Excelsior Americana
• Preamp tubes: three 12AX7, three 12AU7, one 6ANBA• Output tubes: “dry” amp: two EL34; reverb amp: one EL84• Rectifier: 5UR4• Controls: Volume,...
Horses of Another Color
1) This ’57, from batch 253xx, has the added intrigue of a gold G-cutout tailpiece in place of the Bigsby vibrato. In addition to...
The Yosco No. 2
The banjo and American music cross paths in a remarkably entangled web of complexity. The banjo was brought to the New World – conceptually,...
Basses from Bakersfield
The history of guitar manufacturing in the Bakersfield area of California includes names like Mosrite, Hallmark, and Standel. One of the most unusual (and...
Vox Pacemaker V-3
1965 Vox Pacemaker v-3
Preamp tubes: three Mullard ECC83 (12AX7)
Output tubes: two Mullard EL84, cathode-biased, no negative feedback
Rectifier: Mullard EZ81
Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Depth
Speaker:...
Gibson GA-CB Custom Built
Gibson GA-CB
Preamp tubes: three 6SJ7, two SQ7, two Sj5
Output tubes: two 6L6
Rectifier: 5T4
Controls: Microphone Gain, Instrument Gain, tremolo Intensity and Frequency,...
Earliest Gretsch 6120
The Gretsch company rose to the upper echelon of guitar manufacturers in the 1950s with the introduction of a diverse and dynamic array of...
The Morley Rotating Wah
There was a time in the mythic ’70s when guitarists were real men and lugged around 15-pound Morley Rotating Wah pedals to gigs and...
Gretsch’s “Golden” Tenors
In the 1950s and early ’60s, the electric guitar was establishing itself as a key part of the new voice of popular music. Amplification...
Gibson Super 400 PN
The Gibson Super 400 Premiere cutaway acoustic first appeared in Gibson literature in the 1940 catalog, on a page showing it and the L-5...