Category: History
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Spotlight: 1954 Fender Telecaster with Bigsby B-16 Vibrato
By Ryan Gabrinetti, Burbank Shop Manager While I do enjoy dabbling in the odd and obscure as much as the next millennial, this week we’re going to get into the good stuff. The kind of top shelf stash that eludes many and whose significance has resulted in as many hit records as divorces. In the…
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What’s the Deal with Vintage Italian Guitars?
Finding the right balance of comfort and cool on a dime can be a precarious game of trial and error, but in the carousel of vintage guitars in and out of our doors everyday, one persuasion has definitely been standing out in the shop.
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The Offset: Fender’s Fresh Frontrunners
The further we move into the uncertain future, one fact is becoming increasingly obvious — the offset body is Fender’s undisputed head of the pack.
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Are Guild Guitars The Next Vintage Gold Rush?
By Ryan Gabrinetti, Burbank Shop Manager As consumers everywhere bemoan the rise in retail prices across each necessity and niche interest, a question we have been getting more and more frequently is: what is going to be the next vintage brand to blow up? With golden era Fender and Gibsons increasingly becoming unobtanium, players and…
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A Vintage Moog Guitar? Looking Closer At The Gibson RD Series
The Gibson RD Series is a perfect case study in what happens when a trusted guitar maker goes out on a limb and tries something new.
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Gibson ES-335: Anatomy Of A Burst-Killer
In the world of secondhand guitars, there are plenty of Gibson Les Pauls and SGs to pass around, but one thing is for certain: there are not enough ES-335s to match.
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Les Paul’s Les Paul That Sounded Nothing Like A Les Paul
Taking a closer look at one of our favorite oddball vintage guitars — the Gibson Les Paul Recording model
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