By: M.E. Bruné
Posted On: 6/19/2008
Circa 1850 James Ashborn guitar. All photos: M. E. Brune.
James Ashborn was born in England circa 1816 and came to New England in the late 1830s, for reasons unknown. He landed in the a small woodworking town of Torrington, 30 miles northwest of Harvard, Connecticut. Because of the area’s many mills, many woodworking shops were emerging. Torrington was primarily a wagon-making community, and had a plentiful wood supply, as well as ease... Read Full Story
THE ELECTRIC GUITAR
HOW WE GOT FROM ANDRÉS SEGOVIA TO KURT COBAIN
BY MONICA M. SMITH
SOME THINGS WERE INVENTED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. With others, the motivation is less clear. Consider, for example, the electric guitar. When guitarists first crudely electrified their instruments in the 1920s, what were they trying to do? Why change something that had been successful for hundreds of years? Could they have envisioned that the instrument that inspired some of Vivaldi’s and Boccherini’s... Read Full Story
Well, here I am again at the keyboard again while waiting on a customers call so we can go over a guitar and I was thinking.....I can't see as to how todays made guitars will be collectable anytime soon;I mean this relic bandwagon has ran its gammit ,ever since The big co. quit using V.Cunetto that is.So his reliced guitars will be collectable,hmmm maybe the super strats,the early 85 reissues ,those funky push button Elites,early custom shop stuff and brazilian boarded guitars.But the run of... Read Full Story
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The “In-Between” Version - Mid-’50s Fender Precision Bass
By: Willie G. Moseley
Posted On: 7/18/2008
‘54 Precision Bass: VG Archive, courtesy of Rockohaulix.
In the world of solidbody fretted electric basses, the 1952 Fender Precision Bass (”Bass Space,” April ‘03) is “the one that started it all.
While it’s true that Gibson, Rickenbacker, and Audiovox all built electric basses some years earlier, the instrument developed by California... Read Full Story
Features
Del Casher
Checking in with L.A. studio stalwart
Casher with actress Brooke Shields at a soundtrack recording session.
He’s called “The Papa of the Wah-Wah Pedal” and has been a top session cat since the early 1960s, introducing the Ecco-Fonic and wah pedal to film scores. He’s also an unsung hero of the recording industry whose love of technology made him the perfect candidate to usher in a whole new era of sounds and... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Vintage guitar news by www.gregsguitars.net". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap... Read Full Story
Well, I get a
lot of questions from new collectors as well as avid collectors lookin
to add new pieces to their stable regarding "what is a desried piece?"
That can be a tough one ,especially since it is imparative to address
each collector on an individual basis. I can say the "vintage" market
is pretty stable is the solid buys , pre CBS Fenders and McCarty era
Gibsons,(expensive to say the least though) But what about guitars that
have in the last few years hit the market? Lets address... Read Full Story
Well lets see,grim econmic forcasts,auto plants cut shifts,interest rates on t-bills plunge,the housing sector is in trouble,and the executives at 3 large corporations get between 12 an 21.7 million dollar bonus packages. Man talk about skewed news,and all we want is that sweet little tele we saw last week.Where's the justice? So how can you make your guitar purchase pay off (hopefully) in the future?Well as stated in my other articles ,the price for vintage gear has also dropped ,So if you... Read Full Story
Technorati Profile Well the old ad age that "everything old is new again "can certainly be said regarding the guitar market.
How this relates to popular trends is evident in the resurrection of
N.O.S and reissue guitars that have flooded the market. Not that
reissue guitars are anything new mind you,Fender reissued 60's styled
guitars as early as the mid 80's with reasonable success. But the surge
has hit an all time high mainly due (I believe anyway) to the fact that
a lot of working... Read Full Story
