1985 Guild Nightbird Prototype
In early 1984, Mark Dronge, son of the Guild founder Alfred Dronge, was president of Guild.
That year, Mark and I struck a deal to...
Gibson GA-83S Stereo-Vib
Preamp tubes: four 12AX7, two 12AU7, three 6CG7 two 5879
Output tubes: four 6BQ5/EL84 (in two stereo pairs)
Rectifier: GZ34
Controls: Volume, Treble and Bass...
Univox Uni–Fuzz & Super–Fuzz
Pete Townshend sent many a guitar and amp to an early grave. But there’s no known evidence of him doing the same with effects...
Custom-Order Gibson B-45-12
The term “rare” is applied to guitars in far too many instances. Usually an appealing term, its overuse can be attributed in part to...
Peavey’s Razer, Mystic, and Foundation
Just a handful of years after Peavey turned the world of electric guitar upside-down with its T-60 guitar and T-40 bass, the company was...
Road to Rock
Fans often mark the beginning of rock and roll as either Elvis Presley’s Sun Sessions or Bill Haley & the Comets’ “Rock Around the...
Big Beat Boys
Americans tend to link the beginnings of the Beatles phenomenon to a specific date – February 9, 1964, when the group first appeared on...
Supro S6651
Don’t we guitarists just love gear that looks like it was salvaged from our mom’s kitchen circa 1961? Give us something in high-gloss pastel,...
Star Board: Bruce Kulick
Bruce Kulick played lead guitar in Kiss for more than a decade, and today stays busy as a solo performer and tours as a...
Guild in the Post-Fender Era
Since its beginnings in 1952, Guild has gone through many changes in ownership, location, marketing approach, and design philosophy. In the course of a...