The Fender Esquire was the single pickup version of Leo Fender’s groundbreaking guitar, and appeared in 1950 with the short-lived Broadcaster, soon renamed Telecaster after a copyright notice from Gretsch, who used that name on a drum line.
This Gretsch G6112TCB-WF Limited Edition Falcon Jr. in Vintage White, is a great little guitar and is a new model. Blending influences from three sources – the classic Gretsch White Falcon, the Jet body design, and the new Gretsch Players models. Aside from being very flashy, this is a great playing and sounding guitar.
Every once in a while, something built as a promotional item for an industry trade show really takes off, gets more intention than expected and is put into production. This was the case with the 1954 Gretsch White Falcon, intended to show off the elegance and quality of the Gretsch electric archtop line at the 1954 NAMM trade show in California.
Using a form of the classic Cresting Wave body design by Roger Rossmeisl, the Rickenbacker 620/12 is a classic design, but not exceptionally common – especially as Left Handed.
The Gibson J-160E is one of the most recognisable steel string guitars, due largely to recordings and performances during the early 1960s by The Beatles.
Up into the 1950’s, giant archtop guitars roamed the world’s stages and the Gibson L-7 was one of the most commonly seen. An aesthetically stripped-down version of the L-5, this was a ‘working mans’ quality guitar.
Based on the Songwriter designed by Ren Ferguson at the Gibson Acoustic shop in Bozeman, Montana, the Gibson Custom Shop Songwriter Performer Limited was produced during 2012. Using a traditional square shoulder Dreadnought body of Sitka Spruce and Mahogany, and a 25.5 inch, long scale Mahogany neck and Indian Rosewood for the unadorned fingerboard and bridge, the Gibson Custom Shop Songwriter Performer Limited sports an abalone ring around the soundhole.
