MODERNE GUITAR - THE HOLY GRAIL OF VINTAGE GUITARS
by Ronald Lynn Wood

208 pages
Softbound

The Gibson Moderne is an electric guitar designed by Gibson in 1957 alongside the Flying V and Explorer as part of a stylistically advanced line. Sources claim that Gibson made a handful of prototypes, but an original has yet to surface. The Moderne was eventually put into production in 1982. Because of their very limited production and forward design, Modernes are highly sought by collectors. Here is the story, explained in interviews and photos, of this curiousity of the golden era of guitar making.