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A quick break from the @elmiravintageguitars pics to show you the main reason I have a smile permanently plastered to my face these days:

2014 Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Reissue.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #vintageguitars #reissue #gibson custom #custom shop #les paul #1959 les paul #les paul burst #burst #r9

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~2000 Gibson Blueshawk spotted at the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show on the weekend.

This is the ONE guitar I would have bought if I wasn't so broke from buying two other guitars a couple of weeks ago 😭

I love the Nighthawk/Blueshawk family, and a Blueshawk in Red (as opposed to blue or black) is perfect! Sure this one had the pickups modded, but the price was not unreasonable at $1550 CAD

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #blueshawk #gibson blueshawk #nighthawk #vintage gibson #elmira 2024 #elmira vintage guitar show

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Fresh from the Folkway Music booth at the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show, and most definitely the unique-est guitar in the whole room, a FACTORY BLACK 1965 Gibson ES-355!How many (original) black 355s have you seen??

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #elmir #elmira 2024 #elmira #elmira ontario #es-355 #es355 #bb king #freddie king #keef #keith rich #keith richards

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The @tonebrothers.ca always bring quite the display to Elmira!

Here's the first of MANY views from the @elmiravintageguitars show yesterday, showing the Tone Brothers' Tweed collection. 

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #stratocaster #elmira vintage guitar show #elmira ontario #elmira 2024 #tweed amp #fender tweed

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My actual gigging rig from 30 years ago.

1988 American Standard Stratocaster

1988 Red Knob Twin.

Lesson learned? NOBODY needs 100 watt guitar amp for *any* reason whatsoever. 🤣

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #stratocaster

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2014 Gibson Les Paul R9

This is the first R9 I have ever owned and I love it. It is loaded with @wizzpickups "Red Eye" Ed King pickups, and they sound so good - defined mids and tight lows. Very detailed and articulate-sounding. Much too good for a hack player like me! 🤣

I am SO GLAD my pal @tomgibson3783 was unable to resist impulse-buying a couple of rare and beautiful vintage orange beauties (pics of those to come!) last week and as a result had to sell this one to me! 😉

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #les paul #r9 #gibson les paul #reissue #les paul burst

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Not going to lie: there are FIVE rare (and spectacular) vintage Telecasters visible in this shot from a visit to my friend's collection. HOWEVER...can I please request that you confine your attention to the one in the middle...just for a second! 😉

1969 Fender Rosewood Telecaster.

The all Rosewood Tele was made famous when Fender gifted the original to George Harrison, and George can be seen playing it in the famous Beatles' "Rooftop Concert" atop 3 Saville Row, on 30th January, 1969.

I have seen several MIJ reissues of this model, and even a few Custom Shop shop versions...but this is my first "real" Rosewood Tele.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #telecaster #tele #george harrison #beatles #rosewood #rosewood telecaster #apple corps #rooftop concert

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"She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes"

When Lord Byron penned this verse in 1832, I am almost positive he was referring to my 1993 Gibson Nighthawk Custom.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #gibson nighthawk #nighthawk #nighthawk custom

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1965 Epiphone Casino in RoyalTan. Another rare beauty from my visit on the weekend to my friend's collection:

We aren't sure who "BH" was, but who and where ever s/he is I am sure this guitar is the "I should never have sold that one" story they tell their friends… 😉

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #epiphone #casino #john lennon #beatles #vintage epiphone

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My "new" 2014 Gibson R9.

After a bad experience with a 13 lb LP Custom back in the '80s, it took me over 30 years to get interested in Les Pauls again.

Read the full(ish) story of my love/hate relationship with the Les Paul over the last few decades here:

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #toronto #electricguitar #les paul #gibson les paul #les paul r9 #reissue #burst #Instagram

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1968 Fender Telecaster in Paisley finish.

Another rare beauty spotted on my visit to a friend's collection this past weekend.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #teletuesday #telecaster #paisley #james burton #elvis #1968 #60s psychedelia

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I made a casual photo visit to my buddy's collection yesterday where I saw (and got to play!) some absolutely wonderful guitars.

I will share more of what I saw throughout the week (in ascending order of awesomeness! 😉), but since it is Monday I am compelled by Instagram hashtag law to start with this beautiful condition 1966 Fender Mustang in (Daphne) Blue finish.

It may be one of the more humble guitars in my friend's collection, but one thing that makes it extra awesome is that he also has the MATCHING MUSTANG BASS to go with it! swipe left.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #fender mustang #mustang bass #vintage bass

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Photo dump from my recent visit to The Twelfth Fret, Toronto.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #gibson #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #gibson sg #es-335 #flying v #jimi hendrix #larry carlton #gretsch #melody maker #les paul #les paul custom #black beauty

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Does it need to be vintage to be great? Hell no!

Case in point: this reissue Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul TV Junior VOS, on loan from my buddy @tomgibson3783, is one of those guitars that makes me sound good even on my worst day. And when the guitar helps me sound good I actually play better.

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #gibson #vintageguitars #electricguitar #toronto #les paul #tv yellow #gibson les paul #tv junior #les paul junior #custom shop #gibson custom #reissue

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An all Fender FenderFriday:

1998 CustomShop '60 Custom Telecaster 1962 Tremolux 1959 Princeton 1965 Vibrolux 1965 Champ 1961 Concert 1965 VibroChamp 1968 ProReverb 1959 Harvard 1964 Bassman 1964 Champ

Straps by Tom's Vintage Straps

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #vintagegear #telecaster #custom telecaster #fender amp #vintage amp #guitar collection #amp collection

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Here is GlowFlake™, my 2007 Fender Custom Shop gold Sparkle '60 Relic Stratocaster, in one of the photos from today's reel.

The amps are a trio of transitional Fenders: 1963 tuxedo Princeton 1964 tuxedo Bassman 1964 5F1 Champ

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #fender #vintageguitars #toronto #electricguitar #vintagegear #amp #stratocaster #strat #bassman #princeton #fender champ #vintage fender #vintage amp #tube amp #Instagram

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Falcon Friday courtesy of my pal Tom Gibson and his 2008 125th Anniversary Gretch White Flacon

#guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #electricguitar #gretsch #white falcon #neil young #gretsch guitar