Well, to be entirely honest, Jack White played an original 1964 Montgomery Ward Airline J. “When I was a little boy and did something good, my dad would say ‘Jackie, you are a gentleman and a scholar. This perfectly space-age, perfectly retro guitar. Here’s a photo of Anselmo backstage gifting White the guitar.Īfter presenting him the guitar, White told Aselmo, He presented White with the guitar at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on November 18, 2003. White’s original ’64 Airline guitar was in bad shape and missing parts when a Stripes fan ( Frank Anselmo) bought a mint ’64 Airline on ebay for $3,000 and decided to give it to White as a gift. These guitars are in demand and very hard to find.
Seller says 80 watts with four 6V6 but that sounds a little generous. Uncommon but probably great sounding tube head in SF bay area. Hutto because he was one of the first notable musicians to regularly use the guitar. Valco made Montgomery Ward tube head in SF bay Area for 220. The angular red Airline model is usually referred to as the “ JB Hutto” model, after the blues artist and slide guitarist J. Here is one of his setups: Guitar: 1964 Airline Res-O-Glas: Semi-solidbody made from a combination of wood core and fiberglass shell, bolt-on wooden neck. This is Jack’s second, less known Airline guitar, which can be seen in the very.
The guitar was made by Valco, a company that is better known for making National and Supro guitars before it’s demise in 1968. This has been Jack’s main guitar with the White Stripes. Check out the ad in the Montgomery Ward catalog below… Jack White’s Electric Guitars: 1964 Montgomery Ward JB Hutto Airline. Airline Guitars were made in the United States from 1958-68 by VALCO and sold through Montgomery Ward for the retail price of $99.99. The guitar is a 1964 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline Guitar. Eastwood Airline supro Twin dual Tone Black and White electric guitar.
When Jack White plays with The White Stripes his main guitar is a very distinctive red and white guitar.