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This guitar is presently in the collection of Jonathan Kellerman, [3] and is included (among other guitars from his collection) in an article in "Vintage Guitar", October 2005. [55] 75596: 1940 [E] Illustrated on a Japanese website here, [56] also on pp. 27–28 of the (Japanese) "Martin Vintage Guitar Guide", [26] pages also reproduced here. [21]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Gibson, National and Martin developed higher quality acoustic, mandolin and resonator guitars which would later become very sought after vintage acoustic guitars. During this period, Gibson used a nomenclature related to the price of the guitar. For example, in 1938, a J-35 was $35, a J-55 was $55. J denoted Jumbo.
Reverb.com is an online marketplace for new, used, and vintage musical equipment, including instruments used by notable musicians. [1] It was founded in 2013 by David Kalt, shortly after he purchased the musical instrument store Chicago Music Exchange and became frustrated with then-available options for buying and selling guitars online. [2]
André Millard (2004), The Electric Guitar: A History of an American Icon, ISBN 0-8018-7862-4; Beaujour, Scapelliti (2013), Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, ISBN 978-1-61893-095-8; Neville Marten (2009), Guitar Heaven: The Most Famous Guitars to Electrify Our World, ISBN 978-0-06-169919-1
Matt McCracken of Guitar.com noted that "Vintage made its name mixing homegrown design ingenuity with overseas manufacturing to deliver impressive value for money." [13] Dave Burrluck of MusicRadar in his review of Vintage VSA500 (based on Gibson ES-335) acknowledged the brand's "copy-cat status", but concluded that "the guitars might be slight in price but [...] they are far from generic ...
In 2003 Gibson Guitars produced limited editions of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins's Gibson Explorer. The guitar is made of African limba wood and features an aged finish, Maestro vibrola, and classic humbucking pickups In 2008 Gibson released two new versions of the guitar, the first of which was the "50-Year Commemorative Explorer".
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The Regal Musical Instrument Company is a former US musical instruments company and current brand owned by Saga Musical Instruments.Regal was one of the largest manufacturers in the 1930s and became known for a wide range of resonator stringed instruments, including guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles.