by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Nov 11, 2017 | News Articles
2018 will feature a new guitar model from PRS based on their Custom 24 platform: the Custom 24-08. A meshing of the Custom 24 and PRS 408 models, the Custom 24-08 keeps all the same foundational specifications as the original Custom—maple top, mahogany back and neck,...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Nov 9, 2017 | News Articles
A legendary 1963 Martin that Bob Dylan played for over a decade—including his full set at George Harrison’s legendary Concert for Bangladesh in 1971—is going on sale soon! The auction for the guitar is being held by Heritage Auctions, and will take place on...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Nov 7, 2017 | News Articles
A California auction house reported a guitar that was used by music icon Prince in the late 1980s and into the 1990s has been sold for $700,000. This marks the highest amount paid for any one of his personal guitars. Julien’s Live auction house, based in Los...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Nov 4, 2017 | News Articles
The lever-like guitar accessory known as a “whammy” bar is best used to bend and distort a single note, i.e. Jimi Hendrix’s famous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner from Woodstock 1969. But it doesn’t sound very nice if used when playing...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Nov 2, 2017 | News Articles
Hotel enthusiasts and musicians alike smashed guitars in Hollywood, Florida to celebrate a construction milestone at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a $1.5 billion entertainment complex featuring a mega guitar–shaped hotel. The 450-foot-tall hotel will...
