As I was playing this gorgeous ASAT Classic Bluesboy 90, one of my coworkers walked in and sang “IT SOUNDS SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOD” in a David Lee Roth voice, which really says it all, as a David Lee Roth impersonation is one of the highest honors we can bestow on a guitar at Wildwood. The magic here is in the complementary voices of the pickups.

The bridge pickup is uncommonly beefy and muscular for a Tele bridge with plenty of snarl and crunch, but it still has that signature twang and jangle. By contrast, the P-90 in the neck position sounds fatter than a prize-winning hog at the state fair with big lows and broad mids, but it still has a lovely sparkle in the high-end. The middle position is pure peanut butter and jelly, with a robust, expansive yet articulate tone. I have no doubt about it handling business in just about any rock, country, or blues situation, but with the neck P-90 you can cop some nice jazz sounds, too, and the bridge pickup can dip its toes into more aggressive waters.

If you’re looking for a versatile T-style guitar, this serial will probably make you spontaneously start doing ad-libs from Runnin’ with the Devil just like my coworker!

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Wildwoodians, “Yellow Tiger Smokewrap” isn’t just the name of the finish of this gorgeous PRS Wood Library DGT (which you should check out along with all our other awesome PRSes on our website). It also sounds like it could be the name of a sandwich at a rock and roll-themed deli! Which begs the question: what other items would be on the menu? For instance, say, a Richie Hambora ham and cheese melt. Or, perhaps the Bacon, Egg and Cheese’s Only Seventeen? How about a Can’t Chimichurri Love steak sandwich? If you’re wondering: yes, this was a thin premise to use this caption to make sandwich puns. Drop your best (and worst) ideas for menu items at this hypothetical delicatessen, and check out our PRS pages!

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Wildwoodians, we thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite personal guitars with you, and we had to start with maybe the vibiest Les Paul of all time, belonging to Wildwood’s resident fun uncle, Troy. Although this guitar is a 2001 Custom Shop ‘58 reissue, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a real vintage example, both because Troy has meticulously aged and tortured it with years of gigs, wacky antics, and strategic neglect and because it has real fifties PAF pickups, too!

To put it mildly, Troy is not precious about his guitars and views them as cool-looking tools, and that’s why it has so much honest playwear. He estimates that he’s played more than 4,000 gigs with it, and he’s restrung it so many times that the finish is completely gone by the low E. To accelerate the mojo-accumulation process, he did things like leaving it outside overnight when it was below zero, then using a heat gun on it in the morning. Sometimes, he just throws things at it, too!

Uncle Troy’s Les Paul is one-of-a-kind just like him, and if you’re in Colorado and you get a chance to see him play it live, you should take it, because he’s one of the rippingest guitar players ever to pick up a glass slide. We hope you’ve enjoyed this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the way we use our guitars when we’re not at work, and if you ever have a question about Les Pauls (or any other guitar, really), give Troy a holler or drop him an email.

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Wildwoodians, the 1966 SG Special you see above absolutely shut the shop down today when we broke it out for the first time. Sometimes, a guitar is so cool that all productive activities cease and we have to pass it around and let everyone plug it in, and this was one of those times (you gotta smell the roses, and you also have to play 1966 SG Specials). It sounds awesome, looks killer, plays like a dream, and is available at an incredible value because of its modifications. For a detailed condition report and evaluation of its delightful tone, head over to our New Arrivals page, and don’t forget to check out all the other cool guitars matriculating through our site. Just be sure to engage your drool shield!

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Long may the purple reign! This fabulous ‘62 Duo Jet Masterbuilt by Chad Henrichsen is a bigger purple menace than Grimace, and way cooler. It has a lovely woody, twangy attack like some of my favorite vintage Gretsches, and it’s super articulate. Overall, it sounds uncommonly rich with a lush overtone presence over focused, snarling midrange and gorgeous sparkling, open highs and meaty, warm lows. Though it can excel in traditional Gretsch applications like country and/or western, blues, and warm jazzy sounds, it also has a dark, evil side to its personality that comes out when you ladle on the gain—I actually came up with a couple cool doomy and punky riffs while playing it for this evaluation, which is always a surefire sign that a guitar is inspiring enough to stoke the creative fire. Despite how brawny and huge it sounds, it still maintains excellent clarity and balance. If you’re looking for a rich-sounding Gretsch that can sound sweet and pure or downright mean depending on your mood, check this serial out!

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Wildwoodians, did you know that Copernicus had a lesser-known brother named Koa-pernicus whose talents lay not in predicting the future but in finding the best of the best tonewoods? You may ask, “Why would Nicolaus Copernicus have a brother with a slightly different last name than his brother? Wouldn’t it make more sense for him to have a slightly different first name?” To that we say, please koa-perate with us, as all we want to do is make some koa puns and let you know that we are now offering our run of Taylor Wildwood Exclusive K24ce DLXes (the flagships of our koa fleet!) at an awesome value. These are some of the most beautiful guitars we’ve ever had the privilege of showcasing in terms of sound and visuals, and we’ve koa-lated (Get it? Collated? Sorry, it was a stretch) lots of relevant information on our Taylor Koa Series page. Head on over there to scope out the savings, and give us a ring or drop us a line if you have any further questions or if you just want to berate us for our puns!

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