7s' Case

OK, technically this isn't a guitar yet, but since I've placed my order I'm adding it here.  On a recent trip to New York, I placed an order for a custom Telecaster by Jim Kelly.  Fretboard Journal did an article on Kelly Guitars in their Fall 2009 issue and after reading it I just had to stop by to see what the fuss was about. Rick Kelly makes guitars from very old wood (over 150 years    more >

  I was at Sam Ash Music on 48th Street in Manhattan, just playing around with another Rickenbacker 12 string when Steve Pisani asked if I wanted to see something really cool. He brings out this 360 12C63 and tells me that most people are waiting for 18 months to get one, but he just happens to have on available. I plugged it in and it was just amazing from the get-go. The classic    more >

I was looking for a nice, active 4 string and I had read some great stuff about Warwicks.  It also doesn't hurt that John Entwistle played them for quite a while so I went to try out one of the Corvette double buck basses ($$ - double buck -- get it?) and it absolutely delivered.  Very punchy in the low end and capable of a bright top that rivals a Rickenbacker.  The dual active    more >

My goal with this guitar was to play around with the electronics, replacing the pickups and pots and try to turn a lower cost Mexi-Strat into a very flexible tone machine!  So far, it is working great.  I've replaced the stock pickups with two Lindy Fralin vintage hot single coils and the humbucker is a Lindy Fralin Pure PAF.  It sounds awesome!  I replaced the white pickguard    more >

One of the most amazing guitars that Fender is making today, the Jeff Beck Stratocaster combines the noiseless pickups with the roller nut. It was weird to me that you couldn't get the roller nut on any other production strat that still has the three single coil pickups. I simply love this guitar!  

This Les Paul Double Cutaway is gorgeous with AAA flame maple top and a one piece mahogany back. Gibson stopped making them a few years ago, possibly because people expect a Les Paul to look like the traditional single cutaway Les Paul that we all know and love but this double cut sounds and feels like a Les Paul without minus a bit of weight and plus a bit of easier access to the highest frets

The thing that originally attracted me to this guitar is the amazing wood. The curly maple in the top looks like it is popping out of the finish, it is so active. I once met the president of Gibson and he said that the guitar is the man's diamond. If so, then this one if forever. It is a Gibson Custom Shop reissue of the 1959 Les Paul.

Seven string guitars sound cool and it is great to not need to re-tune just to get those lower, growly strings and I wanted to play around with what a 7 string could do, but I didn't want to pay too much since I wasn't sure whether I'd like it or not.  After lurking around on EBay for a while, I found this guitar which actually looks quite nice, had a Floyd Rose locking tremolo and sounds    more >

Back in high school, I was looking for a guitar that I could go nuts on the tremolo but still keep it in tune.  I wanted to avoid the locking trems just due to the extra work and tools when I did break a string (that, and tuning was more of a pain back then).  When I tried my first G&L, I knew I had finally found the one.  After much scrimping and saving, I ordered this F-100    more >

Certainly one of the greatest Christmas gifts ever.  My father gave me this guitar this year - he bought it back in 1958, used it to serenade my mother.  I grew up with this guitar, pretending to play it along with rock albums through the 70s before I even started playing.  The tone is absolutely gorgeous and it is in great shape for a 51 year old, actively played guitar. Thanks    more >