Gretsch Country Gentleman and Eternal S Type.

“My 1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman next to “Ted” my new 2012 Eternal S Type 50’s style, made by the genius that is dave walsh at www.eternal-guitars.com” - Micah Stafford

Got to love the Eternal Custom built but that Gretsch is the absolute dream!

A Nice Pair.

More combo’s today, with this excellent team-up sent in by Rogerisnotahipster.

“First and foremost is my Epiphone Les Paul custom pro, and second is my brand new Orange 50w bass combo amp.”

New Additions To The Family.

Joe Clilverd’s back, keeping us updated with his collection;

“The church of shoegaze has embraced some class. Since last post my dad invested in an Ibanez Artcore bass and an Ashdown amp. It’s got a pretty nice feeling neck and good tone, I call it the Ox!

At the bottom right is an Admira Concerto I bought yesterday for a great price!! She’s a beauty and plays some real rich bass notes.. The further down in pitch I pull a note, the more I get the sensation on my tongue that tells you some real good food is on its way, ain’t afraid to say it! And wobbling notes on the treble strings sounds like rain falling in a desert. A most addictive piece of craftsmanship, I love taking it for a spin in the bathroom.

Cheers Guitar Porn for brightening up my day and exposing me to awesome less heard-of guitars!”

That’s one of the things we love here, time and time again we find that the smaller boutique guitars are just as wonderful as the bigger, established names.

Dipinto Mach IV’s.

Dipinto Mach IV’s as played by Los Calamares from Birmingham, England - they bill themselves as the world’s most landlocked surf band.

“Great guitars made by Chris DiPinto, a surf guitarist himself, from Philadelphia. He’s just made models for Earl Slick and Mr Bowie himself.

Great single coil twang and an option to go into humbucker mode as the coils are reverse-wound. Pickups are hot but get a great sound.

Chris did the trem conversion for me himself. I have been playing for 30 years and these are genuinely cool - and we get nothing free from DiPinto, I promise.

Here we are leathering the hell out of said DiPinto’s…

We stick them through Fenders on full reverb to get the sound - it probably has more to do with the amp than the guitar at the end of the day, but the hot pickups do cut through.”

We have to shamefully admit that we hadn’t heard of Dipinto’s before but they are seriously sweet - check out their website and send some love their way!

1982 Yamaha SG 1000.

“HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY. In every sense.
Rings like a bell.” - Mick O’Farrell