Gear

Tools, sounds, and notes from the archive

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Korean-made Bullet 1 Strat with a black body, white pickguard, and rosewood board. Quietly excellent.

USA-made Squier Strat, likely 1990, with a front-of-headstock N9 serial. Rare configuration with collector and story value.

Vintage Japanese ES-335-style semi-hollow with a story. The headstock has been painted black; the rest speaks for itself.

Bavarian-built parlour from 1963 with a solid spruce top, vintage tone, and warm hands-on feel.

Personal acoustic. Cracked top, family history, and enough songs left in it to keep its place.