Bud-Electro Serenader Guitars
The Pacific Northwest was home to four obscure brands of early electric guitars – Audiovox, Hanburt, Coppock, and Serenader.
Produced by the Seattle-based Bud-Electro Manufacturing...
Guild S-100NB
Some guitars just don’t seem to be in the right place at the right time. Sometimes they’re close, but no cigar. One good example...
The Basses of Paul Goddard
In the late 1960s, Paul Goddard was a popular guitarist on the Atlanta music scene, as a studio player and backing shows by Lou...
Fender’s “First-Gen” Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster is arguably the most popular electric guitar model in the world. From the time of its introduction in 1954, no other...
Jackie’s Hidden Gem
Seventy years ago, Leo Fender introduced the Stratocaster as an evolutionary step forward from his first solidbody electric guitar. Sleeker and smoother, he wanted...
Bex Marshall’s 1965 Gibson Hummingbird
Born In Plymouth, Devon, blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Bex Marshall grew up in a merry old England-style “mixed” family – her paternal great grandfather was the...
Oahu 415k
If an American guitar amplifier from the late ’40s, ’50s, or ’60s doesn’t carry the Gibson or Fender badge, odds are high it was...
Aria Pro II PE-R80
There’s nothing like a guitar with a pedigree, and you couldn’t ask for much more than the one attached to this Aria Pro II...
Gibson 1953 GA-40 Les Paul Model
Gibson landing Les Paul’s name on the headstock of its debut solidbody electric in 1952 was the biggest guitar-star endorsement of its time. And,...
Beatles’ Framus Hootenanny Rediscovered in England
In certain circles (eh hem...), the Beatles’ array of instruments is as celebrated as their music, the lore originating with The Cavern and weaving...