The Collings MF is a visually simplified yet extremely high quality instrument, based on the classic F style carved top and back mandolins from the early years of the Twentieth Century. Building in Austin, Texas, Collings produces very well built guitars and mandolins, and their nitrocellulose lacquer finish quality is second to none.
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Here we have a new Ian Pattison openback Frailing banjo with a Maple rim capped with Black Walnut, an 11″ Five Star Rolled Brass tone ring and a Remo Fiberskyn #3 head. Built during 2021 near Guelph, Ontario, this Pattison Openback Frailing banjo also features a three-piece Maple neck with Black Walnut center strip, bookmatched head plate and dual-action truss rod.
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MORE →Here we have a Russell Lackey LT1 T-Style guitar, built near Toronto by a former craftsperson at The Twelfth Fret Repair shop. The Russell Lackey LT1 shown here is Russ’s interpretation of a great classic. The LT1 strongly resembles the guitar that inspired it, but with a few changes, feeling that the market didn’t need another vintage reissue.
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MORE →The Eastman T59 V is a take on one of the most successful and influential of Ted McCarty’s innovations, the thinline, semi-hollow archtop electric guitar. Around 1957, Gibson was looking to update its product line to address a number of issues, one of which was the rise in amplified stage volumes causing feedback. While the engineering team is credited with most of the design, it was apparently president Ted McCarty’s idea to put a solid Maple block through the center of the guitar.
By 1988, the Fender Standard Stratocaster had appeared and was being built in Corona, CA by the “new” Fender company following its sale by CBS. Here we’re looking at a Fender Standard Stratocaster, built during 1988 in Corona, California – an early example of the ‘new’ US built Strats. This example features an black-finished Ash body paired with a Rosewood-fingerboard Maple neck.
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MORE →Here is a ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan, and it’s an impressive instrument, well designed, built and equipped. Drawing from the traditional single-cutaway, arched top solidbody concept, the EC-1000 moves beyond it with comfortable contours and shaped heel for easy access to all 24 stainless steel frets. The ESP LTD EC-1000 Duncan uses Mahogany for the body and neck, with Macassar Ebony for the fingerboard. The name ‘Duncan’ refers to the classic pairing of a Seymour Duncan ’59 model in the neck position and a JB in the bridge.