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My brother wants to partially restore a 1971 Rosewood Telecaster he bought from the estate of a jazz player who modified the instrument fairly substantially likely early in the guitar's life(*). Mods in order of most saddening first: --A smuggler's tele type addition of a chamber to accommodate...

MF has sales and Stupid Deal going on their own "special" Martins with excellent specs, in particular: 1) Adirondack Spruce top 2) VTS treatment These look to be specially made to GC/MF specs which is why, I suspect, the key terms "D-18" and "D-28" are missing from the description. It's by...

As is surely the case for many here, it's always been a dream to visit Abbey Road Studios in London where the Beatles, the Zombies, the Shadows, Pink Floyd and so many other greats recorded. Short of booking studio time (and the attendant cost), it's not easy to get inside. Now and then, the...

I have a 1966 Precision Bass in original candy apple red. The paint is so fragile that just moving in the case or taking the neck on and off causes small paint chips (the neck has issues which is another topic otherwise I wouldn't be touching it). I like to play my instruments rather than...

This thread is sort of an epilogue to an earlier discussion here at TDPRI: https://www.tdpri.com/threads/neal-schon%E2%80%99s-53-blackguard.1076309/ If you read the only article I could find Neal Schon auction result over the weekend from Guitar World (link below), it's clear that there were...

One of my top favorite videos. Maybe my favorite as I've watched it so many times. Cropper's Tele has the best sound I've ever heard (is it the Marshall backline?)--plug it in and go. Duck Dunn is beyond cool. Booker T and Al Jackson Jr. Then of course Arthur Conley, Eddie Floyd, Sam &...

New guy here, but old timer elsewhere in guitar forumdom. This is a Telecaster that's been in the family for some time, s/n 27xx. There are two things I can't square about it and I am hoping someone here might have some info. 1) Is there any significance that the body dates preceed the...