Category: History
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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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