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So, there's loads of tonal range to be had out of this guitar. The Alnico-10s were designed to create a more vintage sound (hence their name today, Vintage Voiced Double Coil (VVDC)). There's plenty of warmth, as always, with the humbuckers, but also plenty of punchy brightness at the bridge position. You can't see the hollowing without lifting the scratchplate or pick-ups, but it's definitely there, giving you the option for greater tonal sustain and feedback as you crank it up. Clearly, Eastwood recognised the challenges with the fragility of the fibreglass body. But as a first run goes, this is very special, in looks and sound.īoth models share the tone-chambered (partially hollowed) body, in mahogany. The later 59 2P may tick more of the boxes when it comes to comparison against the J B Hutto: the rubber body-edge strip, the single-coil pick-ups, the metal toggle-switch plate. So, this one, from 2005, is one of the very first off the production line. Unique guitars recreated and improved for the 21st century.Įastwood agreed the rights to make the Airline models in 2004. Just go to their website and immerse yourself in a world of 60 or more models, at once retro, at once modern. Founded in 2001, with a vision to be "curators of musical inspiration, reviving amazing guitars from the edges of rock history that, as cool as they were, couldn't create or sustain commercial success." And then, making them better. And you can guarantee everyone will know about it, from the Queen of England to the hounds of hell.Įastwood Guitars is just a wonderful and inspiring company. All you need to do is: dress head-to-toe in red, line up one of the hundreds of Seven Nation Army backing tracks, strap this on, crank up the volume, and play. Used throughout The White Stripes years, so as versatile as the range of songs that came out of those years. But the differences are in the detail, not in the overall look, feel and sound. This model isn't a perfect match to the original, nor as faithful a recreation as Eastwood's later release, the Airline 59 2P. Hutto, who was often seen playing one in the 60s. And, its recognition of one of the more obscure Chicago bluesmen - the more obscure the better - J. An unusual, if accident-prone, build - a hollowed fibreglass body (with rubber-edge strip to limit damage when dropped). A striking and unique shape - nobody else was playing anything else like this at the time. The perfect fit with The White Stripes chosen colour palette. You can see exactly why Jack White would choose it. In this case, retailer Montgomery Ward, which had sole distribution rights to Airline products. These were the days when your catalogue and bricks-and-mortar store was the place to go to buy your guitar - think Sears, Macy's, JCPenney. Valco produced the Airline range of guitars from 1958 - 68. Well, to be entirely honest, Jack White played an original 1964 Montgomery Ward Airline J. This perfectly space-age, perfectly retro guitar. The song that earned The White Stripes a worthy Number 6 place in Rolling Stone's Top 100 Songs of the 00s - and launched a thousand football (and political) chants. Sure, old-world charm has been sacrificed in places (timber, pickups, bridges) for modern practicalities, but that approach, along with the affordable price tag, gives this guitar a much wider appeal.Seven Nation Army. This reboot probably won't thrill the vintage nitpickers but that's not their demographic. Running the neck pickup solo reveals sweetness and clarity in beyond-the-12th-fret blues licks, clean or lightly overdriven. The combination of both pickups, a gentler reverb, a touch of chorus, and a little wiggle of the Bigsby's handle turns up a handsome Smiths-era Johnny Marr tone. When you're tired of getting your feet wet, add some crunch for a spiky punk tone or flick to Dial in some splashy reverb and this guitar hangs a perfect 10 for surf stuff. The 1487 replaces its original DeArmond pickups, in this instance with a pair of in-house single-coil units wired via two volumes, two tones and a three-way pickup selector toggle switch. The fretwork is to a decent standard, with the action set at a good height and no joy-killing buzzes or chokes to get upset about. This Silvertone comes spec'd with palm- friendly C-profile mahogany neck, topped with rosewood 'board, 20 medium nickel silver frets and a top nut fashioned from finest PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) plastic. To be fair, they are period-correct and look right for the proportions of the guitars. They're small, if perfectly formed, and take a bit of getting used to.
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In fact, the only gripe we have is the size of the control knobs. The 1478 runs a mahogany core capped front and back with maple.