July 2002
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The World’s Greatest Guitar Factory?
Gibson Kalamazoo There is but one guitar factory that has produced more classic vintage guitars than any other. By Gil...
June 2002
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Kent Guitars In early ’62, distributers Buegeleisen & Jacobson began marketing Teisco guitars re-badged with the Kent name. Soon after, its first...
May 2002
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Gibson Harp Guitars
Rare in Many Ways At the turn of the 20th century, Orville Gibson’s guitar company capitalized on the popularity of the harp...
April 2002
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Guitars With Guts
Red Dworkus Meets Pyth-agoras A mythical account of a certain night many moons ago. The characters may be fictitious, but the schooling...
March 2002
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Stratospheric Variations, Part One The Stratocaster has been in constant production for 48 years, virtually unchanged, and we can safely assert that...
February 2002
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Japanese Epiphone electric guitars Unique among American guitar brands, Epiphone was the first to make the transition from being American-made to becoming...
January 2002
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’60s Yamaha Guitars The company demonstrated quality and independent design even when other importers were mostly making cheap copies. It may even...
December 2001
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Ibanez Copy Guitars Since entering the U.S. market with its copy guitars almost 30 years ago, Ibanez has grown to become one...
November 2001
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Magnatone Solidbody Guitars Few guitar freaks seem to know much about Magnatone solidbody electric guitars, which were made in the U.S. by...
October 2001
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Guitars With Guts
1928 Hermann Hauser Guitar Hauser’s first attempts at Spanish guitars were clumsy. But his technical skills and power of observation carried the...