We recently had one of Robinson’s Airline guitars fly in for a touch-and-go.Įastwood Airline models are available in standard and deluxe trim in two- and three-pickup versions. Made overseas, his axes are produced in limited numbers using state-of-the-art techniques and machinery. In 2002, Robinson also fired up Eastwood Guitars, where he re-creates modern versions of instruments by Univox, Mosrite, Coral, Harmony, and Airline. Mike Robinson, a Torontonian with a big-time jones for the funkiest of old-school guitars, fires up a website to serve as a shrine to guitars with more switches, knobs, and pickups than usually proved necessary, comfortable, or even safe! But his skills and advocacy didn’t stop there. Originally manufactured by Valco (who made Supro/National), Airline guitars of the ’50s and ’60s were loaded with futuristic style and design.įast-forward to 1997. One such brand that enjoys the that designation is the guitar-boom era favorite Airline. The demand for vintage and retro-style axes has become so prevalent in today’s guitar-crazy culture that there’s hardly a brand, style, or color of guitar from the ’50s to the ’70s that hasn’t been resurrected in one form or another.įrom Danelectro to Hallmark to Univox, oddball guitars were the first instruments for many an aspiring guitarist.
0 kommentar(er)
