The Gibson Starfire TR 1000 RVT
Relatively unsung among early entrants to the field of solid-state guitar amplifiers, Gibson was the first high-output, high-quality manufacturer to bring one to market....
The Story of Melobar
Born in Northern California in 1920, Walt Smith took piano lessons and became a child prodigy on several instruments before developing a love of...
The Birth of Newman Guitars
Newman Guitars was established in Austin, TX in 1977 by Ted Newman Jones. Ted was a pioneer of design and began working for Keith...
Jabo, Vince, and Broadcaster 0048
It’s routine for Vince Gill, as one of Nashville’s true connoisseurs of electric and acoustic gear, to receive tips about rare guitars for sale....
Dean DeLeo and Tom Bukovac unite on the trip the witch
At a glance, there’s little reason to connect a guitarist like Dean DeLeo to one like Tom Bukovac. One is ’90s-rock royalty, the other...
Dan’s Guitar RX: Creating the Iris DE-11
In last month’s “Approved Gear,” VG reviewed the Iris Guitar Company DE-11. If you missed it, I’d suggest you grab the issue and check...
Classics: January 2022
Sammy Ash first laid eyes on a PRS guitar in the early ’80s, after catching a glimpse of one in Guitar Player magazine.
“I stopped...
The West Avalon R
1971 West Avalon R
• Preamp tubes: two 12AX7, two 12AT7
• Output tubes: two EL34
• Rectifier: solid-state
• Controls: Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, Reverb, Bright switch
•...
Epiphone Riviera
The Epiphone Riviera helped reinvent Epiphone in the 1960s as a modern guitar company whose instruments sported such contemporary features as thinline, semi-hollow, double-cutaway...
Rickenbacker 325
Details
In 1962, the Ac’cent Vibrato replaced the original Rick’s standard Kauffman unit, which was derived from a nearly 30-year-old design – and notorious...