Vintage guitars 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 Are Vintage Pickups Better Than Modern Pickups? Here's What You Need To Know There was no mystical fairy dust sprinkled between the windings in Fullerton or Kalamazoo Grid List Latest Vintage guitars What’s the Most Collectible Gretsch Guitar? These White Penguins Are As Rare As Penguin’s Teeth By Rod Brakes last updated 24 November 22 Video Vintage Guitar Veteran David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars shows us the “Holy Grail” of Gretsch. Video Vintage, Rare and Cool as F**k: This Gorgeous Cast of 1950s Gretsch White Falcons is a Collector’s Dream By Rod Brakes published 24 November 22 Gretsch author Ed Ball explains why the classic single-cutaway White Falcon remains a pinnacle of electric guitar design This Rare 1959 Sheraton Hails From Epiphone's Earliest Gibson Days By Dave Hunter published 18 November 22 This high-quality vintage guitar bears hallmarks of Epiphone's earlier life as a premier American guitar maker David Bowie, Jack White and Dan Auerbach Have Played the Westwood, but It’s Still Obscure Enough to Look Like a Custom Build By Terry Carleton published 17 November 22 This restored and modified ’62 National Westwood “Map” puts a world of tone at your fingertips Fender American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe Reviews By Art Thompson published 1 November 22 Fender’s American Vintage II line aims for period-correct specs – we explored a pair of Telecasters to see how they did The Most Intricately Crafted Telecaster in Fender History By Rod Brakes published 14 October 22 This experimental Tele features ornate body laminations and a fretted rosewood neck $50 Pawnshop Guitar? Not Anymore. This ‘60s Teisco Del Ray ET-460 Commands a Four-Figure Sum on the Vintage Market By Dave Hunter published 30 September 22 Fancier Teiscos like this and the Spectrum 5 are a comparative king’s ransom these days “My Tribute to One of the Greatest That Ever Lived”: Guns N’ Roses' Richard Fortus Shares Epic Paul Kossoff-Inspired Guitar Solo By Rod Brakes published 15 September 22 Listen to this impeccable example of pure ‘Burst tone How the Watkins Dominator Pointed the Way Forward to Marshall’s Famed 18-Watters By Dave Hunter published 14 September 22 Also known for the Copicat tape delay, the esteemed British amp builder Watkins aka WEM was a guitar gear pioneer Cool Vintage Guitars Don't Need To Be Expensive By Terry Carleton published 9 September 22 With a few mods, this budget 1967 Teisco K2L lab rat became a great playing – and priceless – custom build 123456789 Get The Pick Newsletter All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox! Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to GuitarPlayer. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1PRS Myles Kennedy Signature Review2L.R. Baggs HiFi High-Fidelity Acoustic Bridge Plate Pickup System Review3With a Surprising History Dating Back to the 1940s, Carvin Later Achieved Kudos With Endorsements by Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth and Joe Walsh4“Your Best Song Is Always yet to Come”: Telecaster Master James Burton Names Five Career-Defining Tracks5Soma Laboratory Cosmos Drifting Memory Station Review
What’s the Most Collectible Gretsch Guitar? These White Penguins Are As Rare As Penguin’s Teeth By Rod Brakes last updated 24 November 22 Video Vintage Guitar Veteran David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars shows us the “Holy Grail” of Gretsch.
Vintage, Rare and Cool as F**k: This Gorgeous Cast of 1950s Gretsch White Falcons is a Collector’s Dream By Rod Brakes published 24 November 22 Gretsch author Ed Ball explains why the classic single-cutaway White Falcon remains a pinnacle of electric guitar design
This Rare 1959 Sheraton Hails From Epiphone's Earliest Gibson Days By Dave Hunter published 18 November 22 This high-quality vintage guitar bears hallmarks of Epiphone's earlier life as a premier American guitar maker
David Bowie, Jack White and Dan Auerbach Have Played the Westwood, but It’s Still Obscure Enough to Look Like a Custom Build By Terry Carleton published 17 November 22 This restored and modified ’62 National Westwood “Map” puts a world of tone at your fingertips
Fender American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe Reviews By Art Thompson published 1 November 22 Fender’s American Vintage II line aims for period-correct specs – we explored a pair of Telecasters to see how they did
The Most Intricately Crafted Telecaster in Fender History By Rod Brakes published 14 October 22 This experimental Tele features ornate body laminations and a fretted rosewood neck
$50 Pawnshop Guitar? Not Anymore. This ‘60s Teisco Del Ray ET-460 Commands a Four-Figure Sum on the Vintage Market By Dave Hunter published 30 September 22 Fancier Teiscos like this and the Spectrum 5 are a comparative king’s ransom these days
“My Tribute to One of the Greatest That Ever Lived”: Guns N’ Roses' Richard Fortus Shares Epic Paul Kossoff-Inspired Guitar Solo By Rod Brakes published 15 September 22 Listen to this impeccable example of pure ‘Burst tone
How the Watkins Dominator Pointed the Way Forward to Marshall’s Famed 18-Watters By Dave Hunter published 14 September 22 Also known for the Copicat tape delay, the esteemed British amp builder Watkins aka WEM was a guitar gear pioneer
Cool Vintage Guitars Don't Need To Be Expensive By Terry Carleton published 9 September 22 With a few mods, this budget 1967 Teisco K2L lab rat became a great playing – and priceless – custom build
