Maybe it’s all the bending and vibrato, and the associated pain that comes with steel-string manipulation, but there is something deeper about the connection between the blues player and their guitar. The great blues players do something with those guitars; they take on a life of their own. Their guitars are often named, as though a surrogate for a lover, past or present. Here we’re going to take a look at some of the most famous blues six-strings in history, and also suggest some reasonably priced options on today’s market for the next generation of players to tell their story on. That’s us, right?
01 Robert Johnson’s circa-1926 Gibson L-1
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