Duane Eddy Gretsch G612ODE Signature

This Duane Eddy signature model is based on a ’57  “Chet Atkins” style G6120 that he used on some of his  string of late 1950s and early ’60s instrumental hits. To give the axe it’s full title it is the “Gretsch G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature model hollow body guitar”  Like me he is still around […]

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Les Paul Studio Baritone

This new offering from Gibson is a long-scale, drop-tuned instrument with a 28″ scale length that is suitable for lower tuning. It comes with a maple top and weight-relieved mahogany body.  The mahogany neck has the ’50s profile with a rosewood fingerboard that has 22 medium-jumbo frets and a 12-inch radius with a 1 11/16″ nut width. I have yet

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Fender Pawn Shop Series

The Pawn Shop Series instruments are all-new Fender guitars with a mixture of diverse Fender components.  Fender call them “guitars that never were but should have been.” This is the Fender ’51.  It has a Stratocaster® body and a “C”-shaped Telecaster® neck.  Pups are a Texas Special™ neck pickup, and a Fender Enforcer™ humbucking bridge pickup. Here

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The Les Paul Axcess

Not content with adding a Bigsby to a LP standard, Gibson announce the Les Paul Axcess which is marketed as the Alex Lifeson (of Rush) model. This hybrid has two high-output humbucking pickups with series/parallel wiring options via its push-pull volume controls, and a Floyd Rose® licensed unit that is not only vibrato system but also loaded

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Les Paul Traditional Bigsby

This guitar has a the classic Ebony Black nitrocellulose finish, a carved maple top giving the usual clarity and sustain, with a mahogany body to add depth and richness to the tone.  In fact it has all of the things we love about LP Standard, plus a Bigsby unit.  However, somehow it just doesn’t look

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Les Paul Junior DC Bass

The Les Paul Junior DC Bass Guitar The Les Paul Junior DC Bass has a solid mahogany body with glued-in mahogany neck for outstanding resonance, depth and sustain, and plenty of tonal sweetness with impressive punching power. The neck measures 1.60″ wide at the nut, with a depth of .850″ at the 1st fret and

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Gibson Anniversary Flood LP Studio

Commemorates the Nashville factory which was flooded in May 2010 http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Gibson-USA-Anniversary-Flood-Les-Paul-Studio.aspx

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American Vintage ’62 Jaguar®

Introduced in 1962, the Jaguar® paired brighter pickups with a shorter 24” scale and Jazzmaster®-like control layout. This American Vintage ’62 Jaguar has all the distinctive Jaguar features, including a trio of sliding pickup selector switches, upper bout rotary volume wheels, chrome hardware and tremolo lock. The unusual Fender mute is a built-in but removable

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