• Duke Robillard – Lowdown

    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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    Super PickupGiveaway 2025

    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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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Live In London

October 8, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

In a world where Red Bull-injected athletes have hijacked blues guitar, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is a welcome return to feel,…

Colby Amplification Park 45

Colby Amplification Park 45

Put It Here

January 26, 2016 · Chip Wilson

Colby Amplification Park 45 Price: $2,500 (list) Contact: www.colbyamps.com There are legends that gear fanatics all know, and then there…

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators

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December 7, 2022 · Bret Adams

Slash is among the last of the old-school guitar heroes; there’s a line from ’60s and ’70s gods straight to…

Frampton, Foreigner Join HoF

Rockin’ the Hall

September 8, 2025 · Bret Adams

Peter Frampton, Foreigner, Alexis Korner, and John Mayall became classmates during the 39th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction…

Joanne Shaw Taylor

Passion and Soul

July 27, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

British blues-rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor is leaving her mark on the classics. With The Blues Album, Taylor’s husky vocals…

Spacey T

Spacey T

Eclectic Journeyman

June 21, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

Tracey Singleton, better known as Spacey T, is a post-Hendrix guitar wizard with an eclectic soul and chops to match.…

  • 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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Heaven and Hell

Neon Knights Reunite

March 3, 2010 · Lisa Sharken

                            In 1979, Black Sabbath was at…

Jeff Berlin

December 17, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Bass Master Homage to Jack Bruce In the December issue, bass master Jeff Berlin recalls the first time he heard…

Have Guitar Will Travel 087 – Rhys Lewis and Chase Mitchell

May 10, 2023 · James Patrick Regan

HGWT episode 87 has host James Patrick Regan speaking with singer/songwriters Rhys Lewis and Chase Mitchell. Rhys grew up in…

Paco de Lucia

Paco de Lucia

1947-2014

October 7, 2014 · Pete Prown

Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia died February 26 after suffering a heart attack in Cancun, Mexico. He was 66.…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Classics: December 2023

Cliff Antone’s 1952 Fender Precision

August 15, 2024 · Ward Meeker

Texas is known for music, especially Austin, which in the mid ’70s became a hotbed thanks to clubs like Armadillo…

Gibson EH-150

An Odd Gibson EH-150

10 Strings, Lap-Style

December 1, 2021 · George Gruhn

Lap-steel guitars were the first commercially available electrics – ancestors of the guitars we plug in today, regardless of their…

The Fender Stratocaster

Aiming High

July 5, 2017 · Richard R. Smith

In 1953, Leo Fender started planning a new standard guitar – the Stratocaster. His partner, Don Randall, who headed Fender…

The Rickenbacker 4000

March 21, 2016 · Willie G. Moseley

The model 4000 was not only Rickenbacker’s first foray into the electric-bass market, it was decidedly different from Fender’s Precision…


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Universal Audio’s OX Amp Top Box

The Tube Abides

October 14, 2019 · Ray Wuolo

Since the mid ’60s, electrical engineers have been trying to drive a stake into the heart of the vacuum tube,…

Relic Guitars The Hague T-Style

Relic Guitars The Hague T-Style

Aged to Perfection

November 29, 2016 · Pete Prown

Relic Guitars The Hague is a Dutch builder that produces, obviously, relic’d guitars. Mostly using the archetypal Strat and Tele…

Epiphone Greeny Les Paul

A Legend Within Reach

November 26, 2024 · Bob Dragich

Following Peter Green Collectors Edition and Custom Shop tribute models from Gibson (priced in the tens of thousands), Epiphone recently…

Effectrode Blackbird Vacuum Tube Preamp

Uncaged

March 5, 2019 · Pete Prown

In a nutshell, the Effectrode Blackbird is a tube amp’s entire preamp section in a floor unit. And just why…

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Reb Beach

June 26, 2020 · Oscar Jordan

There’s no two waysabout it – thanks to MTV dunces Beavis and Butthead, Winger gets no respect. But the band…

Ewan Currie

Hairy Tones in The Sheepdogs

July 27, 2023 · Pete Prown

There are a lot of retro bands, but few get the sonics correct. Hailing from central Canada, The Sheepdogs conjure…

Jubu Smith

Jubu

May 31, 2025 · Pete Prown

John “Jubu” Smith (Whitney Houston, Tony! Toni! Tone’!, Raphael Saadiq) has joined with seven-string renegade Charlie Hunter for an instrumental…

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

January 13, 2016 · Vintage Guitar

For the December ’14 issue of Vintage Guitar magazine, Dan Forte interviewed Bill Frisell. Here’s a look at the many guitars used…

Robin Trower featuring Sari Schorr

Joyful Sky

October 29, 2024 · Bret Adams

Trower, a legendary guitarist who has occasionally sung lead on his own albums, has more-often worked with stellar vocalists to…

Willie Nelson

December 8, 2016 · Rich Kienzle

Soon after arriving in Nashville in 1960, Willie Nelson signed a songwriting contract with Pamper Music, co-owned by Ray Price,…

Greg Martin plays “Shotgun Effie”

February 7, 2022 · Doug Yellow Bird

Fresh Headhunters riff Greg Martin co-founder and lead guitarist in Kentucky Headhunters, shows us the opening riff to “Shotgun Effie” from…

The Everly Brothers

March 30, 2017 · Dan Forte

If you’re weary of rock concert DVDs with critical commentary, typically unauthorized and of varying quality, this Everly Brothers retrospective…

Chris Leuzinger

Country Crunch

November 17, 2022 · Ward Meeker

Growing up in the tropical air of West Palm Beach, it’s little wonder that Chris Leuzinger’s first musical revelations had…

Wata

Mega-Decibel Fuzz

April 25, 2019 · Greg Prato

Anyone who digs fuzzed-out hard rock with amps pushed to their limit should add Boris to their play list. Hailing…

Xotic Effects’ Wah XW-1

Xotic Effects’ Wah XW-1

State-Of-The-Art MousEtrap

April 13, 2016 · Michael Dregni

Xotic Effects’ Wah XW-1 Price: $295 (list); $249 (street) Contact: xotic.us/ The chase for tone sometimes seems like never-ending “Tom…

Carvin’s GH24 Greg Howe Signature

Carvin’s GH24 Greg Howe Signature

Super Unleaded

July 6, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

After decades of jumping from one guitar manufacturer to another, Greg Howe recently began working with Carvin (more specifically, Kiesel)…

Steve Miller

Some People Call Him Rock Icon

January 7, 2011 · Ward Meeker

Not until after he turned 40 did it occur to Steve Miller that he never really needed to fear whether…

Earliest Gretsch 6120

…Revealed!

February 3, 2014 · Edward Ball

The Gretsch company rose to the upper echelon of guitar manufacturers in the 1950s with the introduction of a diverse…

Brennen Leigh

Honky Tonk Woman

April 3, 2024 · Pete Prown

Country singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Brennen Leigh has no shortage of gifts, ably documented on her latest album, Ain’t Through…

Chris Butler’s Vox Mark VI: Waitress Server

December 10, 2024 · Ward Meeker

Melding garage rock with glam, punk emerged in the early ’70s, set on stirring society’s pot. From New York to…

1980 Renaissance T-200G Home thumb

Renaissance T-200G

January 8, 2014 · Michael Wright

What is it about Plexiglas? It’s so cool. You can see through it onstage. It’s dense, yet resonant. You’d think…

Reeves Gabrels’ Newest Reverend Spacehawk

December 23, 2025 · Vintage Guitar

For his gig with The Cure, Reeves Gabrels needed a guitar that could cover a lot of sonic territory. The…

Roine Stolt

Transatlantic Crossing

January 3, 2024 · Pete Prown

Thirty years into a stellar career, progressive-rock wizard Roine Stolt can be heard on the latest – and perhaps final…

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…

The Ovation Adamas II

October 10, 2023 · Michael Wright

What do you get when you cross a helicopter with a Martin dreadnought? Easy answer – Ovation guitars, perhaps the…

Paul Bigsby’s Myrtlewood Guitars

April 30, 2024 · Deke Dickerson

= Few things are as satisfying as a guitar with a good story to tell. Some vintage guitars might be…

Dennis Jones

About Time

May 1, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

On About Time, bluesman Dennis Jones turns up the heat with blistering guitar, impassioned vocals, and epic tales of 21st-century…

Snarky Puppy’s Mark Lettieri

December 30, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Empire Central: Funky homage to Dallas Snarky Puppy guitarist Mark Lettieri took a minute at soundcheck to use his PRS…

Magnatone X-5 Zephyr

Last Gasp

June 14, 2023 · Michael Wright

Ever since Lonnie Mack unleashed The Wham of That Memphis Man and Buddy Holly sang “Peggy Sue,” Magnatone amplifiers have…

Various Artists

Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan and Dominic Miller

June 27, 2017 · Pete Prown

Bill Frisell is a living jazz icon, famed for his ethereal tone and snaking post-bop lines. Here, he partners with…

Fretprints: Metallica’s Master of Puppets

Genre Giant

July 31, 2025 · Wolf Marshall

In 1984, Kerrang magazine coined the buzzword “thrash,” signaling the arrival of an unprecedented heaviness in rock music – not…

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Redd Volkaert

July 29, 2025 · Ram W. Tuli

Season 03 Episode 03 In Episode 3.3 of “Buy That Guitar,” host Ram Tuli is joined by Redd Volkaert, one of…

Philip Sayce

Scorched-Earth Tones

May 9, 2019 · Oscar Jordan

Philip Sayce’s album Scorched Earth Volume 1 was a live recording from 2016 that displayed the kind of blistering blues-rock…