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    Duke Robillard – Lowdown

    Vintage Guitar is happy to offer the premier of the new music video by Grammy nominee Duke Robillard. “Lowdown” is the  first single from his upcoming album, Blast Off!, set…

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    Win Big! 11 Sets! 11 Winners! Win a set of pickups from one of these sponsors: Deadline is March 15, 2026. Complete the survey below to enter giveaway. One entry…

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Spectrum 5

December 30, 2013 · Michael Wright

Joining playful mid-’60s cultural icons such as the Ford Mustang, NBC’s “The Monkees,” the Beatles’ “Nowhere Man” and Cassius Clay, the…

Classics – June 2021

February 7, 2022 · Ward Meeker

Rob Harrelson’s first guitar – a Kay 1160 – entered his life as a 14th-birthday gift from his grandmother. At…

Hilary Gardner’s jazz/country connection

September 30, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Classic sounds on “Silver on the Sage” Hilary Gardner and her band are devout fans of classic cowboy (and other…

Fender’s Mid-’50s Precision Bass

The "In-Between" Version

January 12, 2010 · Willie G. Moseley

In the world of electric basses, the 1952 Fender Precision is the one that started it all. While it’s true…

Elliot Easton

Star Board: Elliot Easton

November 25, 2015 · Ward Meeker

Elliot Easton’s “Pedalboard” Though Elliot Easton enjoys his loaded full-size Pedaltrain board, his new band, The Empty Hearts (with Clem…

Axe-Calibur Guitar Stand

May 10, 2022 · Julian Burtell

While guitar stands are a dime a dozen, few bring a sense of style nice enough for the living room.…

  • Carr Skylark Special 1×12

    Carr Skylark Special 1×12

    Take Flight

    Arriving a little more than 10 years after the original Skylark, Carr Amplifiers’ new Skylark Special adds versatility and enhanced tonal depths to squeeze a lot more into this diminutive…

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Celeb Guitars Make a Splash at U.K. Guitar Show

January 16, 2015 · Ward Meeker

Peter Hoarty and his wife, Gail, have been hosting guitar shows in England since 1998, when they rented space to…

Eleonora Strino

Italian Jazz Ace

June 10, 2024 · Pete Prown

Eleonora Strino is making waves in the jazz world as both guitarist and media-savvy artist. Through her videos and online…

 Fretprints: Larry Carlton

Revisiting Room 335

January 2, 2026 · Wolf Marshall

In 1978, Larry Carlton was atop the unforgiving environs of L.A.’s music studios, where technical prowess, precision, creativity, tone, and…

James Mastro

All Texture, No Clutter

July 9, 2019 · Tom Guerra

As one of the guitarists in Ian Hunter’s Rant Band for the past 17 years, James Mastro is responsible for…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Gibson EDS-1275 and EMS-1235

March 6, 2025 · Michael Wright

It’s hard not to associate doubleneck electric guitars with images of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page or fusion guru Mahavishnu John…

The Story of Jay Gower

Startup in Music City

April 18, 2019 · George Gruhn

In Nashville today, there are enough professional luthiers to meet the need for guitar repairs, modifications, and custom builds. In…

Fender’s 1961 Showman

The Show Must Go On

September 23, 2019 · Dave Hunter

When Fender stepped up from the tweed-covered amps of the 1950s to the radically redesigned Tolex amps of the ’60s,…

The (Way) Back Beat: A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody

Fretted cheesecake advertising through the years, Part One

April 5, 2024 · Peter Stuart Kohman

There are many ways for an advertiser to attract attention, and in the history of 19th- and 20th-century print hucksterisim…


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Elektron Analog Drive

Big Swede

April 16, 2019 · Michael Dregni

Take a look at your pedalboard. You probably have three or four overdrives and fuzzes hooked up – and are…

ASIA Symposium

The ASIA Symposium

Kinship and Connections

June 21, 2016 · Dan Erlewine

As much a celebration of kinship as it is an educational forum, the biannual Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA)…

Louis Electric 6L6-183 Cobra

Humble, Capital D

May 8, 2025 · Dave Hunter

One glance at the control panel and cabinet styling of the Louis Electric 6L6-183 Cobra is all most will need…

Swart Atomic Jr.

Splitting The Atom

April 23, 2019 · Phil Feser

When Swart decided to split their Atomic Jr. five-watt combo into a piggyback, they not only went from an 8″…

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Have Guitar Will Travel 056 – Johnny Johnson

August 13, 2021 · Art Department

The new episode of “Have Guitar Will Travel” features Johnny Johnson, who before scoring a gig backing Boyz II Men…

Marshall’s EH-1 Echohead, RG-1 Regenerator & RF-1 Reflector

Little Marshalls, Big Tones

July 14, 2020 · Phil Feser

Continuing the tradition set forth by the stout little metallic gray/gold boxes of the GV-2 Guv’nor Plus, BB-2 Bluesbreaker II,…

David Bromberg

Swearing On The Blues

November 1, 2016 · Michael Dregni

David Bromberg likes to quote the great fiddler Johnny Gimble, who once famously said, “There’s only two kinds of music…

Check This Action: A Year In Their Life

November 7, 2025 · Dan Forte

Recently, I stumbled onto one of those “reaction” videos by a New Zealander named Courtney, who wasn’t sure if she’d…

Duke Levine, solo guitar on a ’70s country stalwart!

September 28, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Classic licks on a ’60s Teisco and blackface Princeton Reverb” Boston native Duke Levine’s impressive career has included stints with…

Rock Player of the Year

February 6, 2017 · Vintage Guitar

Jeff Beck Awarded in 2018 The six-string career of Jeff Beck is the stuff of legend – think about those…

1933 Gibson L-5 “Special”

November 7, 2014 · George Gruhn

Though many collectors focus on instruments in fine original condition, every so often one emerges that, regardless of condition, is…

Taylor T5z-12 Classic DLX

12-String Tech

October 28, 2024 · Pete Prown

Taylor’s acclaimed merging of acoustic and electric guitars continues to evolve with the T5z-12, a thinline 12-string with five-way pickup…

Sue Foley: Tribute to Female Pickers

March 19, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

 Revisiting the Work of Pioneers From Austin by way of Ottawa, Sue Foley is known worldwide as a blues…

Eric Clapton

Still Slowhand

August 2, 2016 · Michael Dregni

There’s a lot of looking back going on here. For his 23rd solo album, Eric Clapton reunites with producer Glyn…

Donald “Duck” Dunn

Memphis Blues Legend

June 14, 2012 · Willie G. Moseley

Click Here to view Donald “Duck” Dunn Obit. In the history of popular music, the story of Memphis-based Stax Records…

David Ryan Harris

Songs For Other People

April 24, 2019 · Oscar Jordan

David Ryan Harris gets his greatest exposure singing and playing guitar around the world with John Mayer, but he’s been…

B.C. Rich Acrylic Warlock

August 7, 2023 · Michael Wright

Most industries know a great idea when they see it and aren’t shy about jumping on a bandwagon. In 1969,…

Gibson GA-83S Stereo-Vib

Gibson GA-83S Stereo-Vib

March 16, 2016 · Dave Hunter

If you hung around the audio world’s collective R&D room long enough in the late 1950s and early ’60s, you’d…

PRS SE 245 Single Cut

Dressed to Impress

August 28, 2013 · Pete Prown

PRS SE 245 Single Cut Price: $650 (street). Info: prsguitars.com Pick up the PRS SE 245 and turn it around…

Dan’s Guitar RX: Doubleneck Redux

A Return to Glory for “Jerry”

July 31, 2025 · Dan Erlewine

In 1977, I was doing guitar repair in Big Rapids, Michigan, and my services included picking up and delivering repair…

Patterson Hood

Drive-By Truckers Change Gears

June 26, 2020 · John Heidt

It’s a brave new world for Drive-By Truckers and their latest album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark. Guitarist/songwriter Patterson Hood says…

Dennis Budimir

November 13, 2023 · Jim Carlton

Renowned studio guitarist Dennis Budimir died in Los Angeles on January 10. He was 84. Early in his career, Budimir’s…

Fretprints: Walter Becker

Steely Dan’s Unsung Guitar Great

May 6, 2022 · Wolf Marshall

Steely Dan to this day occupies a unique place in music history. Laying claim to an unexplored intersection of jazz,…

The Band, Robbie Robertson

The Waltz Goes On

December 30, 2016 · Dennis Pernu

By now the story of the Band’s epic Thanksgiving 1976 swan song is as well-known as the music itself –…

Alembic Essence Zebrawood 4

July 3, 2019 · Pete Prown

Alembic basses are the stuff of low-end legend, famed for magical tones in the hands of Stanley Clarke, Jack Casady,…

Bryan Beller: Aristocratic Riffs

April 23, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Time-Signature Shifts on “Aristoclub Bryan Beller and his Lull Custom BBMF5 demonstrate what it takes to keep up with Guthrie…

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 1

August 7, 2024 · Rich Kienzle

It’s easy to summarize Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s raw-yet-modern blues approach. Joined by co-vocalist Noah Hunt, Shepherd delivers a lyric straight…

Yamaha’s THR100HD Dual Amp

Double Vision

July 3, 2019 · Pete Prown

Modeling amps have evolved rapidly as software and circuits have improved and become, dare we say, more organic sounding. The…

Ray Benson

Ray Benson

Where There’s a Wills, There’s a Wheel

March 30, 2016 · John Heidt

Asleep At the Wheel’s latest album is the band’s third tribute to Bob Wills. Long-time leader Ray Benson recently talked…

Al Stewart

Cat’s Meow

March 2, 2022 · Bret Adams

Year of the Cat, singer/songwriter/guitarist Al Stewart’s 1976 smash, is being celebrated with a 45th anniversary three-CD/DVD box set. The…

Jerry Douglas

Resophonic Resonance

September 5, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Dobro master Jerry Douglas’ first solo album in seven years, The Set mixes old and new compositions painting gorgeous rural…

Fred Newell

Fred Newell

Steelin’ Away

March 31, 2016 · Willie G. Moseley

Guitarist Fred Newell’s best-known gig – as a member of the house band on “Nashville Now” – ended more than…

Fishman’s Fluence Greg Koch Gristle-Tone P90

A Quiet Place

June 15, 2022 · Pete Prown

With the miracle of micro-electronics, you can pack a massive amount of tone into a tight space. Case in point:…