About 9 years ago a friend called me up to tell me about a business venture that he was doing where he wanted to hire me on a contract basis. He was selling vintage guitar calendars at kiosks in malls around the metro area of Halifax as well as shipping them worldwide to various interested vendors. He asked me if I would be interested in photographing different vintage guitars for the yearly publication. Although I was working in the industry on a full time basis, I jumped at the opportunity as a part time business venture for myself and my photo business. I photographed 8 editions of the calendar between 2005 and 2012. Each year I photographed a set of 4 new guitars and we brought back 8 earlier photos from calendars that were published previous to that years publication.
Below are some of my favourite shots from the 8 editions that I photographed.
"The Iceman is an Ibanez guitar produced by Hoshino Gakki. Hoshino Gakki exported copies of American electric and acoustic guitars in the 1950s, and by the mid 1970s the Ibanez guitars had reached a level of quality comparable to American guitars. Lower labor rates at the time, plus efficient manufacturing meant that Ibanez guitars could be sold for almost half (or less) of the cost of a Gibson Les Paul or Fender Stratocaster." (Wikipedia)
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1978 Ibanez Iceman
"Though a well-known brand in the music business, Guild guitars have been around since 1952, when a Polish music-store owner named Alfred Dronge founded the company in New York."
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2011)
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2011)
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| Late 50's Guild Archtop |
"Two 12 string editions of the B 25 were produced starting in 1962. The B-25-12 had a cherry sunburst finish and was available through 1970." (Vintage Guitar Calendar 2011)
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| 1964 Gibson 12 String B-25-12-N |
"In 1958, Swedish - based Hagström started manufacturing electric guitars. The first Hagström Deluxe solid body guitars featured a distinctive sparkle and pearloid celluloid finish, an ingenious repurposing of materials previously used in their accordion production line." (Vintage Guitar Calendar 2012)  |
| Hagström Super Swede Guitar |
"Hondo was an American guitar company and brand that produced entry level acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses with designs that were usually based on the designs of more expensive models such as the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul."
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2012)
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| Mid 70's Hondo II |
"The Dobro name originated in 1928 when the Dopyera brothers formed the Dobro manufacturing company. The Dobro had a single resonator cone which was inverted, with its concave surface facing up."
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2010)
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2010)
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| 1960's 12-String Dobro |
"First introduced in 1948, the double pickup Gibson ES-350 was produced in small numbers only until 1956."
(Vintage Guitar Calendar 2011)
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| 1951 Gibson ES-350 |
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