A few weeks ago, we ran a story about working on some legendary guitars in anticipation of a feature article in a major music publication. On Wednesday, the editors of Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines, Brad Tolinski and Tom Beaujour, came in for a visit and the opportunity to get some trigger time on these incredible axes. It’s always a blast to see peoples’ reactions when they first visit our warehouse, but when it’s a couple guys like Tom and Brad, we know we’re going to be in guitar nerd nirvana. To up the ante, Rick Gessner and Jeff DeHollander of Valvetrain Amps were kind enough to bring in some of their incredible custom amplifiers. Check it out:

L to R: Guitar World’s Brad Tolinski with Jimi Hendrix’ ’69 Stratocaster, Hard Rock’s Jeff Nolan with Billy Zoom’s ’54 Gretsch Silver Jet, and Guitar Aficionado’s Tom Beaujour with Country Joe MacDonald’s ’62 Gibson ES 355

Tom puts Paul Kossoff’s ’57 Les Paul Jr. through its paces. This guitar sounds amazing!

Brad rocks the Hendrix Strat while Jeff DeHollander works the ES 355. Check out the custom amps and all the clothing racks. Each piece of clothing is memorabilia!

What an absolutely incredible day. It’s always a pleasure to crank up the amps with some of our killer guitars, but when good friends join us, it’s truly special. After much jamming, the consensus was that the best axe of the bunch is the Paul Kossoff ’57 LesPaul Jr. Here it is in all its glory: