The popularity of the electric guitar began with the big band era because amplified instruments became necessary to compete with the loud volumes of the large brass sections common to jazz orchestras of the thirties and forties. Initially, they consisted primarily of hollow “archtop” acoustic guitar bodies to which electromagnetic transducers had been attached. Electric […]
So I found out that my guitar is a K37 15 1/2″ spanish archtop mahogany. They were produced by Kay from 1952-1956. Any info on the value would be much appreciated.
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As you may have heard, Gibson have been raided twice by Federal Agents over their use of imported woods, now they are asking for public support with their ‘Fight For Your Right to Rock’ contest. Gibson claim the Lacey Act is unfair and that they have complied with Indian Laws, from where they source their
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We told you Gibson wouldn’t be going to Summer NAMM 2011, but we were wrong. Well, actually we were right, until a few hours ago that is. In what appeared to be a case of Ambush Marketing, Gibson had decided to run their own event called Summer Jam on Saturday (one of the most important
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Gibson are continuing their recent trend of re-releasing some of their older ‘modernist’ guitars – this time it’s the 1977 RD Standard. It may have been an unusual design for it’s time being a mix of the Firebird and Explorer body types, but this new version is quite traditional for Gibson in terms of its
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Geoffrey Paul Ross from Next Level Guitar presents this acoustic fingerstyle rhythm lesson. More lessons like this one are available at nextlevelguitar.com
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Hey everyone thanks for reading. I have what I believe is a 1940’s model Kay Musical Instrument co. Acoustic guitar everything looks original and has a nice sound. There is a number on the inside. K37 8437. Any information on this guitar and value of it would be very helpful. And if anyone is interested
The VTX300 Neodymium joins the VOX Valvetronix Pro flagship Series. In the age of high definition audio modeling, mobile emulated amps and direct to PA setups, some would wonder why guitar players still prefer to carry around big amps. However as Vox will attest, amps will not be going out of style anytime soon and
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