TVG Blog
Touring Musicians Playing Birmingham, Alabama
Many of True Vintage Guitar's best customers are professional musicians. Life on the road can be tough but each new city means a chance to find new gear. If your...
2014 Charlotte International Guitar Show Recap
The 2014 Charlotte guitar show has come to a close and Keith and I are back home. We had an excellent weekend enjoying rare vintage guitars and the camaraderie of...
True Vintage Guitar at the Charlotte International Guitar Show 2014
True Vintage Guitar will be setting up shop at the Charlotte guitar show this weekend, August 23 and 24. Will you be there? Come by and introduce yourself. Mine will...
Vintage Silvertone Amplifiers
Silvertone was the brand name that Sears was using for all of their musically related products in the 1960s including guitars, amplifiers, radios, record players and more. Sears would contract...
The Gibson ES-330
Gibson introduced a new series of guitars in 1949 with the prefix "ES" for Electric Spanish. The Gibson ES-330 had to wait until 1958 for its introduction. The ES-330 was...
The Gibson Country Western Model
The Gibson Country Western Model debuted as its own model in 1955. The folks at Gibson gave the Country Western its own paper label with the name of the model...
1943 Gibson J-45 "Only a Gibson is good enough"
There's no question that some of the most highly regarded Gibson flat top guitars came out of the Gibson factory during the most wide spread war in history. The mysterious...
Vintage Chicago Made Harmony/Silvertone/Kay Electric Guitars
These Chicago made, formerly cheap guitars have been really hot on the vintage market lately. Players are finding out that solid American made electronics and kitschy visual appeal can do a...
Does my guitar have loose braces? How can I tell?
If your guitar has 30+ years on it or has been exposed to heat at some point in time, it's very possible that some of the braces aren't secured to...
1967 Martin D-28
The D-28 has been Martin's flagship model almost since it received a 14 fret neck in 1934. The Rosewood back and sides and long scale length make this a powerful, loud and...
Another 1956 Fender Deluxe
The Fender Deluxe (5e3 circuit) is the quintessential vintage amplifier. If you're a gear head then a 5e3 Deluxe is probably somewhere in your future, if not your present. Why...
1963 Epiphone Coronet Silver Fox
It's hard to beat a hot Gibson P-90, a wrap tail and a slab of Mahogany. 1963 was the first year of the batwing headstock and the custom color they...