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Every Guitar Has A Story - Official Press Release
Kansas City, MO – If The Chiefs are America’s team and Travis and Taylor are America’s Sweethearts, the guitar has to be America’s...

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Mar 11, 20241 min read


How Kurt Russel Smashed A Rare Guitar
This story of Kurt Russell destroying a priceless Martin is coming around again after a new interview and a first ever public showing at...

Mark Valentine
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Chris Rocha Gets A New Gretsch
Usually we see big guitar makers add signature models for pop stars and rock stars and blues stars and country stars. It is interesting...

Mark Valentine
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Samantha Fish Guitars
Millions have viewed her playing her Stogie Box Blues Cigar Box Guitar. It was originally an actual cigar box that held 20 Nicaraguan...

Mark Valentine
Feb 27, 20241 min read


Marty Suart’s 1950s Telcaster, Clarence
The story of Marty Suart’s 1950s Telcaster, Clarence is about a lot of miles and a lot of love. Marty says it is the greatest Telecaster...

Mark Valentine
Feb 23, 20241 min read


Old Black: Neil Young’s 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Old Black: Neil Young’s 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop was a trade with Jim Messina. Messina was the bass player for Buffalo Springfield...

Mark Valentine
Feb 21, 20241 min read


Billy Gibbons' 1959 Les Paul Pearly Gates
Every Guitar has a story. Billy Gibbons' 1959 Les Paul Pearly Gates has a really great story. We have all heard the guitar on ZZ Top hit...

Mark Valentine
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Paul McCartney’s Long Lost Bass
Paul McCartney’s long lost bass was bought for about $40 by Paul in 1961. The iconic Hofner bass was played in the club circuit days. It...

Mark Valentine
Feb 15, 20241 min read


The Silvertone Amp-In-Case
What do Beck and Brad Shultz (Cage The Elephant) have in common? It is a love for an odd guitar. The Sivertone 1149 and 1449 might be...

Mark Valentine
Feb 14, 20241 min read


Guitar That Took The Half Time Spotlight
It was H.E.R. (Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson). The guitar that took the half time spotlight was H.E.R.'s signature Fender Stratocaster....

Mark Valentine
Feb 12, 20241 min read


The Beatles Taxman Guitar
You are getting out tax paperwork. It is almost time. Put on “Taxman” by The Beatles. The Beatles Taxman guiatar was a 1962 Epiphone...

Mark Valentine
Feb 9, 20241 min read


Tracy Chapman's Grammy Guitar
Tracy Chapman’s Grammy guitar is an old friend she has been playing since buying it in a store in Palo Alto, CA. in 2001. It was made by...

Mark Valentine
Feb 7, 20241 min read


1966 Noble TV594 Thunderball
We all like a little bit of crazy in our life. This guitar was made in Japan seemingly with the idea "If James Bond was a guitar...

Mark Valentine
Feb 6, 20241 min read


Taylor Swift Travis Kelce Guitar
It is time to declare the guitar as America's instrument. The KC Chiefs have become America's tem. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have...

Mark Valentine
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Mark Knopfler's Guitars Sell For More Than $10 million
120 of Knopfler's guiatrs were auctioned at Christie's in London. 25% of the procedes went to charity. Top dog was his 1959 Vintage...

Mark Valentine
Feb 1, 20241 min read


Guitar Made From Parts of Jimi Hendrix's House
This is a 9 string acoustic guitar called “If 6 was 9” and it is made from the wood harvested from a house Jimi Hendrix lived in as a...

Mark Valentine
Jan 30, 20241 min read


Got $9000 For A Replica?
Seriously, if you have $9000 for a replica, Gibson just announced that you can buy The Gibson 1989 Kirk Hammett Les Paul Custom. Kirk...

Mark Valentine
Jan 24, 20241 min read


Taylor Swift Just Donated A Signed Guitar
Taylor Swift just donated a signed guitar to Musicares, a charity that helps people in the music industry. The instrument, will be...

Mark Valentine
Jan 23, 20241 min read


PRS Guitars at NAMM
PRS brought some new Core Studio models to NAMM. Is this guitar porn? A mahogany body with a carved maple top, 2 narrow field pick-ups...

Mark Valentine
Jan 22, 20241 min read


The “Walk, Don’t Run” Guitar
The “Walk, Don’t Run” guitar that was heard all over the world on The Ventures’ hit will be on display at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular...

Mark Valentine
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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