Classic Instruments

Gibson R&D Electric Guitar

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Alvino Rey and the prototype lapsteel he has kept for more than 61 years. Photos: Lynn Wheelwright Talk about skeletons in your closet!! Believe...

Gibson Top Tension Banjos

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  Although most bluegrass banjo players consider Gibson's Mastertone banjos with one-piece flange and flat-head tone ring - such as Earl Scruggs' Granada and Don...

Rex Solidbody By Michael Wright

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Circa 1959 Rex solidbody. While a lot of vintage-guitar enthusiasts are content to pursue well-known treasures, there are others who appreciate a good mystery. For...

Epiphone Rivoli

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1967 Epiphone EB232C Rivoli, serial number 100530. Photo: Bill Ingalls Photography. Instrument courtesy of Bill Flippo. Former Gibson president Ted McCarty (1909-2001) is credited for...

Albert King’s Flying Vs

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In a quiet, wooded canyon blissfully removed from the hustle and bustle of nearby Hollywood and the roar of Pacific Coast Highway, sits the...

Westone Genesis

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1987 Westone XA6520TBU Genesis. Photo: Bill Ingalls Jr. Instrument courtesy of Rudy Abbott. The relationship between Japanese instrument builders and domestic distributors was critical in...

Robin Ranger

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1993 Robin Ranger, serial number 931353. Photo: Bill Ingalls, Jr. Instrument courtesy of Charles Farley. The saga of Alamo Music Products is one of both...

1967 EKO Condor

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1967 EKO Condor The Summer of Love. Hippies, flower power, psychedelic drugs. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and feelin' groovy. 1967 was a heady...

The Gibson EB-3

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When it came to electric basses, Michigan-based Gibson spent the '50s playing follow the leader to California's Fender. So it's a touch ironic that...

Zemaitis Acoustic Bass

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1972 Zemaitis fretless acoustic. To say Tony Zemaitis made eye-catching instruments would mean uttering one of the great understatements in modern luthiery. A cabinetmaker of Lithuanian...
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