The Levinson Blade guitar is something quite special... I found this gorgeous 1990 R1 recently and had a feeling this wasn't the average Strat.....

I've been a guitar head since the early sixties and owned many guitars...some which I certainly should have kept.  I well remember the Fender Precision Bass I bought back in 1965 for 150 Squid.....Always been into the Fender range of guitars, especially as my first employer was Keith McPherson.  He ran a music store in Boronia and so many great guitars hanging on the walls above the record bars...(remember vinyl pressings?)  His son Ron was responsible for the manufacture of the amazing McPherson line of powerful valve amps during the mid sixties.

Imagine my delight a few weeks back when I found this beast of a guitar just hanging there looking at me....

Not a Strat but a Blade and made in Switzerland too?

Probably more like Japan, but who cares...so with a little research it was soon under my arm and I was off out the door. It was a little grotty and required a teardown, good service and a new set of D'Addarios.

Plug this thing into any amp and switch on the VSC, (Variable Spectrum Control) and it is guaranteed to blow yer bollicks.  Such a clean sweet and powerful tone you won't find in any other

All I had to do was manufacture a string tree as this was missing.....

Everything about this ol' guitar is brilliant....I'd describe it as having the beautiful clean plunky sound of a Strat but with a much greater presence and definitely a lot more more grunt.

I love it.

Does anyone have a spare 'Whammy bar' or tremolo arm as it's known in OZ.