Vintage

The guitar on the right is Minnesota, one of the most beautiful Les Pauls to leave Kalamazoo in 1959. The guitar on the left is a Custom Shop replica. We follow the process as a holy grail is recreated and compare Gibson’s Collector’s Choice production model to the original…

Often overlooked, Guild’s early-60s semis offer some of the best vintage bargains in all of guitardom. Huw Price takes a look at a Guild T-100DP.

This glorious sunburst Jaguar bears the scars of five decades of live action. It’s a guitar that begs to be played…

Leo Fender’s attempt to corner the jazz market with the Jazzmaster found the company some unexpected fans. Huw Price examines a glorious 1959 example…

The Vox V252 Mark VI’s radical ‘teardrop’ outline won favour with the likes of Brian Jones. G&B introduces a stunning ’66 example…

The late-30s was a golden era for American acoustics. This 1939 Gibson L-00 is no museum piece – and that’s a compliment.

In a new series, G&B goes guitar shopping on Reverb.com, and we might just have blown the whole budget already…

While the Twin and Deluxe grab the headlines, 1950s Fender Supers are among the best-sounding tweed amps of them all. Huw Price sets up an enviable head to head…

Some mystery surrounds the exact date that this stunning Oriental Red Jet Firebird was made. 

The TV Model was Gibson’s response to Fender’s Telecaster – a simplified classic. We take a look at a near-mint ’56 example…