Vintage Guitars

Abalone Vintage Guitars

Celebrity clients & rock star gear.

 

Keith Richards The Rolling Stones | 1960's Maestro Echoplex tube tape delay guitar effects

Keith Richards The Rolling Stones | 1960's vintage Fender Reverb unit tube guitar effect

 

John Entwistle The Who | 1958 Gretsch Jet Firebird guitar

 

John Entwistle The Who | 1967 Gretsch Jet Firebird guitar

 

Bob Dylan | 1993 Fender Stratocaster guitar

 

1977 Gibson les paul custom ace frehley guitar owned live tour studio collection KISS destroyer LP 45

Ace Frehley KISS | 1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar collection

 

Ace Frehley of KISS 1975 Gibson Les Paul Strings and Things guitar

Ace Frehley of KISS | 1975 Gibson Les Paul Strings and Things guitar

 

Bruce Kulick KISS | 1959 Gibson Melody Maker guitar collection

 

James Hetfield Metallica | Vintage 1958 Gibson EMS1235 Double Neck guitar collection

 

Gary Moore Peter Green Kirk Hammett Metallica | 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Greenie Greeny

 

David Bryan & Alec John Such of Bon Jovi | 1988 Kramer Baretta guitars

 

Billy Gibbons ZZ Top | Vintage Gibson guitar parts

 

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead | 1977 Travis Bean TB500 #12

 

1977 Fender Stratocaster owned by Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow.

 

R.E.M. Peter Buck | Maestro Theremin effect unit

 

R.E.M. Peter Buck | Maestro Echoplex solid state guitar effect unit mint NOS in the box

R.E.M. Peter Buck | Univox Super Fuzz effects pedal

 

Dean DeLeo Stone Temple Pilots | 1959 Premier Ruby Special E721 guitar collection

Dean DeLeo Stone Temple Pilots | 1960 Danelectro Long Horn Baritone bass guitar collection

 

Dean DeLeo Stone Temple Pilots | Univibe / MXR Blue Box effects pedal

 

Jefferson Starship Craig Chaquico | 1980 Dean Cadillac guitar

 

Genesis Kramer Pacer guitar

 

Alabama Jeff Cook - JC Custom made guitar

 

Atlanta Rhythm Section JR Cobbs -1978 25th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster guitar

 

Nigel Pulsford Bush | 1954 Gibson L4C Archtop guitar

 

Nigel Pulsford Bush | 1960 Gibson ES-335 guitar

 

Dave Parsons Bush 1962 Fender P-Bass guitar

 

Bryan Adams Boss T-Wah Effects Pedal

The B-52's Gibson LG-2 Acoustic guitar

Cheap Trick A/B boxes etc.

Paul Kossoff Free | 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar

 

Joe Bonamassa | 1979 Charvel San Dimas EVH graphic Strat guitar

Joe Bonamassa Nerdville West guitar collection visit photos

 

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Hootie & the Blowfish Dean Felber - 3 1970's Fender Jazz Bass guitars

 

Hootie & the Blowfish Mark Bryan - Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar

Hootie & the Blowfish Mark Bryan - Yamaha bass guitar

Hootie & the Blowfish Mark Bryan - Fender Twin Reverb amplifier head

Amy Grant / Jerry McPhearson DeArmond Tremolo effects pedal

Megadeth / Marty Friedman | 1970's Electro-Harmonix Zipper

 

Dick Dale | Fender amps - Various 1960's blackface Fender amplifiers

 

Syn Gates Avenged Seven Fold 1954 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar Goldtop

 

Syn Gates Avenged Seven Fold Schecter Syn Gates model guitar

 

Garbage | 1970's Roland Double Beat effects pedal

 

George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band | 1978 Hamer Standard guitar

 

Barbara Mandrell 1967 Gibson EMS-1235 Double neck

 

Bruce Gaitsch of Richard Marx | Steve Ripley Stereo guitar

 

Steve Ripley the Tractors

 

Matthew Sweet | 1970's Mu-Tron Bi-Phase effects unit 100% Fun

Matthew Sweet| 1970's Maestro Rover effects unit 100% Fun

 

Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy & BBM | 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard Guitar Burst

 

Gary Moore Jack Bruce BBM | 1961 Gibson EB-3 Bass guitar collection

 

Gary Moore | 1980's Schecter Chandler guitar Wild Frontier Tour

 

Government Mule Alan Woody | Hofner Bass

 

Sixpence None the Richer Vintage effects rentals

 

King's X Ty Tabor 1983 Fender Stratocaster Elite guitar

King's X Ty Tabor 1983 Fender Stratocaster Elite guitar

 

Kings X Ty Tabor 1995 Zion Radicaster guitar collection

King's X Ty Tabor 1990s Marshall 4X12 Cabinets w/flight cases

 

King's X Ty Tabor MXR Phase 90 / Ebow / MXR Pitch Transposer rack effect

 

Eric Johnson 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar (Lake Placid Blue)

 

Eric Johnson 1970 Marshall amp 4X12 cabinet (red)

 

 Eric Johnson 1969 Marshall amp 4X12 cabinet

Eric Johnson 1970 Marshall amp 4X12 cabinet

 

Eric Johnson Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face effects pedal

 

Eric Johnson Univox Univibe effects pedal NOS

 

Eric Johnson MXR 1000MS Digital Delay effects unit

Phil Keaggy of Glass Harp 1971 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar collection

 

Phil Keaggy Yamaha SA-2000 guitar

 

Phil Keaggy Zion Phil Keaggy Model Ser.# 0001

 

Social Distortion Mike Ness 1950's Gibson ES-125 guitars

 

Social Distortion Mike Ness & pile of vintage Fender amps

 

Andy Timmons of Danger Danger Boss pedal

 

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Andy Timmons of Danger Danger with his vintage Kramer NightSwan guitar

 

Andy Timmons of Danger Danger | 1988 Kramer Sustainer guitar

 

Hank Garland | 1962 Gibson ES-355 guitar

 

Tonic Fender Pro Reverb amplifier

The Verve Pipe Danelectro Convertible guitar

Kelly Willis Vintage Ampeg Amps

Galactic Cowboys Wally Farkus Fark-o-Fuzz Effects Pedal

Galactic Cowboys "Fark-o-Fuzz" Effects Pedal - Back

Galactic Cowboys MXR Analog Delay Effects pedal

Galactic Cowboys Ibanez PEQ-9 Effects Pedal

Galactic Cowboys ADA Flanger

Steve Taylor Vintage guitar effects rentals

 

Guardian Vintage effects rentals for the Bottle Rocket CD

Jump Little Children Electro-Harmonix Memory Man

Keaggy, King, Dent'e Vintage effects rentals

The 77's Guitar Effects Pedals guitar parts etc.

 

Abalone Vintage Guitars History & Scrap Book

Abalone Vintage Guitars | Columbia, South Carolina

1989-2001 (The retail years.)

When Where Why
1988 Greenstreets Hanging with Eric Johnson and a 1965 Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster guitar.
1989 First showroom

Gear. (Really just an office.)

1990 USC Hanging with Bruce Kulick of KISS and some single cutaway Gibson Melody Maker guitars.
1990 Houston, TX Hanging with Doug Pinnick of King's X in Houston.
1991 Second showroom

Gear!

1992 Atlanta, GA Mike Ness of Social Distortion with some classic Fender brown & blackface guitar amplifiers.
1993 Third showroom Electric guitars.
1993 Third showroom

Acoustic guitars.

1993 USC Hanging with Phil Keaggy at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia South Carolina.
1993 Germany Lost in Germany.
1994 Fourth showroom

Store construction. - Lending a hand.

1994 Fourth showroom Repair shop.
1994 Zion Guitars

Helping out on the Zion Ty Tabor prototype guitar.

1994 The store

Checking out  Guild BHM Brian May Signature serial # 0002.

1994 The store The repair facilities.
1995 Philly, PA Purchasing Gary Moore's 1958 Les Paul Standard "Burst."
1995 Athens, GA Hanging at REM's place with Microwave In Athens Georgia.
1995 The store Legendary surf guitarist Dick Dale hangs out at the shop.
1995 England

Hard Rock Cafe' - Checking out Denmark St., Hyde Park, & other landmarks around London.

1996 The store Killer new guitars.
1996 The store More killer new guitars.
1996 The store Celebrity guitars. KISS, Gary Moore, Phil Keaggy, Hank Garland, Ty Tabor of King's X.
1996 The store Cool Amps!
1996 The store Drum department.
1996 Atlanta, GA Hanging with William Chapman, tech for Hootie & the Blowfish.
1997 The store Vintage keyboards.
1997 The store Vintage guitar effects.
1997 The Townhouse Hanging out with Hank Garland & Tal Farlow in Tal's Hotel room.
1997 England Music Ground.....Voxy Lady!
1998 The store Brighton takes inventory.
1998 The store Bevy of PRS Guitars.
1998 Nashville, TN Nashville Guitar Show booth display.
1999 The store Kramer Guitars by the dozen.
1999 Chicago Geetar Bob's birthday!
1999 The store Bevy of Gibson Les Pauls.
1999 Dallas, TX Dallas Guitar Show booth display.
1999 Appalachians Good wood hunting.
1999 The store Unique display cases.
2000 Kalamazoo, MI Heritage Guitars factory tour w/ Mark Huizenga
2000 The store

Abalone receives RIAA Award fro Steve Taylor.

2000 The store The shop studio.
2000 The store The computer age takes over.
Misc. The store Store Display collection!
Misc. The store Vintage tubes galore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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