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Veleno Original

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1974 Veleno Original, serial number 90. Photo: Michael Wright. Electric guitars have their roots in resonator guitars made with metal bodies and aluminum resonator plates...

Murry Hammond – I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way

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As a solo artist, Murry Hammond is a blend of Leonard Cohen and Jimmie Rogers. The acoustic-based songs on this album aren't as lively...

Martin 000-30

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When a guitar maker introduces an innovative new feature at the same time an appealing, existing feature is being discontinued, the result can be...

Jesse Ed Davis

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Photo: Neil Zlozower. The term "musician's musician" gets bandied about a lot, but in the case of the late Jesse Ed Davis, "guitar hero's guitar...

Brent Rowan

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Photo: Rusty Russell Brent Rowan is a 29-year veteran of the recording industry who has worked with legendary country artists including George Jones, Glen Campbell,...

Gretsch Astro Jet

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"Meet George Jetson! And his boy Elroy!" The year was supposed to be 2062 AD, but it was really 1962 when the catchy theme song...

Gibson F-5 1923

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1923 Gibson F-5. Gibson F-5 mandolins signed by Lloyd Loar from mid 1922 to 1924 are considered the Holy Grail by most American mandolin players....

Bo Diddley

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Bo Diddley. Photo: F. Scott Schafer. Rock-and-roll pioneer Bo Diddley died of heart failure June 2 at his home in Florida. He was 79 years...

J. Howard Foote Parlor guitar

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Ca. 1875 J. Howard Foote Parlor guitar, SN 654. Photo: Michael Wright. P.T. Barnum probably didn't coin the classic modern truism "There's a sucker born...

Paul Reed Smith #11

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The eleventh instrument made by Paul Reed Smith, from 1977. Photo by Whitney Lane. Rick Kennell, bassist for '70s prog-rockers Happy the Man, was one...
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