My oldest guitars

First is a 1950’s Kay arch top acoustic. This was my very first guitar. My grandfather dug it out of his barn for me when I said I wanted to learn how to play. It has a huge fat neck and the frets are original, so they’re basically worn down to nothing at this point. So I have it set up in open D for slide.

Next is a 1960’s Supro Sahara. They reissued these a while ago but this is an original. It has a semi-hollow fiberglass body and a big single-coil pickup. The frets are original and mostly worn down but it’s still playable. The fiberglass body and rosewood bridge/saddle gave it a very warm tone. So I added 50’s wiring, a no-load tone pot, and a bone saddle to brighten it up a bit.

Last but definitely not least is my 1974 Les Paul Custom. This was the 20th Anniversary model (the first anniversary model Gibson ever released). Hands down this is my baby and the one guitar I would save in a fire. It’s not all original and it’s had a neck repair, but it plays like butter and sounds amazing. These old T-Top pickups have almost a single-coil-like clarity to them that you don’t get with modern humbuckers.