Today, these guitars sell anywhere from $1500 to $3000 thanks to guitarists like JB Hutto and Jack White. The price for a Valco Airline guitar in 1964 was $99. The original Valco Airline guitars were made in the US Eastwood Guitars’ Airline models are made in South Korea and China.
There are some slight cosmetic differences, such as the greenish tuning pegs on the headstock as well a more Gibson-style inlay design. And so is the case with the Airline guitars let’s be honest: if you can’t find a vintage, white Airline with three pickups, it’s hard not to feel tempted by a new guitar such as the. These models have an adjustable truss rod, mahogany body (as opposed to the Res-O-Glas) and two humbuckers. Vintage 1962 Airline Res-O-Glass Electric Guitar. While the pickups were made to look like large humbuckers, they are actually single coils that churn out a round and chimey sound."Įastwood Guitars acquired the rights to the Airline name and have been producing their own models since 2001. The volume and tone controls are above each pickup, next to the selector switch. Each pickup has a dedicated volume and tone control, but a master volume control sits next to the input jack. The controls are a bit puzzling for some players. Quirkier still, the guitar only had 20 frets. The Valco Airlines didn’t have a truss rod instead, the neck was kept sturdy with reinforced steel. In the early 2000s, Eastwood Guitars acquired the rights to use the 'Airline' brand-name. Products included radios, televisions, record players, guitars and amplifiers. A narrow piece of maple runs down the middle of the body to anchor the neck, pickups and tailpiece. Airline was a store brand of consumer electronics and musical instruments originally marketed and sold by American retailer Montgomery Ward via their catalog and retail stores.
He describes his guitar as a "hollow piece of plastic." The red plastic guitar body is made of two pieces called Res-O-Glas, a type of fiberglass. As part of The White Stripes, White played his Airline for nearly 10 years.
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