson Melody Maker D Left Handed

1964 Gibson Melody Maker D Left Handed

  This vintage 1964 Gibson Melody Maker D was factory made for left handed players! I'm always a Gibson guitar buyer but especially for left handed vintage Gibson guitars. Gibson...