Carvin DN640K
Doubleneck instruments have always been a unique niche in the guitar market, for good reason. They've also carried an air of superiority or the...
Realistic Entertainer-34
As prolific as the Radio Shack chain was in the ’60s, it’s surprising we don’t see more vintage Realistic guitar amps today. Maybe they...
The Charvel Model 4
Certain guitar brands develop a mystique among aficionados – sometimes it’s even deserved! Somewhere on this continuum lie Charvel USA guitars made in the...
An Odd Gibson EH-150
Lap-steel guitars were the first commercially available electrics – ancestors of the guitars we plug in today, regardless of their shape. The popularity of...
Delta Labs Concept 1
Preamp tubes: Two 6U8A, two 12FQ7, in addition to more-common types
Output tubes: eight 33JV6 horizontal-output tubes
Rectifier: solidstate
Controls: Volume, Treble, Mid, Bass, Resonance, Distortion; Echo...
Rosewood Dobro
In the 1930s, the original Dobro company went through a series of ownership changes and licensing agreements. It did not regularly publish catalogs, and...
Gibson’s “blond” J-35
In the world of vintage guitars, people tend to use the words "blond" and "natural" interchangeably to describe a finish with no stain or...
Arbiter Fuzz Face
When Jimi Hendrix released his first album, 1967’s Are You Experienced, he launched a new level of guitar heroics as well as a sartorial...
The ‘‘Blackburst’’
Among experienced (and often jaded) veteran guitar collectors, precious few things create an adrenaline rush – strange one-offs, oddball brands that never quite blossomed, guitars with non-standard parts/materials...
Danelectro Viscount
1961 Danelectro Viscount
Preamp tubes: two 12AX7, one 6AU6
Output tubes: two 6V6GT
Rectifier: 6X5
Controls: Volume, Tone, Vibrato Strength, Vibrato Speed
Output: 12 watts RMS
Amp nuts of yesteryear...