Monthly Archives: January 2016
Billy Duffy
Billy Duffy has long been a different sort of bloke. As his peers in rock bands of the mid ’80s mostly fell in line...
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...
Dr. Z Z Wreck Combo
Dr. Z Z Wreck Combo
Price: $2,999
Info: www.drzamps.com.
Originally designed as a head with a matching 2x12 cabinet, the Z Wreck came about at the request...
Bill Frisell
For the December ’14 issue of Vintage Guitar magazine, Dan Forte interviewed Bill Frisell. Here's a look at the many guitars used by the ultra-versatile superpicker....
Breedlove FF and KO Mandolins
Breedlove FF and KO Mandolins1
Price: FF $2,265 (list), $1,699 (street); KO $1,999 (list), $1,499 (street)
Info: www.breedlovemusic.com.
Unlike luthiers who re-create classic designs, Kim Breedlove prefers...
Kiko Loureiro
“When I would play with musicians from the neighborhood, I noticed that my passion for Brazilian music was making me different from other guys,”...
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...
Airline ’59 Custom 1P and Epiphone ’61 Casino 50th Anniversary
Fifteen years ago, you couldn’t give away some of the less-popular guitars from the ’60s, whether they were models with P-90s or cheapo imports...
Tennessee Ernie Ford
“Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford’s immortal 1955 interpretation of Merle Travis’ impressionistic 1946 coal-mining ode, became a country and pop standard that not only...
Mike Beigel
Mike Beigel is no guitarist. But that never held him back in crafting one of the most legendary of all guitar effects pedals, the...