Jeff Hanna
One’s taste in music usually starts in the home, where immersion can fuel the subconscious. Jeff Hanna’s parents loved Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong,...
Classics: September 2022
Glenn Holley was just five years old when he became infatuated with the sound of rockabilly music thanks to Elvis Presley.
“By 10, I had...
Dallas Rangemaster and Scala Combos
Fascinating also-rans, C-list classics, or both, the amps manufactured by London-based Dallas Music Ltd beginning in 1959 tie directly to legendary British gear. All...
Epiphone 1968 Les Paul Prototype
Ted McCarty’s leadership at Gibson was highlighted by the introduction of top-shelf instruments created by knowledgable, intuitive designers and builders. Another brilliant move was...
Stromberg G-5
In the world of archtop guitars, the Stromberg name represents the ultimate instrument - in size, at least - in the big-band era of...
Matching Mojo
During the “guitar boom” of the 1960s, one method of getting a band noticed was to equip it with matching instruments and maybe matching...
The España 6/12 Doubleneck
More is always better, right? Eleven is better than 10 on an amplifier, three pickups are better than two, and so on! That’s the...
Steve Evans’ Guitars & Cars Passion Project
Steve Evans was just 12 years old in 1968, when he began to appreciate the sleek bodies of electric guitars in the brochures he...
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
To a generation of music fans, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter was one of the most recognizable guitarists of the early ’70s. On TV shows like...
Classics: August 2022
While scanning an Elderly Instruments ad in Vintage Guitar one day in early 2009, Billy Soutar spotted the description of a 1936 Gibson L-7,...