Monthly Archives: April 2010
Carvin DN440T
1988 Carvin DN440T, serial number 25437. Instrument and photo courtesy of Kevin Wright.
One of the few family-owned guitar/amplifier manufacturing enterprises remaining in the industry,...
Kenny Neal
Photo courtesy Kenny Neal.
Recent times have been tough for veteran bluesman Kenny Neal. After recently contracting Hepatitis C and undergoing treatment, for the...
The Framptone Talkbox
The Framptone Talkbox
When you hear the words "Do you feel," what comes to mind? If you're of a certain age demographic, you know how...
Tommy Castro – Hard Believer
Tommy Castro makes the move to Chicago's Alligator Records, and fittingly serves up one of the most focused and toughest records of his considerable...
Joe Long’s “stack-knob” Fender Jazz Bass
Joe Long's "stack-knob" Fender Jazz Bass, serial number 57392. Instrument and photo courtesy of Nadav Galimidi.
If you're a fan or aficionado of vintage instruments,...
Mercury Magnetics Fender Champion 600 Conversion Kit
Fender's tiny Champion 600 is aimed at the guitarist who requires rich power-tube distortion at low volume levels. With just one 6V6 power tube...
BuckWheat Zydeco – Lay Your Burden Down
Singer/ accordionist/ keyboardist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural became a popular solo act in the zydeco world years before the unchallenged King Of Zydeco, mentor (and...
Kalamazoo KG-1
Collectible value in guitars can be defined any number of ways, and not just by having a popular brand name such as Fender or...
Hank Marvin
When Pete Townshend writes liner notes for an album that commemorates your career, and guitar players with names like May, Knopfler, Blackmore, Frampton, Iommi,...
Steve Wariner – Tribute to Chet
Wariner has scored more than 40 Top 30 country singles on his own, about a dozen of them reaching #1. But rarely does guitar...