2014 News

1967 White Gibson SG Junior (Serial Number 000000) Around the start of the 2000s I walked into a ‘famous’ Sydney guitar shop and all the guys were crowded around this guitar, it had just come […]

1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 8 1113) Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets… This one guitar literally cost me – a 1957 Stratocaster, 1964 Stratocaster, […]

1964 Gibson ES335 Red (Serial Number 70664) I’ll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding guitars ever. A big wrap I know, but it’s true. I’d previously owned several Gibson […]

1961 Fender Bass VI (Serial Number 70174) Original Sixties Fender Bass VI’s are not very common here in Australia. I found this one in a guitar shop on Coogee Bay Road (not far from where […]

1965 Burns Double Six (green burst) (Serial Number 11052) I bought this guitar around 1990 from the original owner. They had bought it new and played in a band for a few months then retired […]

1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman 6120 (serial number 71919) I was looking for one of these for a while and when this one came up I played it and liked its vibe. Also the binding was […]

1962 Gibson J-200N – Blonde (Serial Number 61298) I was always in awe of Gibson J200 guitars. I first saw and heard the one that was used on The Shadows version of Apache. That guitar […]

Martin 00-17 acoustic 1935  (Serial Number 59005) For a few years back in the late 80s I had a regular Thursday night gig at The Parkerville Tavern near Perth, Western Australia. It was a very […]

1958 Fender Stratocaster (Serial Number 024609) This is the guitar I like to play at home, it has a great unplugged sound and I have written many songs on it. I got this guitar around […]

1972 Fender Stratocaster Black (Serial Number 355735) This is my “Richie Blackmore” influenced strat. It’s an all original early 1972 model in custom colour Black. Features include – 3 way pickup selector switch, staggered pole […]

1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 4 0809) I first saw this guitar in Sydney in 1984 whilst touring with a band from Perth, Western Australia. It was the ‘cleanest’ vintage Gibson Les […]