"I'm attempting to focus on the hidden aspects of the series: these guitars have been with us long enough to disappear from the New Arrivals section, yet every time I walk past them in the showroom I think, "How can this thing still be here?"

This '67 Hummingbird was brought into the shop by its original owner, who simply never took to the guitar after a year of lessons. It was, quite literally, sitting in its case until last year.

TME's Glenn Nichols did a masterful job repairing some cracked binding -- and other than that, the guitar is as clean as they come. Most importantly, it sounds fantastic. It's not super-dry, but it has that compressed, 60's Gibson thump that makes it a ton of fun to play if you're a singer.

Short story? This is the vintage guitar we all hope to find lurking in the attic; and we've made it play like a new instrument."

"Like an LP/SG Junior but cooler…

That’ll probably get me in trouble with the vintage Gibson crowd, but the real ones know what I mean.

This ‘63 is a freak of nature. Uncharacteristically fat neck for the year, hot P90, and just super, super resonant. This guitar is BEGGING to be played. These are Gibsons after all!"

"When a company as talented as Collings can take the concept of a great vintage guitar and thrust it into the modern world with the perfect balance of reverence and execution, they’ll have my eternal devotion!

I wanted Collings to try their hand at folding the classic early 60s Kalamazoo-made Epiphone Sheraton into their I-35LC model, and boy, did they deliver!

The custom-wound mini humbuckers by their Austin neighbor Righteous Sound Pickups sound phenomenal, and the fit, finish, and playability are just off the charts."