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Musikmesse 2014: retro and boutique guitars

By Jamie Dickson
( Guitarist )
published 13 March 2014

We check out some show floor stunners

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Musikmesse 2014: retro and boutique guitars
Show floor stunners.

Musikmesse 2014: retro and boutique guitars

Musikmesse 2014: Any guitar-heavy show will usually involve excessive salivating on our part, and Musikmesse 2014 is no different.

We took a stroll around the show and found some seriously stunning guitars out there.

Click through our gallery to see what we stumbled across...

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Tausch 665
A relic'd, custom shop-style tasty Tausch t-type.

Tausch 665

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Fender Custom Shop '52 Telecaster Heavy Relic
As if Keef's been having his way with it for the last thirty years.

Fender Custom Shop '52 Telecaster Heavy Relic

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Fano Thinline Alt De Facto RB6
Relicing is obviously as popular as ever, and it just works on this Fano.

Fano Thinline Alt De Facto RB6

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Gibson Collector's Choice Dutchburst 1960 Les Paul
We have no words.

Gibson Collector's Choice Dutchburst 1960 Les Paul

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Gretsch Custom '62 Duo Jet Relic
Lookin' good in green...

Gretsch Custom '62 Duo Jet Relic

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Guild M-75 Ltd Edition Goldtop
Going for gold.

Guild M-75 Ltd Edition Goldtop

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Koll Duo Glide with TV Jones pickups
Sparkly. We want it.

Koll Duo Glide with TV Jones pickups

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Nick Huber Twangmeister with Joe Barden bridge pickup
Lady in red, ready to be danced with.

Nick Huber Twangmeister with Joe Barden bridge pickup

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PRS Private Stock McCarty Singlecut prototype
A prime slice of PRS style, here.

PRS Private Stock McCarty Singlecut prototype

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Jamie Dickson is Editor-in-Chief of Guitarist magazine, Britain's best-selling and longest-running monthly for guitar players. He started his career at the Daily Telegraph in London, where his first assignment was interviewing blue-eyed soul legend Robert Palmer, going on to become a full-time author on music, writing for benchmark references such as 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Dorling Kindersley's How To Play Guitar Step By Step. He joined Guitarist in 2011 and since then it has been his privilege to interview everyone from B.B. King to St. Vincent for Guitarist's readers, while sharing insights into scores of historic guitars, from Rory Gallagher's '61 Strat to the first Martin D-28 ever made.

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