John Cale: Michael Spalt building a 12 string guitar with a Don Ramsay linear tremolo

photo: Michael Spalt LA based custom guitar builder Michael Spalt has made a 12 string guitar for John Cale. He worked with linear tremolo designer Don Ramsay. Both of them had already worked on instruments for Cale. Micheal Spalt: "I met JC when I fixed his red Gibson flying V where the headstock had broken off. He had an old LP special which he used as his main guitar and he didn't want the risk of taking it on the road. So he asked me to build him a guitar. He selected a body and I built...

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