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Tele Travelin’
For a vintage guitar geek, I definitely have one of the coolest jobs ever. A couple of days ago my job was to travel to a city in central Florida to buy, and bring back to Carter Vintage, a 1953 Fender Telecaster from the original owner. The guitar came with a Fender Deluxe amp that…
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Vintage Guitars Influence on Modern Guitar Production
The concept of a vintage guitar plays a large role in today’s guitar market – not just in replica-level reissues, not just in regular-production models with vintage features, but in the overall marketing message of the companies whose guitars provide the foundation of the vintage world – Fender, Gibson and Martin. It’s been over 50…
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How did the D-28 become the legendary D-28?
Most of the iconic collectible instruments have a story that hangs on key players. The sunburst Les Paul with Clapton (or Bloomfield or Page). The Stratocaster with Buddy Holly or Hendrix. The J-200 with Ray Whitley. The F-5 mandolin with Bill Monroe. The Granada banjo with Earl Scruggs. The Martin D-28 is a different story.…