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Forget air guitar, one tech start-up is aiming straight for the classic vintage guitar market online. All around the world this weekend, grown men with beer guts will be leaping across their living rooms, bashing out neat riffs as they relive rock and roll dreams from teenage heydays. It doesn’t matter that many of them can’t play guitar … in the 21st century playing air guitar has evolved to playing Guitar Hero on video games consoles. But for a more discerning and moneyed class of rock... Read Full Story

Click here to go back to the Vintage Guitar Zone main page for auction deals on vintage Gibson guitars, vintage Les Paul guitars, vintage Martin guitars, vintage Fender guitars, vintage Epiphone guitars & More! Features Classic Instruments Gibson Goldtops Molten Mojo, Head-To-Head Vintage Versus Reissue By: Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate Posted On: 8/4/2008 Gibson goldtops from 1956, ‘53, ‘98, and ‘03, along with a 1955 Fender Deluxe, a ‘56 Pro, and a ’50s Bassman. All... Read Full Story

Because of the amount of “bogus” PAF (Patent Applied For) Gibson humbucker pickups out there, I was asked to create this web page (thanks to GW Dean and BurstMeUp for information and pictures). This web page includes information on the pickups themselves *and* their plastic mounting rings. The originality of the pickups and their mounting rings are both important factors in the integrity of a vintage Gibson guitar. All of these parts can be found on the Vintage Guitar Zone website. There are... Read Full Story

The October edition of Vintage Guitar News and Views.      After settling on a budget, here are a few tricks to help you when treating yourself to your guitar. I really can not stress enough the importance of this first tip, play with your hands and ears, not your eyes. A pretty guitar that does not sound good or does not feel comfortable will not be played as much as a guitar that say may not look as great but has the tonal qualities and feel you really desire, so take the time... Read Full Story

Because of the amount of “bogus” PAF (Patent Applied For) Gibson humbucker pickups out there, I was asked to create this web page (thanks to GW Dean and BurstMeUp for information and pictures). This web page includes information on the pickups themselves *and* their plastic mounting rings. The originality of the pickups and their mounting rings are both important factors in the integrity of a vintage Gibson guitar. All of these parts can be found on the Vintage Guitar Zone website. There are... Read Full Story