“Like Gretsch’s Duo Jet, it was surely spurred by Gibson’s success with the Les Paul”: The mysterious history of the Guild M-75 Aristocrat, the blue-blooded hollowbody played by John Lee Hooker, John Mayer, St. Vincent and Dan Auerbach
This evocative downsized archtop appeared in mid-’50s New York and would go on to delight jazz players and rootsy bluesers alike
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