photo gallery
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Jay and Bill Lawrence sharing secrets at the Vintique Namm Booth, January 2007. |
| Lou Rosano of Louis Amplifiers at Namm 2007. |  |
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New York-based Sony recording artist Gavin DeGraw checks out a Vintique 5394, The Bitter End, NYC, September 2006. |
| Joey DeGraw's National electrified by Jay Monterose. |  |
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Jay helps Chaz DePaolo setup at BB Kings, November 2006, at the Jimi Hendrix 64th Birthday Celebration. |
| Who's that lurking back there at BB's? |  |
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Harvey Brooks and Jay hang out backstage at BB Kings, NYC. |
| Leave them knobs alone! Jay eeks out tone onstage at BB Kings, NYC. |  |
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Larry Coryell and Cornell Dupree playing together at David Kramer's 64th Birthday Celebration for Jimi Hendrix at T-Bones, Valley Cottage, NY, November 2006. |
| Buddy Miles checks out a 5394 with Chaz DePaolo and Lenny White looking on! |  |
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Cornell Dupree checks out Jay's 5394 with the new Seymour Duncan handwounds! |
| Chuck Rainey relaxing and having a word with Jay before going on at T-Bones in Valley Cottage, NY, November 2006. |  |
 | Sanded bodies! |
| Jay doing some final cleanup on a neck prior to painting. |  |
 | Jay and a bevy of Vintique 5394s at the Maryland Nite Club 1998. Left-to-right: Jay's Prototype 5394, Randy Stuprich's #016, Bill Ferkos' special project 5394, and Lou Rosano's #003. |
| Jay (and his Prototype 5394) with Jim Weider & the Honky Tonk Gurus at Mexicali Blues Niteclub in Teaneck, N.J. Feb 2002. |  |
| Steve Gorospe of The American Music Company Band (and the creator of The Definitive Danny Gatton Web Site) playing his Danny Gatton Signature Model Fender Telecaster (#254). Steve's guitar has been retrofitted with a Vintique neck kit, saddles, jack can, control plate, and those knurly knobs! Now the guitar has the same hardware as Danny's famous '53! All hardware made by Jay himself.
(from Steve: "Thanks Jay for turning my Gatton model from a very nice guitar to a don't-leave-home-without-it guitar. I can't imagine playing a gig without it." |
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Dave Zaloom meets Danny Gatton at The Lone Star Cafe in New York, NY July 1991. |
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September 2000, Jay sat in with the legendary Les Paul and
friends for a hot night of music at the Iridium in New York City.
Pictured left-to-right are Lou Pallo, John Paris, Jay, Nicky Parrott,
Les, Frank, and Charlie Cowles. |
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Jay jams with Les Paul at the Iridium in New York City, September 2000. |
| Jay
and John Carrol of the Kris Kagel Band. Jay points out John's
red Tom Anderson Tele with all Vintique hardware. |
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 | Legendary guitar virtuoso (and Danny Gatton fan) Steve Vai signs Danny's Signature model Telecaster - owned by Jay - at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia. November 1999. |
| Durbin Kleinpeter, Jay, and Jim Weider - New Orleans New Year's Eve '98 at the Classic American Cafe |  |
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Jim Weider playing Jay's 5394. |
| Alex Nagel and his custom "Tele" - Warmoth body, Barden pickups, Vintique hardware and finish |  |
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Danny Gatton (and Jay Monterose) at Wolf Trap, 1994. |
| Danny Gatton, Jay Monterose, and the Hellecasters at the Bottom Line, New York City. |  |
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Danny Gatton at the Annapolis Wine Festival playing through the Louis Twin. |
| Jay Monterose with Fred Stuart at the Fender Custom Shop; Corona, California 1993 |  |
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Jay Monterose and surf-guitar king Dick Dale (playing the Vintique 5394); N.A.M.M. |
| Jay Monterose (with Danny Gatton's Tele), James Burton, and Scotty Anderson; Nashville N.A.M.M. 1993 |  |
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Jay Monterose and Les Paul, as Les signs Danny Gatton's Signature Telecaster; The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. |
| Jay Monterose and Paul Reed Smith; 1994 N.A.M.M., Anaheim, CA. |  |
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Seymour Duncan and Jay Monterose; 1994 N.A.M.M., Anaheim, CA. |
| Will Ray (of the Hellecasters) plays the Vintique 5394 and Louis Gattone amp at 1997 N.A.M.M. |  |
 | Will Ray and Jay Monterose jam at N.A.M.M. 1997 while Arlen Roth looks on. |
| Will Ray plays the Vintique 5394 at N.A.M.M. 1997. |  |
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Producer Ed Libonati has a "Vintique" experience with the 5394! |
| Legendary Elvis guitarist James Burton and Jay Monterose at the Fender booth, N.A.M.M. |  |
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Jay plays the PRS prototype "Dragon" at Paul Reed Smith's 40th birthday bash with The Nighthawks at Washington D.C.'s Hard Rock Cafe. |