Vintage guitars Reverb returns to Joe Bonamassa’s home for ‘Welcome Back to Nerdville’ mini-documentary From seances and trash bag Flying Vs, to Gibson-inspired interior design, a new Reverb film charts Bonamassa’s growing vintage gear collection – and unearths some fantastic tales along the way Hear These Fine Vintage Martins in Action on Collector and Bluegrass Ambassador Gary Brewer’s Latest Cut, ‘House of Axes’ ‘House of Axes’ is a straight-shooting showcase for Brewgrass’s rarest and most prized acoustics from a collection of more than 100 vintage Martins With a Surprising History Dating Back to the 1940s, Carvin Later Achieved Kudos With Endorsements by Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth and Joe Walsh Launched as a post-WWII startup, the firm grew into a guitar gear giant, one catalog sale at a time Latest Vintage guitars Played by Keith Richards and Peter Buck, Fender’s Humbucker-Loaded Telecaster Custom is a CBS Classic By Dave Hunter published 1 September 23 Punchy, powerful and versatile, version two of the Telecaster Custom carries a big slab of Seth Lover-certified humbucker mojo Are Vintage Pickups Better Than Modern Pickups? Here's What You Need To Know By Dave Hunter published 30 August 23 There was no mystical fairy dust sprinkled between the windings in Fullerton or Kalamazoo Six important things you need to consider before buying a vintage guitar amplifier By Mitch Colby published 30 August 23 From speakers and transformers to capacitors and resistors, here's what you need to pay attention to before pulling the trigger Played by Keith Richards, Joe Perry and Tom Verlaine, the “See-Through” Ampeg Dan Amstrong Guitar Earned Its Own Fan Club of Top-Name Guitarists By Dave Hunter published 23 August 23 The story of the beloved and delightfully bizarre 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong The History of the Fender Duo-Sonic By Dave Hunter published 16 August 23 A favorite of Jimi Hendrix, this petite powerhouse gives a taste of authentic pre-CBS Fender without the five-figure price tag Guild Revives Vintage Dreadnought and Jumbo Designs With New American-Made Standard Series D-40, D-50 and F-40 Acoustic Guitars By Rod Brakes published 16 August 23 Built by hand in California, these upmarket flat-tops are made using premium tonewoods and nitrocellulose lacquer “He's Got a Guitar Collection That Would Make Any Guitar Nerd Jealous”: Watch Gibson TV’s New Episode of ‘The Collection’ Featuring Jason Isbell By Rod Brakes published 11 August 23 Video Feast your eyes on this Holy Grail collection of vintage guitars that includes a ’59 Les Paul Standard and ’61 Les Paul SG Video The History of the Gibson Flying V By Chris Gill published 2 August 23 A failure when introduced in 1958, the Flying V eventually became one of Gibson's most iconic electric guitars Gibson’s Latest Batch of Certified Vintage Guitars Includes Some Total Classics (and One of the Weirdest Guitars Ever Made!) By Rod Brakes published 28 July 23 A “mint” 1960 Les Paul Standard ‘Burst dubbed Sunny by Kirk Hammett remains unsold With X-Braced Tops, Top-Notch Tonewoods, and Plenty of Bling These Guitars Rivaled Martin – so Why Is No One Talking About Lyon & Healy Today? By Dave Hunter published 21 July 23 Read the fascinating story of Lyon & Healy – one of America’s best guitar makers of the early 20th century 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“I’ve got something special to do tonight”: Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's white Strat 2John 5’s distinguished playing and stage presence have made him one of today’s most identifiable guitarists – channel his brilliance with a lesson in his chicken pickin’ prowess, rapid-fire banjo rolls, and behind-the-nut bending3“Unlock an array of colorful textures with two simultaneous delays”: Boss unveils the SDE-3 Dual Delay – a Roland SDE-3000-inspired stompbox that can deliver two delay layers simultaneously 4“The overall result is unlike anything I have ever heard from a guitar trio”: On Tripliciti, Andy McKee, Calum Graham, and Trevor Gordon Hall put their fluid fingerstyle chemistry on stunning display5“We shared the experience of becoming famous, and spent more hours in the studio than anything else in this life”: Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie
Played by Keith Richards and Peter Buck, Fender’s Humbucker-Loaded Telecaster Custom is a CBS Classic By Dave Hunter published 1 September 23 Punchy, powerful and versatile, version two of the Telecaster Custom carries a big slab of Seth Lover-certified humbucker mojo
Are Vintage Pickups Better Than Modern Pickups? Here's What You Need To Know By Dave Hunter published 30 August 23 There was no mystical fairy dust sprinkled between the windings in Fullerton or Kalamazoo
Six important things you need to consider before buying a vintage guitar amplifier By Mitch Colby published 30 August 23 From speakers and transformers to capacitors and resistors, here's what you need to pay attention to before pulling the trigger
Played by Keith Richards, Joe Perry and Tom Verlaine, the “See-Through” Ampeg Dan Amstrong Guitar Earned Its Own Fan Club of Top-Name Guitarists By Dave Hunter published 23 August 23 The story of the beloved and delightfully bizarre 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong
The History of the Fender Duo-Sonic By Dave Hunter published 16 August 23 A favorite of Jimi Hendrix, this petite powerhouse gives a taste of authentic pre-CBS Fender without the five-figure price tag
Guild Revives Vintage Dreadnought and Jumbo Designs With New American-Made Standard Series D-40, D-50 and F-40 Acoustic Guitars By Rod Brakes published 16 August 23 Built by hand in California, these upmarket flat-tops are made using premium tonewoods and nitrocellulose lacquer
“He's Got a Guitar Collection That Would Make Any Guitar Nerd Jealous”: Watch Gibson TV’s New Episode of ‘The Collection’ Featuring Jason Isbell By Rod Brakes published 11 August 23 Video Feast your eyes on this Holy Grail collection of vintage guitars that includes a ’59 Les Paul Standard and ’61 Les Paul SG
The History of the Gibson Flying V By Chris Gill published 2 August 23 A failure when introduced in 1958, the Flying V eventually became one of Gibson's most iconic electric guitars
Gibson’s Latest Batch of Certified Vintage Guitars Includes Some Total Classics (and One of the Weirdest Guitars Ever Made!) By Rod Brakes published 28 July 23 A “mint” 1960 Les Paul Standard ‘Burst dubbed Sunny by Kirk Hammett remains unsold
With X-Braced Tops, Top-Notch Tonewoods, and Plenty of Bling These Guitars Rivaled Martin – so Why Is No One Talking About Lyon & Healy Today? By Dave Hunter published 21 July 23 Read the fascinating story of Lyon & Healy – one of America’s best guitar makers of the early 20th century
