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Hot Rod Garage: Mods from Readers

An eye-popping gallery of radically reimagined guitars.

Matthew Short
This vision in red from Matthew Short is a 2006 Mexican-made Fender Strat with a Floyd Rose trem. Short replaced the stock pickups with an Arcane Inc. Desert Eagle neck pickup and an Arcane Mr. Scary at the bridge. He also added the red pickguard.

Throughout the year we collect stories and photos of guitar-mod projects created by you, our dear readers. Some are so inspiring that we include them here in our annual Hot Rod issue.

The Gibson EH-185, introduced in 1939, was one of the company’s first electric guitars.

Photo by Madison Thorn

Before the Les Pauls and SGs, this aluminum-reinforced instrument was one of the famous brand’s first electric guitars.

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Columnist Janek Gwizdala with heroes Dennis Chambers (left) and Mike Stern (right).

Keeping your gigging commitments can be tough, especially when faced with a call from a hero. But it’s always the right choice.

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On our season two finale, the country legend details his lead-guitar tricks on one of his biggest hits.

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Grez Guitars has introduced the Grez GrandTour Bass, a short scale semi-hollow carve-top instrument available in 4-string format.

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