Frankfurt show 2012 was a great opportunity for Nicolai from Vintage & Rare to meet Øystein Husemoen from Norwegian Wood Series / Husemoen Guitars.

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In April 2012 Nicolai from Vintage & Rare had a great opportunity to meet Werner Kozlik at the Frankfurt Show 2012. Werner is owner of Stevens Custom Guitars and Munich Repair Shop. At the show they were presenting the whole range of instruments they do in Stevens Custom Guitars Company.

They are mostly focused on development and production of musical instruments, such as Steal String Guitars, Jazz Guitars, Irish Bouzoukis, Acoustic Bass Guitars and custom orders.

Here are some cool pictures and videos of that day. Enjoy!

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Dominic Frasca is a guitar player, more famous by his YouTube video called ‘’Impossible guitar’’. Video has at last count 39,305,349  hits. After seeing his video, we at Vintage & Rare were totally blown away.

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Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. This year she will represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with her song called ”Sky” (”Nebo”). While she is preparing for ESC she found some time for Vintage & Rare. Read what she told us and don’t forget to listen to the song and vote!

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Here we have Doc Pittillo from The Guitar Doctor. He told us a very cool story regarding his 1961 Fender Stratocaster.

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The Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard 80 models – Finding that 1959 Burst tone on a budget. Guest blog by Henrik Berger.

It can haunt you in your dreams, and follow you around the entire night and day, it can drive you into countless hours of searching the internet, daydreaming, while listening to Youtube- clips, finding articles, talking to friends.. What am I talking about?…… I am talking about the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.. Unless you are very wealthy, or extremely lucky, you will not be able to claim your 1959 Burst, since prices are in the big boys league, and have been rising for quite some time. But today´s economy on the other hand, suggests that now, it would be a good time to invest in one, if you have around, 100.000 – 400.000 $ (depending on the condition & originality) to spare for a 1959 Burst.

But!…… If you (like me) don’t have that kind of money, what do you then do?

Since the age of 5 I have played guitar, but at the age of 16, I started to have a great interest in vintage guitars, and  I have always been on the look out for that special guitar. At first I only looked for vintage Fender Stratocasters because Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton, John Norum and Yngwie Malmsteen played on those beat up Strats. But several years later I got turned on to Gibson. I had read up on the Gibson Les Paul history and of course stumbled upon the 1959 Burst…. The holy grail of guitars. So I set out to get myself one of those;). Not surprisingly that did not happen or should  I say, has not happened yet. But I came across this series of guitars that apparently should be very very good. And they were affordable!

The Gibson Les Paul heritage series standard 80!

Starting the 59 reissue era

It all started back in the late 70´s when different shops requested Gibson to make a guitar that had the same features as the 1959 Les Paul Standard, the first models that Gibson attempted to build were far from the real deal. But at some point the Nashville factory set out to release the Heritage Series 80.

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Here we have Dan from Chelsea Guitars in his shop in New York. He is talking about a Fender 1949/1951 Telecaster Broadcaster Nocaster Vintage Guitar.

Sam Hutton was the guy who worked for Fender building amplifiers for 35 years. He had a guitar that he would test the amps out with. George Fullerton one day came and said to Sam that the guitar was really valuable and he shouldn’t leave it hanging on a nail with a string; he should put it in the will for his son. So time goes by, Sam passes away and his son has this guitar. This was in 1998.

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“I was deeply moved by the brilliant melodies and the sensitive way in which they were performed.”

Lex de Azevedo

Golden Globe nominee

We couldn’t agree more. Jon Schmidt is a New age classical pianist and composer. He began songwriting at age 11 and currently he works with Steven Sharp Nelson on a project called The Piano Guys. Vintage & Rare had a great opportunity to talk to Jon. Enjoy!

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Nicolai from Vintage & Rare visited Doc Pittillo in The Guitar Doctor workshop in Fountain Valley in Orange County, CA. Doc presented  his Early 1956 Gretsch Chet Atkins.

You are looking at interesting Gretsch. Most people think it is a roundup because of the western motive and the inlays, just the way it is set up. But this one is actually either late 1955 or the beginning of 1956. There was an ad that came out for the first Chet Atkins signature guitar. This guitar is the first Chet Atkins. After this one he went to what Doc believes was the 6129 style shortly thereafter and started working on his own models. This is a very rare bird. Randy Bachman was the one who told Doc what that was and what the story was.

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Steven Sharp Nelson is a cello player, more popular for playing with Jon Schmidt in The Piano Guys. Music is his passion, way of expressing, way of living. His videos are watched by more than half a million viewers daily, and since 2011, many have been among the top 10 music videos in the world. Check out what Steven said to Vintage & Rare about his music. After reading don’t forget to visit YouTube and find it yourself.

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