It’s here! The first-ever Fretboard Journal Electric Annual brings our tried-and-true coverage from an exclusively plugged-in perspective, with stories from across the guitar’s eclectic electric history. We reach all the way back to Leo Fender’s earliest endeavors and savviest innovations, take a look at artists and builders on the cutting edge,...
"This was a cheap Harmony, but now it's got a Lloyd Green steel pickup with a Super Guyatone [in the neck]," Cooder says. "If Merle Haggard were to call me and say, 'Come on with me.' I'd say, 'I got what you need.'"
Various vintage Fender amps and Standels.
A glimpse at Cooder's pedal board, including the "Green Man" built by Requisite Audio (see the sidebar in the electric issue), a Crucial Audio Echo-Nugget and a Old Blood Noise Endeavors Black Fountain Delay.
Cooder's long-scale '90s Fender Bajo Sexto Telecaster.
Cooder's 1960 Martin D-18, formely owned by gospel musician Ralph Trotto. Cooder put a genuine Paul Bigsby-made pickup in the soundhole.
A nine-string Lyon & Healy guitar (made famous by Big Daddy Stovepipe). Cooder installed the pick up which was handmade by Vietnamese musician Kim Sinh.
Cooder with his electric Kent mandola/mandolin.
One of Cooder's Teisco Del Rey guitars.
There’s no telling where a Ry Cooder interview will go. One could spend hours talking to him about legendary Captain Beefheart, Lowell George, Stones, John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison sessions. Or perhaps pick his brain about the Buena Vista chapter of his life, or world music in general...
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