In this column: Blackie (Eric Clapton), Greeny (Peter Green), Ex-sunburst (Rory Gallagher), 1956 Fender Stratocaster Black, 1959 Gibson Les Paul, 1961 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst, Lazarus (Joe Bonamassa) Of the hundreds of guitars that blues-rock legend Eric Clapton had his favorite was one that he had a hand in designing. In 1970 Eric was at Sho-Bud …
In this column: large Gibson hollow bodies (T-Bone Walker), Nancy (Roy Buchanan), Number One (Stevie Tay Vaughan), 1953 Fender Blackguard Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster ('63 body, '62 neck, '59 pickups) T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker, Dallas Texas) played on different guitars in three eras: 1930-1950 on a Gibson ES-250, 1950-1970 on an ES-5 and from 1970 …
In this column: The Hoss (Muddy Waters), Gibson ES-335 Lefty (Otis Rush), Old Lady (Albert Collins), 1958 Fender Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, 1966 Fender Custom Telecaster Ash, Aron Burton Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) was a blues singer-songwriter and important in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". In …
In this column: Lucille (B.B.King), lucy (Albert King), Gibson ES-345 Cherry Red (Freddie King), Gibson Flying V, Gibson L-30, Gibson ES-355, Gibson Memphis 1964 ES-345 In 1949, BB King was playing a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. The hall was being heated by barrels which were half full of kerosene. A fight broke out, knocking …
In this column: hard rock (Bukka White), nine-string guitar (Big Joe Williams), kalamazoo Model KG-14 (Robert Johnson), resonader guitar, 1930s Stella parlour guitar The 1933 National Duolin resonator guitar "Hard Rock" of Booker T Washington "Bukka" White. Bukka used used this guitar as his main gigging and touring guitar for three decades. He was a founding …
