Here’s a very, very cool 2013 Kelton Swade Relic Tele 1953. Kelton Swade’s guitars have become popular with top artists who need the tone and vibe of a genuine early instrument, but don’t want to risk the real thing on the road. Artists using these instruments include Keith Urban, Johnny Hiland, and Vince Gill.
Picking one up and actually playing it will tell you why. It’s an outstanding instrument, well made and vibrant.
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Announcing the Larrivee Limited P-01 ISS Commemorative Parlor Guitar!
Larrivée Vancouver is starting a limited run of P-01 parlors that will replicate the Larrivee guitar that has been used on the International Space Station (ISS) for the past decade.
MORE →Our friends at Guitar Workshop Plus dropped by with posters for their upcoming Guitar Workshop Plus Summer 2013 Sessions in Toronto and Vancouver! They are offering a wide range of classes and guest artists.
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The Gibson J-35 is back, and what an entrance!
Originally produced in 1936, the J-35 was displaced by the classic (and slightly more expensive) J-45, and went out of production in 1942. About 3000 were originally made.
The headstock has the vintage Gibson script logo and the “Only A Gibson Is Good Enough” banner.
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Here is the very, very cool Gretsch 130th Anniversary Junior – G6118T LTV JR. Gretsch has from time to time made smaller-bodied versions of their guitars, perhaps to balance out the giant Falcon and Country Club models.
But this isn’t a ‘Mini’ guitar – the body is smaller, close to the size of a George Benson model, but it’s full scale so the tension and tone are all there.
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Here is a wonderful flat-top steel string guitar from Ryo Ryosuke Kobayashi, built during 2012. Ryo Ryosuke Kobayashi apprenticed to Sergei de Jonge at his shop in Chelsea, Quebec.
This impressive instrument features a somewhat oversize classical shaped body and an elegant contoured cutaway. The top is bound and the purfling follows the line of the cutaway very nicely.
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