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        <title>The Sekova Grecian's 'Stairstep' Pickup Looks Like A '60s Gimmick, But Gibson Tried The Same Idea In 1940</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:19:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[ Built at the same Japanese factory that later supplied Ibanez and Fender, this obscure hollowbody hides a pickup divided into two independently switchable three-pole halves, one per string group, an idea Gibson quietly tried decades earlier and abandoned.]]></description>
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        <title>The Gus Guitars G1 Built For Prince Has A Cedar Core Wrapped In Carbon Fiber Inside A Welded Aluminum Tube</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:56:14 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Getting the color right took its own workaround, since carbon fiber comes out black and resists dye, so the builder, Simon Farmer, ran a chrome finish underneath before laying purple over it.]]></description>
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        <title>James Trussart SteelDeville: The Single-Cut That's Made Of Real, Rusted Steel</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Trussart builds the entire body from welded steel rather than using metal as a top or accent, then leaves it out in the weather for weeks in a process Billy Gibbons nicknamed "Rust-O-Matic." Prices start above $5,000, and each guitar is built to order in Los Angeles with a wait tied to the engraving and rusting work.]]></description>
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        <title>Glowing Epoxy Guitars Jordan Rudess And Zoltan Bathory Play Weigh Less Than Many Les Pauls</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:02:21 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[A Canadian craftsman with more than 35 years at the bench has built only around 55 instruments, pouring vivid resin against burl grain for clients who can call him up directly and watch the build take shape over nine to twelve weeks. His case for resin over traditional tonewood turns out to be harder to dismiss than the skeptics expect.]]></description>
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        <title>Gronlund Guitars' OS14 Is The Offset Boutique Build That Ditches Gibson And Fender Formulas For Myrtlewood And Claro Walnut</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:58:43 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[From the rocky shores and wooded forests of Maine emerges surprisingly unique and refined custom guitars. ]]></description>
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