Museum & Original Owners
One Owner’s 1966 Gibson ES-345
Joe traveled to Connecticut to buy a carefully preserved 1966 Gibson ES-345 and 1966 Ampeg Gemini II directly from the original owner.
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One Family’s 1959 Gibson ES-355
A 1959 Gibson ES-355 passed from father to son, played regularly for decades, and kept original except for a stereo-to-mono conversion.
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Bob Denton’s 1955 Gibson J-200
A 1955 Gibson J-200 attributed to Bob Denton, whose friendship and recording work with Eddie Cochran connects this guitar to rockabilly history.
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1983 Les Paul Custom: Dennis Hiatt
Dennis Hiatt bought this cherry sunburst 1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom new in San Rafael and kept it for more than four decades. Its story reaches back to the Summer of Love and a lost Capitol Records album.
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1954 Gibson L-5C: A Family Story
The daughter of a California session musician shares the original-owner story of her father's 1954 Gibson L-5C and his life in music.
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One Owner From New: The Story of a 1957 Gibson Byrdland
A 1957 Gibson Byrdland that came to us from one family, bought new by a 16-year-old with paper-route money and kept for 68 years. Here is the guitar, the year that made it special, and the owner's story.
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Original Owner, Original Bass: A ’73 Jazz Bass Meets the Vintera III
Jim’s parents bought him a brand-new 1973 Fender Jazz Bass for Christmas: sunburst, maple board, black blocks. Fifty years later, we put it head-to-head with Fender’s brand-new Vintera III Early ’70s Jazz Bass. Here’s how the reissue stacks up against the real thing.
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