Vintage Guitars on Youtube this week: Gibson Firebird

Vintage Guitars on Youtube this week: Gibson Firebird

As a vintage guitar collector, I'm always on the hunt for unique and special instruments. This '64 Gibson Firebird V is a great example with all the cool wear and...
Fender Serial Number Lookup

Fender Serial Number Lookup - How To Find the Year of a Fender Guitar

How To Read Fender Serial Numbers Use our guide to find the year of your Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar, and more. Did you check your serial number on Fender's Serial Number...
Video of a vintage Gibson ES-355 Mono guitar

Vintage Guitars on Youtube this week 12/8/2023

Hear the tone of a vintage Gibson ES-355 on Youtube!  We recently acquired this 1961 Gibson ES-355 in a rare mono configuration with added Bigsby tailpiece. Our friend Browan Lollar came...
How much is a Gibson Les Paul worth 1950s

How much is a Gibson Les Paul worth?

Finding out how much is a Gibson Les Paul worth begins with accurate identification. As a Gibson guitar buyer, I start with with most important parts of identification first, then...
Fender Stratocaster 1954 old classic vintage guitar

Fender Stratocaster 1954

Fender's iconic Stratocaster model debuted in 1954 with a design that rocketed the electric guitar into a new era. The Stratocaster's offset center waist, perfectly intonatable bridge, smooth tremolo, and...
True Vintage Guitar on Youtube this week! 11/26/2023

True Vintage Guitar on Youtube this week! 11/26/2023

This week at True Vintage Guitar, my friend Riggs Taylor came by to make this video of the 1965 Fender Stratocaster in Lake Placid Blue finish and rare A neck...
1950s Gibson Les Paul guitar buyer in Europe and Portugal

1950s Gibson Les Paul Buying Trip To Portugal

 1950s Les Paul Buyer in Portugal I've just returned from a trip to Faro, Portugal to buy this mid 1950s Gibson Les Paul goldtop! Portugal is a wonderful country and...
1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard vintage guitar burst

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1958 Goldtop and Sunburst

  Gibson's Les Paul Standard was at its peak during the transitional year of 1958. The classic Goldtop finish that model was introduced with only 6 years earlier was updated...
Fender Broadcaster guitar made in 1950, black pickguard, blond finish

Fender Broadcaster Guitars 1950 - 1951

  Before the Telecaster model name, Fender's first solid body electric guitar made for Spanish style playing was known as the Broadcaster model from 1950 to early 1951. The Broadcaster...
Gibson Les Paul TV Junior Yellow 1955 through 1958

Gibson Les Paul TV (yellow Junior) 1954-1958

  While it may look like a Les Paul Junior in TV yellow finish, Gibson's own catalog and price list considered this an entirely different model that it called the...
Gibson Les Paul serial number lookup

Gibson Les Paul Serial Numbers

  Lookup a Gibson Les Paul Serial Number The Ultimate Gibson Les Paul Serial Number Search Guide! Knowing how to date - decode Gibson Les Paul serial numbers is a...
1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar with Olympic White finish

1961 Fender Stratocaster Olympic White

The Fender Stratocaster guitars made in 1961 are some of the finest that the company every made since their introduction in 1954. The slab Rosewood fretboards, thin finishes, mint green...