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Dashboards Pedalboards

January 9, 2015 · Tom Guerra

Founded in 2010 by guitarist Ashley Dasher and based on his vision of the ideal touring pedalboard, Dashboards offers well-crafted,…

McElroy OM Model

OM, Gee!

March 4, 2015 · Pete Prown

McElroy OM Model Price: $7,500 (base; $8,500 as reviewed) Info: www.mcelroyguitars.com. Brent McElroy is a Seattle luthier specializing in high-quality…

Cordoba Stage

Classical Gas

October 11, 2023 · Bob Cianci

With a 1.5″/fully chambered mahogany body, the Stage – Cordoba’s first foray into the world of nylon-string electric guitars –…

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Mu-FX Octave Divider

The Mu Is Back

June 10, 2016 · Michael Dregni

This is rocket science. Or at least as close as a stompbox gets. Sure, building a pedal that tweaks a…

Jesse Johnson

Jesse Johnson

Quad City Funk

March 24, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

In the early 1980s, Jesse Johnson traveled from Rock Island, Illinois, to Minneapolis and found fame with The Time and…

Terry Dolan

44 Years Later

January 26, 2017 · Dan Forte

The market is flooded with previously unreleased albums and reissue CDs containing alternate takes. It must be simple to get…

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Josh Smith

Swingin’ Hard

March 31, 2023 · Oscar Jordan

Josh Smith has been very busy. When he’s not on tour or sharing production duties with Joe Bonamassa for artists…

Kirk Fletcher

The Mid-life Crisis Sessions

June 9, 2023 · Oscar Jordan

Back from barnstorming the globe, blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher’s latest is music for the people. Heartache by the Pound is…

Fretprints: Toy Caldwell

Southern-Rock Eclectic

August 8, 2023 · Wolf Marshall

Marshall Tucker Band was arguably the most unusual Southern-rock group of the ’70s. Its namesake wasn’t the leader, a member,…

Scott Sharrard

Destined for the Gig

March 2, 2017 · John Heidt

Anyone who has seen the Gregg Allman Band in person or caught its new CD/DVD, Back to Macon, Ga, knows…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Prototypes and Pathfinders

Five Amps That Set the Tone – Or Hoped To

October 2, 2024 · Dave Hunter

Groundbreaking and undeniably collectible guitar amplifiers have made frequent appearances in this space over the years, but so have prototypes,…

1942 Martin D-45

October 23, 2013 · George Gruhn

The Martin D-45, offered from 1933 through 1942, is well-known as the Holy Grail of acoustic guitars. While players and…

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…

Greg Martin’s ’53 Fender Telecaster!

Greg Martin’s ’53 Fender Telecaster

Vintage Guitar magazine Presents Greg Martin's Head Shop

December 28, 2017 · Doug Yellow Bird

This is a regular series of exclusive Vintage Guitar online features where The Kentucky Headhunters’ Greg Martin looks back on…


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APPROVED GEAR

Boss Katana Gen 3

Big Step

May 30, 2025 · Pete Prown

The Boss Katana amplifier has a cult of devotees, many of whom have been waiting for a Bluetooth version that…

Eastwood Sidejack DLX 20th LTD

Horn Section

August 4, 2024 · Pete Prown

If you love twangy guitars from the ’60s, you know about Mosrites – the immortal slabs of The Ventures and…

Valvetech Suplex

A Kinder, Gentler Plexi

July 13, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

Used by rock royalty, the 100-watt Marshall Model 1959 Super Lead unleashed hellacious tones. Problem was, it was ridiculously loud…

Gretsch Roots Collection: Jim Dandy Flat-top, Dixie 6 Guitar-Banjo

Back to the Country

December 15, 2014 · Dennis Pernu

Gretsch Roots Collection: Jim Dandy Flat-top, Dixie 6 Guitar-Banjo Price: $239 retail (Jim Dandy Flat Top) and $499 retail (Dixie…

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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,…

Warren Haynes

Better Music Through Chemistry

August 12, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Warren Haynes’ first solo record in nearly a decade brings themes of optimism, uplift, and hope with Haynes at the…

Mark Bosch

New York State of Mind

December 26, 2017 · Tom Guerra

As the longtime lead guitarist for Garland Jeffreys and Ian Hunter, Mark Bosch’s resumé reads like a who’s who of…

Melodic, accessible – and shredtastic – it’s Lari Basilio!

December 16, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Just for VG followers, a solo take on “Novo” Lari Basilio grabbed her signature Ibanez LB1 (dig the purple finish…

Steve Miller

Some People Call Him Rock Icon, Part 2

February 20, 2015 · Ward Meeker

Though obviously a familiar name given his hits from the 1970s and ’80s were FM staples and today are virtually…

DryBell’s The Engine

British Splendor

March 3, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

Customers like John Mayer and Mike Landau have helped put DryBell Musical Laboratory effects on some of the world’s biggest…

Rodrigo Sanchez

Philosophical Resonance

March 6, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

The latest from Rodrigo y Gabriela, In Between Thoughts…A New World, shows the acoustic duo in top form with passion,…

2017 Readers’ Choice Awards

January 11, 2017 · Vintage Guitar

Each year, Vintage Guitar asks fans to select Readers’ Choice winners for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year,…

Guild F-512

Iconic ’70s 12-String

December 28, 2017 · George Gruhn

Today, players typically equate the 12-string acoustic with Taylor and Martin. For its part, though, Guild’s F-512 remains one of…

Collings I-30 LC

Desert Island Axe

October 3, 2019 · Michael Dregni

If you found yourself stranded on that proverbial desert isle with – horror of horrors – just a single guitar…

Blackberry Smoke

January 27, 2017 · Michael Dregni

The Atlanta band walks the line between blues, alt country, and Southern rock on their fifth studio album, getting lower…

Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor-II PRO

Archtop Ruler

January 24, 2017 · Michael Dregni

In the early 1950s, the grand old luthiers like Epiphone and Gibson couldn’t believe there would ever be a market…

Tom Principato

Potomac Picker

April 28, 2020 · Willie G. Moseley

A fixture in the Washington, D.C. area for more than two decades, twangmeister Tom Principato and his band crank out…

Fretprints: Pee Wee Crayton

Tiny Titan of Blues Guitar

July 13, 2023 · Wolf Marshall

Though he is today largely forgotten, blues aficionados recognize Pee Wee Crayton as a legend. “The little man with a…

The Manakooras

Tiki Twang

June 7, 2023 · Pete Prown

Call it exotica or tiki twang, but the Manakooras play tropical instro that evokes visions of dreamy Pacific islands. Led…

Alive! Guitar Revived

The Tale of Frampton’s ’54 Les Paul Custom

February 1, 2021 · Ward Meeker

Gifted to Peter Frampton after a 1970 Humble Pie concert at Fillmore West in San Francisco, for years, this ’54…

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Willie G. Moseley

July 8, 2025 · Ram W. Tuli

Season 03 Episode 01 In Episode 3.1 of “Buy That Guitar,” host Ram Tuli is joined by longtime VG contributor…

Nuno Bettencourt

Extreme Versatility

March 16, 2024 · Greg Prato

When Extreme reunited for its fifth album, 2008’s Saudades de Rock, it seemed a foregone conclusion the band was back…

Strymon’s Riverside Multistage Drive

Down By The River

April 16, 2019 · Phil Feser

At first glance, the Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive doesn’t look much different from the rest of the herd. But dig…

EHX Walking on the Moon Flanger/Filter Matrix

Andy Flange

June 26, 2024 · Pete Prown

With its mouthful of a name – The Andy Summers Walking On the Moon Flanger/Filter Matrix – the latest Electro-Harmonix…

The Pinecaster: Early Electric Guitars 1920-1955

Nacho Baños and Lynn Wheelwright

January 17, 2023 · Michael Dregni

Four volumes, 960 pages, more than 1,000 photos and historical documents – The Pinecaster is heavier than the heaviest 1958…

Dave Gant’s Amp Collection

Key Collection: Nashville pro Dave Gant fosters an impressive gathering of amps

May 7, 2024 · Ward Meeker

Dave Gant grew up in Ada, Oklahoma, and while the city of 17,000 will never be confused with Memphis or…

Border Crossing

C.F. Martin and the Influence of German and Spanish Guitar Designs

May 30, 2017 · George Gruhn

It has often been said that today’s Martin guitars are direct descendants of the instruments made in Vienna by Johan…

Andy Bassford

The Harder They Strum

July 18, 2019 · Tom Guerra

Legendary fish-out-of-water reggae guitarist Andy Bassford has been a first-call sideman for decades. Now, he’s stepping out front with his…

Have Guitar Will Travel 099 – Trapper Schoepp

June 21, 2024 · James Patrick Regan

In episode 99 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist…

2024 June Issue on Spotify

June 7, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

This month we feature Marty Friedman, Twisted Sister, Blackberry Smoke, Blue Öyster Cult, Rick Vito, Judas Priest, Kay-Ta Matsuno W.C.…

Jeff Hanna

Decades of Dirt

May 9, 2023 · Ward Meeker

One’s taste in music usually starts in the home, where immersion can fuel the subconscious. Jeff Hanna’s parents loved Ella…

Echopark Ghetto Bird

Sweet Emotion

February 3, 2014 · Pete Prown

Echopark Ghetto Bird Price: $6,800 (as reviewed) Contact: www.echoparkguitars.com You know you’re holding something special when the guy who previously…

Shooter Jennings & the Werewolves of Los Angeles

Do Zevon

December 6, 2024 · Dan Forte

He may not have found a home in a certain institution in Cleveland, despite overwhelming “fan votes,” but the late…