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Murph Guitars
Murph 12 string Squire Guitar and AmplifierThe 1960’s were boom years for the guitar. Guitar manufacturers, music stores and even pawn shops all enjoyed a time of plenty all because of “Baby Boomers”...
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Leon Redbone - August 26, 1949 to May 30, 2019 - His Guitars and Instruments
Leon RedboneLeon Redbone was an enigma, and one of the most eccentric entertainers we will ever have seen. He had a trove of old songs that consisted of jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classic songs...
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Best Beginner Acoustic Guitars
1950's Harmony PatricianI started learning to play guitar when I was 13 years old. At that time, there were not a lot of choices. My Dad took me to Will's Pawn shop and bought a $20 Harmony Patrician...
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Best Beginner Electric Guitars
Guitar LessonsFor anyone beginning to play the guitar today that wants an electric guitar, instead of an acoustic, there are some great choices from a variety of different companies at bargain prices....
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1960's Kent Guitars
Badges?Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!I beg pardon, but back in the 1960's, the companies that were importing Asian manufactured guitars into the United States believed differently.They were...
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Why Can't We Be Friends? Guitar Lawsuits; Current, and Past
Why Can't We Be Friends - WarWhy can’t we be friends?Well, Trademark infringement seems to be the prevailing reason among guitar manufacturers. Recently a Youtube video by Gibson Guitars surfaced,...
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Fourth Of July Guitars - Buck Owens Red, White, And Blue Guitar, and More
Buck Owens with his Red, White, and Blue guitarIt's the Fourth of July here in the USA. When I think of patriotic American guitars, Buck Owens comes to mind.Buck Owens, Roy Clark on Hee HawIn the late...
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The Univox Story
1960's Univox GuitarThe Tempo-Merson Company was a distribution organization founded by a man named Bernie Mersky. At some point, Tempo-Merson was taken over by another man named Ernie Briefel. Little...
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Dr. Z Amplifiers
The past few nights a TV commercial for the Toyota Prius has aired, which prominently features a red Dr. Z amplifier. An old friend of mine ran into the “Doctor” several years ago at a Louisville...
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The Gibson Flying V And The It's History
The 1950's Space RaceThe United States got into what came to be known as “The Space Race” back in August of 1955. I was only three years old at the time, but though the influence of television, which...
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Duane Allman's Gold Top Les Paul Sells For $1.25 Million Dollars - A Look At...
Duane Alman with '57 Gold TopThe famed Duane Allman guitar played on “Layla” was sold for a record-breaking $1.25 million at a July auction.The Big House - Allman Brothers MuseumAllman's 1957 Les Paul,...
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The Many Guitars of Jimi Hendrix
Stew WilliamsI am dedicating this article to my childhood friend Stew Williams. We met in junior high school. Stew played drums, and I played guitar. We started a garage band with several other...
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Pignose Amplifers - The Whole Story
Kimbell and EdlundThe Pignose Amplifier was invented by Richard Edlund and Wayne Kimbell back in the late 1960’s, during the days when they were both working for a graphics agency.Back in 1968, they...
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Ric Ocasek of The Cars - Dead at 75 - His Life - His Guitars
Ric Ocasek 2018Ric Ocasek was born as Richard Theodore Otcasek. He is best known for his work with the popular New Wave band, The Cars. Their music featured Ocasek's unique voice, and his guitar, and...
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The Guitars of Country Music - Part One
Ken Burns' Country MusicRecently Ken Burn’s amazing documentary, ‘Country Music’ aired on PBS television. The show delved into the history of America’s own unique music, and explored how it began, and...
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The Guitars Of Country Music - Part Two
1940 WLW Boone County JamboreeDuring the late 1930’s and '40's Hillbilly radio shows began springing up on stations all over the country.These included stations in Kansas City’s KMBC with their Brush...
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The Guitars Of Country Music - Part Three
WWII soldiers listening to a radioFor Country Music, one of the results of World War Two was the massive increase in listeners. Radio transcripts of all types of broadcasts were delivered to the...
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The Guitars of Country Music - Part Four
The Truckin' Bozo - Dale SommersIn the late 1980’s and throughout the 1990’s I worked the second shift. I left work at midnight and on the drive home I listened to a radio show called ‘The Truckin’...
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Gerry McGee - The Ventures - 1937 to 2019
Gerry McGeeGerry McGee, the former lead guitarist of the instrumental rock band The Ventures, died after collapsing on stage in Japan on October 8th. He passed away on October 12th, in Japan at the...
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Vinnie Bell - One of the Most Heard Guitarists and Innovators You Have Never...
Vinnie Bell in the studioVinnie Bell, one of the most heard guitarists that you probably never heard of, passed away on October 3rd of this year at age 87. His death was the result of Alzheimer's...
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