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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...
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...
1967 Epiphone FT-110 Frontier
The Epiphone Frontier was manufactured by the Gibson company in Kalamazoo, MI from 1958 until 1969. This model was a continuation of the Epiphone made FT-110 which also featured...
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
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...
1976 Fender Starcaster | Help me find the first Fender Starcaster!
I’ve been holding out on you guys for a few months now: I traded for this 1976 Fender Starcaster back in October and have stashed it away for personal use...
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....
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...
The Fender Telecaster: 1969
By 1969, the Fender Telecaster model had been relegated to fifth place on the price list for standard solid body electric guitars. The top of the line Jaguar was...
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...
Gibson Era Vintage Epiphone Guitars
The two decades from 1950 to 1970 saw a massive shift for the Epiphone brand name from family company, to Gibson's upscale line, and finally to inexpensive import sub-brand. Many players are unfamiliar...
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...