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December 28, 2011

If I Had A Time Machine… (Part 1)

The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (1964)

The other day I was thinking about what I would do if I had a time machine. Would I travel back in time? Or would I travel forward? Or would I travel sideways? I don’t even know! But then I got to thinking: what if I could go back and be at some awesome and/or strange events in the world of music?

December 27, 2011

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My Top 10 Albums of 2011 List (Part 1)

It’s that time of year again. Time for the top ten lists to start flying around the net. Well, here is mine . But first, my disclaimer: I wrote this in one sitting. No doubt I’ve missed a bunch, so I will publish a follow-up “alternate” list next month.

December 27, 2011

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Bundle Squad SALE extended to Jan 10/2012. Hurry!

The Bundle Squad offers up your choice of the Magnum Bass or the Airline Bighorn, then throws in a bunch of goodies for FREE! Offer ends 1/10/2012

December 27, 2011

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Scott Baxendale Guitar & Harmony Conversions

Scott Baxendale has been building custom hand made guitars since 1974. Recently he settled in Athens Georgia where he is currently building custom guitars, restoring vintage guitars and teaching the art of lutherie to aspiring craftsman. Scott Baxendale’s legacy of building custom instruments began in 1974, when he arrived in Winfield, Kansas to work for [...]

December 19, 2011

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Michael Rother of Neu! & Harmonia

Imagine what you would do if you were a member of a seminal electronic music band that influenced musicians in a myriad of genres over multiple generations and whose stature still remains unparalleled to this day? And then imagine what would you do if your chosen instrument was not a synthesizer but instead a guitar? If you were Michael Rother you would leave Kraftwerk taking drummer Klaus Dinger with you and form the equally acclaimed, if not as well-known, Neu!

December 2, 2011

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New Airline Coronado ’59 Demo by Mason Stoops

New Airline Coronado ’59 Demo Check out this new demo from our friend Mason Stoops. Mason does some great research and shares some interesting historical info about the origins of the Coronado model. Great job! The Airline ’59 Coronado is our tribute to the Supro Coronado model used by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. [...]

December 2, 2011

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From the Temple of Doom (I): Koob, Albert, Patricia, and Adeline

Imagine someone telling you about an old-time music store that had a huge stash of unsold guitars from the 1960s, plus some guitar effects from the ‘70s lying around in its upper floors in Newark, NJ. Well, you can bet it didn’t take long for me to beat a path to the door of Newark Music City (calm down; this was a long time ago and, while the company still exists, it’s long gone from Newark). Even though I was late in the game, there were still unmined treasures to be had. A real Temple of Doom!

November 26, 2011

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Thanksgiving Flashback – Musicians Gone Too Soon

With unusually warm weather here in Toronto this past week, my brother and I decided to spend a day fishing during the US Thanksgiving weekend. Upon leaving we loaded up the boat, jumped in the truck and turned on the radio to Little Feat’s “Fat Man in the Bathtub” from their 1978 Waiting For Columbus [...]

November 21, 2011

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Submit your Stories – Earn MRG Cash

Every month we have people contributing articles to the My Rare Guitars Monthly Newsletter – My Rare Guitaricles. Now you too can get in on the fun and earn some cash credits in the meantime.

November 3, 2011

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Back Catalog Memories: TEISCO Spectrum 5 Plexi Guitar

Vintage 1960's Teisco Plexi Spectrum 5 Guitar

In the early days of My Rare Guitars I collected TEISCO guitars at a freakish pace. Look at the vintage 60′s guitar photos and you will see just about every TEISCO model ever produced from Japan in the 1960’s.