By Paul Alcantara. You have bought or inherited a prewar Gibson archtop and are not…
Intended to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gibson L-5, this feature by Paul Alcantara appeared…
By Paul Alcantara A question that we are often asked is: “Does the ‘L’ in…
by Lynn Wheelwright and Paul Alcantara Just as Leo Fender’s plank-like Telecaster prompted Gibson President…
Almost all 16-inch Gibson L-5s have a narrow, pointed neck heel as do the earliest…
By Paul Alcantara Some of the Gibson 17-inch archtops and Super 400s shipped between 1935 and…
The Patent diagram for Gibson’s first truss rod often leaves today’s luthiers scratching their heads,…
A question often asked by vintage archtop guitar enthusiasts is: “When did Gibson abandon its…
The ukulele was first named as such on the island of Hawaii in the late…
By Paul Alcantara If Gibson – and later Epiphone – provided the archtop guitars favoured…