Vintage Guitar Scene

Gibson Chet Atkins CE Guitar (Natural Color) Classical Acoustic Electric, made in 1982 s/n 82462555 ...

Fender Jazz basses from the 60's are hard to come by here in Australia and I had been looking for ...

The Maton K10 Capitol is a plywood archtop that was originally marketed “for the beginner in the modern or country ...

Telecasters from the fifties are the Holy Grails of Telecasters - especially black guards ...

Ok take a deep breath... This is about as good as it gets ...

It's featured on The Atlantics "Flight of the Surf Guitar" album and can be heard on the title track along ...

This guitar has an interesting story. It started out as a left handed model ...

This is a fabulous sounding Stratocaster, all original and with 3 way pickup selector switch still in place ...

1958 Fender Stratocaster (Serial Number 024609) This is the guitar I like to play at home, it has a great ...

1960 Gibson Super 400CES (serial number A35579) This guitar is simply stunning, it's  from the golden period of Gibson guitar ...

I'll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding guitars ever. A big wrap I know, ...

The guitar came from Norms Rare Guitars in Los Angeles. I was in the U.S for a few weeks and ...

The guitar is fitted with a Roland midi interface which enables me to play midi instruments from the guitar ...

The J-160e model is famously associated with The Beatles although this is a later model than they used it still ...

1979 Fender Stratocaster, Antigua worn finish (s/n S950670) When I acquired this guitar circa 1990 it had already been modified ...

1963 Gibson J50 (Serial Number 141633) My first recollection of seeing one of these was in a photo on a ...

Martin 00-17 acoustic 1935 (Serial Number 59005) For a few years back in the late 80s I had a regular ...

I bought this guitar not long before recording the "Revenge of the Surf Guitar" album. It ended up on 90% ...

I bought this guitar while I was visiting Sydney - I was living in Perth at the time - some ...

This was the first Vox amp I had played so I guessed it sounded about right and bought it for ...

Everyone remembers their first time. This was mine. Attending an auction to bid for a guitar ...

1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 4 0809) I first saw this guitar in Sydney in 1984 whilst ...

These guitars were made in the U.S.A. as budget instruments. I would think quite a few were made back in ...

I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s ...

Back in the late 70s / early 80s I was becoming aware of vintage guitars and their sound. This was ...

John Joseph Rogers from Millicent (South Australia) and Grace Mabel Beatrice Fitzgibbon from Williamstown (Victoria) were married in 1917. They lived ...

Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets… This one guitar literally cost me – ...

1964 Gibson ES335 Red (Serial Number 70664) I’ll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding ...

1961 Fender Bass VI (Serial Number 70174) Original Sixties Fender Bass VI’s are not very common here in Australia. I ...

I was looking for one of these for a while and when this one came up I played it and ...

I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s a great ...

I was always in awe of Gibson J200 guitars. I first saw and heard the one that was used on ...

fter I played it I put it back in the case and she took it home with her. The following ...

This is the story of a vintage resonator guitar and one of its owners ...

This is my “Richie Blackmore” influenced strat. It’s an all original early 1972 model in custom colour Black. Features include ...

I bought this guitar in Perth in 1984/85 from Dom Mariani who played this guitar with his band “The Stems“ ...

While 1991 is hardly vintage in guitar terms, I guess this PRS CE-Classic (serial number 173705) could be considered a ...

This double cutaway thinline guitar was built in the old Maton factory in Canterbury (Vic) in February 1965, the last ...

Around 2006 Martin got a phone call to demonstrate some guitar sounds for ABC’s The Collectors TV show. He had ...

Leading up to the Melbourne Guitar Show, What's My Scene will be celebrating GUITARISTS. Stay tuned for our exclusive Q&As, Vintage Guitar ...

Leading up to the Melbourne Guitar Show, What's My Scene will be celebrating GUITARISTS. Stay tuned for our exclusive Q&As, Vintage Guitar ...

1975 Fender Stratocaster Olympic White (Serial number 659479) This 1975 Stratocaster has seen a lot of use over the years ...

Gibson Chet Atkins CE Guitar (Natural Color) Classical Acoustic Electric, made in 1982 s/n 82462555 I bought this guitar in Perth, ...

(Serial Number 22600) Telecasters from the fifties are the Holy Grails of Telecasters – especially black guards – more on that ...

1972 Fender Stratocaster, Sunburst (SN 372123) I got my first electric guitar around the age of 13, it was a ...

Fender Jazz Bass 1965 (candy apple red) serial number 118999 Fender Jazz basses from the 60’s are hard to come ...

Some time in 2015 I received an email from Alan Entwhistle, an English guitar designer/builder, saying that he would like ...

Most guitars have the maker’s brand name displayed on the headstock. However the headstock of this old lap steel displays ...

I’ve owned this little Fender Vibrolux amp for nearly 40 years now. The previous owner was an amateur keyboard player ...

Original Danelectro guitars are uncommon here in Australia and this is the only original Baritone I can remember seeing. It ...