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Kay Value Leader (very) short-scale bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: This Kay Value Leader bass has an ultra short-scale length; we're talking a guitar-like scale here. It also has an 18-fret neck and a single pickup in the neck position. It's not...
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1960s Greco Model GR-960 electric XII semi in Greenburst finish and with...
guitarz.blogspot.com: We've previously looked at these Greco semi-hollowbodies with crazy V-shaped pickups before on Guitarz (see here and here) but the example pictured above is all the more rarer for...
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When Relics Go Bad: Epiphone Dot Studio
guitarz.blogspot.com: It's the long-awaited return of the occasional Guitarz series, When Relics Go Bad. I personally think that the whole concept of guitars that have been artificially aged is quite...
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Link Wray & his Ray Men play "Rawhide" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in...
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a fantastic clip of Link Wray and his Ray Men playing "Rawhide" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. I love the reactions of the young studio audience when the camera turns...
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Rickenbacker 4003S8 8-string bass from 2002
guitarz.blogspot.com: This 2002 Rickenbacker 4003S8 8-string bass is quite scrumptious. What would you call that finish? It looks like Fender's Aztec Gold but what is that in Rickenbacker-speak?...
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British hand-made Blackmachine B2 ebony-topped beauty currently being offered...
guitarz.blogspot.com: I know I don't usually post pictures of guitars for Shred-heads, but even I have to admit that this Blackmachine B2 is a thing of pure beauty and because they so seldom come up...
View ArticleEpicGrip - The Titanium Guitar Pick
guitarz.blogspot.com: It sure looks cool but what are the advantages of a EpicGrip Titanium guitar pick to the modern guitarist? EpicGrips mainman John Wundes spills the beans:Solid Titanium, super...
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Sunrise bass by Matsumoku
guitarz.blogspot.com I couldn't find any information about this beautiful Sunrise bass from the 1980s, but I love it! It combines the typical Matsumoku seriousness and natural finish with a sober but...
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Rare 1960s prototype Guyatone Telstar with huge body and 24-fret neck
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a 1960s Japanese-made guitar that is more unusual than most. It's a prototype Guyatone Telstar, has a very oddly shaped - and rather over-large - body with a "zolatone"...
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Electra Japanese-made copy of a Hagstrom II
guitarz.blogspot.com: Today I'm showing you this 1970s(?) Electra guitar just to prove that once upon a time it wasn't just the likes of Fender, Gibson and Rickenbacker that were being copied en masse...
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Electra Westone X-700JB Futura Bass, Made In Japan circa 1984
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ah, you know we're big fans of Japanese-made guitars here at Guitarz, particularly those from the now legendary Matsumoku factory (could they ever do any wrong?), so I can't help...
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Hehnke one-off ergonomic guitar with multi-scale fan-fretted neck
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a guitar hand-built by Guitarz reader Dan Hehnke, who tells us:I'm a luthier in Colorado, US (engineer by trade), but I love making unusual and comfortable guitars out of...
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Kapa Challenger - cool 1960s vintage guitar from one of America's lesser...
guitarz.blogspot.com: As a resident of the United Kingdom I have never actually laid eye on a Kapa guitar "in the flesh" as it were, but through featuring them on this blog I have developed quite a...
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Kremona Kazanlik acoustic guitar from the 1970s made in Bulgaria
guitarz.blogspot.com: This 1970s Bulgarian-made Kremona Kazanlik is quite obviously not the finest acoustic guitar ever made. You might even call it crude, as were many Eastern European guitars from...
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S.D. Curlee Liberty Bell bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: To me, the name S.D. Curlee evokes three piece through-necks, DiMarzios, Badass bridges and wood finishes like my Mum's coffee table. This Curlee bass from 1976 does not...
View ArticleA banjo guitar made from trash
guitarz.blogspot.com: Check out the above video amd then see how this banjo guitar was actually made here. Don't worry if you can't read Hungarian, there are plenty of photographs to illustrate the...
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Galanti Jetstar - an understated Italian beauty from 1966
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here we have some 1960s vintage Italian gorgeousness in the shape of this Galanti Jetstar. It's actually rather restrained for an Italian guitar of this era, having just the two...
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American Showster - where guitar and biker culture collide
guitarz.blogspot.com: Bike culture frequently manifests itself in the guitar world with hot rod finishes, pin stripes, etc, but never more so than on a guitar such as this 1997 American Showster. To...
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Eko 8 and 12-string solidbody electric mandos from Italy
guitarz.blogspot.com: Currently being auctioned on eBay UK are an Eko solidbody 8-string mandolin and an Eko solidbody 12-string mandolin. The latter is essentially an octave 12-string guitar (I used...
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Vintage 1970s Strange Buzzard Custom Caveman Bass Guitar Project Alembic ? Prop?
guitarz.blogspot.com: A Strange Buzzard (???) Custom Caveman Bass? A two octave tree trunk? This fits in pretty well with some of the other recent posts and it's always nice to develop a stream of...
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