by Captain | Sep 30, 2026 | Centerfolds
Golden October, perfect Oktoberfest weather, and two of my favorites that are currently for sale in the lounge:A ’65 Epiphone Olympic and my all-time favorite amp, a ’67 Marshall Mini Bluesbreaker. Let’s start with the amp, and here’s the good...
by Captain | Aug 31, 2026 | Centerfolds
“Miss September” dates back to 1960. The Musicmaster was Fender’s entry-level model, just like the AC10 from VOX.At $119, it cost less than half the price of a Stratocaster. The Musicmaster was introduced in 1956 as the “Student” model, featuring a...
by Captain | Aug 5, 2026 | Centerfolds
It’s really hot out here—almost like in California. That’s also where the two Brownface Fenders come from—a 1962 Vibrolux amp and a 1963 Reverb Unit.The Gibson ES-330 TDC, on the other hand, comes from the cool north; Kalamazoo is located in Michigan,...
by Captain | Jul 1, 2026 | Centerfolds
Well, the time has finally come—for the first time ever, we have a Dumble amp at the Captain Guitar Lounge! There are, after all, countless legends, myths, and fairy tales surrounding Howard Alexander Dumble’s creations. And no term is misused more often in the...
by Captain | Mar 2, 2026 | Centerfolds
Miss March is almost surreal. You open the case and think to yourself: I would have preferred to order her reliced. I’m not really into guitars that look like they were given to me last week for my first communion. But it’s completely different here. The...
by Captain | Apr 30, 2024 | Centerfolds
Nineteen sixty-seven. On August 25, color television started in Germany, on November 9 the first Saturn 5 rocket is launched from Cape Canaveral and Procal Harum sings A Whiter Shade of Pale.And these three great devices are being built: Fender Stratocaster, Fender...
