Nov 15th, 9:00AM EST: I would like to thank EVERYONE who made a donation in the last 24 hours. Your generosity exceeded our expectations TENFOLD. You should all be very proud that together we raised over $12,000!! We are going to top it up to $12,500, so along with the Canadian Government match it, we are sending $25,000 to the Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Fund.
We just received 24 of these in stock, Warren Ellis 2P in Black, and we are offering then with either the Vintage Cream pickguard or the Tortoiseshell pickguard. Only 24 so they won’t last long. Only $579. SOLD OUT choose p/g: Vintage CreamTortoiseshel SPECIFICATIONS: Body: Solid Alder Neck: Maple, Bolt-on Fingerboard: Maple, DotMarkers Scale Length: […]
We have just completed a SMALL run of Airline MAP Baritone Guitars. This was a special order for Colin Newman of WIRE. We have only SIX with STOP TAIL and SIX with BIGSBY (shown). Available TODAY, so don’t wait too long to pull the trigger.
Growing up outside Toronto in the early 1970’s, El Degas was a very popular brand in most guitar shops. Made in Japan, the quality was great, the price was right, but that is about all we know about them. The internet is surprisingly thin on threads to the origins of El Degas. I’ll take some educated guesses from owning a few.
Even though I don’t frequent them often, I love classic car shows. The sight of those two-tone jobs—often done up in exotic colors like pastels or turquoise—always raises a smile of nostalgia, a glimmer of my youth when they were new and I had dreams of being able to hit the road. Kind of like how I feel when I look at this very nifty EKO Condor.
Among the popular performers of Hawaiian (and most other types of) music on the Vaudeville music hall circuit was Roy Smeck (1900-1994). Smeck was a talented instrumentalist who played guitar, banjo, ukulele, and lap steel guitar, earning the sobriquet “Wizard of the Strings.” Smeck made quite a few recordings and starred in part of the first “sound on disk” movie that was released in 1926. Like many other performers, Smeck endorsed a number of instruments by various manufacturers over the years, but is probably best known for the line of Harmonies introduced in 1927 with the pear-shaped Vita-Uke. Smeck’s name would be associated with Harmony instruments until near the end of the company’s run in 1973.
First of all, let me confess that, despite my affinity for electric guitars, I’ve never been much of a rock ‘n’ roller. Truth to tell, I’m more likely to pick up an acoustic guitar or banjo. But I love the “art” of electrics, and they are fun to play, I admit, especially pushed through my old Rat distortion box. But sometimes that “art” goes somewhat awry. At least, in my aesthetic opinion, that’s what happened with the ’83 Hondo H-2 featured here!
There was a period in time about 12 months before the official birth of Eastwood Guitars, where www.myrareguitars.com was selling more NEW guitars than Vintage Guitars. From 1999-2002, MRG was a dealer for Dipinto Guitars, Burns UK, EKO, Italia, Tokai and many others. One of the brands at that time was STARS. STARS? I know, never heard of it. Maybe it lasted for only 18 months at best, but they put out a Brian May copy that was WAY better than most people expected, at a price that was unbeatable, around $599.
As much as I would like to, I can’t really shed a lot of light on this brand. What we do know, is they were from Japan, mid 60’s to early 70’s. All the typical copy-era models that you would see from Teisco and a handful of other brands. Slightly better than average quality, similar to the Domino guitars. So, likely an American importer that found a niche and filled it for as long as he/she could. Rather than ramble on about it, I’ll simply offer up a bunch of photos so you can let your imagination run wild!
I finally got a chance to do a little actual work on my Eastwood Hummingbird, so I thought I’d send you a few pic’s. Of course, there is a chance you may not approve of the modifications, but speaking for myself, I am very happy with how it turned out. I have to tell you, it sounds frigg’n great!!!
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