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Taras Guitars VP-1 - Could this be the next big guitar innovation?
guitarz.blogspot.com: The first time I saw a photo of a VP-1 prototype from Taras Guitars I was quite perplexed. Surely the guitar was missing a bunch of strings seeing as it had such a wide...
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Bluesouth Clarksdale guitar in TV yellow: the sound of the American South
guitarz.blogspot.com: I love the timeless vintage but all original good looks of this Bluesouth Clarksdale guitar. It's built like a Gibson with a glued-in neck joint, but the off-centred waist is...
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Strat copy given the hollow / relic treatment on eBay in Germany
guitarz.blogspot.com: Currently listed on eBay with an optimistic Buy It Now price of €685. When it comes to "Holey" Strats, I much prefer my own Feline Holy Panther. (Which, incidentally has now been...
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1966 Fender Jazzmaster prototype
guitarz.blogspot.com: From the eBay listing: For sale is this vintage 1966 Fender Jazzmaster prototype electric guitar. The prototypical headstock on this unbelievably unique Jazzmaster was hand-carved...
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Gamble Guitars Rocketfire Junior handmade in Germany
guitarz.blogspot.com: Aesthetically-speaking I am not the biggest fan of singlecut guitar designs such as th almost Univerally loved Les Paul, but occasionally a singlecut design will do it for me. For...
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Highly ingenious Telecaster guitar and mandolin doubleneck
guitarz.blogspot.com: For the Telecaster player who doubles on mandolin (why do I think this person might be a country player?) here's a very ingenious solution to the age-old problem of cumbersome and...
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Stradi Symphony Five-string Fretless Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: The design of this Stradi Symphony Five-string Fretless Bass incorporates visual elements from both the electric bass and stand-up acoustic double bass, but at the same time it is...
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One of a kind Gibson Master Museum Doubleneck Orville Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: The most iconic of all doubleneck guitars is surely the Gibson EDS-1275 as notoriously played by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. However, Gibson have produced many other doublenecked...
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Atlansia Solitaire single-string fretless bass guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: I'm trying to figure out if I could get through an entire gig on bass using a single-stringed bass such as this Japanese-made Atlansia Solitaire currently listed on eBay UK. I...
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Possibly unique left-handed Rickenbacker 4005/6 semi-hollow Bass VI
guitarz.blogspot.com: Andrew K writes: What we have here is a Rickenbacker 4005. If that was not rare enough already, it is a lefty. Even rarer than that, it is also a Bass VI. Apparently the 4005 was...
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Can anyone help identify this mystery semi-hollowbody guitar?
guitarz.blogspot.com: ...Love your blog, I've been reading it daily for many years now!A friend of mine came up with this great looking, but un-branded hollowbody guitar. He got it from the original...
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Arbiter 12+6 Doubleneck leftie conversion
guitarz.blogspot.com: As I already mentioned recently, I'm on something of a doubleneck kick lately. I'll explain more in a forthcoming blog post, but in the meantime here's a doublenck Arbiter 12+6...
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a message from one of our readers (warning, graphic picture)
guitarz.blogspot.comI received this message from Micha:"Dear Bertram,while looking through the internet, I found your blog post from 2010, about the ARIA Pro II Integra IG-CST. I bought the ARIA Pro II...
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Fender Jazz-A-Caster, MIJ signature model of Will Ray of the Hellacasters
guitarz.blogspot.com: This 1998 Japanese-made Will Ray (of the Hellacasters) signature model Fender Jazz-A-Caster is one of those weird Fender hybrids that takes one of their models and mixes it up...
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Silvertone 14409 vintage Japanese Mosrite-inspired surftastic guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: This 1960s Japanese "Silvertone model 14409" guitar (made by Kawai possibly?) has some very strong Mosrite stylistic influences, although that proto-Ibanez-style headstock does...
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Warwick Buzzard bass from John Entwistle's personal collection for sale on eBay
guitarz.blogspot.com: One of the late Who bassist's personal instruments has come up for sale on ebay. The following extract is from the eBay listing by the seller 8thstreetmusic: A piece of Rock n'...
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1980s Westone Rail Bass headless design with sliding pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com: Hello!I'm a casual bass player with a lifetime goal to eventually become a bit better than at the moment. I first heard about Westone's Rail Bass in your blog...
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No-name 1960s Japanese solidbody guitar with a strong Burns influence
guitarz.blogspot.com: Tyler B writes:I thought I'd share with you the most recent addition to my collection. Outside of the fact that it is made in Japan, and likely mid-to-late 60s, I can't really...
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What is this vintage Japanese (very) short-scale bass?
guitarz.blogspot.com: Dirk writes:Hi Gavin...I'd need your help please to identify this plywood bass, short-scale...Seems to be late sixties, early seventies, Japanese made...Tuners changed, rest...
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Barcley-branded Japanese copy of Fender Maverick/Custom
guitarz.blogspot.com: The Fender Custom - also known as the Maverick (see here) - was a short-lived model "designed" by the CBS-owned incarnation of the Fender Corporation and was really an exercise in...
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