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Vintage Fender Jaguar Black with matching headstock
This 1966 Fender Jaguar in rare custom color Black with matching headstock is my current shop favorite. I spent a little time dialing in the setup and enjoying the tone...
1946 Fender Model 26 Deluxe Walnut and Gold
Leo Fender's Model 26 "De Luxe" amplifier was the middle size of the first three production amplifiers for the newly established Fender Electric Instrument Company after Doc Kaufman left...
1964 Gibson ES-335tdc!
This golden era vintage Gibson guitar cruised through the shop a few years ago: a 1964 Gibson ES-335tdc with Bigsby tailpiece. It was worn thoroughly but was an exceptional sounding...
Gibson's ES-335 from 1958 to 1968
This solid center block inside the Gibson ES-335 is one of my favorite Gibson developments from Gibson in the late 1950s. None of the other manufacturers had made a...
1954 Epiphone FT-210 Deluxe Cutaway
While Epiphone's archtop guitar line would give Gibson a run for their money, the flat-top line was lacking in a guitar at the top of the food chain. Gibson's...
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...
The Fender Jaguar: 1968, 1969, and 1970
The Fender Jaguar model electric guitars is one of my favorites every made. It was intended to supersede the previous three electric guitar models from Fender, but never quite...
The Fender Jaguar: 1966 and 1967
Fender's Jaguar model electric guitar debuted in 1962 and changed gradually throughout the 1960s. I'm a fan of pretty much all Fender Jaguars made in the original Fullerton, California...
The Fender Jaguar Through the 1960s: 1964 and 1965
Fender began production on the new Jaguar model in 1962. Like all Fender guitars in the 1960s, various aspects of the guitar changed gradually throughout the 1960s. I haven't...
The Fender Jaguar Through the 1960s: 1962 and 1963
Fender's Jaguar model was Leo's fourth proprietary solid body electric guitar for professional use after the Broadcaster (Telecaster), Stratocaster, and Jazzmaster. It debuted in 1962 as the brand's top...
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...
The Metropolitan Music Mod - Stratocaster with Jaguar switches!
This killer 1962 Fender Stratocaster walked into a Guitar Center in Wisconsin last year. It had a strange modification that I had never seen before: a Jaguar style switch plate...