Epiphone Coronet
This Epiphone Coronet from 1959 was probably a shocking sight to a guitar buyer of the late ’50s. Not only was a solidbody guitar...
Doublenecks, Triplenecks…
If you mention doubleneck or multi-neck guitars to your average guitar player, the first thing they'll likely think of is Jimmy Page playing his...
Rickenbacker Transonic
Rickenbacker Transonic TS100
Topology: Solid State
Output: 100 watts RMS
Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass controls and Hollow, Mellow and Pierce switches on each channel; Tremolo Speed...
Fender’s 6G9 Tremolux
Preamp tubes: two 7025, two 12AX7
Output tubes: two 6BQ5/EL84
Rectifier: GZ34
Controls: Bright channel: Volume, Treble, Bass; Normal channel: Volume, Treble, Bass; tremolo Speed and Intensity...
Ovation Solidbody Guitars
Acurious phenomenon that ac-companies certain guitar compa-nies is an inability to translate success from one medium to another. For instance, Martin has never...
The Rickenbacker 4000
The model 4000 was not only Rickenbacker’s first foray into the electric-bass market, it was decidedly different from Fender’s Precision – the original electric...
’39 Gibson EH-185
Preamp tubes: three 6J7, one 6N7
Output tubes: two 6L6
Rectifier: 5U4
Controls: Instrument Volume, Microphone Volume, Bass and Treble
Speakers: one 12" field-coil speaker
Output: approximately 20 watts...
1985 Guild Nightbird Prototype
In early 1984, Mark Dronge, son of the Guild founder Alfred Dronge, was president of Guild.
That year, Mark and I struck a deal to...
Gibson GA-83S Stereo-Vib
Preamp tubes: four 12AX7, two 12AU7, three 6CG7 two 5879
Output tubes: four 6BQ5/EL84 (in two stereo pairs)
Rectifier: GZ34
Controls: Volume, Treble and Bass...
Univox Uni–Fuzz & Super–Fuzz
Pete Townshend sent many a guitar and amp to an early grave. But there’s no known evidence of him doing the same with effects...