by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Oct 23, 2017 | News Articles
Gibson plans to move from its longtime guitar-making factory in Downtown Memphis…..to a state-of-the art facility “nearby.” The Nashville-based company announced Friday that its Memphis-based guitar manufacturing division with about 85 employees will...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Oct 19, 2017 | News Articles
Internet guitar guy Jared Dines recently commissioned a guitar from Olson Guitarworks. This guitar, though, was not — by any stretch — your typical custom job. It turns out that Dines requested a single-neck, 17-string guitar!!! Even more amazingly, Olson Guitarworks...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Oct 17, 2017 | News Articles
At a youthful 37 years old, Stephen Gallagher is a vintage throwback. As the owner of the tiny Gallagher Guitar Company, he sees himself strictly as an artist than an aspiring business magnate. While some guitar manufacturers pump out dozens of instruments every...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Oct 12, 2017 | News Articles
ESP has unveiled the Kirk Hammett Signature KH Ouija Natural Guitar, a limited-edition custom guitar that will be available in two different models. From the company: “It was around 1990 that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett first approached us at ESP with the...
by vintageguitarencyclopedia | Oct 10, 2017 | News Articles
Blues guitarist extraordinaire Ronnie Earl has recently announced a new album called “The Luckiest Man”. The disc, which was recorded with Earl’s longtime band, the Broadcasters, will be released November 17 via Stony Plain Records. According to...