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Gibson DC-400 XPL - Very rare 80’s Gibson guitar!

Along with this Les Paul XPL DC-400, Gibson released other “XPL” guitars during the mid 80s, such as this Flying V XPL. By the way, XPL stands for “Explorer” (It’s all about the headstock)

1982 Guyatone LG-1200 Sharp-five is also known in my book as Japanese Coolness.

70s Musicman Stingray I, one of the earliest Musicman design, made by Leo Fender, of course.

1964 Epiphone Coronet. Nearly two years after Epiphone’s acquisition by Gibson, the Coronet was released in 1959, as a clear child of this alliance. In many ways, It was to Epiphone what the Les Paul Junior is to Gibson: A good basic, reliable student model.

Grestch? No, 2009 PRS Starla

1983 G&L Cavalier in Natural. For Sale

2005 Fender SoCal Speed shop Stratocaster…

(Source: elderly.com)

Early 60s Harmony H-15 Bobkat

1959 English Electronics Tonemaster Rhythm Tone, made by Valco for English Electronics. Contrary to the regular tonemaster, it was not a res-o-glass body.

Albert Lee dropped his Telecaster for this guitar, which officially became in 93 the Ernie Ball/Music Man Albert Lee Signature

1962 Wurlitzer Gemini with jazz/rock switch and, yes, true stereo pickups. Flying Vs and Explorer were considered too futuristic for 1958, really?

more about the gemini at premierguitar.com

1959 Gibson EM-150 Electric Mandolin with Mini P-90 Pickup

One of Gretsch oddities. Although its production lifespan was few years long, the Gretsch Astro-Jet only appeared in catalog in 65. More to read on Vintageguitar.com

Fender Flame Standard.

1983, Fender hires the legendary japanese factory Fujigen (Greco, Ibanez) to produce a new series of guitar. The Master Series aimed at competing directly with Gibson’s Humbucker sound. Obviously not understood at the time, the Masters were too “Gibson” for Fender aficionados, and vice versa. After 2 years the production stopped. Today, they became highly sought. If you get your hands on one, keep it.

3 Models: The Esprit and The Flame were originally designed by Dan Smith, and the D’Aquisto by, well… D’Aquisto.

G&L Nighthawk

1983
Swamp Ash or Mahogany, Maple, Ebony

G&L Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups really shines when combined with Maple. Most nighthawks were made of ash or mahogany, but to this one has a maple body and it sound absolutely fantastic. Despite its heavy weight (10lbs),  the killer neck and smoking looks make this Nighthawk bliss to play.

After producing only 269, Leo Fender had to rename the guitar to Skyhawk because of a trademark issue. Hey, Mr. Fender, didn’t it feel like deja-vu?