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vintage valco airline bass
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last message by vintage airline bass 02/07/2009 20:40

can anybody tell me anything about this guitar?
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New Guy
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1976 Hohner J-bass
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Hollowbody Vox Bass ID Needed [Edit: Vox Astro V273]
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last message by photoguy 01/07/2009 23:48

Hagstrom Swede Patch 2000 with Ampeg P2K Pedals
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last message by badgerz 01/07/2009 22:00

Wanted: Gibson EB2 *Sorted*
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last message by Shaggy 01/07/2009 13:10

Vox Spitfire Mk VI Teardrop in the UK
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last message by chris.sargent 01/07/2009 12:54

Looking for the owner of this Guild guitar
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last message by hansmoust 01/07/2009 12:36

Who owns this Guild guitar?
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79 original p bass or 80s refin?
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last message by Dave W 30/06/2009 23:25

Vox VG2
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last message by jules 30/06/2009 14:01

SQUIRE BY FENDER CLASSIC VIBES 60s P BASS
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last message by Teaser360 30/06/2009 12:59

Vox Wyman Bass for sale.
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From left to right Hagstrom F-800 eight string bass, Vox Cheetah guitar with built in effects, Gibson EB3 Bass

There is something special about musical instruments of a certain age. Guitars built from the mid 1950s until the late 1970s are generally held in high esteem; techniques and materials, particularly pre-1970 were vastly superior to todays 'mass-produced' standards. The musical revolutions occuring during this period created the first well-known guitar heroes, and gave their guitars iconic status.

This site aims to be a reference point for guitar players and guitar collectors. There's info, history, photographs and sound clips of many famous, and not so famous guitars and basses by makes such as Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Gibson, Guild, Gretsch, Hagstrom, Harmony, Hofner, Rickenbacker and Vox. There is a section on effects pedals too!

Check out the vintage guitar advertisements, guitar catalogs, or listen to vintage guitars being played. If you get stuck, try the sitemap or post a message in the forum

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1966 Gibson ES-175D
1966 Gibson ES-175DImages and description of a 1966 Gibson ES-175D. Gibson's full-body jazz guitars are widely regarded, and the ES-175D is still the standard to which other manufacturers aspire. The ES-175 available today, has changed very little from the instruments of 40 years ago.
1966 Epiphone Granada E444T
1966 Epiphone Granada E444T A closer look at a 1966 Epiphone Granada. The non-cutaway Granada was the Epiphone version of the Gibson E120T thinline hollowbody. Both were built side by side in Gibson's Kalamazoo plant, and were the least expensive hollowbodies in their respective ranges. Sales of the Epiphone version were never huge (see Epiphone Granada shipping figures, at least compared to the Gibson, even when an otherwise identical cutaway model, the E444TC, was added. No Gibson cutaway version was released.
1967 Guild Capri CE-100
1967 Guild Capri CE-100 A closer look at a 1967 Guild CE-100. The Capri was a full-depth archtop, and Guild's first guitar with a Florentine cutaway - and a very sucessful model too; staying in the Guild catalogue in one form or another from 1958 until 1984. Stylistic similarities between models such as the ES-125C and ES-175 can be made, but this guitar is every bit as good quality as the better known Gibsons.
1976 Gibson L-6S Deluxe
1976 Gibson L-6S Deluxe A closer look at a 1976 Gibson L-6S Deluxe sporting a very nice (and quite unusual for the Deluxe) Tobacco sunburst finish. There were three versions of the Gibson L-6S: The L-6S Custom, L-6S Deluxe, and L-6S 'Midnight Special'. This was Gibson's new maple solid-body, available throughout the mid to late 1970s.
1968 Guild Starfire Bass I
1968 Guild Starfire Bass IImages and description of a single-pickup 1968 Guild Starfire bass. The Starfire was a very fine bass, and a serious competitor to the Gibson EB2, finding favour with bass players from Phil Lesh and Jack Cassidy to modern-day players such as Justin Meldel-Johnsen.
Gibson ES-175D
1974 Gibson ES-175DPage updates for Gibsons most popular jazz guitar. A closer look at four examples: a 1954 ES-175, a 1967 ES-175D, 1970 ES-175D and a 1974 ES-175D. The ES-175 set the standard for the guitar industry, and is still in production today, with very few changes in sixty years of manufacture.

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