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Here are some of my favorite vintage guitars and amplifiers to come through the shop over the past 10 years. Want to sell a vintage guitar or amplifier that's similar to one here? Contact me here to sell my Gibson guitar or sell my Fender guitar or amplifier.
1943 Gibson J-45: All Mahogany, All blues
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Posted on February 14 2013
This banner Gibson J-45 was made in the lowest of low time period during World War II. ...
1944 Gibson J-45 "Only a Gibson is good enough"
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Posted on February 09 2013
The banner on Gibson's wartime flat-tops appeared around June of 1942 and disappeared s...
1939 Gibson J-35, 3 tone bars of blues.
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Posted on January 27 2013
The model designation "J-35" showed up in the ledgers in late 1936. It was a no frills...
1967 Harmony H59 Rocket... Version 2
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Posted on January 25 2013
If you have followed this blog for a while you might remember my first Rocket (Rocket V...
Vintage Guitar Artist Spotlight: Brad Barr and his '51 Gibson J-45
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Posted on January 11 2013
I love watching youtube videos and finding within them little vintage gems that somehow...
Another Nick Lucas.... This one is probably a little later
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Posted on January 09 2013
This Nick Lucas walked into the local shop that I frequent. My ears perked up when I ...
1928 Gibson Nick Lucas... from an email
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Posted on January 04 2013
I'm active on a couple of guitar nerd forums and I like to look out for cool guitars. ...
On buying old, broken guitars before you can hear them
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Posted on December 29 2012
Most of the guitars that I buy are finds- as in they have been in a closet or under the...
A Semi-Rarity: The 1966 Epiphone Wilshire (USA!)
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Posted on December 23 2012
Vintage guitars often come with a trade off: the "good ones" got played- hard. As a re...
True Vintage Guitar Dot Com!
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Posted on December 14 2012
..... is coming soon. At least I bought the domain. I don't know hardly anything abou...
1967 Epiphone Casino- A "Beatle" Guitar
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Posted on December 07 2012
When Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957 their original hope was to get more guitars into st...
Harmony Bobkat Video Blog
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Posted on December 07 2012
I picked up this Harmony Bobkat a couple of days ago. I didn't feel like writing tonig...
The $200k Les Paul's little brother: 1960 Gibson Melody Maker
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Posted on November 24 2012
According to Gibson's website, the Melody Maker was the best selling guitar at the time...
Pre-war Epiphone Flat-top: 1940 Epiphone FT-50
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Posted on November 21 2012
I say 1940 but I don't really know. A friend on the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum con...
Pre-war Gibson Flat-top: 1933 Gibson L-00
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Posted on November 06 2012
When I was back in school I was lucky enough to find a guy with an early 50s J-45 and a...
The One(s) That Got Away
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Posted on November 02 2012
Half the fun of vintage guitars are their history and the path they took to get to me. ...
From the Bailey Brothers' VAULT: 1960 Gibson ES-355
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Posted on October 18 2012
You have heard of it happening. Most guitar shops will have somewhere that they keep t...
Why this is probably not a 1961 Gibson ES-125- what do you think?
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Posted on October 16 2012
Gibson is consistent in only one thing: inconsistency. As a result it can be very diff...