ELECTRIC GUITARS
78-7250 Taylor (new) “Classic” Electric in white finish, #2007-1128901, with hard shell case.
Taylor Guitar's website says -- Taylor’s solid body electric was designed entirely from the ground up, and features their own humbuckers, bridge, tone controls and body aesthetic. No matter how far you push it, this guitar is right there with you. Growl and girth, spank and funk — it’s yours for the taking. Taylor’s solid body tone and supreme playability will inspire you to new heights. The sharp, modern-retro look features a solid ash body with a vintage crushed pearl pickguard, maple neck and chrome hardware. Pickup choices include either humbucker or noiseless single coil models. The full-output Style 1 humbuckers are clear, spanky, tone-rich and ready to relay your attitude. The new noiseless single coil Classic SC features the new Style 3 pickup, which dishes out a full helping of single coil character without the hum. Taylor’s breakthrough pickup design spawned this guitar: vintage sweetness together with the power to drive an amp gives you the best of both worlds, plus some fresh sounds that’ll lead you to a world of your own. Taylor Guitars been pushing the envelope hard on magnetic pickup design for some time, working on a more “electric” version of their hybrid T5. But these new prototypes had such a unique character they called for a new type of guitar -- definitely a solid body. There is a great deal of further information about the pickups, the bridge, the neck, the controls, the design to be found at the following URL: http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/electric/Models/ModelDetails.aspx?modelid=1 This is a guitar worth trying – we hope that you will come to our showroom and test it. The Taylor List is $1748 and the Taylor MAP is $1299.
76-8781 Gibson (used, 1969) Gibson Les Paul Standard “Gold Top” electric guitar, #558364, in very good plus condition with original hard shell case.
As history buffs and collectors know – sales of the original Gibson Les Paul Model did not go as well as Gibson had hoped. In 1952 Gibson shipped 1,716 gold tops, in 1953 2,245, in 19543 1,504, in 1955 only 862, in 1956 920, in 1957 598. Then came the sunbursts – in 1958 they shipped 434, in 1959 they completed 634 and in 1960 they made 635. That was it for Gibson admin – they may have said “you must be kidding” or whatever the popular expression was at the time. “Let’s drop the single cutaway Les Paul completely and surprise the world with an entirely different model, lighter in weight and with a sharp double cutaway. They continued to call it “Les Paul” but gradually it took on the name “SG.” By 1968 Gibson decided that players were ready for the single cutaway Les Paul again. The 1968 Gold Top Standard shipped 1,224 pieces and the 1969 (of which this is one) shipped a comfortable 2,751. The Les Paul Model was alive! Even though so many were shipped those forty years ago, many have been lost and, nowadays, they just don’t turn up very often. Players love them, and collectors hold them dear to their hearts (some collectors have more than one heart).Here is the report of our repair staff: This Gibson Gold Top has potentiometers that have a code of 137-6850 which means that the pots were made in the 50th week of 1968. This is to be expected on a 1969 guitar. The jack plate on the side was replaced. The finish is original. The tuners were replaced with Schallers; they should, of course, be Kluson Deluxe. This guitar shows light normal signs of use and wear including scuffs, scrapes, small chips (including on back of neck), dings, scratches, belt buckle marks on the back. The back of the neck is quite shiny and it is the opinion of our repair staff that the back of the neck was, in the past, buffed. It is missing its original switch tip. Thusly, there are changes in the components, although minor, but there are no changes to this guitar electronically, or in terms of originality of the finish - the light signs of use and wear make this a "very good plus" condition guitar. Our repair shop has performed its normal "set up" which included adjusting the action, setting the intonation at the bridge, adjusting the nut if required and restringing. The common wisdom is that a completely original example of this model and year that has much less of the signs of use and wear can sell for $10,000 and one that is in just about new condition can sell for as much as $15,000. We have no intentions of inflicting such a price on our customers. No, instead, you can, if you are of a mind, purchase this instrument for just $9,273 at our Discount Price, or, at our Cash Discount Price, $8,995.
78-7628 Fender (used, 1960) Stratocaster, #50764, sunburst, with original tan hard shell rectangular case.
This guitar is a clean, certifiably original 1960 Fender sunburst slab-board Stratocaster – it conforms to the factory description of this year and model in every way. The first and only owner said that he purchased it, new, from his music teacher in South Plainfield, NJ. He was just finishing college and says he didn’t play it much. There’s a Mel Bay Guitar Lessons, Grade 1 book in the case. The body date inside the tremolo cavity is “3/60;” the neck date is “6/60.” All pickups, electronics and solider joints are original. The original pickguard is present and it has its original shielding plate. The potentiometer codes are 304-6020 which means that they were made in the 20th week of 1960. All pickup covers, knobs, the switch tip and tremolo arm (and plastic tip) are original. The tremolo bridge cover is original and present. The serial number is located at the bottom of the back plate – which is correct for this time. The hard shell case is original; an original Fender crème and green hang-tag resides in the case pocket, as does an original leather strap provided with the instrument. Remarkably, this guitar shows less than normal signs of use and wear. It shows some finish checking and light dings, nicks and scratches, chips and marks, especially on the bass side lower bout, and corresponding face, and both upper and lower areas on the treble side. It shows normal dings, impressions and chips on the back including some few signs of belt buckle; it has a scuff at the upper back bass horn and other scuffs as well. Keep in mind that all of this is “honest wear” and not by destructive psychotic behavior on the part of an addled brutish troglodyte. The off-white back cover plate has no cracks at the screws; the tuners are original Kluson Deluxe with oil hole. The back of the neck is remarkably free from signs of use and wear. The switch is the original 3-position. The fingerboard is Brazilian rosewood with 10 “clay” dot inlays. The headstock retains its “Fender Stratocaster” decal (thin gold letters with black border), “With Synchronized Tremolo” and “Original Contour Body.” The nut and the string tree are original. The slightly green tint black bordered pickguard is held in place by 11 original screws – the treble side of said pickguard fence is a little greener than the bass side due to skin contact. The guitar by itself (not in the case) weighs 7 lbs 3 oz. Our workshop has performed a professional set-up, cleaned the fingerboard and the electronics and freshly restrung this marvelous morsel. Our head of repair, Leroy Aiello, is quoted as saying “It sounds strong & bright acoustically and full bodied with typical Fender sparkle electrically.” It sings with the voice of rock ‘n’ roll royalty. WINTER SALE PRICE $28,353 or, at our Cash Discount Price, $27,500.
76-8591 Fender (new) Custom Shop ’56 Strat, NOS, ash body, ebony’burst, R42075, with black rectangular hard shell case.
Occasionally our esteemed Fender Musical Instruments rep, a Mr. D.W., based on his nearly encyclopedic knowledge of models made in the past and models made by the Fender Custom Shop in the past 15 years whose features were memorable to him, orders new guitars from the Team-Built Crew for his own account. He does this out of love, because he knows that when his dealers and their customers experience the uniqueness and nearly feng shui-type confluence of solitude, exhilaration and molecular-level gratification that comes from merely seeing this hand-made harbinger of happiness, then he knows that plugging the resulting guitar in and playing it, with or without first donning a silver-sequined Nudie suit, through a fine Fender tube amp will evoke ecstasy and, yes, even rapture. This, my fellow fretting fuzzies is one of those creditable creatures. It is not merely a black guitar, no, it is one carefully finished in a seldom seen “ebony’burst” – a see-through covering that allows one to experience the grain of the underlying wood in a vivid and nearly three-dimensional manner in which the flash of the ash can be stashed in your cache with panache.The maple chosen for the neck, headstock and fingerboard is quartersawn, so as to provide the viewer with a field of continuous cross-silkery, exuding effervescence – a medullary miracle. The pickguard is off white and held in place with 8 mystical screws, the selector switch is 5-way, the pickups have staggered poles and each of the six individual “machine age” bridge saddles are stamped “Fender Fender.” Tuners are unsigned Kluson replica, the serial number resides on the silvered back plate, the reverse of the neck is properly skunked in walnut, and the off-white back cover plate, through which all balls must travel, is held fast to the spring cavity with six stout threaded bolts, used in fastening machine parts, each displaying a Phillips-pattern cranium cap. This guitar is accompanied by the usual accoutrements of new Fender ownership, including a retro leather strap that smells like a childhood spent waxing unused saddles, a tremolo arm, all sorts of Fender tags and papers, a cable and a embossed (gold and silver on gray heavy paper) Certificate of Authenticity that says that this was made on 8/21/08 and that it “has been custom built by Fender’s finest craftsmen to bring you years of playing enjoyment.” Said certificate appears to have been hand-signed by Alex Nicholas, Director, Fender Custom Shop. If you have been thinking of buying the one you love (and that could be the visage in the mirror) something truly fine, heart-felt and felicitous, one cannot think of anything more appropriate than this graceful and glistening glockenspiel. The Fender List is $4210 and Our Price is $3399.
76-8626 Fender (new) American Standard Stratocaster, #Z9322876, maple fretboard, in Olympic white, with molded hard shell case.
The Fender List Price is $1,590 and Our Price is $1,275.00.
76-8624 Fender (new) American Standard Telecaster, #Z9322381, in 3-color sunburst, rosewood fretboard, alnico V pickups,
staggered tuning machines for tone and stability with a limited lifetime warranty and molded hard shell case. The Fender List Price is $1,680 and Our Price is $1,340.
76-8627 Fender (new) American Standard Telecaster, #Z8309926, in natural, rosewood fretboard, alnico V pickups, staggered tuning machines for tone and stability
with a limited lifetime warranty and molded hard shell case. The Fender List Price is $1,780 and Our Price is $1,420.00.
76-8623 Fender (new) American Standard Stratocaster, #Z8309209, maple fretboard, in 3-color sunburst, with molded hard shell case.
$1,680 at Our Discount Price or $1,340.00 at Our Cash Discount Price.
76-8619 Fender (new) Highway One Telecaster, maple fretboard, #Z8254936, in midnight wine, 22 jumbo frets, two single coil Tele pickups with AlNico 3 magnets, a Greasebucket tone circuit, satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish with deluxe gig bag.
The Fender List Price $1,130 and Our Price is $$900.00.
76-8618 Fender (new) Highway One Stratocaster, #Z149285,
in black, maple fretboard, alder body, Atomic humbucking pickup with two hot single coil AlNiCo 3 pickups, 22 jumbo frets, vintage style synchronized tremolo system, Greasebucket tone circuit and a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish with deluxe gig bag. The Fender List Price is $1,130 and Our Price is $$900.00
76-8617 Fender (new) American Vintage '52 Telecaster,
Butter Scotch Blonde, maple fretboard, #XN65890, American Vintage Tele single-coil pickups, the original Tele circuit with its three position switch, brass bridge saddles, ashtray cover (vintage six-saddle bridge included as an accessory), a single-ply black pickguard, master volume and master tone with chrome hardware. Hard shell tweed case included. The Fender List Price is $2,300 and Our Price is $1,840.00.
76-8616 Fender (new) Mark Knopfler Stratocaster, #SE07336, in the fancy Hot Rod Red finish,
'57 style Ash Strat body, Vintage tinted '62 style 'C' shape Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, 3 Texas Special single coil pickups & five way switch, Fender/Gotoh vintage tuners, American vintage tremolo system and hard shell case. The Fender List Price is $2,530 and Our Price is $2,020.00.
76-8615 Fender (new) Vintage '62 Jazzmaster, 3-tone sunburst, rosewood fretboard,
#V188007, 25 1/2 scale length, warm sounding pickups, independent volume and tone controls, floating tremelo with tremolo lock, and brown deluxe hard shell case. The Fender List Price is $2,430 and Our Price is $1,940.00.
76-8598 Renaissance (new) RN6H-STD nylon string hybrid guitar, #09-2817,
14 frets to the body, 1 13/16" nut width, walnut back and sides, gloss cedar top, mahogany & rosewood neck with case. $2,329 at Our Discount Price or $2,259 at Our Cash Discount Price.
76-8638 Rickenbacker (new) 330 thinline semi-hollow electric guitar, #0906505, in the vivid Fireglo finish, 24 fret, dot inlays 2 pickups, with hard shell case.
The Rickenbacker List Price is $1,999 and you may phone us for our pricing.
76-8543 Fender (used, mid-2007) Vintage Hot Rod ’62 Stratocaster SHM, #V161520, Sherwood green finish, excellent plus condition showing just a few very slight indications it was held and played, with tan rectangular hard shell case with the leatherette bindings.
Sherwood Green is a dark metallic green, extremely pretty when offset by the slightly greenish pickguard that is bordered in white and black, held in place by 11 screws. Said pickguard hosts three off-white single-coil pickups and three matching white high-hat knobs – one for volume and two for tone control. This guitar was made with a thin nitrocellulose lacquer-finished body, and features a larger “C” shaped satin finish neck with a 9.5” radius; it has an ivoroid dotmarker inlaid rosewood fretboard, medium jumbo frets, and comes stock with a reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup, a 5-way switch. Each of the six individual bridge saddles is stamped “Fender Fender.” We especially like that touch as it reminds us of “Pizza Pizza,” one of our favorite things in life. The guitar is housed, like many of our ancestors, in a rectangular original brown hard shell case with leatherette bindings. This guitar is in excellent or even slightly better condition. $1335 or at our cash discount price $1295.
76-8945 Gibson (used, Feb. 2005) Les Paul Classic (essentially a Standard, also called “Les Paul Model” on the headstock in gold decal), in cherry sunburst top finish, showing more-and-a-modicum of wide-leaf demonstrative grain in its comely, arched face, #00565468, with black Gibson hard shell case.
This guitar is in excellent original condition showing little in the way of use and wear, almost no sign of any fret or fingerboard wear, though there are smudges on the pickup covers and on the back, one of which is in the shape of a spermatozoa, frozen in time in its path towards fulfillment. This guitar has received a standard set up and restring by our staff of sensitive new-age artisans. It plays heavenly and sounds like the recording studio and stage performance guitars of our heroes. $1644, or, at our cash discount price, $1595.
76-8915 Paul Reed Smith (new) SE single cutaway, having a maple top, glossy black finish, and equipped with a stop tail, #CEI06105, with a zipper gig bag.
Extremely handsome – and well within the grasp of the talented amateur player: The PRS List price is $830 and we are allowed to say “call or email for our pricing.”
76-8950 Rickenbacker (used, January 1990) 620-12JG (JetGlo) #A3-9975, in very good condition with original rectangular hard shell case.
This is basically the same as Rickenbacker Model 620 six-string solid body, but with twelve strings. Rickenbacker itself says: Like its cousin, the Model 620/12 employs only premium Maple and Rosewood, and premiere quality keywinds [whatever they are]. Truly these deluxe features, coupled with over 60 years of hand-crafted excellence, encapsulate the essence of the "Rickenbacker Mystique." Well, at least it’s been encapsulated. This is a solid body guitar with 21 frets, having a scale length of 62.9cm (24 ¾”), a nut width of 41.4mm (1.63”), hey – let’s stop with the metric – although the company has a German name it’s made in California. It has a 12th fret crème bound fingerboard width of 1.931”, a crown radius of 10”. The body and neck are maple, the fingerboard rosewood with pearloid triangles, the weight is approximately 8 pounds, the overall length 37”, the overall width 13 ¼”, the overall depth 1 ¼”. The tailpiece is in the shape of a stylized metal “R”, the bridge is six-saddle type, the neck is “through-body,” there are two pickups with exposed pole pieces called “Hi-Gain” and there are two jacks on the jack plate on the lower treble side for Mono or, if you purchase an optional Rik-O-Sound Box, Stereo. Tuners are Schaller – with six facing backwards and six to the sides. This guitar shows a light number of nicks, chips, scrapes, scuffs, dings and dongs, but not as many as one might find on a guitar that’s 19 years old. Our workshop, rich in diligent, dedicated string doctors, has performed a set-up, restring, and the ritual cleaning of the electronics and now it plays “better than new.” $1,541 or at our cash discount price $1,495.
76-8958 Renaissance (new) RS6-STD, 6-string steel-string guitar, by Rick Turner of Santa Cruz, CA, #08-2657, a chambered electric guitar with acoustic-electric sonic properties, constructed of walnut and cedar, with a Renaissance gig bag.
The manufacturer says: “The Renaissance line of guitars and basses has never been "for everybody". Rick Turner has designed and built each model to fill a specific need. You won't see these guitars in every club, at every studio and on every stage... instead you'll find them in the hands of a few discriminating performers who have discovered that they can solve real-world problems with intelligent, superbly musical solutions. These guitars reproduce full-frequency acoustic tone for recording and performances - a job that true acoustics are not cut out for! Their thinline bodies are built like that of a fine acoustic guitar, but with an added mahogany center block to cut feedback. A Turner piezo bridge pickup feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Highlander pre-amp.” This guitar Willie Mays you. Come to our showroom and try it out. $2,213 at our Discount Price or, $2,147 at our Cash Discount Price.
76-8941 Rick Turner (used, 2001) Renaissance RS12-B baritone 12-string guitar. #01-1506, in excellent plus condition with original rectangular hard shell case.
This thin, hollow, chambered Turner Renaissance baritone 12-string is thunder on a strap, in your lap. It has a long 27.25” scale, 1-7/8” nut width, and 2-5/16” string spacing at the saddle. The top is gloss-finished cedar, and the back and sides are satin oiled walnut with a nice figure. The top is tortoise-bound, and although being strapped to the back of a turtle makes for a slow ride, they say it’s actually quite comfortable. The rosewood fingerboard is unbound, but this lack is more than offset by a number of circular pearl position dots, which are themselves not offset but centered. The headstock is unbound, with a walnut overlay, and it holds in its grip twelve closely-spaced rectangular Kluson-style tuners with small oval nickel-plated knobs (say that twelve times in rapid succession, and then go looking for your lips). This guitar was made in the days when a Renaissance had a paper, stick-on headstock logo taking the form of a lower case “r” in a black circular background surrounded by gold. It has nine “Planetary” type abalone fingerboard markers, and inside it sports the Turner Renaissance pickup system, which is a descendant of the highly regarded Highlander pickup, using two 9-volt batteries to allow extra headroom and freedom from distortion. (unless of course you actually want distortion, but for that you could use a pedal – from some other dealer.). The guitar comes with a rectangular hard-shell case that’s an upgrade from the factory-standard gig-bag. Overall this chambered electric baritone is in excellent condition, with a couple of dings on the back at the right shoulder behind the cutaway but otherwise it is unscathed (not that you’d want your guitar scathed.) The sound of a Baritone twelve-string is like rolling lightning on the horizon as seen from the plains just east of the city of Denver with the awe and the shock and also the awe and the sky lighting up like a half-ton ball made up of crystal triangles that measures twelve feet in diameter, has 32,256 LED bulbs in it, and descends on the evening of December 31st in a druid-based ceremony that is enacted to remind us that we were left behind, many millennia ago, like jettisoned ballast, by aliens. $2,010 at our Discount Price or, at our Cash Discount Price $1,950.
76-8940 Turner Renaissance (used, 2008) RS6-FS Custom-Order “Fingerstyle” guitar #08-2797, in like new (excellent plus plus) condition with equally custom-made Pegasus fiberglass case.
This thin, hollow, chambered (Rick, not Ike) Turner Renaissance guitar was specifically built for fingerstyle playing. It has a standard 25.5” scale, 1-3/4” nut width, and 2-1/4” string spacing at the saddle. The neck carve is a bit fuller than Turner’s standard, and very comfortable. The top is wide-grained spruce with a bit of bear-claw: it might be Sitka, might be Carpathian, might be something else but it sure looks like Adirondack. The back and sides are majestically-flamed maple, and the body and headstock are bound in rosewood, which is quite an elegant option. The body is finished in a high gloss, and the mahogany neck with flame maple overlays on back and front of headstock is satin finished. To top it all off, the body and headstock are trimmed in colorful abalone, and the flamed maple headstock overlay is anchored in place by six gold Planet Waves Auto-Trim locking tuners with golden hued buttons. The unbound rosewood fingerboard is riddled with abalone dots; the spear-end headstock displays an extremely fierce-looking lion with his tongue sticking out like Gene Simmons’ own. This lion looks upset and may be depicted screaming at his family with the query “Who left Jimmy’s bicycle in the driveway?!” The volume and EQ control knobs are rosewood as well. This instrument sports the latest version of the Turner Renaissance pickup system, which is based on the Timberline pickup, which itself is a descendant of the immortal Highlander pickup. It uses space-age circuitry to boost the voltage from a pair of double-A batteries to a level where lack of headroom is but a folk tale lost in the mists of time. The guitar comes with a custom-fitted Pegasus fiberglass flight case -- the case is made in Pitlochry, Scotland by Sam Gifford, and they spell it “fibreglas” but it’s the same stuff, which competes favorably with Calton of England and Canada. Finding a Pegasus is always difficult, even in the massive Pegausus Sanctuary in Costa Rica, near where they filmed Jurassic Park but finding one on this side of The Pond is even more so. Said nearly mythical case has six locking latches, and Sam, Pegasus progenitor, said this was the first Turner Renaissance case he has made. We hesitate to use the word “mint” since we believe that nothing that was even one time taken out of the case and held can be in that condition, but this guitar comes closer than most. The beauty of this singular guitar is ineffable (incapable of being described) and the sound is sweet, smooth, non-strident and highly melodious. Just so you know - the original purchase price when new was $4050 including that wonderful case, and this occurred during 2008, so it is a great honor and an opportunity for near-euphoria to find out that we’re selling this for only $3,454 or at our cash discount price, $3,350.
76-8849 Fender (used, 1958) Stratocaster, Olympic White (refinished a very long time ago – one almost cannot tell the body was refinished), #32249, with nickel hardware and a slightly later (c. ’63-’64) Fender black rectangular hard shell case
(with an old, possibly period strap in case pocket along with a bridge cover, a trem arm and a later cable). This is one for the books – to see it even a sophisticated onlooker would say “Holy cow – an original ’58 Olympic White Strat! Amazing! Beautiful! I want it!” It has a yellowed finish (just the color you want it to have), it shows crazing on virtually every square inch of its body, headstock and back of neck, belt buckle wear on the back, normal chips, nicks, dings and mars, and most of its parts and components are right and original (one screw holding on the spring cavity cover is replaced; there is the typical chip off the northwest (upper bass) screw position of the back plate; please see note below about additional solder and nut). The neck bears a date of “11-58” and it (the neck and the date) is original; he fretboard shows wear down to the wood; the finish on the back of the neck is original, the decals are original. The pickup covers are Bakelite, the pickguard appears to be original (we believe that it is). At least one potentiometer has a readable 1956 pot code. The ground wire that attaches to the “claw” (spring base) is original; the solder joint leading to the potentiometers is newer; there is some added solder on the pots and possibly some on the connection to the switch; there is a splice in the ground wire leading to the pots. The Kluson Deluxe tuners are original; no routing of any kind has been performed anywhere on or inside the guitar including the headstock or inner cavities. No body date has been found in the spring cavity. The strap pins are both original; the nut is newer but appears old. We looked under the cover plate and wish to note that there are, on an older Strat, three “pin holes” or “pin routs” as they’re called. On this one guitar one such hole is found near the jack cavity and this one is open, as it should be. One pin hole is near the bridge on the bass side of the strings and one is on the bass side at the end of the fret board. Each of these last two pin routs have paint in them. This is an indication that the finish on the body of the guitar is newer. There is, in addition, a “paint stick” mark on the inside of the neck cavity in the body. Fender first used a paint stick circa 1963. Was this guitar refinished (could the work have been done by Fender?) in 1963-’64? The case is from that very period, so is the inception of the “paint stick” outline. The guitar appears, visually and tactilely, to be a 1958. Sonically it sounds utterly incredible – one of the finest sounding Fender Stratocasters you will have ever in your life heard. One of the finest you’ve felt. One of the most special you’ve sniffed (oh, come on, sniff it! Such a Strat that has not suffered the indignity of resurfacing can today (2008-’09) bring $46,000 to $70,000. This one is worth at least as much as we are asking and, possibly, even more: $28,352 or, at our cash discount price $27,500.
76-8793 Gibson (used, 2005) Les Paul “Figured Maple Supreme,” heritage cherry sunburst, #01595655, in near mint condition with original black exterior, white interior TKL hard case with Gibson USA logo.
In addition to making the famous Gibson solid body Les Paul that revered manufacturer also makes a chambered electric with a breathtaking tiger-striped top and back, with no open sound holes called a Les Paul Supreme. This model is considered to be the epitome of electric guitar grace and sumptuous, since it is made from quadruple-A figured maple on both the arched top and the arched reverse, with a body (in the middle) of mahogany. The top binding is 6-plies of white and black, the back is bordered in 2-ply purfling, the headstock is four-ply, the sides and the ebony fretboard, inlaid with Super 400 style split blocks in 10 positions, is white bound. All metal parts are gold-plated including the twin black-surrounded humbucking pickups (models 490R and 498T Alnico), strap pins, tulip-button Grover Rotomatic tuners, three-way toggle, tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece. This guitar has a 24.75” scale length, a 1 11/16th” nut width, four gold cylinder knobs in the lower treble bout for volume and tone. The lighter weight of a chambered guitar increases resonance and also removes weight that you really didn’t want to begin with. The black headplate overlay features the shining Gibson mother of pearl inlaid logo and, under that, a colorful globe made up of brass, mother of pearl and abalone, that is wearing a banner that’s etched “Supreme.” The hollow interior provisions this instrument with the sonority and sensitivity of a fine jazz guitar, in fact it is currently strung with flatwounds, but in a rock ‘n’ roll setting (with roundwounds) it can be the locomotive that pulls the entire 48-car freight train. When new this model lists for $5,190 and has a Gibson MAP of $3,409. This virtually new condition used example has a modest and affordable price tag of only $2,675 at our Discount Price or at our Cash Discount Price $2,595.
15-6755 Gibson (used, 1952) Gibson Les Paul Model, Gold Top, No Serial Number, but we have assigned it #ISI-1775, in excellent minus condition with original hard shell case.
1952 was the first year of the Gibson Les Paul. The earliest examples had an unbound fingerboard, but these are exceptionally early and rare. The balance of 1952 sees a crème bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard and 5/8” high gold cylinder knobs. The tailpiece was a trapeze, supported off of the top by a pointed cone, a metal threaded rod and a corrugated circle of metal to raise and lower the bridge height. The bottom side of this original component (the trapeze portion on the bottom side) is stamped “Pat. Pending.” Five of the six tuners are unsigned Kluson Deluxe type originals and one, the fourth or D string tuner, is a more recent replacement, also unsigned and with an oil hole, but without a center stripe. This guitar shows normal signs of wear and use including a small triangular divot on the back of the neck behind the first fret as well as other less demonstative nicks and impressions on the neck and also on the body. There is light belt buckle contact on the back, chips along the bass waist, dings and crazing overall, small signs of fret wear, some pitting on the 9 pearloid trapezoid inlaid rosewood fretboard mainly around the 2nd fret, chips around the headstock and scratches in the black headplate. We want to remind you that all of this totals “light normal” signs of use, and that we tend to overstate. The guitar is lovely. Said black headplate overlay bears “Gibson” postwar script logo and sideways gold decal “Les Paul MODEL.” In the original hard shell case is the original Gibson “tag” a tri-fold that addresses “Instructions,” “Gibson Strings” and “Gibson Polish,” and reads “For Top Performance of your New Gibson” on the front. Said tag still has the original string, and on the back it reads: “Model: (stamped) LES PAUL,” “Price: $261.50 w/c,” and “Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan.” This guitar may show normal signs of use and wear but it is all there (except for the one replaced tuner). This version has the crème colored single-coil P-90 pickups, the crème body and neck binding, and the sound from heaven. It is an unbelievably righteous example of the first year Gibson Les Paul, arguably one of the most sought after models of electric guitar (along with the ’50s Fender Stratocaster) in the known universe. NOW ON SALE and you save NEARLY TWENTY THOUSAND bucks! This WAS originally $38,662 BUT then it was lowered nearly ELEVEN THOUSAND to $27,832. This is really unbelievable – the owner needs to sell it and so he has reduced the price – again -- by NEARLY TEN GRAND further! This first year 1952 Gibson Gold Top is now $19,584 or, at our cash discount price, $18,995. This is the big one, Hannah! Call or email us today!
76-8709 Fender (new) David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster® Relic, titled “The Black Strat®,” serial #R42923, with hard shell case.
An exact replica (right down to the wear patterns) of the black guitar that David Gilmour plays! Fender says: For many years guitarists have clamored for and indulged in much wishful thinking about one guitar in particular – a David Gilmour Signature Model Stratocaster based on this players famous “Black Strat.” Now at long last – coinciding with the release of his 3-disc “Live in Dgansk” CD/DVD Fender is releasing a short run of David’s guitar that looks, sounds and feels like the original instrument. Pink Floyd fans know that this guitar, heavily modified and experimented on over the decades became a cornerstone of Pink Floyd’s surreally psychedelic sound and was featured prominently on The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), and The Wall (1979). In addition it can be heard on David’s solo albums David Gilmour (1978), About Face (1993) and On An Island (2006). This model is spec’d out as follows: It has a contoured alder body, a maple neck in one piece, a C-shaped neck that is “thin-shouldered.” It has a scale length of 25.5”, 21 frets, twin Fender Custom Shop single coil pickups (the neck pickup is a “Fat ‘50” and the middle pickup is a 1969, the bridge is a Seymour Duncan SSL-5. It has a five way toggle and the addition of a mini-switch that brings in the neck pickup which you engage the middle or the bridge pickup, or both. This guitar is both unique and beautiful and the Fender List price is $5999.99 while the Fender MAP is $4199.99.
76-8210 Gretsch (new) G6134 White Penguin, extremely fancy solid body, dressed in white, serial #JT08061812, with hard shell case.
We almost hate to bring this up, what with the recent death of Opus, but this guitar is pretty much the ultimate necessary piece to complete any collection of the most important electric guitars of the 20th century. Everything about it is super-scrumptious – the gold sparkle wings and truss rod cover that surround the vertical “Gretsch” headstock logo in large block letters, the 8 individual “hump” style pearl fingerboard inlays, 7 of which are etched and blackened with a floral or wing pattern. The gold sparkle binding on neck and each side, the heel cap and three cavity covers; the large striped back Grover deluxe tuners with the stair step gold-plated buttons, the comfortable, low profile neck shape with a 1 23/32” nut width, the white-black-white bordered ebony fingerboard, the gold plated twin Dyna’Tron (DeArmond style) pickups, the huge Gretsch Synchro-Sonic Bridge (based on the Mellita design) and the “G” insert trapeze tailpiece with the gold-plated Cadillac emblem. This guitar is a keeler instrument no matter how one looks at it – it is to be embraced and nurtured, hugged and cherished. I now pronounce you player and penguin. The Gretsch List is $4025 and the Gretsch MAP is $3220
76-8746 Gretsch (new) G6121-1955 Chet Atkins Solid Body, with DynaSonic Pickups,
"The best barbeque in town! With the real "He-Man" western good looks of the original Chet Atkins models of the mid 1950's, we proudly present the return of the classic G6121 Chet Atkins Solid Body. Features include an arched laminated maple top with "G" brand, chambered mahogany body with actual western leather trim (THE best!), a Bigsby® B3GBVN vibrato tailpiece, polished aluminum compensated Bigsby bridge and enough gold hardware to make Fort Knox blush!". This one bears serial #JT08082963 and it comes in a fine hard shell case. The Gretsch List is $3575 and the Gretsch MAP is $2860.
76-8693 Renaissance (new) RS6-Standard Deuce Model, #08-2636, specially-ordered in Koa and Cedar, with a zipper gigbag. Rick Turner is and has always been an American Original.
Through his exciting line of “Ampli-Coustic” guitars Rick redefines the capabilities of the six-string amplified instrument. About this series he says that these guitars serve the very real need to reproduce full-frequency acoustic tone in electronic recording and performance settings - a job that, ironically, true acoustics are not cut out for! The thinline body is built like a fine acoustic guitar, but with an added mahogany center block to cut feedback. A Turner piezo bridge pickup feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Highlander pre-amp. This line is available in 6-string steel or nylon classical, 12-string steel, and 6 or 12-string baritone. What’s interesting is that we have nearly all of these variations in stock, in our inventory. You must stop by and try them. And then, just to keep it really interesting, Rick produces variations on the theme – in this instance he takes the regular RS-6 (Renaissance Steel String Six-string) and he adds a special Seymour Duncan built-in humbucking pickup that’s mounted slightly closer to the bridge than to the neck.The RS6 is generally described as having a cedar top with a clear polyurethane finish – exceedingly thin – only .008” film thickness; the back and sides are usually walnut or cherry finished with oil-modified urethane but in this case the guitar was specially made with gorgeous Hawaiian Koa wood. It utilizes New Zealand Paua shell dots and side markers in its East Indian rosewood fretboard – and while the board has 14 frets to the body on the bass side, with its 3 5/8” deep cutaway the player can access every fret right down to the last, 24th one. That’s two full octaves, friends. On this guitar you will find black matte finish top binding to contrast gently with the golden-hued Koa, no neck or headstock binding but a Koa wood headplate that may freeze you in your tracks. Said headplate bears the gold and black encircled lion with sharp teeth and his tongue sticking out in the manner of Gene Simmons. It has six spectacularly accurate sealed-back tuners, each bearing the Stylized “R” logo which could stand for Renaissance, with shiny black metal buttons. It has a dual-action truss rod so you won’t have to worry about adjustment issues, a 24 1/2" scale, a nut width of 1 11/16". This model comes factory-equipped with expensive Thomastik-Infeld Spectrum Bronze strings. Let us not forget about the Turner-designed piezo bridge pickup in combination with the18-volt Turner pre-amp, or that the tone controls each have 11 detent positions and are designed to be as Low-Noise in performance as volume and tone controls get. The guitar has twin phone-plug jacks on the treble side which when played through two separate amplifiers expand the proscenium to wall-to-wall and enable a player to negotiate from the sweet sonority of the piezo to the Tasmanian Devil-style bone-crushing aural attack of the splendid Seymour pickup with the eight raised magnets to the west and the four “we’re hiding” poles on the eastern border. This is not an instrument for the timid or the tame -- on the contrary it is a guitar for a musician who seeks to control the room and drive the band. The price, with its well-made Renaissance gigbag included is very (very) reasonable at only $2388 at our Discount Price, or at our Cash Discount Price, $2316.
78-7655 Fender (new) 1960s Reissue Team Built, Custom Shop, Two-Pickup Esquire Relic, in vintage white finish, a rare configuration based on the Esquires of the earliest 1950s.
Andre Duchoissoir in his Telecaster book says that some of the first Esquires that Leo brought to the NAMM show were two-pickup models. This recreation has period correct threaded steel saddles, oxidized perfectly to look 48 years old; it has a four-ply tortoise shell pickguard that was specifically requested in an aged gloss finish to look true to its historic appointments. This has a custom shop Broadcaster bridge pickup and Twisted Tele neck pickup, considered by the Fender Custom Shop to be the ultimate in Telecaster magic. They say it sounds so good, “it’s twisted.” This guitar has vintage radius medium jumbo frets, modern wiring with a three-position switch. Even though brand new it sounds as fine as any of the best early ‘60s Telecasters as you are apt to hear. The Fender List is $4720 and the Fender MAP is $3304.
78-7646 Fender (1965) Jaguar, sunburst finish, #L92788, with original black rectangular hard shell case.
The instrument’s owner tells us that he is the first and only owner. This extremely fine electric solid body guitar shows normal signs of use and playing time including pitting on the fingerboard, some normal string contact on the frets, light scrapes, scratches, chips, dings and scuffs overall. Our inspection under the cover plate on the face reveals a reconnection of the ground wire to the jack. The original tremolo arm (presently wrapped up in cellophane) is in the case, and there is also a strap, possibly original to the guitar, in the case pocket, but no covers for the bridge or pickup. It is a most beautiful instrument, and both a player’s and collector’s delight. $4639 or, at our cash discount price, $4500.
83-7710 Paul Reed Smith (very old store stock – it dates back to May 2001) Standard 22 in transparent vintage cherry finish, #1 54268, with bird inlays, in slightly shopworn condition (it shows a few tiny dings on the top, a chip on the headstock) with original hard shell case.
To make it even more appealing, there is also one small grain aberration in the wood just to the treble side of the strings above the neck pickup. This guitar has had a factory-caused anomaly from day one – on the headstock is the drizzled gold script “Paul Reed Smith®” logo but in this one instance, the word “Reed” didn’t drizzle and so all that appears is the “R” and no “eed.” While this is not exactly in the same category as an upside-down-airplane stamp, it is an interesting singularity. The East Indian rosewood fingerboard is beautiful with its contrasting light and dark brown stripes; and the abalone birds falling out of the sky, as it were, from 9 positions, are extremely colorful and elegant in their penultimate death throes. The guitar is equipped with twin nickel-plated humbucking pickups, and it has a fixed (non-tremolo) one-piece, vertically adjustable bridge/tailpiece. The manufacturer provides a “strap lock” type of device at the bass horn and bottom side. Tuners are “PRS” logo sealed backs with black ebony buttons; there is a boomerang-shaped black cavity cover on the back. This extremely professional guitar WAS originally $1872, and then reduced to $1742. It is NOW ON SALE at a “final sale” price of $1657 at our Discount Price, or at our Cash Discount Price, $1608. You are getting a lot of guitar for your $1657 or $1608.
78-8098 Collings (new) Model 290 electric solid body guitar, in black with white “fill”, featuring a pearloid peghead and truss rod cover, #2908745, with hard shell plush lined case.
“290” is another highway that cuts through Austin, Texas. What a great idea! It’s so difficult to name new instruments. This model features a solid mahogany body, high gloss lacquer finish, twin custom P-90-style pickups by Jason Lollar, a Tone-Pro bridge and tailpiece, it is available with either black or amber top hat volume and tone knobs. It has a 22-fret unbound mahogany neck with a scale length of 24 7/8” nut to saddle, an East Indian rosewood fingerboard that presents with grained ivoroid dot fingerboard inlays. Its peghead is unbound with an ebony veneer, a mother-of-pearl Collings logo, Sperzel vintage tuners with ivoroid buttons and all this is housed in a deluxe hard shell case. Available Options include a pearloid pickguard & truss rod cover, as well as a pearloid peghead veneer. If you’re thinking of another finish (we like this one but to each his own), the other available colors are: Tobacco Sunburst, Crimson, Orange, TV Yellow, Jet Black as well as this guitar which is Black with a White Grainfill. This is an exciting instrument, one that may change your method and your mind about amplified playing. Your cost (so very reasonable) is $2505 at our Discount Price, or at our Cash Discount Price, $2430.
78-7579 Gibson early 1957 Les Paul Model, Goldtop, #7 2369, from the brief, final window in which the P-90 “soap bar” crème plastic-covered pickups were factory provided – in excellent minus condition with original hard shell brown leatherette, pink-lined case.
Every so often a vintage instrument comes along which is so unbelievably rare, and so ineffably clean, that even we jaded, jaundiced, judgmental hauteur’s are plunged into startled silence. Today’s uncommon article of vintage opulence is a guitar that few have heard of and fewer still have seen. Say the words “1957 Les Paul” to just about any breathing carbon-based life force walking down the street and they will immediately word-associate “PAFs!” In that ultimate year, 1957, Gibson made a total of 598 Les Paul Model guitars (later known as Les Paul Standard when either the pickups became humbucker or the top color changed to sunburst, depending on who you ask). It is generally held that Gibson introduced the humbucking pickup in “mid-1957” but does this mean that approximately half the Les Paul Model guitars made had P-90s? If so, that’s approximately 299 made total. But . . . where are they? We doubt that 299 of them were made. We feel that the number is probably much, much lower.Most sources continue to refer to P-90 ’57 Goldtops as having been made in “early 1957” even though PAFs didn’t come in until mid. The web site “provide.net” states the following bit of numerical fodder: Humbucking ‘Patent Applied For’ pickups replace P-90 pickups around serial number "7 2000" to "7 3800" range (the latest 1957 Goldtop documented with P-90s is serial number is "7 38xx," and the earliest Patent Applied For is a lefty PAF goldtop "7 13xx"). During this period there were definitely overlaps of Goldtops with either P-90 or PAF pickups. Provide.net further says: “In early-1957, Gibson changed from P-90 single coil pickups to their new humbucking pickups, making the Les Paul Standard what it is today (one of the most popular electric guitars of all time). …The new humbucking pickups were not met enthusiastically by players at first. Most Les Paul players still wanted and used the P-90 goldtop models. But this idea eventually changed, making the humbucking pickup Les Paul models very desirable. “
This guitar is in “excellent minus” mostly original condition having the following aberrations: the jack plate is replaced with a metal imposter and there are some indentations around said jack plate, the original frets are worn but playable, there is some additional solder applied to two of the potentiometers (it seemed like a good idea at the time, the owner says); there are belt buckle marks on the back, around the edges and as well other signs of normal wear and use (dings, nicks and scratches) here and there. This guitar was once played as a lefty and the owner at that time made two holes – one in the top adjacent to the bass side of the fretboard and one at the bass side waist to which a lefty pickguard was once attached. All four screws that hold the replacement jack plate on are replaced; one screw from the cavity cover over the potentiometers is replaced, and, synchronistically, one screw from the cavity cover in back of the toggle switch is replaced. The Rhythm/Treble ring shows considerable lettering wear (with a magnifying glass one can see the outline of the letters “RHYTHM” but Mr. TREBLE has left the building). This is seen frequently and is not considered a matter for concern. There are some nicks at the top of the headstock, crazing lines on headplate and back of neck, All other components are 100% original including the Kluson Deluxe tuners with pearloid tulip buttons, white bordered black-bell shaped truss rod cover, 9 pearloid trapezoidal fingerboard markers in a crème bound Brazilian rosewood board, crème top binding, pickguard and pickup covers, oranged toggle cap, 4 gold high-hat knobs, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, and nickel plated stop tailpiece, plus two nickel original strap buttons. There are no original tags or papers but the case is just wonderful. Our workshop has installed a more appropriate (and aged) jack plate, done a set-up to include adjusting the action, cleaning the frets, restringing and regulating the intonation. This guitar plays like the finest ‘50s Gibson Les Paul should play, redefines “gorgeous beyond all description,” and takes its place at the highest level of vintage intensity as a solid body electric with single-coil pickups can enjoy. $77,325 or, at our cash discount price, $75,000.
78-7867 Fender American Deluxe Ash Telecaster, #DZ8011500, in butterscotch blonde, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $1949.99 and the Fender MAP is $1374.99.
78-7615 Renaissance (used) RS6B-Std. Baritone chambered electric guitar, #01-1571, in excellent plus condition, with original Renaissance gigbag.
This guitar is pretty much indistinguishable from a brand new one, it shows little if any sign of use or wear. We are not claiming it’s “mint” (as so many do), but it is exceptionally clean. The headplate veneer is a particularly fetching combination of walnut blending into what might be maple, or sycamore – with the lion rampant with its tongue sticking out (or possibly he smokes) within a circle – the decal that shall forever be representative of Rick Turner and his magical design abilities; the cedar top is bordered in tortoise shell binding, the back and sides are nicely figured walnut. Four bolts hold the neck to the body, one of those bolts is a strap pin, and then there’s another one of those pins at the bottom side; tuners are Kluson Deluxe replicas with small metal buttons; the famous Rick Turner D-Tar pickup system, complete with detents on the bass-boost-and-cut-treble-boost-and-cut rotary are at your fingertips on the upper bass side. The back of the headstock is spliced in the Spanish tradition (to save precious mahogany of course) and the words “Renaissance by Rick Turner” encircle the abbreviated foot of the 21 fret fingerboard. The bridge is a medieval jousting tool carved in rosewood and fitted with a compensated saddle. These guitars sound like Rolling Thunder on the Bay of Fundy (on a Monday) and we recommend, when playing it, you wear your seat belt. $1,907 or, at our cash discount price, $1,850.
78-7771 Fender (new) 1951 Reissue Nocaster Relic, #R7335, in Black, with hard shell case.
The Fender List Price is $3760 and the Fender MAP is $2632.
78-7743 Fender (new) '61 Heavy Relic Esquire, #R41399, with hard shell case.
The Fender List Price is $7500 and the Fender MAP is $5999.
78-7849 Renaissance (new) Original Model 1, the guitar so devotedly associated with Lindsay Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac, #08-2790, having a revolving Piezo Bridge pickup, Blending Electronics and an On-Board pre-amp, with hard shell case.
$5,196 at our Discount Price, or $5,040 at our Cash Discount Price.
78-7519 Gibson (used, 1954) Les Paul Model Gold Top, #4 1749, in very good condition with pink-lined, brown original hard shell case.
In the second year of the Gibson Les Paul the Gibson Company shipped a grand total of 1504 guitars. It is generally felt that half to 65% of them have been either destroyed or refinished, or altered in irrevocable ways. If so, there may be around only 526 good, original ones floating through the rock and roll cosmos. This is one of those good ones. We need to point out that the third fret inlay is white and not made of pearloid (celluloid) the way that the other 8 trapezoidals are. It was replaced in the distant past when the original third fret inlay must have fallen out. A prior owner has etched “SNO502137” into the back of the headstock above the serial number. The jack on the treble bottom side was replaced by our workshop but the original jack resides in a baggie in the case pocket. One of the ground wires inside the potentiometer cavity was observed to be disconnected, but we have taken the liberty of resoldering it. That’s really about it for all things not factory original. The guitar shows normal signs of use including dings, scrapes and scratches, including on the perimeter of the headstock. Its tuners are correctly unsigned striped-back Kluson Deluxes with pearloid tulip buttons; the original strap buttons are retained on bass side near the neck and at bottom; the original crème jack plate is present and so is the original “rhythm/treble” legend around the three-way toggle in the upper bass bout. It’s twin pickups are crème soap-bar P-90s with adjustable pole pieces and the bridge/tailpiece is the one-piece wraparound as had Gibson Les Pauls at this time. The original crème celluloid elevated pickguard is affixed in the standard fashion. The gold cylinder knobs are original but slightly discolored. The headstock retains its “Gibson” postwar pearl inlaid logo and the “Les Paul MODEL” horizontal decal and the white bordered black truss rod cover. Our repair staff has cleaned the fret board, set up and restrung this outstanding guitar. A Gibson 1954 Gold Top is – as you would expect -- quite beautiful and, of course, extremely desirable to both players and collectors. If you visit our showroom we’ll let you touch it. $43,818 or at our cash discount price $42,500.
78-7357 Gibson (used, 1955) Les Paul Jr., #512394 (ink stamped), sunburst, in very good plus condition with original and yet worn out alligator-style chipboard case.
This guitar is both extremely handsome, and supremely fine sounding -- it screams like a banshee that thought that the Wasabi (horseradish) was Tobico (fish eggs). It presently utilizes replacement Kluson-style tuners, but the original tuners reside, with their wizened buttons, in the original brown case; the replacement tuners required no drilling. The oversprayed back of the neck shows wear; the jack on the treble side was replaced with a smaller jack that required new screws – the old holes were filled and not touched up. The guitar shows medium normal signs of dings, scratches and signs of use and wear, as well as finish checking. The volume pot is original and coded 123522 which indicates that it was made during the 22nd week of 1955. The tone pot was replaced with another pot from the 1950s era. The volume knob is original; the tone knob is replaced; the side jack plate is replaced. The truss rod loosens and tightens as it should, but doing so has little effect on neck movement – however the neck is just fine as it stands – it plays perfectly. This instrument, according to Gibson shipping records, was apparently popular in its time – the first year, 1954 Gibson made 823; the second year, 1955, they made 2839 (compare this to 1504 Les Paul Standard sales in 1954 and only 862 in 1955). Still, of 2839 you gotta figure that maybe half the number have been destroyed (rendered to splinters) by domestic violence, and another 15% (hypothetically) may have been altered beyond recognition. This is one of the survivors – Loyal and Hardy and ready for another 53 years of old fashioned American rock ‘n’ roll. $11,335 or, at our cash discount price, $10,995.
78-7350 Fender (used, 2005) MasterBuilt “White Leaf Gold” Stratocaster, CZ52329, in near mint condition with original hard shell case.
Yuri Shishkov is one of Fender Custom Shop’s most highly regarded custom electric guitar builders. This guitar is beyond all normal description. The finish appears to be “silver leaf” – layer upon layer – and finished in nitro-cellulose lacquer. The effect is one of seeing an impressionistic oil painting – the shape of the guitar is obviously a Stratocaster but the finish is diaphanous, insubstantial and ghost-like, reflecting radiating and ever-changing colors through its ineffable whiteness. The sound and playability are equally high-level. It is, as they say about today’s catch in the Norwegian Fjords, a Keeper. $4119 or at our cash discount price $3995.
78-7473 Fender (new) Reissue (NOS) 1951 No-Caster, R7688, vintage blonde with two carrying cases – a tweed replica case for display and a black thermoplastic case for travel.
The Fender List is $3266 and the Fender MAP is $2286.20.
78-7496 Fender (new) Reissue (Relic) 1951 No-Caster, R8045, two-color sunburst, with two carrying cases.
The Fender List is $3760 while the Fender MAP is $2632.
78-7445 Fender (new) Vintage ’62 Jaguar, Olympic White, V180269, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $1999 and the Fender MAP is $1399.99
78-7412 Fender (new) Eric Johnson model Stratocaster, in two-tone sunburst, #EJ13860, with hard shell case.
The long-awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster guitar arose from Johnson’s express wish to give something back to the collectors, players and fans who’ve supported him throughout his career. Designed by Johnson himself with his own personal features and preferences, this signature model has a highly contoured two-piece alder body, a '57 style deep body contours & cavities, with a very thin nitro-cellulous lacquer finish. The one-piece quarter-sawn maple neck has a V-shaped profile, 12” fingerboard radius and 21 polished frets. The staggered vintage-style machine heads eliminate the need for a string tree, and the custom single-coil pickups, are wound to Johnson’s specs. Other features include a five-way switch, a parchment ’57-style pickguard, four-spring vintage tremolo, silver-painted block and ’57-style string recess with no paint between the base plate and the block. The Fender List is $2499 and the Fender MAP is $1749.99.
78-7494 Fender (new) Rory Gallagher Model Stratocaster, 3-tone sunburst, ultra- Relic, #R40887, with hard shell case.
Rory’s worn-to-the-wood 1961 Stratocaster guitar -- The Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster® guitar is an exact replica of that revered, historically significant instrument. Fender takes to doing special detail during the Relic® process in order to replicate Gallagher’s extremely worn three-color-sunburst alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. Fender has even included five Sperzel® tuners and one Gotoh® tuner, and replaced the 12th-fret dot marker with white plastic instead of the original clay. The Stratocaster is made with three custom-wound ’60s single-coil pickups, aged chrome-plated hardware, 21 jumbo frets and a bone nut. This is Fender’s heartfelt homage to a true and greatly missed master. Fender had initially built 40 “clones” for the European market, and was subsequently besieged with requests for more and so this limited run was announced. The Fender List is $4126 while the Fender MAP is $2888.20.
Fender Announces Elvis Costello Signature Jazzmaster
Fender announces a new Elvis Costello Signature Jazzmaster guitar, honoring one of the most recognized Jazzmaster players in music history. The iconic electric guitars produced in Fender's manufacturing headquarter in Corona, Calif. is a detailed replica of Costello's original instrument. "I don't think there's one record I've made on which the Jazzmaster doesn't feature somewhere," Costello says. This signature release comes during the 50-year anniversary of Fender's introduction of the Jazzmaster guitar model, which first appeared in 1958. Costello has been using it since the mid-1970s. At the time, the Jazzmaster guitar had largely fallen from fashion. Fender's new Elvis Costello Signature Jazzmaster replicates the guitar as it existed at the time he recorded his acclaimed 1977 debut album, My Aim Is True. Unique, Costello inspired features include a post-'68 neck design, a walnut stain finish and a tremolo with easier and greater travel. It has a Fender List Price of $2,149.99. Please call or email to inquire as to our price, or to place an order.
78-7418 Fender (new) Eric Clapton Strat, in black, #SZ7321323, with hard shell rectangular case.
The Fender List is $2142.84 and the Fender MAP is $1499.99
78-7208 Paul Reed Smith (new) SE Custom Semi-Hollow Body, in Blue Matteo finish, CEH22506 with zipper gigbag.
The PRS List is $858 and you are allowed to phone or email for our discount and cash discount price.
78-7317 Paul Reed Smith (used, 2004) McCarty Brazilian Custom 22 Electric guitar, with Brazilian fingerboard and headstock, having a 10-Top of stunning Quilted Maple, serial #380834, in near mint condition with original hard shell case.
One of the most beautiful of all Paul Reed Smith’s guitars was the Brazilian rosewood Custom of just four years ago. Every nuance is tasteful and elegant – including the abalone inlaid signature of the designer adjacent to the block lettered “BRAZILIAN” on the matte finish Brazilian rosewood headplate, with matching B-word truss rod cover; then there’s the solid Brazilian rosewood unbound fingerboard with the large frets and the sequence of 9 individual abalone birds swooping and flying around the place. Then there’s the twin burnished (brushed) chrome pickup nickel covers and gold-plated combination stop tail and bridge, the twin gold high-hat controls, the bottom of which is a push-pull for greater sonic versatility, and the three position toggle. The outer edge of the multi-dimensional quilted maple top is left aging-toner natural and this appears to be binding, but it ain’t. The back and sides are cherry stained mahogany. The condition can nearly not be faulted, and the sound is enough to turn the most jaded player red-cheeked with unbridled lust. Previously owned this is only $3087 or at our cash discount price $2995.
15-6804 Renaissance (new) RS6B-STB Baritone guitar, #07-2691, walnut back and sides with a cedar top, very long scale at approximately 27”, housed in a good quality zipper gigbag.
Renaissance is one of the companies of Rick Turner, guitar player par excellence, formerly second guitarist with Ian and Sylvia, but now the entrepreneur who brings to life many fine acoustic and electric accoutrements that we tend to take for granted. He was instrumental in creating the Highlander pickup, and later the electronic products of the D-Tar company; he designed and builds the electric guitar that Fleetwood Mac uses with the spinning black round pickup (you’ve seen it). He may be a certified genius. Or at least we think so. Anyway, his Renaissance Guitar Company builds chambered electrics that, when plugged into a superb acoustic amplifier like the Fender AcoustaSonic Ultralight make a guitarist and his or her audience think that they are surrounded by the highest fidelity six-string guitar that has ever been used on a stage. Now imagine, if you will, that your guitar was tuned down to B-to-B (5 half-tones down) and, when played, there was no distortion, rumble, or twang, only the smoothest, most heavenly, blended, smooth tonal range in the baritone voice as has ever been heard in a home or auditorium. Now imagine if your fingers were on the strings. This guitar redefines the sound of the acoustic six-string, except that it’s not acoustic – it needs to be plugged into an amplifier, but then. . . watch out! $2088 or, at our cash discount price $2025.
78-7365 Renaissance (Rick Turner) (new) RN6-Std. nylon string chambered electric guitar, #082758, with a zipper gigbag.
This has a wider neck than the Renaissance Hybrid has, but it’s still way smaller than a classical full sized neck and the sound may make some jump out of their skin (in a good way). Your cost for one of the finest sounding electric nylon string guitars known to exist is $2273 or, at our cash discount price, $2205.
78-7095 Fender Telecaster (used, ostensibly 1956), blonde, #14246, with a period, possibly original, heavily worn tweed rectangular hard shell case.
Sometimes a 1950s Fender electric guitar comes along from the perfect vintage year, that looks like a Telecaster Relic – the quintessence of the combination of age, venerability and normal playing wear, the kind of instrument that if you saw it in a pawn shop window you would stop and genuflect. This is one of those guitars. We believe that this guitar is basically a 1956 Fender Telecaster, however along the years it was modified, and then put back to period original by the acquisition of 1950s parts, although some components are modern. We cannot be 100% conclusive about which parts are original to a single Fender instrument bearing this serial number that was made in 1956 -- and which of them are from other Telecasters and Esquires. The body date in the bridge pickup cavity is “9-56” or September, 1956. Three circular holes have been drilled in the bridge pickup cavity to accommodate longer bridge pickup screws – at one time there was another pickup in that cavity that required longer screws. The control plate was drilled for a mini-toggle switch. Both potentiometers were replaced: The volume pot code is 304-7116 which puts the date of that part at the 16th week of 1971; the tone pot is coded 304-6612 which puts that part’s date as the 12th week of 1966.The pickguard is a ‘50s ‘guard that has, on its underside, a sales sticker that suggests that it was purchased as an after-market part for $70, (it must have been a while ago), but it is, in our opinion, from the ‘50s. The bridge/tailpiece is from the 1950s. The neck pickup was replaced; we do not know if the neck pickup that’s in there is a modern Fender part or a Seymour Duncan. The two strap buttons are correct, the toggle cap is not; the bridge/tailpiece plate is from the 1950s. The six tuners are individual single-line bearing the “Kluson Deluxe” logo and the underside of each tuner is stamped “#2356766 Pat. Appld” which is correct for the late 1950s. The body finish appears to be original, showing crazing, wear, chips and dents, all indicative of a guitar that was normally played but not abused. The cover over the bridge/tailpiece is missing; the maple neck is a ‘50s part, though it has no date so we cannot determine the exact year the neck was made. There is finish touch-up on the back of the headstock and the black “TELECASTER” decal was removed from headstock leaving behind an area of disrupted finish. There is extensive fingerboard wear (on virtually every fret on the board) with steel wool marks evident around the frets and the black dots. The fingerboard was refretted in the past and is presently fitted with a newer and wholly incorrect aluminum nut.
The finish is worn and significantly discolored down to bare wood on both the treble and the bass side of neck; there is, as well, finish missing throughout the length of neck at and adjacent to the skunk stripe. There is a possibility that the back of the neck was shaved down to a lower neck profile -- the neck profile seems to us smaller than it should be. The guitar is housed in what appears to be a heavily worn original period tweed hard shell rectangular case that is missing its latch on the headstock end. One Possible Theory: This guitar may have a Telecaster that was modified and then played for a long time as an Esquire – which is one reason why a prior owner might have removed the word “TELECASTER” from the headstock. If so, this would explain the replaced pot – in order to play it as an Esquire it would have required a bridge pickup (only) and this pickup, if one desired to vary its sound, would have had to have been split, which is why it once had a mini-toggle installed.
This guitar is a Fender Telecaster and parts of it were made in 1956, other parts were speculatively made during the late 1950s, ’60s and‘70s. The replaced neck pickup is a depreciative factor, but it is possible for the person who buys it to find a 1956 or mid-to-late 1950s Fender neck pickup and bring it closer to original. The fact that this is not all one unaltered, unmodified guitar, plus the replaced potentiometers, the suspected thinning of the neck, the lack of a neck date, the replaced nut, and the missing “Telecaster” decal all affect market value. When this year Telecaster is found in excellent condition a 1956 Telecaster that is 100% original, righteous and unquestioned, untouched and unchanged in every way possible and in cosmetically clean condition, can be worth $33,000 to $39,000. That this guitar was putatively reassembled into most of what one would call a 1950s Telecaster means that you save a few bucks. WAS $20,105 BUT NOW ON SALE for only $17,011 at our Discount Price, or at our Cash Discount Price, $16,500.
78-7268 Fender (new) “1968 Heavy Relic Reissue Strat,” R39482, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $5000 with a Fender MAP of $3500.
78-7249 Taylor (new) Custom Walnut Electric Guitar, #2007-1128927, with hard shell case.
The Taylor List is $3098 and the Taylor MAP is $2299.
15-6984 Fender (used, 1962) Stratocaster, #80150, refinished by Mike Lennon, The Apprentice Shop, to a perfect replica three-tone sunburst, with a newer brown hard shell case having the large rectangular center pocket.
Per Mike Lennon’s repair order (11/27/07) The Arizona-based Apprentice Shop (one of the finest instrument restorers in the USA) “repaired and refinished the body, replaced the bridge, pickguard, back plate, neck plate and all of the screws, rewired to original, restrung and setup.” The guitar is accompanied by its original crème pickguard, green Fender Owner’s Manual, a worn Ronny Lee “No-Mishap” guitar strap (made in Patton, PA and bearing 1959 Patent No. 2,843,039) a small folded four-color card that reads “Fender, Fine Electric Instruments” with a statement and the model and serial number written by hand, to which a small Allen wrench is attached with a thin strip of bandage. In the pocket of the case is a newer cover for the bridge, a newer spring, some newer knobs and a newer tremolo arm. The potentiometer codes are 304-6207 which means that the pots are Stackpole made, and dated February of 1962; the neck date is “2 Apr 62 B.” We discovered that the neck pickup lead was spliced, and that the shielding plate is original but it has three extra holes in it, that correspond to three extra holes in the original pickguard that resides in the case. We believe that the guitar once had 3 mini-switches. Under the pickguard is a small area of spliced-in wood, by Mike Lennon (so you know it was a great job). The case could be from a Fender Jazzmaster or Jaguar. There is no visible body date and we cannot, ourselves, tell if the pickups were rewound, but Mike Lennon didn’t have them rewound so they may very well be original. The finish work is exemplary – the neck shows normal light signs of wear and of course the body shows no wear and yet the entirely is convincingly vintage. This is the real, albeit “restored” deal, and it remains affordable to those who are seeking vintage verity combined with a minimal level of conservative restoration rendering it nearly museum quality. $23,195 or at our cash discount price, $22,500.
15-6999 Fender (November 1968) Fender Telecaster with factory Bigsby, blonde finish, #231075, very good plus condition having a few changes, with original hard shell case.
This guitar is dizzying to see, dangerous to contemplate. It has every feature those who crave a vintage Telecaster would want, including the crème finish and the Bigsby Tremolo. Its neck date is Nov 68 B, its Pot Codes are A3WD25055. However, an extremely close inspection reveals that the volume and tone knobs are replacements, the toggle switch is a replacement and the neck pickup is a Kent Armstrong. This guitar looks just like a Fender 1968 Relic reissue, if there were such a model -- it has exactly the right amount of fingerboard wear in the maple board with its 10 black dotmarkers in 9 positions, a cigarette burn on the blower treble edge of the body, a slightly bubbled pickguard, nicks and chips on the edges and in other places, hand-wear on back of neck in the lower positions, and deep crazing lines as well as light but pervasive crazing lines on the maple headplate. The outlined script Fender black logo has two patent dates underneath it, and "TELECASTER" in a black decal at the bulbous end of the headstock. Its tuners are six vertical "F-plate" originals; the frets show normal signs of wear but of course we do not recommend replacing them (keep it as original as possible). This guitar sounds great, plays great. The bridge pickup was sent out to Lindy Fralin for rewinding in October 2005 and so that pickup plays great as well. This is a beloved model of Fender instrument, one to be raved about nightly. $6181 or, at our cash discount price, $5995
15-6983 Gibson (used, 1959) Melody Maker, two tone sunburst, #936466 (inked), in excellent minus condition with a newer, longer gigbag.
This is from 1959, the finest year -- a true vintage single cutaway Melody Maker having the black oblong shiny plastic covered single coil pickup, the wraparound stop tailpiece/bridge combination, the twin gold high hat knobs in the lower treble bout adjacent to a phone jack, all contained within the oddly shaped black pickguard that bears a somewhat worn "Melody Maker" white legend. The fingerboard is Brazilian rosewood and hosts 7 pearloid dotmarker inlays. The headstock is somewhat snakehead shaped meaning that it gets skinnier as it goes up, and displays the gold Gibson postwar script logo in gold and there under a black plastic truss rod cover held in place by two screws. The instrument shows light normal signs of wear including nicks and scratches in the face, on the sides, light dings and some shallow belt buckle on the back, some nicks on the back of the neck; the tuners are original three-on-a-plate open back with ivoroid buttons. It retains two black strap buttons with a recessed Phillips screw. This is what we call “an affordable collectible American vintage fretted instrument.” People ask us – all the time – “since everything is so expensive today what can I buy that will increase in value steadily but is within reach now?” Well friends, the answer is: “You’re lookin’ at it.” If this were a Les Paul Standard from the same year it would be $400,000. However, being that it’s a one pickup Melody Maker it’s way less. IT WAS $2938 but it’s now ON SALE for somewhat less. It is NOW ONLY $2057 or, at our cash discount price, $1995.
78-7959 Paul Reed Smith (new) SE “One” in vintage cherry, #H12383, with a zipper gigbag.
The PRS List is $618.
15-6804 Renaissance (Rick Turner) (new) RS6B-STD Baritone guitar, chambered electric with a bolt-on maple neck, walnut sides and back, cedar top, matte (satin) finish, and housed in a padded zipper gigbag.
A Baritone guitar is tuned B-to-B and so it produces a deep, stentorian rumbling range of astonishing aural abundance. Please see my description in this issue of the Goodall Baritone acoustic. This guitar sounds sort of like that except that it’s an electric and utilizes the Rick Turner pickup and preamp which requires two (not one) 9-volt batteries and produces tone and volume reminiscent of Thor’s terrible thunder. $2088 or, at our cash discount price, $2025.
15-6631 Fender (new) Vintage Hot Rod ’57 Strat, in two-tone sunburst, #V166291, with hard shell rectangular case.
The Fender List is $2335.70 and the Fender MAP is $1634.99.
15-6521 Fender (used, 1974-'75) Blonde finish Stratocaster, #673188, in very good plus condition with a newer Fender brand molded thermoplastic hard shell case.
This is the standard Fender Strat of its time -- a hard-tail model – that means that it has no factory tremolo, featuring the famous three-bolt neck plate, the “bullet” style truss rod on the headstock, a maple headstock, neck and body, three white (now crème) rotary knobs in the lower treble bout, a five-position toggle switch with a nicely oranged cap, a strap pin at the bass cutaway and at bottom, six original F-logo Fender sealed back tuners with metal buttons. It has the always welcome skunk stripe in what is probably walnut up the back of the neck to behind the second fret. A prior owner has removed the glossy finish from the back of the neck from fret 1 to fret 13 and oil-sealed the wood in that area, otherwise the guitar shows normal signs of use and playing time – dings, here and there some of them deep forming chips, scratches, scuffs, mars and dents. It overall does not look like a worn instrument; it looks quite happy for a 30-something year old. The pickguard has been replaced with a completely appropriate white-black-white bordered white guard held in place with 11 screws; the neck pickup (only) is replaced with a newer single-coil that matches the other two original ones except that the neck pickup has staggered pole pieces and the original’s magnets are flush. It has the six individually adjustable saddle bridge/tailpiece and the metal clad jack that allows the cable to be inserted at an angle. The headstock proffers the original two string-trees, one raised and one flush, the large Fender® black decal outlined in black, the word “STRATOCASTER” in block, the “Original Contour Body Patented” small decal and the single patent number under the Fender logo of #3,143,028. The nut appears to be bone; the fingerboard is maple with 10 black dotmarkers in 9 positions. Said board shows normal wear especially in the first fret position and at the bottom of the board; the frets are reasonably clean and on the level; the maple is nicely figured, and the entire guitar is of a density that will allow one to build up his or her pectoral muscles quite nicely. $2475 or, at our cash discount price, $2,400.
15-6557 Paul Reed Smith (used, 1999) McCarty semi-hollow, cherry sunburst, with many options, including “double ten” top and back in flamed maple with abalone birds, #9 39886 in solidly excellent condition with a shaped original hard shell case.
We present to you the famous (and popular) Paul Reed Smith semi-hollow body, only 13” in body width (smaller than a Martin Concert size guitar), with a 25” scale, the nut width is 1 11/16th”, and the bridge spacing is 2 1/16th”. This guitar, being hollow (much like ourselves) has a total weight of only 5 pounds, 3 ounces. This means you can be a rock and roll hero without the backache. Features include gold plated hardware, twin McCarty humbucking pickups, a three-position switch, one volume and one tone control and a wholly adjustable stop tailpiece. Condition is “better than most” with a ding and a smudge on the treble bottom quadrant of the face, a few lacquer checks in the control knob region, a ding on the treble back horn, a nick on the top end of the back of the headstock, and other infinitely small indications that it was lovingly held and played. Overall this guitar is very clean and it plays scrumptiously. $3088, or at our cash discount price, $2995.
48-3409 Fender (new) '66 Stratocaster NOS, in Turquoise Blue Metallic, #R11624, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $3227; the Fender MAP is $2259.
15-6257 Fender (March, 1960) Stratocaster, sunburst, #49075, very good plus condition with a later walnut brown textured surface hard shell case with a black script Fender logo.
This slab rosewood fingerboard guitar is considered to be three-tone sunburst that has faded, on the face, to two-tone but it still has a bit of red in the sunburst on the back. It has a body date of 3/60; the potentiometer codes on the volume and first tone pot are 304-5946 which declares that they’re Stackpole pots made in the 46th week of 1959. The bottom potentiometer was, in the past, replaced with a pot that has a click (detent) for “on-off.” This highly prestigious instrument shows normal playing wear overall including nicks, scratches, scrapes, mars and chips, plus an triangular area on the back, treble side, that could be chemical reaction with a strap, finish worn off at least half of the back of the neck, oxidation on the metal parts (normal) including the tuners which appear tarnished but original. The serial number in this period appears at the bottom of the 4-bolt neck plate. The toggle switch remains original three-position, the crème-black bordered pickguard, held in place by 11 screws, is suitably green tinted; the original pickups have their staggered pole pieces, the cover remains over the bridge, the oranged color of the tremolo arm cap seems to suggest originality. The letter “A” in the word “Stratocaster” on the headstock decal is chipped off but the rest of the letters remain; it has “Original Contour Body” decal although the “O” and “I” are chipped, and it has the “With Synchronized Trem” decal but the “olo” portion is chipped off (it’s located just under the “A” in Stratocaster). The nut is old looking and properly discolored; the frets show normal wear but not a lot of wear. This guitar shows “honest wear” and it does have the replaced pot, but, aside from the replaced case, it’s all there and quite right. WAS $39,995 but NOW ON SALE for $30,925 or, at our cash discount price, $29,995.
15-5882 Fender (new) Esquire Relic 1959 Reissue, #R19397, Limited Edition, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $5000 but the Fender MAP is $3500.
15-5881 Fender (new ) Stratocaster Closet Classic 1966 Reissue, Limited Edition, R26191, with hard shell case.
The Fender List is $5000 but the Fender MAP is $3500.
We have an especially fine selection of the following electric guitar brands in stock:New Paul Reed Smith
New Fender Custom Shop
New Gretsch (gorgeous reissue style guitars)
New Rickenbacker (not many – they’re back-ordered 2 years waiting time so when they sporadically come in they sell quickly).
Within these brand guidelines if you’d like more information on any of the following we’d be glad to email you more info and more photos. Just let me know which ones.
The S-1 Switching System
(see above). According to Fender: “Why choose between hot humbucking pickups and vibrant single-coils? This system allows you to choose from a wide array of series and parallel pickup configurations.” By pushing the recessed button (secretly located on the crown of the master volume control) you can diversify your sound in ways that Purry Combover, the talking cat/guru that lives in the cave, does not even, himself, know.
48-3654 Fender (new) FSR Deluxe Vintage Player Strat in Metallic Blue, #V155617, with hard shell case.
List is $1999.99 and the Fender MAP is $1399.99
88-2998 Fender (new) '63 Reissue Telecaster NOS in White Blonde, #R23223, with hard shell case.
Fender List is $3426; Fender MAP is $2398.
48-3858 Fender (new) Mary Kaye Closet Classic, in White Blonde, #MK5196, with hard shell case.
Fender List is $7400; Fender MAP is $5180.
PAUL REED SMITH STUDENT EDITION GUITARS! Did somebody say “Affordable?” These are great guitars at exceedingly low prices.
88-2886 PRS (new) SE-EG, Metallic Blue, E00298, with gigbag.
The List Price is $658.
FENDER (NEW) CUSTOM SHOP GUITARS
At this time we have (all Fender Custom Shop) – all guitars subject to prior sale. Please phone or email for current discount and cash discount pricing.
88-2724 '56 Reissue Fiesta Red Strat,
Relic
If no photo appears, if you’d like to actually see photos of any of these, just ask us to email photos to you. If you’d like to know the price, phone or email us and we’ll whisper the price in your computer’s ear.
Paul Reed Smith has released a new series of electric guitars. We are proud to present to you the SE and SE EGYou may know that Fender has been producing wonderfully faithful reproductions of some of their famous vintage guitars. They come in:
NOS = New Old Stock. Appearing exactly as it would have had it not been touched, by anyone, ever.CC = Closet Classic. The look of an instrument that was gently played, once, twice, then carefully placed, for years, under the bed or in a closet along with grandma.
R = Relic. Battleworn like a favorite relative, the look, the feel of an instrument that’s been played, sat on, and, um, dragged just a little.
Here are some of the ones we’re happy to offer you .
You may know that Fender Custom Shop has been producing wonderfully faithful reproductions of some of their famous vintage guitars. Please familiarize yourself with the following terms: NOS = New Old Stock -- it appears exactly as it would have had it not been touched, by anyone, ever.CC = Closet Classic -- the look of an instrument that was gently played, once, twice, on Sundays, then carefully placed under the bed, with grandma, or in a closet, for years. There is some light tarnish on the metal parts, and maybe checking, but no actual sign of wear.
R = Relic; battle worn like a favorite battle axe, the look, the feel of an instrument that’s been played – everywhere, nightly in and behind bars.
Here are some of the ones we’re happy to have for you. We show the List Price but you should phone us for our own pricing.
88-1485 D’Aquisto Centura chambered electric guitar, 0303019, with hard shell case,
We are pleased and delighted to say that a new brand is on the market and many jazz players are paying close attention. This is a high-quality replica of a Jimmy D'Aquisto-designed late ‘80s/early ‘90s Centura. Featuring a solid carved spruce top with mahogany body in a reddish sunburst finish, this guitar has a one-piece, 22-fret maple neck and ebony fingerboard with side markers, which isn’t bound exactly, it’s beveled, and the edge is left unstained. The ebony-faced headstock has a truss rod cover shaped like a Seussian fish (great with butter), and the ebony button tuners are screwed to gold-plated hardware. The single neck position pickup is a humbucker, and you get a volume and tone control, each with an ebony knob. The 3-piece adjustable ebony bridge is the later D’Aquisto design, which adjusts the action by the sliding of a tapered ebony crosspiece. The tailpiece also is D'Aquisto-style ebony with the ebony “wedge” adjusting tab. The mahogany pickguard is slender and appears to float above the body. There’s a gold-plated strap pin on the back of the instrument, below the heel. We ran this remarkable instrument through a Schertler Unico acoustic amp -- the fretting was fast and the tone was superlative, but most impressively it sounded like a D’Aquisto – no surprise since it is made to the master’s design. We love it, we does, and we carry new D’Aquistos because this guitar taught us that the quality, sound and brilliant design are all still evident, and the package affordable. This is a gorgeous chambered electric guitar (the cellophane cover over the pickup comes off, it really does). Your discount price is $2928 or, at our cash discount price, $2840.
83-7710 (7436) Paul Reed Smith (new) Standard 22 in transparent vintage cherry 54268, H.
This, too, has bird inlays and the wide/fat neck. Please call, fax or email for “your price.”
MANDOLIN BROTHERS IS A GIBSON HISTORIC COLLECTION DEALER.
As an "Historic Collection Award Level Dealer" we can sell every Historic instrument in Gibson's roster including:
Firebird I, III, V, VII, '52, '54, '56, '57 Les Paul Goldtop Reissues, '59 and '60 Reissue Flametop, Korina Future, Explorer and Flying V, ES-330, '59 and '60 ES-335 Dotmarker and Block Inlay Reissue, ES-345, l934 L-5, Wes Montgomery, Byrdland and Byrdland Florentine, L-5CES, L-5CT George Gobel, Super 400CES, and the mind-blowing Citation.Gibson Historic instruments are among the finest new electric guitars in the world, (and the dealers chosen to sell them are special individuals who are able to intuit your needs and moods better than anyone with whom you are presently acquainted). We have dozens of fine examples in stock. Come visit, or call us (the telephone) and we'll gladly describe them to you or mail you a black and white photocopy of a color brochure page containing information on the product for which you may already yearn unceasingly.
If you would like more information on MANDOLIN BROTHERS' products and services, please write, phone, fax or email to mandolin@mandoweb.com.
