1957 was a significant year for Gibson in that it was the first year featuring the now highly sought after PAF humbucker on the Les Paul. Early 1957 Les Pauls still featured P90 pickups with PAFs arriving midway through the year. This final evolution set the stage for the Burst era and marked a pivotal point in Gibson’s history.
This example is one of the less than 600 Les Pauls Gibson produced that year. Its scarcity and historical impact make it an extremely valuable piece.
The Fender Precision Bass was introduced in 1951 and marked a revolutionary moment in music history. It offered bass players a much more economical way to transport their bass rigs instead of lugging around their upright bass.
This particular example has been well loved and features a recent refret and new nut installation done by Glaser Instruments.
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Joe demonstrates the installation process of an MCB RFID tag in Brad Paisley’s “Old Pink.”
RFID tags are ideal for builders, repair shops, and collectors offering a long-term solution for identification and traceability. The tags are as small as a grain of rice, are installed within the strap button hole, and are scanned easily with a Bluetooth reader. Tagging an epic guitar like “Old Pink” means there’s complete confidence that guitar is what we think it is.
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Parker Collins shares the story behind his 1965 Martin D-35.
Shortly after playing his first show at the Opry with the D-35, Parker made the original owner’s wife a bracelet combining the strings he played at the historic venue and the strings her late husband had on the guitar.
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The Gibson Corvus line was a short-lived model introduced in 1982. The Corvus line included three models: the Corvus I, II, and III. The Corvus I featured a single humbucker, master volume and tone knob, the II featured dual humbuckers w a pickup selector master volume and tone, and the III featured three single-coils and blade switch. The Corvus line was originally pitched as Gibson’s first headless guitar where the tuning pegs would live at the bottom of the body.
The Corvus and its successor the Invader have become cult-collecting classics and marks a controversial era at Gibson.
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An early Thinline Telecaster. These first Thinline’s from mid 1968 to 1971 featured single coils, later switching to two, CuNiFe Wide Range Pickups developed Seth Lover.
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The Danelectro Convertible was introduced as a beginner model in 1959. It was available for purchase with or without a single lipstick pickup. The thinking behind the model was that parents could buy their child the acoustic version to see if their kid would stick with the guitar. If they did, they could take it back in to a dealer and have the lipstick pickup installed for an additional $20. With the lipstick installed, a player could blend it with the onboard piezo pickup. The Convertible is undeniably ‘60s with its double cutaways and Danelectro’s signature bottleneck headstock.
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This 1969 Les Paul carries with it a long line of Nashville history. It was originally owned by the late Nashville session great Mac Gayden who played—uncredited—on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde.”
The guitar started its life as a Goldtop with P90s. Gayden installed a Moserite vibrato system during his time as a studio musician and went through several hands before it ended up in songwriter Billy Chinnock’s possession. Billy moved to Nashville to work with legendary guitarist and producer Harold Bradley who produced two albums for Billy in the ‘80s. As payment, Billy gave this Les Paul to Bradley.
The guitar underwent a plethora of changes including an overspray, chopping the back off and hollowing it out and adding a master volume.
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A beautiful first year ES-5. Featuring a 17”-wide body, a laminated maple top, back and sides, and three P90’s, the ES-5 was designed to be “the supreme electronic version of the L-5”— according to Gibson’s 1949 catalog. The ES-5 hit the market with a hefty $375 price tag (roughly $5k today) and was introduced as part of Ted Mccarty’s mission to enlarge and evangelize Gibson’s line of electric guitars.
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A fantastic early 1960s @fender Jazz Bass in Sunburst. Produced in the initial run of Jazz Basses, this instrument features concentric volume/tone knobs, a feature that was simplified by 1961. The Jazz Bass features a 1 1/2″ nut width, considerably more narrow than its predecessor, the Precision Bass. You can also see this instrument on GitWik- remember you can submit your own photos via the link in our bio.
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A well loved '70s @fender Precision Bass. Introduced in 1951, the Precision Bass was the first publicly available, solid-body electric bass guitar. Though largely unchanged from the initial '51 model, this vintage of P-Bass features a redesigned bridge and split pickup configuration. You can also see this instrument on GitWik- remember you can submit your own photos via the link in our bio.
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