The Hamer company was started in 1973, and was one of the very first ’boutique’ electric guitar builders, specializing in high-quality instruments based on classic and often unavailable guitars, like the Explorer and Flying V.
MORE →From the Fender Custom Shop, here is a Fender CSR4 Vibro King amplifier. The date is unknown – production started in 1994, but the manual with the amp has a copyright date of 2002.
MORE →The Guild company was formed in 1952 by Avram (Alfred) Dronge, a New York musician and music store owner and George Mann, a former Epiphone executive. Many of the early craftsmen were also from Epiphone,
MORE →Gibson has built the Les Paul model since 1952. This 2011 Cherryburst Gibson Les Paul 50s Tribute has all the basic, early Les Paul features – maple cap on a mahogany back, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, and P-90s.
MORE →Here’s something unusual – a 1994 Fender Floral Telecaster Reissue, crafted in Japan. From 1982 to 1997, Fender Japan contracted with Fiju-Gen to produce a line of Fender instruments.
MORE →1991-2002 Fender Floral Telecaster Japanese Reissue
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