Vintage guitars 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 Played by Keith Richards and Peter Buck, Fender’s Humbucker-Loaded Telecaster Custom is a CBS Classic Punchy, powerful and versatile, version two of the Telecaster Custom carries a big slab of Seth Lover-certified humbucker mojo Grid List Latest Vintage 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 Ever Wondered Why Brazilian Rosewood Is a Big Deal? Here’s All You Need to Know By Dave Hunter published 10 July 23 Although many players infer a “warm, mellow” tone from Brazilian rosewood’s vintage credentials, the reality is quite different “I Could’ve Bought a House or These Three-Quarter-Million-Dollar Guitars": Joe Bonamassa Talks 'Burst Les Pauls and Collecting Other Rare Guitars in This Fascinating Interview From the Vault By Guitar Player Staff published 10 July 23 “I chose the guitars in a heartbeat,” said the blues rock titan The All-American Acoustic Guitar: This Rare Sunburst D-18 From 1936 Represents a Pinnacle of Martin’s Craftsmanship By Rod Brakes published 7 July 23 Pre-war Martins are among the most collectible flat-tops in the world – and this stunning example is one of the cleanest we’ve seen Hard to Find but Worth the Hunt, Yamaha’s Prized ‘Flying Banana’ SG-3c Is One of the Best Holy Grail Oddball Guitars on the Vintage Market By Terry Carleton published 30 June 23 Rising considerably in price, this great playing, great sounding axe is quality all the way This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar By Rod Brakes published 14 June 23 David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars tells the amazing tale of a prototype Bigsby Tele in an unusual sunburst finish The History of the Gibson Super 400CES By Rod Brakes published 2 June 23 We trace the evolution of these superlative guitars with jazzbox expert and author Dr Thomas A. Van Hoose Les Paul Said He Gave Gibson All of His Secrets for This Guitar, but Why Didn’t It Sell?! By Rod Brakes published 2 June 23 An under-the-radar vintage gem, here’s why Les Paul’s favorite signature model suffered a similar fate to the now uber-collectible ‘Burst The History of the Fender Jazzmaster By Rod Brakes published 5 May 23 With the Jazzmaster’s underdog image rapidly fading into the past, we take a step back in time with Fender historian Terry Foster, and catch up with Mike Long, proprietor of vintage specialists ATB Guitars in Cheltenham, U.K., to touch on its future 123456789 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 MOST READ1Learn to play like Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri with the ultimate funk baritone guitar lesson2How Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and "the Randy Rhoads school of soloing" helped Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde write No More Tears3GP Presents Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew’s Remain in Light, with X, December 30 in San Francisco – Win Tickets4"An amp worth auditioning if you’re in the market for a gig-worthy, low-watt combo that punches above its weight class": Does Fender's Tone Master Princeton Reverb amp live up to the lofty precedent set by its tube-powered sibling? 5"I was playing the wrong key and everything, but it didn't seem to matter": Watch George Harrison play a Little Richard classic with Deep Purple in 1984
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
Ever Wondered Why Brazilian Rosewood Is a Big Deal? Here’s All You Need to Know By Dave Hunter published 10 July 23 Although many players infer a “warm, mellow” tone from Brazilian rosewood’s vintage credentials, the reality is quite different
“I Could’ve Bought a House or These Three-Quarter-Million-Dollar Guitars": Joe Bonamassa Talks 'Burst Les Pauls and Collecting Other Rare Guitars in This Fascinating Interview From the Vault By Guitar Player Staff published 10 July 23 “I chose the guitars in a heartbeat,” said the blues rock titan
The All-American Acoustic Guitar: This Rare Sunburst D-18 From 1936 Represents a Pinnacle of Martin’s Craftsmanship By Rod Brakes published 7 July 23 Pre-war Martins are among the most collectible flat-tops in the world – and this stunning example is one of the cleanest we’ve seen
Hard to Find but Worth the Hunt, Yamaha’s Prized ‘Flying Banana’ SG-3c Is One of the Best Holy Grail Oddball Guitars on the Vintage Market By Terry Carleton published 30 June 23 Rising considerably in price, this great playing, great sounding axe is quality all the way
This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar By Rod Brakes published 14 June 23 David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars tells the amazing tale of a prototype Bigsby Tele in an unusual sunburst finish
The History of the Gibson Super 400CES By Rod Brakes published 2 June 23 We trace the evolution of these superlative guitars with jazzbox expert and author Dr Thomas A. Van Hoose
Les Paul Said He Gave Gibson All of His Secrets for This Guitar, but Why Didn’t It Sell?! By Rod Brakes published 2 June 23 An under-the-radar vintage gem, here’s why Les Paul’s favorite signature model suffered a similar fate to the now uber-collectible ‘Burst
The History of the Fender Jazzmaster By Rod Brakes published 5 May 23 With the Jazzmaster’s underdog image rapidly fading into the past, we take a step back in time with Fender historian Terry Foster, and catch up with Mike Long, proprietor of vintage specialists ATB Guitars in Cheltenham, U.K., to touch on its future
