Issue Archive

July 2002

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FEATURES The World’s Greatest Guitar Factory? Gibson Kalamazoo There is but one guitar factory that has produced more classic vintage guitars than any other. By Gil...

June 2002

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FEATURES The Different Strummer Kent Guitars In early ’62, distributers Buegeleisen & Jacobson began marketing Teisco guitars re-badged with the Kent name. Soon after, its first...

May 2002

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FEATURES Gibson Harp Guitars Rare in Many Ways At the turn of the 20th century, Orville Gibson’s guitar company capitalized on the popularity of the harp...

April 2002

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FEATURES Guitars With Guts Red Dworkus Meets Pyth-agoras A mythical account of a certain night many moons ago. The characters may be fictitious, but the schooling...

March 2002

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FEATURES The Different Strummer Stratospheric Variations, Part One The Stratocaster has been in constant production for 48 years, virtually unchanged, and we can safely assert that...

February 2002

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FEATURES The Different Strummer Japanese Epiphone electric guitars Unique among American guitar brands, Epiphone was the first to make the transition from being American-made to becoming...

January 2002

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FEATURES The Different Strummer ’60s Yamaha Guitars The company demonstrated quality and independent design even when other importers were mostly making cheap copies. It may even...

December 2001

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FEATURES The Different Strummer Ibanez Copy Guitars Since entering the U.S. market with its copy guitars almost 30 years ago, Ibanez has grown to become one...

November 2001

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FEATURES The Different Strummer Magnatone Solidbody Guitars Few guitar freaks seem to know much about Magnatone solidbody electric guitars, which were made in the U.S. by...

October 2001

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FEATURES Guitars With Guts 1928 Hermann Hauser Guitar Hauser’s first attempts at Spanish guitars were clumsy. But his technical skills and power of observation carried the...
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