Eastwood Guitars has revived the Airline brand of relic guitars from the late 1950s and 1960s.  These awesome guitars have been played by a number of great players, including guitarists for the Cure, Calexico, White Stripes, and David Bowie.  The Airline guitars were originally produced from 1958 to 1968 by VALCO and were sold exclusively through Montgomery Ward department stores.  Original Airlines now sell for well over $2,000.

However, the Airline ’59 2P offers players a chance to get their hands on a guitar that looks and feels like one of the originals without paying that much.  The limited edition 50th anniversary model comes in either red or gold, and it features just about everything the original did.  It’s done in a mahogany body with a bolted on maple neck.  The fingerboard is made from rosewood and features block markers.  It has two Airline vintage voiced single coil pickups, a three way vintage switch, two volume controls, two tone controls, and a master volume control.  It has a tune-o-matic bridge with a custom chrome tail, and it features vintage kluson style nickel/chrome hardware.  Two unique features of the Eastwood Airline ’59 2P include its striped pickguard and its rubber body binding.