History Of Gibson Guitars
Written by vintage on November 20, 2008 – 8:24 am -Gibson was a musician and a woodcrafter (luthier) who enjoyed building musical instruments such as archtop guitars, mandolins, and harps . The earliest electric Gibson guitar ever recorded or seen had a perfectly solid wooden rectangular one-piece body. In 1896 Gibson opened a little store and kept on experimenting and creating innovating new ways on how to build stringed instruments. In 1902 Gibson was bought out by investors who called their business Mandolin Guitar Manufacturing Company. From 1902 to 1944 some of the finest Gibson guitars were produced and now are considered vintage guitars and highly collectible . Some of these guitars include the Gibson L-5 archtop introduced in 1922 Gibson f-5 mandolin - 1923 Super jumbo flat top... more
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Buying an American Standard Fender Stratocaster Buyers Guide
Written by vintage on November 20, 2008 – 7:58 am -By Mark P Andrews American Standard Stratocasters herald from the Fender factory in Corona located in California. Originally called American Standard until around the year 2000, they then underwent some changes and were marketed as American Series Stratocasters. This year, 2008 some further changes were introduced and this particular stratocaster reverted back to the American Standard name. This label identifies them as the regular standard Fender offering of the Strat model. Essentially, they are all the same, identical except for the selected color. The American Standard will say Made In USA right upon the front of the headstock. A typical street value for this make of guitar as a ballpark figure would be around a thousand dollars new. For... more
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The Fender Stratocaster and the Legends Who Play It
Written by vintage on October 19, 2008 – 6:58 am -The Fender Stratocaster (Strat) electric guitar was first designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares with involvement from musicians Rex Gallion and Bill Carson in the early 1950s and commercially introduced in 1954. It’s been manufactured continuously ever since it was originally designed. It has become one of the (if not the) most famous guitars in the world. It’s been played by countless guitar legends many of whom are listed below. Due to the immense popularity of this model, musicians are listed here only if their use of this instrument was especially significant — that is, they are players who: 1. Have long careers and a history of Stratocaster use. 2. Have a particular guitar that was unique or of historical importance. 3. ... more
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Fender Vintage Guitars
Written by vintage on September 15, 2008 – 6:09 pm -Introduction. For most collectors, pre-CBS (pre-1966) Fender vintage guitars and amps are the desirable ones. Although CBS purchased Fender (officially) on January 3rd 1965, it took some time till the guitars changed (though by mid 1964, six months before CBS bought Fender, things were already “on the way down”). By the end of 1965, the general look and feel of the Fender guitars had changed significantly. All collectors feel the quality of their instruments and amps suffered as CBS employed more “mass production” manufacturing processes to the Fender guitars. The “large peghead” (starting in late 1965) as used on the Fender Stratocaster was one example of the (bad) changes to come. The “custom contoured”... more
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