Gibson introduced the Firebird in 1963 to compete with the offset body styles that Fender was making so popular. Following poor sales and complaints from Fender, in 1965 Gibson basically flipped the design over to make the ‘non-reverse’ models. These were produced until 1969.
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This is a 2006 – 2008 Guild Tacoma CV-1 Acoustic, and it has unique features. It’s based on traditional acoustic shapes, but the neck joint uses a graphite neck block and bolt system.
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Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were two of the most recognisable names in the bluegrass pantheon, and were arguably responsible for its rise to mainstream popularity. Gibson banjos are legendary but now are very hard to find;
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The D-40 has earned a solid reputation as a ‘bluegrass’ guitar – loud, clear and punchy with lots of articulation and warmth.
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The Super was one of Fender’s earliest amplifiers, and began life as the ‘Dual Professional’ in 1947 — perhaps the first two-speaker guitar amp. From there, it was produced with various electrical and aesthetic changes until 1963,
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The Epiphone name was first used on guitars in 1928 by Epaminodas Stathopoulo, but his father Anastasios Stathopoulo had been building instruments since 1873, starting in what is now Smyrna, Turkey. They moved to the United States in 1903. Epiphone focused on high quality archtops, and their instruments were very prominent;
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