Guitar Photography by Deebeeus

Guitar Photography by Deebeeus The 1st step is admitting you have a problem. My collection, my friends’ collections, guitar shops.

Here's something you don't see every day...A real, honest, no-foolin', 1954 Stratocaster! Spotted at the Folkway Music b...
06/13/2026

Here's something you don't see every day...

A real, honest, no-foolin', 1954 Stratocaster!

Spotted at the Folkway Music booth at the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show last weekend.

Sure, it's had some reconstructive surgery. IIRC the story was that it had been converted into a double neck at some point in its 72 year history, and subsequently restored. But seriously...how many first year Strats have you seen in your lifetime?? Exactly!





FORGET blue refin Teles. THIS is the guitar I would have bought from the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show*1960 Gibson Les Paul...
06/11/2026

FORGET blue refin Teles. THIS is the guitar I would have bought from the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show*

1960 Gibson Les Paul SG Special, spotted at the Folkway Music booth.

This is an odd (but cool) one as it has a "Les Paul Junior" headstock logo. But it definitely left the factory as a Special...it's not a converted Junior. Best guess is someone at the factory stuck the wrong logo on it! To me that just makes it even cooler.



*if I wasn't living paycheck to paycheck in the current economy, I mean...😂🙂😳😧😭

Ho hum...back to the grind. 😒After an exciting weekend out at with my videographer/luthier/inlay master/fabricator/amp ...
06/10/2026

Ho hum...back to the grind. 😒

After an exciting weekend out at with my videographer/luthier/inlay master/fabricator/amp and pedal builder/craftsperson-of-all-trades and friend , I am now forced to settle back into my normal humdrum life, with only my Polaris White 1965 SG Special, 1961 Fender Concert, and 1965 Princeton Reverb to stave off the ennui and interminable boredom of existence for another day! 😉

I really wanna know...Here's the coolest Tele I saw at on Sunday. The only problem is...I have no idea what it is? Th...
06/09/2026

I really wanna know...

Here's the coolest Tele I saw at on Sunday. The only problem is...I have no idea what it is? The dealer had not put a sign on it, and due to my crippling GAD and agoraphobia, I don't talk to strangers...so it remains a mystery! A very cool, Lake Placid Blue mystery!

If anyone out there knows what this guitar was, please let me know below!

The evidence...
- Fender-only decal (does not say "Telecaster")
- white tolex case (1963? Early 60s?)
- rosewood slab 'board (1959 to early 60s)
- single ply, 8 screw 'guard (1959 to 1963)
- LPB? LPB was offered as a custom colour in 1960 but I'm guessing this is a refin (an original LPB early 60s Tele would be WAY too valuable to set out at a guitar show!😉). Is this even LPB?





The belle of the ball...Here's my favourite guitar from yesterday's shows. An immaculate 1964 Gibson SG standard in or...
06/08/2026

The belle of the ball...

Here's my favourite guitar from yesterday's shows. An immaculate 1964 Gibson SG standard in original alligator case, courtesy of .

There were plenty of cool guitars to see at yesterday's show, but I'm an SG guy at heart, and this pristine example in unfaded cherry finish is the pinnacle of dream guitars for me.

It was a fun show yesterday, cruising the show with my celebrity videographer , catching up tons of old friends I don't get much of a chance to see anymore, and meeting new ones!





I'm just waiting on a friend.....and that friend is my buddy ! Then we're off to the show to make pictures and films....
06/07/2026

I'm just waiting on a friend...
..and that friend is my buddy ! Then we're off to the show to make pictures and films...hope to see you there!

I'll make sure to post anything interesting I see in my stories as the day unfolds...in the meantime, here's a pic of my Gibson R9!

"The wait" is almost over!!! 😉TOMORROW: the 2026 show! Showtime is 11 am - 4 pm in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. It's $10 C...
06/06/2026

"The wait" is almost over!!! 😉

TOMORROW: the 2026 show!

Showtime is 11 am - 4 pm in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. It's $10 CAD to get in and there will be dozens of booths selling/buying/trading all manner of guitars, amps, pedals, parts, accessories, finishing supplies, ephemera, etc. Bring that dusty old guitar of yours and make a deal, or just get an expert appraisal by .

Don't miss THE guitar event of the Southern Ontario social season!

PS: if you see a me and my official videographer doing our thing (snap snap, grin grin... say no more) feel free to come say hi!

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1961 LP Jr in front of a 1965 Vibrolux Rvb and 1965 Princeton Rvb.Flashback to my collection in 2019. Funny...it's pret...
06/05/2026

1961 LP Jr in front of a 1965 Vibrolux Rvb and 1965 Princeton Rvb.

Flashback to my collection in 2019. Funny...it's pretty much the same collection I have today! I still have everything in this pic except the Tele at bottom right...

Nothing fancy today - just a quick snap of the first bridge-only single pickup guitar that I could ever make sound good ...
06/03/2026

Nothing fancy today - just a quick snap of the first bridge-only single pickup guitar that I could ever make sound good 😉

2018 Gibson Custom LP TV Jr. & 1961 Fender Concert.

Thanks to for letting me add this one to my collection.

06/02/2026

Just over 7 years ago, on May 29, 2019, I got to see my friend Chris Turpin, , play for the first time, after many years of Instagram followation. He even used this guitar, a vintage Kay Speed Demon (purchased right here in Toronto at earlier that day) for a tune!

was supporting that day, and if you have been following his career, you know that Chris went on to collaborate with GVF's in . Check out their eponymous debut release and see their guitars in the latest .

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