It would take a lot for Brad Gillis to sit his beloved '62 Strat down for five minutes to play something else, but in the late '80s, Hamer had it. Here we take a (quick) trip down memory to learn a little more about the guitar that put Bubba in the corner.
Oh, and before we get to the story of the guitar on the cover, a word on the cover itself, and an ancient GW typo alert. On page 4 of the February 1989 issue, Gillis’ guitar (below) is misidentified as his 1962 Fender Strat, aka Bubba.
