Bob Wootton

Bob Wootton

Bob Wootton is a British guitar player and vintage collector.

Towards the end of a successful – and long – career in advertising he started writing and now contributes to various media on marketing, advertising and guitar-related matters, notably for the world-leading Guitarist magazine.

As tech for his friend and mentor, highly-regarded guitarist Alan Darby, he was part of Eric Clapton’s core team at his 2019 Crossroads fundraiser festival in Dallas.  He now advises, mentors and assists other players.

He works regularly on the music scene around London, surrounding himself with better players to raise his game.  Not difficult, some might say. He runs a couple of YouTube channels too.

Latest articles by Bob Wootton

Guild M-75 Aristocrat

The mysterious history of the Guild M-75 Aristocrat, the blue-blooded hollowbody and vintage rarity

By Bob Wootton published

This evocative downsized archtop appeared in mid-’50s New York and would go on to delight jazz players and rootsy bluesers alike

Electric Guitars
Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet

How the Duo Jet took Gretsch’s ’50s innovation to new heights with a Jeff Beck-approved sound

By Bob Wootton published

As solid-bodied models began taking the guitar world by storm in the early ’50s, Gretsch joined the party with the revolutionary single-cut 6128 Duo Jet and its twangsome DeArmond ‘Dynasonic’ single coils

Electric Guitars
Gibson ES-330T electric guitars on a stylish rug

The story behind the Gibson ES-330T – the single-pickup “runt of the litter” with mojo to burn

By Bob Wootton published

This single-P-90 variant walked in the shadows of the humbucker-toting 335 and its late-’50s ES siblings, yet its straightforward charm continues to endure some 65 years on

Electric Guitars