Fender Stratocaster
What Fender achieved with the manufacture of the Telecaster in the early 1950s, they soon set to improve upon. The ‘Tele’ was the first electric, Spanish-style guitar that could be mass produced and...
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Born in 1856, Orville Gibson was a Michigan-based mandolin maker of some renown. It wasn’t until 1902 that he opened “The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd.” in Kalamazoo. As an instrument maker,...
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Rock and roll would be an entirely different beast without guitar manufacturers Fender and Gibson. The former’s Stratocaster and Telecaster models, alongside the latter’s Les Paul and SG will all vie...
View ArticleGretsch Guitars
Known also for their quality drum kits, Gretsch was founded at the end of the 19th century by a German immigrant to New York, Friedrich Gretsch. Since the Second World War, Gretsch have produced some...
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