
Vintage Guitar Scene: Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon string 1982
Gibson Chet Atkins CE Guitar (Natural Color) Classical Acoustic Electric, made in 1982 s/n 82462555 ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Jazz Bass 1965
Fender Jazz basses from the 60's are hard to come by here in Australia and I had been looking for ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Maton K10 Capitol
The Maton K10 Capitol is a plywood archtop that was originally marketed “for the beginner in the modern or country ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Telecaster blond 1956
Telecasters from the fifties are the Holy Grails of Telecasters - especially black guards ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
Ok take a deep breath... This is about as good as it gets ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1966 Fender Super Reverb Amp
It's featured on The Atlantics "Flight of the Surf Guitar" album and can be heard on the title track along ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Mid 60s Burns Marvin
This guitar has an interesting story. It started out as a left handed model ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Sunburst Fender Strat
This is a fabulous sounding Stratocaster, all original and with 3 way pickup selector switch still in place ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Fender Stratocaster
1958 Fender Stratocaster (Serial Number 024609) This is the guitar I like to play at home, it has a great ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1960 Gibson Super 400CES
1960 Gibson Super 400CES (serial number A35579) This guitar is simply stunning, it's from the golden period of Gibson guitar ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Gibson ES335 Red
I'll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding guitars ever. A big wrap I know, ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1965 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster
The guitar came from Norms Rare Guitars in Los Angeles. I was in the U.S for a few weeks and ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Stratocaster 1966 Blue/Green
The guitar is fitted with a Roland midi interface which enables me to play midi instruments from the guitar ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1970 Gibson J-160e, Sunburst
The J-160e model is famously associated with The Beatles although this is a later model than they used it still ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1979 Fender Stratocaster, Antigua worn finish
1979 Fender Stratocaster, Antigua worn finish (s/n S950670) When I acquired this guitar circa 1990 it had already been modified ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1963 Gibson J50
1963 Gibson J50 (Serial Number 141633) My first recollection of seeing one of these was in a photo on a ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Martin 00-17 acoustic 1935
Martin 00-17 acoustic 1935 (Serial Number 59005) For a few years back in the late 80s I had a regular ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Jaguar 1963
I bought this guitar not long before recording the "Revenge of the Surf Guitar" album. It ended up on 90% ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1961 Fender Stratocaster (white)
I bought this guitar while I was visiting Sydney - I was living in Perth at the time - some ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Vox AC30 Amp 1975
This was the first Vox amp I had played so I guessed it sounded about right and bought it for ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1947 Gibson L-7
Everyone remembers their first time. This was mine. Attending an auction to bid for a guitar ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 4 0809) I first saw this guitar in Sydney in 1984 whilst ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1957 Danelectro U2 Green
These guitars were made in the U.S.A. as budget instruments. I would think quite a few were made back in ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Gibson ES-175D
I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Fender Stratocaster Candy Apple Red
Back in the late 70s / early 80s I was becoming aware of vintage guitars and their sound. This was ...
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Guitar Scene: The Spira “Unk” Guitar
John Joseph Rogers from Millicent (South Australia) and Grace Mabel Beatrice Fitzgibbon from Williamstown (Victoria) were married in 1917. They lived ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets… This one guitar literally cost me – ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Gibson ES335 Red
1964 Gibson ES335 Red (Serial Number 70664) I’ll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1961 Fender Bass VI
1961 Fender Bass VI (Serial Number 70174) Original Sixties Fender Bass VI’s are not very common here in Australia. I ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman 6120
I was looking for one of these for a while and when this one came up I played it and ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Gibson ES-175D
I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s a great ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Gibson J-200N – Blonde
I was always in awe of Gibson J200 guitars. I first saw and heard the one that was used on ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1935 Martin 00-17 acoustic
fter I played it I put it back in the case and she took it home with her. The following ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Paul Cumming and his National Tri-cone
This is the story of a vintage resonator guitar and one of its owners ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1972 Fender Stratocaster Black
This is my “Richie Blackmore” influenced strat. It’s an all original early 1972 model in custom colour Black. Features include ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1963 White Fender Stratocaster
I bought this guitar in Perth in 1984/85 from Dom Mariani who played this guitar with his band “The Stems“ ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1991 Paul Reed Smith CE 24 Whale Blue
While 1991 is hardly vintage in guitar terms, I guess this PRS CE-Classic (serial number 173705) could be considered a ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Maton Supreme Electric 777
This double cutaway thinline guitar was built in the old Maton factory in Canterbury (Vic) in February 1965, the last ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Return of the Jaguar
Around 2006 Martin got a phone call to demonstrate some guitar sounds for ABC’s The Collectors TV show. He had ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Guitarists’ Special: Steve Hackett
Leading up to the Melbourne Guitar Show, What's My Scene will be celebrating GUITARISTS. Stay tuned for our exclusive Q&As, Vintage Guitar ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: Guitarists’ Special: Lloyd Spiegel
Leading up to the Melbourne Guitar Show, What's My Scene will be celebrating GUITARISTS. Stay tuned for our exclusive Q&As, Vintage Guitar ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1975 Fender Stratocaster Olympic White
1975 Fender Stratocaster Olympic White (Serial number 659479) This 1975 Stratocaster has seen a lot of use over the years ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1982 Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon string
Gibson Chet Atkins CE Guitar (Natural Color) Classical Acoustic Electric, made in 1982 s/n 82462555 I bought this guitar in Perth, ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1956 Fender Telecaster blond
(Serial Number 22600) Telecasters from the fifties are the Holy Grails of Telecasters – especially black guards – more on that ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1972 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster
1972 Fender Stratocaster, Sunburst (SN 372123) I got my first electric guitar around the age of 13, it was a ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1965 Fender Jazz Bass
Fender Jazz Bass 1965 (candy apple red) serial number 118999 Fender Jazz basses from the 60’s are hard to come ...
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Guitar Scene: Revelation Martin Cilia Custom, Fiesta Red
Some time in 2015 I received an email from Alan Entwhistle, an English guitar designer/builder, saying that he would like ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: The Hawthorn Hawaiian’s Lap Steel
Most guitars have the maker’s brand name displayed on the headstock. However the headstock of this old lap steel displays ...
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Vintage Amp Scene: The Fender Tweedless
I’ve owned this little Fender Vibrolux amp for nearly 40 years now. The previous owner was an amateur keyboard player ...
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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Danelectro UB2 Baritone
Original Danelectro guitars are uncommon here in Australia and this is the only original Baritone I can remember seeing. It ...
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