PHOTO  ARCHIVE  INDEX

If you have a photo of a cool piece of gear, new or vintage, and you'd like to add it to the Backstage Music Archives, either drop it off at Backstage Music (see Don), and we'll scan it and return the photo to you (we'll also give you credit for the photo), or if you have the photo in electronic format, you can file attach the photo to our web master via e-mail.  Don't forget to provide relevant info, such as year, make, interesting features, and other details you think our readers would like to know.
 

Steven King

 Steven King, National Fingerstyle Champion and Taylor Guitar Clinician, spent the evening of April 4, 2002 at Backstage showing us poor hackers how it's really done.
Mike Tobias Mike Tobias, internationally known bass guru, with Jim Beaty and Jeremy Johnson, MTD bass rep.  Photo taken at 2001 Nashville NAMM Show.
1962 GA-8 1962 Gibson Discoverer tube amplifier, GA-8.  One knob for volume, one for tone, no tremolo.  Cool handle
1957 ES-225 Built for three years (57, 58, 59), this single cutaway, thinline hollow body has a trapeze tailpiece and 1 P-90 pickup.  Photo at 1998 Birmingham, AL Spring Guitar Show.
1961 Silvertone 1444 
Bass (made by Dano)		 1961 Silvertone 1444 bass, made by Danelectro.  Dolphin nose headstock, black.
1939 L-5. Beautiful full depth, non cutaway, in 9.5 condition. Photo at 1998 Birmingham, AL Spring Guitar Show.
1959 Les Paul Black Beauty.  Moments before being sold by the original owner. Tony Foster of Backstage Music holds this one owner masterpiece.  Instrument was in excellent condition for it's age, and was in the original gold lined hard case.  Was purchased new at Forbes Music in Birmingham, AL, in 1959 by Floyd Nicholson for his son, Lloyd Nicholson. Photo at 1998 Birmingham, AL Spring Guitar Show.
ASAT Junior One of 250 made.  Cherry red, mahogany body, lightweight with body cavities, mahogany neck, tune-a-matic bridge, beautiful cherry finish, small Gibson-style pickguard, and matching headstock.  Cool, huh?  Taken at 1998 Nashville NAMM show.
1982  Silver Street Taxi Weird, small solid body guitar, built in Elkhart, Indiana.  Purchased new  from Whittle Music, Dallas, TX. Photo at 1998 Birmingham, AL Spring Guitar Show.
1957 Kay Amp Probably a 1957 from the date code on the pots, has the controls on the back,which are volume, tone, and THREE input jacks. Photo at 1998 Birmingham, AL Spring Guitar Show.
The Hellecasters 1999 Nashville NAMM show.  Left to right: Jerry Donahue, Tony Foster, Will Ray, and  John
Jorgenson..  Picture taken in the Fender booth where the Hellecasters were busy endorsing Fender guitars and amps.
Doyle Dykes Guitar legend, Grand Ole Opry performer, Windham Hill recording artist, with the crew from Backstage Music, December 9, 1999, at the Taylor Guitar clinic hosted by Backstage Music.
Bob Moog Inventor of the Moog synthesizer.  Photo of Don Sibley, Mr. Bob Moog, and Tony Foster, at the July, 98 Nashville NAMM show.
Patrick Moraz Patrick Morz of YES and THE MOODY BLUES fame.  Left to right, Tony Foster, Patrick Moraz, Allen McBroom, and Don Sibley, taken at the July, 1998 Nashville NAMM show.
Patrick Moraz. More of Patrick Moraz and the Tone-meister.
Seymour Duncan Pickup maestro el-supremo, with Tony Foster, taken at July 98 NAMM  show in Nashville, Tenn.
Bill Lawrence Creator of Lawrence pickups and Wilde guitars, July 98 NAMM show in Nashville, Tenn., with Tony Foster.