- Mark Valentine
- Jan 20, 2025
- 1 min read
The Smokin' Waitress guitar represents the niche market of rescuing, repairing and creatively painting guitars. Cheap, fun and ready to serve, look at that Smokin' Waitress.
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- Mark Valentine
- Jan 16, 2025
- 1 min read
When an owner of a Jerry Jones Longhorn guitar got in front of our cameras,
we were amused. It was both odd and useful. I really wish someone would
say that about me, but so far, that hasn’t happened. The comments (about the guitar) are still coming.
Jerry Jones copied the Danelectro design, but improved the workmanship.
One interesting comment that was not addressed is that the Longhorn was
also known as the Guitarlin. It has a crazy 31 frets. Those upper frets can give a player
the opportunity to make a sound similar to a mandolin, thus “Guitarlin.’
The pickups also add to this because the design allows for only two pickups instead of a normal 3 pickups. The neck goes so far into the body that the top pickup acts like a bridge pickup because it is so close to the bridge. The bottom pickup acts more like a traditional middle pickup.
Here are the unusual specs:
Jerry Jones Longhorn Guitarlin
* 1 11/16″ wide nut
* rosewood fingerboard
* 31 medium jumbo frets
* Gotoh enclosed tuners
* 25″ scale length
* 6.25 pounds overall guitar weight
* semi hollow body with double “longhorn” shape
* two Jerry Jones lipstick tube pickups
* 3-way pickup selector gives
1/ neck pickup
2/ neck & bridge in series humbucking mode
3/ bridge pickup
* master volume & tone controls
Get a real look at this collectors’ gem.
- Mark Valentine
- Jan 13, 2025
- 1 min read
There are a lot of “Frankenstein” guitar builds around.
Some exist because a certain piece has been acquired without the benefit of the rest of the original guitar. Some exist because the folks that enjoy guitar repair wind up with a set of parts that go together.
All the “Frankenstein” builds have something interesting.
At that point, there is no guilt in swapping parts, after all,
it is not original.
Almost all have interesting paint jobs because they are not hindered by expectations.
Dan Smith brought one in because he likes the luthier,
he likes the sound and the blue is very pretty.
Do you have one?
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