80s-tastic Hondo Model 781 Explorer-style guitar with bizarro graphics

guitarz.blogspot.com : Hondo guitars seem to invoke either a love 'em or loathe 'em response from most guitarists, with some proclai...

Vintage one-off prototype brass-bodied resonator guitar - possibly by Charles Brasher

guitarz.blogspot.com : Here's a potential interesting piece of history if only it could be conclusively identified. The seller believes ...

1970s JHS copy of a Gibson Marauder

guitarz.blogspot.com : This 1970s-era JHS branded guitar is another copy of one of the lesser known - and certainly more unpopular - Gibson...

CMI 1970s Japanese-made Gibson L6S copy

guitarz.blogspot.com : Here's a 1970s Japanese-made guitar bearing the CMI brand (I believe I once read that there were two separate br...

Klira "Jaguar"-stye 1960s vintage West German-made guitar

guitarz.blogspot.com : Here's another Klira guitar for you, and it couldn't be more different than the example that Bertram posted ...

Klira hollow body

guitarz.blogspot.com Unfortunately Klira guitars are poorly documented on the internet, though this West-German company has been making mus...

Ultra-rare and über-cool golden Dynacord Cora on eBay now!

guitarz.blogspot.com : I've seen pics of these babies online and in books, but I've not seen an example come up for sale on eBay bef...

Hopf Saturn 63 in crème brûlée finish

guitarz.blogspot.com I've already stated that the Hopf Saturn 63 is one of my favorite guitars ever. I found one with a very rare fini...

1965 Baldwin Virginian

guitarz.blogspot.com Once in a while, an eBay seller seems to know what he's selling - lucky me because I couldn't have found better...

1964 Crucianelli Elite G-502V

guitarz.blogspot.com Crucianelli has been building guitars distributed all over the world under different brands. This Elite G-502V was di...

refinished probable Teisco

guitarz.blogspot.com : When one doesn't know the brand of a vintage guitar, they call it Kay if it's from the US, Teisco if it loo...

1930s vintage Vega electric tenor banjo, made in the USA

guitarz.blogspot.com : I love bizarro vintage stuff like this. This isn't a round electric guitar, it's an electric tenor banjo bear...

Mystery vintage guitar, possibly Italian, possibly German

guitarz.blogspot.com : Miguel writes: Dear Gavin, I usually read your blog, thank you very much for keeping it. Last sunday I found this gui...

Musima Deluxe 25B - German bass in need of a little TLC

guitarz.blogspot.com : This vintage Musisma Deluxe 25B bass guitar I'd estimate to be from the 1970s. Seems like the Germans had the id...

Roger Standard Cutaway

guitarz.blogspot.com : It's summer, the time of crappy pictures... Anyway, this Roger Standard Cutaway may look dusty and beaten,  but ...

12-string soviet plastic body Maria Rhythm

guitarz.blogspot.com : We've previously seen the 6-string and the bass versions of the made in USSR  Lunacharki Maria , here is the 12...

Solo II - USSR Soviet-era guitar

guitarz.blogspot.com : Email from Will: Here's an item worthy of a place of honor in the Schlock Hall of Fame. It is a Soviet era ...

From Germany: vintage Pfaff / Willy Dreier archtop jazz guitar

guitarz.blogspot.com : I'm not quite sure why this Pfaff archtop jazz guitar has a Willy Dreier label inside. Friedrich Pfaff produced...

1966/67 Kalamazoo KB1 entry-level bass guitar made by Gibson

guitarz.blogspot.com : Blake writes: I came across this on a local craig's list post in Michigan. I thought you might be interested. Kee...

Morbidoni Diamond Wildcat

guitarz.blogspot.com Diamond was an US export brand of Italian guitar company Morbidoni , one of many companies based in Castelfidardo in c...