Classics: Silvertone 604
One of the 73 million people tuned in to watch the Beatles play “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9, 1964, 11-year-old Joe Bigley...
Gibson Les Paul Model
Its official name – Les Paul model – doesn’t do it justice. After all, Gibson has made more than a hundred Les Paul models...
“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Collin Whitley
Season 02 Episode 3
Episode 3 of “Buy That Guitar” features Collin Whitley, whose fascination with that famous Rickenbacker jangle began when he was boy....
“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Fred Stucky
Season 02 Episode 2
Episode 2 of “Buy That Guitar” features Fred Stucky, who has amassed one of the world’s largest and most-impressive collections of...
Michael Bloomfield’s ’63 Telecaster
A silver-spoon teen who loved sneaking into Chicago’s southside blues clubs, Michael Bloomfield reveled in absorbing all he could from the many legendary players...
“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Alan Greenwood
Season 02 Episode 1
VG’s “Buy That Guitar” podcast opens its second season with host Ram Tuli joined by Alan Greenwood, founder and publisher of...
Dan’s Guitar RX: A ’57 Strat Goes Under the Knife
B.K. Vaught recently walked into my shop with a vintage Strat that had been modified and refinished. While its changes represented a bit of...
The Martin OM-28
Although popular music of the 1920s featured the tenor banjo as the preferred rhythm instrument, the guitar’s popularity rose steadily through the decade, and...
Gibson’s Fabulous Florentines
The image of Elvis Presley on his 1968 NBC “comeback special” was, in a word, badass. Dressed in black leather and striking rock-and-roll poses,...
Wolf Marshall
Wolf Marshall was absorbing music before he could walk or talk. Born to a mother who was a concert pianist, he napped beneath the...