Vintage Time Machines: 1960s Di Mauro Grand Bouche
Feel the Django vibes with this Selmer-inspired French acoustic from the swinging 60s.
Classic Combinations: Harmony Meteor & Vox AC30
Remember when Dave Davies slashed an amp?
Vintage Bench Test: 1969 Gibson SG Special
Gibson used ‘Special’ as a model designation for their more upmarket P-90-equipped student models with added neck pickups. Huw Price checks out a rather special SG survivor from 1969…
Vintage Time Machines: ’65 Fender Jaguar
Fender’s short-scale offset was marketed to set surf guitarist’s pulses racing, but it ended up being a vehicle for much more noisy pursuits…
Vintage Time Machines: ’64 Epiphone FT–120 Excellente
A stunning Kalamazoo-made acoustic that proved Epiphone was capable of occasionally getting one over on its more fashionable sister brand, Gibson,
Vintage Time Machines: ’54 Gibson ES-175D
The ES-175D added an extra pickup to Gibson’s most affordable hollowbody jazz box, adding versatility to this stage-ready semi-acoustic…
Vintage Time Machines: ’57 Rickenbacker Combo 850
This early Ricky flagship is an extremely rare window into the rapidly evolving golden age of electric guitar.
Classic Combinations: 1960 Fender Twin & Custom Telecaster
From a sleepy, picturesque corner of Lincolnshire, Norman Mitchell’s Old Hat Guitars has long been supplying players in the know with high-quality vintage gear.
Vintage Bench Test: Silvertone 1457 – Two for One
Back in the 1960s, catalogue guitars were the backbone of the US guitar industry, and this Silvertone 1457 offered ultimate convenience with a guitar and amp combo.
Vintage Bench Test: 1960 Rickenbacker M-8 – Silver Service
We’re no strangers to retro Rickenbacker electrics and basses, but ancient Ricky amps are a great deal less common. We power up this small and affordable 1960 M-8 combo…