Monday, February 28, 2011

JAMES TRUSSART STEEL O MATIC GUITAR


2010...European tour...a James Trussart luthier custom guitar...

This is a James Trussart Steel O Matic , sugar pine body , driftwood finish  chambered body , Arcane / Trussart handwound pick ups , grey  stained maple neck , aluminum dots ,  antique silver gator engraved recessed steeltop !

DUESENBERG STARPLAYER TV



Europe tour 2009... a brand new guitar...a german sunburst Duesemberg Starplayer Tv...


In a unique way Dieter Goelsdorf´s Duesenberg design consolidates guitar construction, features and sounds which have written music history. The art deco style design of headstock, pickguard and metal components gives Duesenberg its own eye-catching look, while the body design bases on the old traditional Jazz guitars like being built from the 40s in Europe and in the USA. These design elements are combined with the best possible electric guitar construction values of the 50s: Grand Vintage Alnico pickups, classical Fender scale length plus a Gibson-like fingerboard radius. Most of the vintage-style tailpieces, bridges, tremolos, pickups and controls come with greatly improved details.

The light weight plus comfortable position of controls of these stage and studio guitars provide a distinctive playing performance and handling for the most demanding player.

GIBSON ES-175 SUNBURST


Fall Tour - USA & Canada 2008...a new archtop: a sunburst Gibson Es-175...

FENDER TELECASTER THINLINE




2004 - Spring & early summer USA...a new Tele...this one a Thinline with Humbucking  Pickups, 3-Position Toggle, Master Volume and Master Tone, Maple Fretboard and 4-Ply White Pearloid Pickguard...



Friday, February 25, 2011

GIBSON J-45 DUAL PICKGUARD


2002 tour...here in Newport with another J-45...this one with dual pickguard...

BLONDE FENDER STRATOCASTER SIGNATURE


US summer tour 2001...Bob with a blonde Stratocaster, rosewood fingerboard with Bob's signature inlay...

As there is no Bob Dylan's guitar in the Fender Artists series and never was...maybe this guitar is a present for his 60th anniversary from the Fender company for his long involvement with their instruments all along his career...or who knows!!...

Thursday, February 24, 2011

MARTIN HD NEGATIVE


For the US tour 2001 two Martins came on board...one this Negative with single pickguard...

MARTIN HD NEGATIVE DUAL PICKGUARD


For the US tour 2001 two Martins came on board...one this Negative with dual pickguard...

HARD ROCK CAFE SINGAPORE

HARD ROCK CAFE ORLANDO

HARD ROCK CAFE BARCELONA

KAY THIN TWIN




At the Dharma & Greg TV recording - 12 October 1999 with a 1954 Kay thin twin...

SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER


Fender sunburst Stratocaster with rosewood fretboard and white pearl pickguard ... played from the end of the 90s till now...

HARMONY SS STEWART


1985...at home with dog and Harmony company...

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

GIBSON J-45


This J-45 came in 1998 to stay for long...

GIBSON LES PAUL ULTIMA


This Les Paul Ultima Custom Shop got to Bob's hands in Canada tour ... August 1997... and will be played for the pope next month in Bologna...



Les Paul Ultima
There is elegance, and there is class. Then there is the Les Paul Ultima from Gibson Custom – an instrument finished in such magnificence and splendor as to rightly celebrate the absolute finest lineage of solid body electric guitars in the world. If it’s superior craftsmanship and incomparable tone you seek, look no further. The Les Paul Ultima offers  the best of both. In many ways, it is the “ultimate” Les Paul, representing Gibson Custom’s finest example of the union of design style and heritage. From its stunning high-grade quilt or flame Maple top to its Ebony fingerboard with choice of elegantly inlaid designs – Harp, Flame, or The Tree of Life inlay – to its carefully inlaid special Ultima headstock insignia, the workmanship and quality of the Les Paul Ultima will astound you. 

GIBSON J-50



This J-50 Bob used back in 1983 was in the 90's as a second acoustic always on the background but in 1995 was played as a main one till 1997...

MODIFIED FENDER STRATOCASTER



1993  welcomed a new Fender guitar...this is a modified one...a black Strato body with a rosewood Telecaster neck...

GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD


At the Bill Clinton Inauguration - 17 January 1993 - with a gorgeous Hummingbird that Bob premiered five days before at the ''Country Music Celebration' with Willie Nelson...


SILVERTONE THIN TWIN

1991... european 'Never Ending tour' with a vintage Silvertone...

This is a Silvertone 1369L (Thin Twin: Jimmy Reed model), sunburst, semi-hollow body, electric guitar made by Kay of Chicago, IL between 1957-1958. The "Thin Twin" models were offered between 1955 and 1958 in the Sears catalogs. The 1955-56 models had a white engraved headstock while the 1957-58's had black. It's nickname comes from the two very thin pickups. 

MARTIN "HD-28 "


For the 30th Anniversary Concert - 16 October 1992 in NYC - Bob premieres a beautiful HD-28...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

FENDER 72 TELECASTER CUSTOM BLACK



Guitar Legends Festival, Seville - October 1991...at the rehearsals with a Tele custom black...

GIBSON J-200 Natural


Wilburys session...1990...with a Natural Gibson J-200...

GIBSON ES-125


With the Traveling Wilburys...1990...an archtop Gibson Es-125...

Monday, February 21, 2011

SILVERTONE-TEISCO 1437


1990...Most of the time video...playing a Silvertone Teisco...


This is a 1965 Silvertone made by Teisco of Japan. This guitar has four pick ups that provide an incredible array of tones. It has a fully functional whammy bar and is a solid body. Its action is set fast.

GIBSON ES-175 NATURAL


Athens, GA - 28 October 1990...playing an archtop...a Gibson ES-175 with bigsby...

GIBSON CF-100


New York City 15 October 1990...with a Gibson CF-100...

GIBSON SG LES PAUL JUNIOR


Inglewood, 1 March 1990 - Guests at Tom Petty concert...playing a Sg Junior...

SILVER SPARKLE FENDER TELECASTER


1990...Never Ending Tour...with a silver Tele...

TRIANGLE PICK


Triangle pick for the 'never ending tour'...

BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER


For the 'Never Ending Tour' a new Strato is on board...this one with black headstock...went on stage in 1989 but in 1990 just by the bridge appeared a stick with a photograph as you can see on the picture above...

GIBSON J-180


1989...Never Ending Tour...This beautiful Gibson J-180 will be on stage saying goodbye to the japanese guitars for the next years...

GIBSON J-180


1989...Never Ending Tour...somewhere in Europe...Bob with a black Gibson J-180 with 'mustache' double white pickguard...

HARD ROCK CAFE CHICAGO

Saturday, February 19, 2011

12 STRING MARTIN


1988...'Handle with care' Traveling Wilburys video...Bob is playing a 12 string Martin guitar...

Friday, February 18, 2011

GIBSON SG Standard with Maestro VOS



Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, New York - 20 January 1988 - with a Gibson SG...

GRETSCH G6129T SILVER JET


1988...with the TRAVELING WILBURYS...grabbing a Gretsch Silver Jet...

WASHBURN BLACK EA-20


1987...On tour with the Grateful Dead and a black Washburn Ea-20...

WASHBURN WHITE EA-20


1987...on tour with The Grateful Dead and a white Washburn Ea-20...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

MARTIN D-42K


11 March 1987 - George Gershwin concert, New York City...Bob playing a Martin D-42K...

TAKAMINE EG-260


11 March 1987 - George Gershwin concert, New York City...Bob playing a Takamine with rosewood fingerboard and spruce top...

MODIFIED FENDER MUSTANG


19 February 1987 - Taj Mahal concert, Palomino, Hollywood - Bob is playing a modified (three pickups) Dakota red Fender Mustang with a white shark painted over the Fender logo on the headstock...

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

JACKSON ELECTRIC GUITAR


Hearts of fire film...1986...with a Jackson electric guitar...

1980 SCHECTER STRATOCASTER RED





Mark Knofler’s Schecter Strato
19 February, 1986
Dylan appears at a Dire Straits concert in Melbourne and sings four songs, playing one of Mark’s guitars.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MARTIN D-45



1986, a portrait by Annie Liebowitz with a Martin D45.

SUNBURST WASHBURN TANGLEWOOD



At the Peace Sunday Rally, Pasadena with Joan Baez - 6 June 1982 - Dylan presented a new acoustic GUITAR...a Washburn Tanglewood that will replace the Yamahas... this unique arch top-back construction at the time achived maximum bass response while maintaining clear highs...this is the same guitar on 'Real live' cover and with a black one will be on tour for the next years...

Monday, February 14, 2011

GIBSON J-50



Lone Star Cafe NYC with Rick Danko & Levon Helm - 16 February 1983...playing a Gibson J-50...

Friday, February 11, 2011

ZEMAITIS JUMBO ACOUSTIC GUITAR


With Clydie King in 1981...playing a Zemaitis acoustic guitar...

Thursday, February 10, 2011

NATURAL FENDER STRATOCASTER


Saved recording sessions  11-15 February 1980- Muscle Shoals, Alabama...Bob with a natural Fender Stratocaster with white pickguard and rosewood fingerboard...notice that there are black paint remains behind the bridge and on the back of the guitar...so this Strato was once a black one...

BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER 1978


Black Fender Stratocaster with white pickguard and rosewood fingerboard...notice that the 1st and 12th frets changed the dots with what looks like two wings...this electric guitar will be the main electric on stage on a lot of years to come...