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Gibson Byrdland

1955-Present
Spruce, Maple, Ebony

The name Byrdland is a mashup of the names of Billy Bird and Hank Garland the two guitarists who participated in its design. They had requested a short scale archtop that would be less bulky than the traditional hollowbody, and this is basically what they got: A short-scale thinline L5CES.

P90s, PAF pickups, venetian or florentine cutaway, the Gibson Byrdland went through several phases, but was always seen as a remarkable and prized instrument. Some of Gibson’s finest. Hear it

Photo: Georgesmusic

Fender TC-90

2004-2007
Ash, Maple, Rosewood

Ever tried to pull a Gibson sound from a Telecaster? Perhaps this thinline TC-90 and its two Seymour Duncan P90s could help.

Double cutaway, neck-through, the Korean made TC-90 is not your average Tele, but according to Scott Grove, it “smokes the american stuff”. The Jim Adkins model (JA-90) released in 2007 is originally a single cutaway version of the TC-90.

Photo by terminal3

Music Man Axis Super Sport MM90

2009
Ash, Maple, Rosewood 

The Ernie Ball Music Man Axis is basically the evolution of Eddie Van Halen’s signature model, the Music Man EVH. P-90 love.

1960 Cherry Faded Gibson Les Paul Junior.  Simple and efficient

North Carolina luthier Josh Burch Space guitar with P90 pickups