Introduced in 1996, the Hot Rod Deluxe updates the Fender Blues Deluxe amp, adding switchable gain levels to the amp’s single channel. This is a tube amp except for the rectifier and and reverb driver and recovery, which are solid state.
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During the 1960’s, Ampeg was a prominent player in the guitar and bass amp market. This 1965-67 Ampeg Gemini II G-15 amplifier tops out at about 30 watts with one Jensen 15 inch speaker. This example is in good working order;
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The original Peavey EVH Wolfgang was a great guitar, but expensive to produce, which meant that carried a price tag that moved it out of the range of many players. So, Peavey and EVH made an effort to trim features, but not quality, and this resulted in the EVH Wolfgang Special.
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A classic, the 1959 Fender Jazzmaster.
Leo Fender introduced the Jazzmaster at the 1958 NAMM show and intended it as an upmarket offering to jazz guitarists. However, it wasn’t met with the same kind of roaring success as the Telecaster and Stratocaster and Precision Bass.
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From time to time, our repair shop is asked to do something a little out of the ordinary.
Converting an electric bass to fretless is pretty standard, but what isn’t so standard is just converting part of the fingerboard to fretless, with frets at either end.
Here are a few images of a conversion performed in The Twelfth Fret’s Repair Shop by Dave Hill.
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Here is a stunning Taylor Custom GS Mahogany build for the 35th Anniversary of the 12fret, selling for $2500.
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