• 2025 December Issue on Spotify

    2025 December Issue on Spotify

    This month, we feature Rick Derringer, Kid Ramos, Booker T and The M.G.’s, Steve Stevens, Phil Manzanera, Doug Aldrich, Kenny Burrell, Eric Johanson, Gary Moore, and more! Spotify is free…

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  • Super PickupGiveaway 2025

    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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  • Paul Johnson

    Paul Johnson

    The Hepcats Live at the Ajax Novelty Company

    This isn’t live, there may not be an Ajax Novelty Company, and the three felines known as the Hepcats are actually the brainchild of Paul Johnson, whose Belairs were early-’60s…

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Bryson Willoughby

Mojo Thunder’s Collective Consciousness

June 25, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Kentucky’s favorite alternative Southern rockers, Mojo Thunder, extrapolate fresh ideas from disparate genres to produce an album as passionate as…

Elvin Bishop

Havin' the Cake…

October 17, 2002 · Preston Gratiot

Ventura Fairgrounds, Ventura, California – is Elvin Bishop the infamous Pigboy Crabshaw? Well, many agree he is the guitar and…

Andrew Watt

Andrew Watt

On Being With Hughes & Bonham

January 19, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

Andrew Watt’s star was rising on the New York club scene when bassist Glenn Hughes took his career up a…

Andy Summers

The Next Phase

January 10, 2020 · Willie G. Moseley

Best known for his innovative guitar playing in the Police, veteran English guitarist Andy Summers was into other genres of…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Fall Philly 2014

November 13, 2014 · Lisa Sharken

[caption id="attachment_19277" align="alignleft" width="300"] We are here at the Philly show checking out all the killer guitars! Here's a '54…

Fender’s V-Front 5B4 Super-Amp

Wonder Wedge

July 12, 2023 · Dave Hunter

Though all tweed Fender amps of the late ’40s and ’50s are lauded and lusted after, the V-front Super might…

Classics: Mike Semrad’s ’57 Gibson Les Paul Custom

October 29, 2025 · Ward Meeker

Mike Semrad’s musical roots run deep in his hometown of Fremont, Nebraska – at least as far back as his…

Vox Guitars Invade America

From Dartford to Sepulveda

December 18, 2014 · Peter Stuart Kohman

The Vox brand may be quintessentially English, but it made a huge impact in the U.S. Riding in with the…


APPROVED GEAR

Keeley Monterey Rotary Fuzz Vibe

Stomp Festival

December 27, 2017 · Oscar Jordan

Jimi Hendrix passed into infinity at the tender age of 27. The fact that his influential career lasted only four…

Furch Blue Deluxe SW

Czech Mate

January 18, 2023 · Pete Prown

You might not recogonize the Furch brand, but the Czech Republic builder has spent that last 40-plus years gaining a…

Fulltone CF-1 Choralflange

Silky Smooth and Realistic

February 27, 2003 · Lisa Sharken

Housed in a metal case constructed of brushed aluminum and green enamel-coated hammered aluminum, the Choralflange offers rich chorus and…

Demeter Fat Conrol, Compulator, and Reverb

Trio

December 1, 2005 · Vintage Guitar

Every once in a while, someone who has “genius” written all over him hits the music scene. In James Demeter’s…

  • VG Q&A: Parlor Mystery

    VG Q&A: Parlor Mystery

    Plus, a Pro’s List of Repair Glues

    My neighbor has an old parlor guitar that he asked me to clean up after years in storage. Inside the sound hole it reads “The American No. 5” and there is no other identifying script. The bridge is a pyramid-type. We’re curious about its age and manufacturer; I’m guessing Lyon and Healy from the 1920s.

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  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

    Rising Tides

    By the mid ’70s, Southern rock emerged as one of the most-exciting and successful genres in pop music, thanks to the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Another important early Southern-rock band making its mark with country influences was Outlaws – the Tampa group nicknamed “Florida Guitar Army.” Rhythm guitarist Henry Paul, lead guitarists Hughie

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  • The story of the Martin F-50

    The story of the Martin F-50

    Our friend Nate Westgor from Willie’s American Guitars shares the story of Martin’s first step into the booming 1960s electric guitar market. Enjoy, and have a wonderful holiday season from all of us at Vintage Guitar!

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  • “Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest  Timm Kummer

    “Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest  Timm Kummer

    Season 03 Episode 09 In Episode 3.9 of “Buy That Guitar,” host Ram Tuli is joined by Timm Kummer, a legendary figure in the world of collectible guitars with a passion for unearthing, restoring, and dealing in rare instruments. Over his 45 years in the industry, Timm has built a reputation for specializing in “true

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  • Reeves Gabrels’ Newest Reverend Spacehawk

    Reeves Gabrels’ Newest Reverend Spacehawk

    For his gig with The Cure, Reeves Gabrels needed a guitar that could cover a lot of sonic territory. The folks at Reverend helped him create the Spacehawk; the latest version is the Spacehawk Supreme he uses here to play  an instrumental take on “Two Chords And A Lie” running through an MXR Super Compressor,

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1965 Gibson Thunderbird

Cardinal Red Rarity

January 8, 2018 · Willie G. Moseley

Looking to finally make a real dent in Fender’s solidbody bass market, in the mid ’60s Gibson launched a line…

Gretsch G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic

Cool Player, Punk Heart

November 5, 2013 · Sean OBryan Smith

Few punk-rock guitarists have made their mark like Tim Armstrong. Through his work with renowned punkers Rancid, Armstrong has torn…

Lance Lopez

Hard-Time Music

August 8, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

Several years after being liberated from Supersonic Blues Machine, Lance Lopez is back and better than ever. Wielding hard lessons…

Jerry Douglas

Helping Hiatt

May 1, 2022 · Rich Kienzle

In April of 2020, Jerry Douglas and his band were set to back singer/songwriter John Hiatt on his new album,…

Burns Steer Cutaway

The Burns Steer Cutaway

June 3, 2011 · Sean OBryan Smith

The story of the Burns Steer Cutaway begins in 1925 with the birth of the “British Leo Fender,” James Ormston…