George Jetson- Bluesman or Shredder?

I was a young boy in the late 1950's and early '60's. I remember Sputnik orbiting our planet, the advent of NASA and true space exploration, and the wide-eyed wonder with which my pals and I looked to the future.

Predictions were everywhere, from artists' renderings of cities to come on the covers of Popular Science Magazine, Futurama expos at world's fairs, and amazing bubble-roofed show car designs, to even the cartoons we made a part of our weekly lives.

I don't recall cartoon dad George Jetson playing any type of musical instrument. If he did, it was probably a bunch of buttons connected to an oscilloscope. But if he had been a guitar player, his axe would surely have been as evolved as his flying car.

Thanks to J. Backlund Designs, you can have George Jetson's guitar today, without enduring a risky round trip in a time machine. I met designer John Backlund and his partners at the Newport Guitar Festival several weeks ago. Their guitars hit the overgrown kid in me right where I live, in a soul rooted in yesterday, and excited about tomorrow.