- Mark Valentine
- Jul 14, 2025
- 1 min read
A club owner sells a 1962 Fender Precision bass for $200 to a musician who is in the regular rotation. The club owner claims it was owned by Johnny Cash's bass player. Is the story real? The bass is very real.
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- Mark Valentine
- Jul 10, 2025
- 1 min read
Every Guitar Has A Story and some of our favorite stories are mysteries. Many famous guitars have gone missing. Some have been stolen. Some stories have a happy reunion.
Currently, Marty McFly’s guitar from the movie Back To The Future has a worldwide army of detectives on the hunt. A movie is being made about the missing movie guitar. A lot of people love this genre of guitar stories.
Here is the latest addition. Last month, Nancy Wilson of Heart, had her custom baritone Telecaster stolen from a show at The Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City.
She called the guitar irreplaceable and part of her musical soul. It was a custom-made purple sparkle baritone Telecaster guitar with a hand-painted headstock. She offered a reward for the return of the guitar.
We are happy to report the thief was caught.
He did not have the instrument. His capture did lead to the lady who bought it. She gave it up willingly.
A vintage mandolin is still missing from the theft.
When you look at the headstock, it is hard to imagine this instrument could fly under the radar for long.
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- Mark Valentine
- Jul 7, 2025
- 1 min read
A show tested bass player, Blake Hughes,
shows us the 1959 Fender Precision bass he acquired
from a Kansas City musical family. He drops a few names
that were helpful in the restoration. If you are working
on restoring a vintage instrument, take notes.
He ended up with "A nice survivor." Watch this episode of Every Guitar has A Story
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