Today, these guitars sell anywhere from $1500 to $3000 thanks to guitarists like JB Hutto and Jack White. The price for a Valco Airline guitar in 1964 was $99. The original Valco Airline guitars were made in the US Eastwood Guitars’ Airline models are made in South Korea and China. There are some slight cosmetic differences, such as the greenish tuning pegs on the headstock as well a more Gibson-style inlay design. These models have an adjustable truss rod, mahogany body (as opposed to the Res-O-Glas) and two humbuckers. While the pickups were made to look like large humbuckers, they are actually single coils that churn out a round and chimey sound."Įastwood Guitars acquired the rights to the Airline name and have been producing their own models since 2001. The volume and tone controls are above each pickup, next to the selector switch. Each pickup has a dedicated volume and tone control, but a master volume control sits next to the input jack.
The controls are a bit puzzling for some players. Quirkier still, the guitar only had 20 frets. The Valco Airlines didn’t have a truss rod instead, the neck was kept sturdy with reinforced steel. A narrow piece of maple runs down the middle of the body to anchor the neck, pickups and tailpiece. With two ALNICO Hot-10 pickups, vintage tuners and the classic 25 scale this guitar is guaranteed to turn heads. The vintage style of the pinstriped pickguard along and the chrome tone switch are tributes to the original 1959 models. He describes his guitar as a "hollow piece of plastic." The red plastic guitar body is made of two pieces called Res-O-Glas, a type of fiberglass. The '59 Airline 3P features a unique rubber binding that surrounds the tone chambered mahogany body. As part of The White Stripes, White played his Airline for nearly 10 years.
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