Guitar History

Guitar History

The Untold Story of the Fender Rosewood Stratocaster

The Untold Story of the Fender Rosewood Stratocaster
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The iconic Stratocaster by Fender needs no introduction. However, there is one rare Stratocaster that holds a fascinating untold story – the Rosewood Stratocaster. This Strat was the ...
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Resurrecting the Past: The Story of Tidebreaker Guitars Made from 300-Year-Old Shipwreck Timber

Greg Fleming built his Tidebreaker guitars using wood from a shipwreck found in Renews Harbour.
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Newfoundland musician Greg Fleming has breathed new life into a 300-year-old shipwreck found in Renews Harbour, on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. His inspiration? Electric guitars. Fleming discovered ...
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Johnny Depp’s Custom Pirate-Inspired Guitar: The Shipwreck by David Petillo

Johnny Deep Shipwreck guitar by David Petillo inspired by Pirates of teh Caribbean
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Luthier David Petillo crafted a unique electric guitar inspired by Johnny Depp’s role in Pirates of the Caribbean. With distinctive appointments, the aquatic axe showcases exceptional design and ...
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Richie Owens: “The Story of My Father’s 1960 Fender Custom Telecaster”

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Richie Owens is an award-winning producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and veteran instrument industry designer, collector, dealer, historian, and consultant. A fifth-generation musician, Owens has worked with a variety of ...
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Guitar History: Gretsch 7680 Super Axe ‘Chet Atkins’

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Most of us are – or should be – aware of the enormous contributions of the late Chet Atkins. He was a Country Gentleman, to American popular music, ...
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Blues America Part 1: Woke up This Morning (Full Documentary)

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Blues America Part 1: Woke Up This Morning is a BBC documentary from 2013 on the story of the blues. This documentary is focused on how this music ...
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Jimmy Page narrate the history of his Fender Telecaster (Video)

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The Limited Edition “Mirror” and “Dragon” Teles celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first Led Zeppelin album. At the NAMM show in January, Fender unveiled its new collaboration ...
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Watch Electric Guitars Being Made in 1965 – England

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“All this to make a bedlam of adolescent noise,” says the curmudgeonly narrator. The 1960’s were swept up by the boisterous, raging rock-and-roll wave. And at the heart ...
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A Brief History of Burns: The Classic British Guitar Brand (Part 2)

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“I remember that little cherry guitar well,” Mike told me. “That’s what I had at the Star Club in Hamburg, after my Hofner Club 60. I think I ...
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Some of the Top 5 slow guitar solos

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Sometimes you just want to enjoy listening a good song with a good solo in background and not too much lyric on. If you look back in the ...
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