Fender Custom Colors in the 1960s | Vintage Guitar® magazine
In an attempt to clear the (lacquer-saturated) air on the topic, we offer a look at the custom-color finishes offered by Fender in the ’60s, including an aide for easy reference and a reminder of the debt guitar builders owe to the automotive industry.
Gibson Custom Colors in the 1960s | Vintage Guitar® magazine
The design of Firebird guitars was altered in ’65, but 10 custom-color options remained. Inverness Green is much lighter than suggested by the aged finish found today on Gibson guitars from the ’60s.
Gibson Goldtops | Vintage Guitar® magazine
The ’59 and ’60 Les Paul Standard reissues are the flagships of the Custom Shop, and while all of the wood it receives is selected in a process that takes weight into consideration, the lightest pieces are set aside for ’59 and ’60 reissues!
1968 Teisco May Queen | Vintage Guitar® magazine
The Teisco May Queen was a hollowbody guitar with a single catseye soundhole and a bolt-on neck with the “check-mark” headstock typical of the time. Like most ’60s Japanese pickups, these large single-coil units are somewhat microphonic, but otherwise have a nice beefy output.
The Gretsch 1955-’61 White Falcon | Vintage Guitar® magazine
Mar 28, 2023 · Webster debuted the White Falcon at the NAMM show in July of ’54, replete with gleaming white paint, triple binding (black/white/gold-sparkle) on its body, neck, headstock, and f-holes, 24-karat gold-plated hardware, and an ebony fretboard with real mother-of …
25 Most Valuable Guitars | Vintage Guitar® magazine
See VG’s 30 Most Valuable Guitars! Data compiled by Alan Greenwood and Gil Hembree. Vintage Guitar is marking 25 years of publication with a year full of cool giveaways and features. This month, we continue the celebration with a list of the 25 guitars that, thanks to certain players, songs, and the laws of supply and demand, have become ...
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(LEFT) Gibson’s first custom color chart was released in 1963, coinciding with the inception of the Firebird series. (RIGHT) The design of Firebird guitars was altered in ’65, but 10 custom-color options remained.
B.C. Rich Acrylic Warlock | Vintage Guitar® magazine
Aug 7, 2023 · In ’69, they hired Greenwich Village guitar guru Dan Armstrong to fix neck problems on the Grammars – and design a line of electric guitars and basses to carry the Ampeg name. X-ray vision: from the back (right), the Acrylic Warlock’s electronic heart in plain (rose-colored) view.
Top 50 Guitar Songs of the ’70s | Vintage Guitar® magazine
Vintage Guitar marked 25 years of publication with a year full of cool features that relied on feedback from readers who visit VintageGuitar.com. This month, we offer the results of a poll to determine what readers believe to be the 50 coolest guitar-driven songs of the 1970s.
Top 50 Guitar Songs of the ’60s | Vintage Guitar® magazine
This month, we kick things off with the results of a poll to determine what readers believe to be the 50 coolest guitar-driven songs of the 1960s (VG added a bonus 25 for the online edition). The online poll told them it, “…could be an instrumental, could be a blues classic, could be a pop tune with a killer riff or solo.”