Guitar World has recently posted a video tour of John 5 discussing his collection of vintage guitars, mostly consisting of vintage Telecasters. Looking at vintage guitars is fascinating to me, and John 5 has a great collection, including an almost mint 1953 blond Telecaster and a mint 1954 Blackguard Esquire. … [Read more...]
Jazzmaster Turns 50
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fender Jazzmaster: Fender unveiled its Jazzmaster guitar in 1958, intending to score a one-two punch with an instrument that would be the company's top-of-the line successor to the Stratocaster guitar and appeal to serious jazz guitarists, a class of musician that had eluded Fender's widening reach. Although it succeeded on neither … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa Aged Les Paul Goldtop
Gibson has recently released several new guitars in their Inspired By series, including the Joe Bonamassa Aged Les Paul Goldtop. The guitar includes a carved maple top, 2-piece light mahogany back, cream binding, 1-piece mahogany neck, 1959 neck profile, Bonamassa Truss rod cover, and BurstBucker 2 and BurstBucker 3 pickups. The pictures of this guitar look fantastic. I can't … [Read more...]
Art Guitar
Are you in the market for a custom-painted guitar? Art Guitar is a company based out of Colorado that custom paints guitars. They also make custom-painted Guitar Hero controllers. Although at $399, the Guitar Hero controllers aren't cheap. They have KISS, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, and Pantera Guitar Hero controller models. … [Read more...]
Parlor Guitars
I was discussing music and guitars with my friend Taylor the other day, and he reminded me of blues musician Mississippi John Hurt (a fantastic guitarist, by the way). Listening to Hurt reminded me of a guitar I had about 8-9 years ago, a Seagull Coastline Grand. The Coastline Grand is a parlor-sized guitar. If you're not familiar with parlor guitars, they have a much smaller … [Read more...]