Vox/Thomas Organ V-14 Super Beatle
After producing some of the most-iconic guitar amplifiers of the early 1960s, Vox leaned unwittingly into a failing technology – and unknowingly accelerated its...
1939-’42 Gibson SJ-100
Through the 1910s and early ’20s, Gibson catalogs denigrated flat-top guitars as inferior, unworthy of the company name. But that tune changed in 1926,...
Geddy Lee
In its 40-plus years, Rush evolved on its own terms. Mixing rock and jazz influences, the band’s 19 studio albums fostered a cultish fan...
Penco A-15-JD
The 1970s is often called "the Copy Era" for the dominating presence and spectacular success of Japanese "copies" of popular American guitars, most notably...
Jay Geils
If you grew up listening to music in the ’70s, you probably associate the name J. Geils with a five-piece band that played raucous...
Fender Precision Bass
The Fender Precision Bass, introduced in 1951, was arguably more revolutionary and more influential on popular music than the Telecaster or Stratocaster. As the...
Standel 400S
In the early days of the American electric guitar/amplifier industry, Standel was known for building high-quality amplifiers used by the likes of Merle Travis...
Gibson Marauder M-1
Every once in awhile, someone in Gibson R&D gets a brainstorm like, "I know! Why don't we make a bolt-neck guitar!" So they do....
Coppock Guitars
The obscure Coppock brand of electric guitars first surfaced in 1994, with the publication of Electric Guitars & Basses: A Photographic History, by guitar...
George Fullerton
George Fullerton, whose decades-long association with Leo Fender earned the two early electric-guitar innovators a place in history, He died July 4, 2009 at...