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Photo, and has a different headstock design than the one on Jack White’s. The guitar is unnamed as you can see in the Known for using a plethora of different guitars on stage, one of them havingīeen a 1965 Airline/Supro/National. Used a vintage Montgomery-Ward model like this was Rory Gallagher. Stripped down yet energetic playing he incorporates into his music – which areĪll qualities that this guitar naturally embodies. White’s unique sound and tone can attributed mainly to the raw, Particular model can be given to Jack White for his extensive use of this That’s a recipe for very high jumps in cost. The value of these guitars started to rise. Very little demand – it wouldn’t cost you much to pick one up. Wanted one at this time, it was prime time to buy. Were almost completely overshadowed by the super-strats and “glam” colours. These instruments had dwindled over time, and once the ‘80s rolled around they With Kay in 1967, VALCO unfortunately went out of business. Some of the originals you willįind today have necks so far out of whack that you can’t even play them. Not impossible) once the neck starts to move. This makes setting up the guitar extremely difficult (if One of theīiggest problems is the fact that the necks on these instruments don’t haveĪdjustable truss rods. However, the efficiency of these builds weren’t without their cons. Here, you can simply remove the binding, unscrew the mounting
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Plus, any repair work that needed to beĭone in the future was way easier than with hollow body wood guitars that have Needed were molds to pour in the chemical compound that formed the fiberglass.īecause the top and back were separate pieces, routing and wiring theĮlectronics was a much simpler process. Think about it – to make the body shapes all they This made it easierįor the company to crank out high quantities of guitars faster than doingīuilds entirely out of wood. The guitar for neck support, and for mounting the pickups. “Res-O-Glas” (VALCO’s trademark name for fiberglass) screwed, and stuck Guitars stand out is the fact that their bodies were made out of two pieces of Towns, retail stores like Montgomery-Ward, Sears & Roebuck, and Spiegel allĭominated the market by making cheaper, accessible guitars available to those Nor could youĮasily look up and find a location that carries the guitar you want. Without the internet, youĬouldn’t buy a guitar from anywhere and have it shipped to you. The success of these instruments at the time can beĪttributed to the fact that they were inexpensive. Were all brands built under this name, and as such feature a similar build One Chicago-based company known as VALCO. Wide variety of guitars, and although branded differently, many were built by White three-pickup “Professional” with a factory Bigsby.
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At the time, you could get the standard two pickup version, or a (Left)Ī Montgomery-ward catalog in 1964 with only the brand name “Airline” on it asĪn identifier. The first was given presumably due to itsįuturistic, funky look, while the second was thanks to the first man to make regularĪppearances with this guitar: legendary blues guitarist J.B. Hutto” were a couple other nicknames unofficially given to this VALCO-built, Pretty fair to refer to it as that considering that the guitar was un-named Look of the guitar, it really isn’t that surprising. Due to White’s success over the past decade and the unique Present-day guitar players, the guitar in the image above resonates as the