The date on the back of your Airline guitar's pickup suggests that it is a DeArmond pickup on a Harmony-made guitar. This from an online article on the Airline guitars - "Airline was a Montgomery Ward house brand, and during the ‘60s, practically all Airline guitars were made either by the Harmony or Kay companies of Chicago. There is plenty of documentation on this on the internet and in books on vintage American made guitars. Also, "Airline" brand was registered by Montgomery Wards store company and not Valco as this brand was used on instruments made by Harmony and Kay, both competitors. While the above information is "possibly" true about the source for the "resin body" electrics, it is totally false in regards to the Airline wood body "electric", "acoustic" and "acoustic electric" guitars. As written, it is commentary and better suited for the talk page. I am moving the following text from the article to the talk page. Gumdropster 17:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC) Comments in article I think that David Bowie's guitarist actually uses an Eastwood. I don't think they came with them though.
It was actually that sell SC pickups in HB casing pickups that I had gotten confused with. Their website says the pickups are Alnico Hot-10 Humbuckers. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the reissues actually do use single coil pickups, just in a humbucker-like casing. 4 The "Res-O-Glas Guitars by Guitar Kits USA" section of the article.This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. Brands Wikipedia:WikiProject Brands Template:WikiProject Brands Brands articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Brands, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Brands on Wikipedia. This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. Guitarists Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists Template:WikiProject Guitarists guitarist articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Guitarists, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Guitarists on Wikipedia. Įastwood Guitars later released the "Airline '59 Custom" in two- and three-pickup models in December 2008, which come with striped pickguards and rubber-bound bodies, in the spirit of the originals.This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: Hutto, David Bowie, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Calexico, and Wooden Shjips.Īfter Eastwood Guitars purchased rights to the "Airline" trade name in the early 2000s, they reissued the early 1960s "JB Hutto" Airline shape as the "Airline DLX." The new version set aside the defining hollow fiberglass body of the Valco-made original in favor of the simpler and less-costly chambered mahogany body, giving it a more traditional electric guitar feel and tone, rather than the unique playing feel and response of the original. Valco Airline guitars have been played by a wide array of bands and artists, including: Jack White, J. Airline-branded amplifiers were manufactured by Valco and Danelectro. These were made in Chicago, Illinois, by the Valco Manufacturing Co., Kay Musical Instrument Company, and Harmony Company. The Airline brand was used by Montgomery Ward on a range of electric and acoustic guitars from 1958-68. 1962 Airline Town and Country (refinished)
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