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Blue Cheer was arguably the most-notorious band to emerge from San Francisco’s psychedelic scene in the late ’60s, its decibel-drenched assault steamrolling the “peace...

History has it that rock and roll materialized in the wee hours of July 6, 1954, when a painfully introverted teenager suddenly grabbed his...

The Pacific Northwest was home to four obscure brands of early electric guitars – Audiovox, Hanburt, Coppock, and Serenader. Produced by the Seattle-based Bud-Electro Manufacturing...

Some guitars just don’t seem to be in the right place at the right time. Sometimes they’re close, but no cigar. One good example...

In the late 1960s, Paul Goddard was a popular guitarist on the Atlanta music scene, as a studio player and backing shows by Lou...

The Fender Stratocaster is arguably the most popular electric guitar model in the world. From the time of its introduction in 1954, no other...

Seventy years ago, Leo Fender introduced the Stratocaster as an evolutionary step forward from his first solidbody electric guitar. Sleeker and smoother, he wanted...

Born In Plymouth, Devon, blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Bex Marshall grew up in a merry old England-style “mixed” family – her paternal great grandfather was the...

If an American guitar amplifier from the late ’40s, ’50s, or ’60s doesn’t carry the Gibson or Fender badge, odds are high it was...

There’s nothing like a guitar with a pedigree, and you couldn’t ask for much more than the one attached to this Aria Pro II...