The Blog

August 9, 2024

Recently, we received this gorgeous 1966 Fender Stratocaster in Fiesta Red from its original owner. He bought it new in 1967, and kept the guitar all these years! It is an incredible custom color find in its own right, but this guitar takes its rarity one step further. It features a bound fretboard, a rare… Read More…

July 26, 2024

With our recent addition of amps to our website, we want to shine a spotlight on one amp manufacturer we feel deserves way more attention for their unbelievable quality; DeArmond Amps. Most know the brand for its revolutionary archtop pickups, but in the late 1950s to 1960s, DeArmond offered an entire amp lineup with a… Read More…

June 28, 2024

If you’ve been to our brick-and-mortar store in Farmingdale, NY, you may have noticed that we have a plethora of vintage amps. The display in the front will smack you in the face the second you walk in, and throughout the showroom, you will find even more amps from a wide variety of brands. For… Read More…

May 16, 2024

Nearly 70 years after the first Sunburst Les Paul, hardly any other model rivals the desirability and fame of the iconic “Burst” produced from 1958-1960. At Well Strung Guitars, we’re incredibly fortunate to have several examples from each year of Burst production. In the following text, we’ll describe the year-to-year differences during this golden age… Read More…

March 27, 2024

We’re honored to have such an incredible piece of history – this remarkable guitar is a 1932 Gibson “Twin-Six” Double Neck, custom-made for guitarist Jack Penewell. Born in 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin, Penewell began learning lap-steel guitar in high school, and it wasn’t much longer until he was performing in Vaudeville acts throughout the country…. Read More…

February 6, 2024

In the early 1950s, a new fad emerged that still excites and awes us to this very day; the hand tooled leather wrapped guitar! Deeply rooted in Country and Western, the leather wrapped guitar style became a way for stars to promote their brand and style. It paired extremely well with cowboy boots, hats and… Read More…

January 12, 2024

Of all the legendary performances throughout the 1960s, few matched the spontaneity and uniqueness of the Beatles’ January 1969 concert on top of Apple Corps HQ in London. With the 55th Anniversary of the concert coming up at the end of this month, we felt it only fitting to spotlight this legendary event. With cables… Read More…

December 8, 2023

In the early ’60s, a teenage Charlie Wood wrote a letter to Gibson. In 2011, the same Charlie Wood, a little older and far wiser, wrote another letter. With the former letter, he ordered an instrument, and with the latter, he sold it. Upon ordering, the instrument Wood received wasn’t a standard catalog guitar but… Read More…

November 2, 2023

It’s hard to picture the guitar market before Fender’s iconic Broadcaster/Telecaster formally entered the scene. So, imagine our sheer awe when we opened an original thermometer case to view one of Fender’s earliest prototypes – an authentic piece of music history. Pinning down an exact timeline can be difficult, especially when a guitar has passed… Read More…

October 6, 2023

If you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, you may have read our previous post, “The Anatomy of Gibson’s Reverse Firebirds.” This post is a companion and continuation of this topic, so check it out for all your Reverse authentication needs!  Though Gibson originally had high hopes for the new solid body model, their debut… Read More…