MAJOR PRICE REDUCTIONS ON SOME GUITARS 21 SEPTEMBER 2008! MORE GUITARS COMING AS I GRADUALLY SORT, REPAIR OR FIND TIME I HOPE TO LIST ANOTHER 50 GUITARS OR MORE, BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER 2008 If you don't receive a reply, check your Spam-Box! guitars at robwesley.com ASK IF I'VE MADE A SOUND-CLIP RECORDING OF THE GUITAR

I'm a guitarist. I'm NOT a guitar-selling business, I'm NOT a collector-- I'm an over-buying accumulator! I thought this would be a good solution for the many unsolicited inquiries, wanting to buy many of my Personal Collection guitars, many of which are NOT for sale (yet??!?). I'll check the individual condition of each guitar more thoroughly, once someone contacts me about it. Write and inquire if you have questions, and I'll reply as soon as I can find time. -- Rob

"Depending on how much body-padding, armor and painkillers one might have, it is possible to buy far more guitars than a wife would seem to tolerate, in a month's time." - Rob Wesley -

GUITAR BUYING/SELLING NOTICE Most of these guitars do NOT include a CASE, unless noted. No, I don't sell cases or have any extra cases, sorry. The asking-prices shown do NOT include near-actual-shipping (usually $25-$50 US, $80-110 to UK/Europe, $80-120 Australia). I don't change the strings or include new ones, unless I deem it appropriate to include a new pack of strings. Please email Rob to verify the current availability of a guitar, or for more info on my might-sell guitars. Copy the title of the guitar (below) and then paste it into the Subject Line of your email. Or, write and include specific details regarding the guitar (maker, model, color, year etc). A few of these guitars have been used by me in various released or to-be-released recordings. Whoopeee............

(TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE) Guitars I Am Considering to Sell Eventually (they may already be on this page by now) (TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE) Guitar projects, parts, pickups, tremolo's, whammy's, cases, whatever............ Thanks for looking!

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Acoustic Sunburst semi-thick Germany ? PROJECT
I've been told by some German guitar experts and collectors that this guitar was probably a German-made guitar made by one of the mass-production facilities there, 1960's or 1970's. Check the wave-headstock, it's very typical of some Framus, Hopf, Lindberg & Jorgensen (Dusseldorf), and many others. Kay had a few that were similar but not that close to this style. The guitar was stripped of parts, but the tailpiece did have "Made in Germany" stamped on it.
Nice guitar, lots of depth in the sound, with one major problem-- serious neck warp and no truss-rod.
Gorgeous finish, good construction. Just the neck issue, sadly. Also apparently a neck-heel reset at some much earlier point.
The body is thinner than a full-thick archtop.

Asking price- US $125

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DeArmond by Guild M65C Salmon Orange bluesbird-style
Dearmond Goldentone modern humbucker pickups! They sound like the famous 50's-60's Goldentone's but they're humbuckers, so you won't pick up the RF-interferance noise like the original single-coil's.
Solid-body, very lightweight, don't confuse it with some of the early Guild semi-hollow M-65's because this model's a near-match.
Slightly wider than a standard LP-style body. Tons of fun to play.
Genuine Gibson Les Paul replacement-pickguard, otherwise all original parts; bolt-on neck.
The orange is a nice Crush-Orange color, very cool looking retro look!.

Asking price- US $225 no case

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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II 1992 rare spruce top
All-original. Great guitar, I've had it for 6 years, bought near-new, played rarely when I was in the mood, always kept in the living room guitar display rack. Still Near-New other than 1 tiny screw-hole where I'd had a different pickguard attached for a while, and 3 near the tailpiece where I had a different tailpiece.
Rare early spruce body top when they were using maple tops.

Asking price- US $525 w-chipboard case

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Epiphone Sheraton II Alpine White 1997 w-original Epiphone Hardshell Case
Like-new! I bought it near-new in 2001 from the original owner who bought it in 1999 who didn't play guitar. I played it only once, during the Semi-Live jam-session in 2001 which became our cd Semi-Live, and was amazed what came out of it (a whole cd for one thing!). Since then, I've pulled it out occasionally just to do the keep/sell evaluation and I'm finally offering it for sale for a while.
Chunkier neck like a 1950's or late 1980's-1990's Gibson ES neck. I prefer less-chunky necks, but the first time I played it I did probably my best-ever live recorded guitar-solo on it ( "Woman In Stone").
Gold -covered stock Epiphone 57-Classic pickups (Gibson-designed). I'd planned to swap in Gibson's or Seymour's but decided it wasn't even necessary!
Samick Factory-made. All-original. No issues that I note. I did move the strap-pin from behind the neck-heel to behind the left-bout, and then inside the left-bout, which you can see in the rear-body photo. Gretsch does the same and pre-drills alternate strap-pin holes, then plugs them with gold screws.
Nut width 1-12/16" or 44mm, just a slight bit wider than the Gibson 1-11/16" necks.
Rare discontinued color (1997-2000) Pearl-White but Epiphone/Gibson calls it Alpine White. 9-1/4 pounds.

Asking price- US $650 with original Epiphone hardshell case in great condition

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Epiphone Spotlight by Gibson PRS-style cherry/orange-red 1988-89
Set-neck. Headstock repair, done professionally and solid as a rock on the rear, but left a break across the headstock-face (see photos). It's been solid for me for 2 years.
24 Frets! Cool chevron-inlays. Cool headstock badge imprint. Ebony fretboard (Blue Book says rosewood but this sure looks and plays like the better ebony).
Push-pull coil-splitting tone-switch.
Steinberger KB tremolo, missing the tremolo-bar, easily replaced.
Mahogany body and probably neck-- weighs a solid 8-3/4 pounds (4.0kg). Solid!
Japan factory-made, most likely Samick.

Asking price- US $225 no case or tremolo bar

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Epiphone Viola Bass 1997
Marked "Second" on headstock rear, although I have never found any reason why.
My primary bass in most of my recordings 2001-2005. I'm selling it because I have another one that's been kept in storage, until now.
Set-neck (maple), allegedly Seymour-Duncan mini-humbucker bass pickups.

Asking price- US $250 no case

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Epiphone Zephyr Emperor Regent 1953 with original Epiphone "Jimmy V" LIFTON hardshell case
Formerly owned by Jimmy Vivino (guitarist for Max Weinberg Seven on Conan O'Brien)!!!
This is an incredible guitar! It sounds huge, even unplugged. It's a monster- about 18-1/2 inches wide! But only 9 pounds considering everything.
Original Epiphone New York pickups!!! These sell for a mint, by themselves. Why? Because they sound amazing!
All-original parts except the replacement Gibson Tune-O-Matic bridge (although the bridge base appears to be original), and the pickguard-bracket. The Varitone switches are similar to the strat 5-way settings in some ways, and like a Gibson Varitone in other ways. The contacts are a bit crackly on a few buttons but probably would improve with some cleaning. I haven't quite figured out the selector-system but a few sound great.
The huge Lifton pink-lined case is worth a huge bundle, just by itself! ($1,000+?)

Asking price- US $6500 with original 1953 Epiphone LIFTON 19-inch wide case

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Epiphone Zephyr Regent 1951 Sunburst
Wow-- great old classic jazz guitar, big beefy neck but nothing into the old Kay/Harmony baseball-bat category. Nicely rounded on the rear, not V-neck.
Original everything, I believe, including the famous New York pickup (4.72k) which sounds so nicely mellow with the tone turned down slightly. Classic jazz warmth.
Amazing depth of sound. Great condition overall, the neck binding trim has gradually shrunk in length over the years and been reglued a few times near the nut, and there's a slight gap (see photos). Could easily be removed and reglued to align to the nut, if desired. The only odditiy-- someone installed a second output jack which went to a top-mount bridge pickup, there's surface-evidence of the pickup, probably a Dearmond jazz or something.
Appears to have all-original hardware ("E" tuners, tailpiece, rosewood bridge, pickguard & bracket).
Great action, no complaints on this guitar. The fretboard appears to have a slight curve but when I play it the action seems perfect, so Idunno..
It's nearly identical to my Gibson-built 1958 Broadway in body size and shape which I'm keeping, so this one's on the selling-block.
Asking price- US $1350 with some sort of vintage chipboard case, probably original

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Gibson C-1 Classical 1966 or 1969 Natural
Spruce top, mahogany neck, body back and rims/sides. Body 14-1/4" across. Scale 25-1/2 inch.
Nice classical guitar, looks great, sounds great. Handcarved faux-bone or faux-ivory replacement nut that doesn't look like it was quite finished, a bit oversized but works. Could use a replacement nut if you're fussy. I have the original wood nut but the side of the 6th-string groove was broken off when I bought the guitar.
Has some well-repaired cracking on the body top but none serious (definitely no vibrations etc). See photos for any other details.
The serial number isn't found at all, but the #568xxx would put it just after where the 1966's end. Apparently there's some way to tell whether it's a 1966 or 1969 model by the headstock logo that I haven't figured out.
Asking price- US $325 with chipboard case SOLD!

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Gibson ES-125 1951 sunburst
It was near-perfect and like-new, until Fedex Home/Ground "mis-handled it" when I had it shipped to me a few years ago, and they put a hairline crack up the right side-bout. It's glued and sturdy but you can see it in the photos. It could use some minor cosmetic touch-up or maybe just a wipe of Old English Dark furniture polish. Well, actually there's also some wear on the neck-rear but far less than just about any others of this vintage.
Still, it's in great condition, including the 1951 P-90 pickup (7.05k), fantastic sound, lots of fun to play.! I'm not sure if it has Kluson replacement tuners or if they are just in such great condition that they're still the original's. Volume-pot is IRC 6150689. The volume and tone knobs seem slightly different in color -- maybe they've just aged differently, or one was swapped on, I don't know.

Asking price- US $950 no case

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Gibson ES-125 1955 sunburst (bomb-burst?!?!) STRIPPED PROJECT
Totally stripped of hardware, electronics, pickup, binding trim, etc-- you get body and neck. Okay, bend my arm and I'll leave on the new asian replacement tuning-keys ;-)
This is one solid workhorse. I suspect that it's been dropped off cliffs and out of airplanes and still feels like a rock (!!!). I've owned it since 2003 and it's been kept in the living room, the entire time-- it's the one I grab when I want to play. The P-90 was sold soon after I bought it. Lots of dings, scratches, gouges, some missing body-trim, reglued body-seams, headstock reassembled long ago-- and I'd have no problem playing it live without a backup or even traveling with it without a case. The only achilles-heel-- there's a minor ding into the 3rd fret at the 2nd (B) string, and if the bridge is lowered for the best action, the string buzzes on the 4th fret if you play the 3rd fret on the 2nd string (confused?!?!). Anyway--- that is the ONLY reason I even consider selling this guitar. It plays and sounds FINE if the bridge is raised up just slightly to still-normal height.

Asking price- US $250 giveaway price, no case SOLD!

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Gibson ES-125-T 3/4 1959 sunburst thinline (like a child-sized guitar) with worn period Gibson chipboard-case
Decent condition, has a nicely done headstock repair from many years ago. Replacement adjustable-bridge on top of what appears to be probably the original rosewood bridge-base. Nice fairly-new Grover single-tuners. I may swap on a set of 50's Gibson 3-strip tuners but the price will rise.
I bought this from Chaka Khan's guitarist. I don't know anything of its history. I've loved playing it for a few short settings, I've kept it next to the bed for the past few months for those "immediate musical inspirations." But I have a few other 3/4-sized guitars that I seem to like playing better, so this one too is on the sales-block.
Gibson brown ES-125-T 3/4 chipboard case is in worn condition but functional.
Asking price- US $900 with very worn Gibson brown chipboard-case

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Gibson ES-125-CD 1967 sunburst jazzbox with newer TKL hardshell case
Really nice guitar, basically an ES-175 with less fancy headstock logo and dot-inlays instead of the split-bar's. Not sure what the pickups are but they really sound incredible on this guitar. They could be Gibson of some sort but they vaguely remind me of some 1970's pickups used by Gretsch and other companies. Regardless, they sound great.
The guitar was originally single-pickup, someone cut in a pocket for the bridge pickup (see photo) and added a second pair of control-pots and a 3-way toggle.
Replacement Schaller tuners, nice ebony replacement-nut, aftermarket ABR-style bridge on rosewood base (not sure of maker).
Great action, nut 1-9/16" slim profile neck. Neck-rear finish was sanded down, some players prefer this but it can easily be coated, or I can do a tung-oil finish, no charge.
Asking price- US $1300 with like-new TKL hardshell case

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Gibson ES-150 Archtop Sunburst 1949 with original Gibson Lifton brown case
Essentially the wider 17-inch version of the traditional ES-125. One guitar I thought I'd never sell but I'm realizing I do much better with "fretless wonders" and this one was apparently re-fretted, medium sized.
Replacement newer Gibson tailpiece and end strap-pin. Original tall barrel knobs, single-line Kluson nickel tuners, Original P-90 pickup, electronics, bridge etc. No pickguard. Neck seems very stable. Currently strung with flatwound 11's.
Immense depth of sound and resonance-- really! Nut 1-11/16" (42mm) width. Gorgeous body-rear flaming!
Strap-pin removed which is shown in photos on the side of the neck. Nut has been cracked and repaired. Overall 80% condition on the structure, the few detractors being the playing-rash where the pickguard would be, finish wear on the back of the neck, and chips on the headstock. Priced at under 70%.

Asking price- US $1500 with original Gibson Lifton brown case

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Gibson ES-175 1954 Antique Natural (Blonde)
Gorgeous condition for its age and compared to many 50's ES-175's. Original finish, P-90 pickup (7.60k), harness, possibly bridge, not sure on knobs whether 50's or 60's. Replacement Kluson-style tuners, replacement ES-175 tailpiece (possibly Gibson 1970's, not sure). Someone got bored and lightly scratched a diamond design on the tailpiece. Not shown on guitar in photos but it's swapped on from this Gibson 1967 ES-125-CD.
Nut 1-11/16", weight 5-1/4 pounds (2.4g), very light. Only 141 Natural's made in 1954 versus 599 Sunburst-- Blue Book of Guitars says "add 25% for natural" (I didn't)
Asking price- US $4000 with non-original hardshell case

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Gibson ES-300 1946 sunburst jazzbox STRIPPED PROJECT
Great 17"-wide guitar with some obvious damage shown in the photos. Totally stripped of hardware and electronics which I needed for another vintage Gibson, but I haven't gotten photos of it stripped, yet.
Dent into upper left bout, some cracks on various parts of the rim, very sturdy and playable but I don't have time to do proper repairs. Also, much of the trim missing from the treble side of the neck. Finish on the body front is rather rough, could be touched up or sanded & refinished.
Asking price- US $950 no case

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Gibson ES-330-T Sunburst 1959 all-original w-Gibson 1970's hardshell case
FLAMED body! Near-perfect! Probably 90%+ condition. Original everything including the LIfton case. Gibson P-90 pickup with original dogear cover, lots of tone-options with the control, though. All-original parts. Presently has a no-modifications-made set of newer tuners, but the original's are in the case and in fairly good shape (see photos). Nut-width 1-11/16" (42mm); weight 5-3/4lb (2.6kg).
Difference between an ES-335 and an ES-330? Neck mounted 2 frets closer to body, single-coil pickups, and about 4 pounds less weight! Incredible bluesy-throaty sound! I love the sound, neck, action and lightweight dance-with-me feeling of these ES-330T's.
The case for the guitar is from the 1970's, not the gold Lifton that I put it in for photos (sorry!).

Asking price- US$3250 with Gibson hardshell case 1970's

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Gibson ES-335-TD 1966 Tri-Sunburst Stop-Tailpiece STRIPPED PROJECT
Body and neck ONLY.
Solid 1-piece mahogany neck-- the difference in these pre-1969 necks is amazing, you can feel the vibration and sustain rather well.
Plenty of mojo from previous revisions by former owners (including metal-guitarist Kurt James who used the guitar on a cd session). Holes filled where a battery trap-door was cut in the lower right bout (can actually be removed again without much effort, if you want, they used the original wood for the door); several control-knob holes nicely filled on the body-surface (see photos); blocking added in jigsaw-puzzle style under the bridge pickup cavity to provide more sustain and less feedback (see photos).
Nut width 1-9/16" (40mm) but the neck is chunky so it doesn't feel as "narrow" as many others in this era. I just had this totally refretted-- not high, not low ones (just expensive ones! ha ha). A few tiny chips into rosewood fretboard.
The guitar had almost all replacement-hardware when I bought it for more than I'm asking, so I'm offering it as a neck-body only project for someone who's always wanted a true vintage Gibson 335 but can't afford the ridiculousy-rising prices of collector-quality all-original ones.
Someone asked the question whether this could be a 1969. I doubt it, after a lot of research and examination. Dating it without original control-pots is a lot more difficult. Headstock inlays varied gradually between 1968 and 1970 (or even later), due to transitions in the Gibson-logo inlay. This one is the carved Mother-of Pearl. The serial# is 8514xx. The neck is solid one-piece, rather than the 3-piece introduced in 1969. I'll let you use your own expertise if it's better than mine. The price would be the same, however.

Asking price- US $2,850 with 1970's Gibson case in moderate condition

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Gibson ES-335-TDC 1965 Cherry w-Gibson 1970 hardshell case
Candy Apple Red, Shiny original hardware! I bought this from the original owner who bought it in 1970 and pampered it well. Original Gibson Patent-Label pickups (see photos). Sounding great! All-original bridge, pickguard, pickups, harness/pots, knobs, tuners. Looking really nice around 90%+. Minor ding on the headstock lower-left by the nut (see photos), otherwise only a few minor marks. Probably the best condition 1960's 335 that I've ever seen. Had an original trapeze-tailpiece and then a Bigsby at some point. Later revised to a stop-tailpiece.
Possible refret but that's just a guess. Frets are in great condition and very typical for 60's though. Gibson 1965-only control pots (part# CBA-811-1053). I bought this from the 2nd owner who bought it around 1970 and took superb care of it, his only guitar.
Nut width 1-9/16" as was standard for the mid-'65 to 1978 Gibson's. I'm tending to play wider necks, these days, so unfortunately this one is on the selling-block, but this one sure has a fantastic sleek feel, action and great sustain.

Asking price- US $5500 with its original Gibson 1970 hardshell case in great condition


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Gibson ES-335-TDC 1968 Cherry Red Trapeze-Tailpiece no2 w- original Gibson Lifton gold-lined hardshell case
One-piece solid mahogany neck-- the one you want! I bought this from the original owner who bought it in 1968.
The guitar has never had, or been modified for, a stop-tailpiece. Original Gibson Patent-Sticker pickups with nice nickel covers. All-original everything, to my knowledge. Other than the rather large buckle-rash on the rear, and a few wear-spots on the neck-rear, the guitar shows its vintage mojo but overall doesn't have any major detractors. The frets have some string-wear as is common with these 40 year old guitars.
Nut width 1-9/16" but an unusually deeper and more chunky neck than most 335's made in this period. Definitely chunkier than my other '68 335-TDC. This one has one of the rare few very-small neck volutes made in '68-'69 on a few ES-335's, according to Gibson. It's almost not quite a volute, it's more like the beginning of the thickening of the entire neck-depth. Hopefully that helps give you the idea that this is not one of the broomstick-shaped necks that I hate-- and how much HUGE RESONANCE and sustain this neck gives! Original Patent-Label pickups N=7.66k and B=7.60k.

Asking price- US $3750 with Gibson Lifton 1968 hardshell gold-lined case (2 of 3 hinges broken, medium wear, functional)

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Gibson ES-335-TD 1969 Walnut Stop-Tailpiece STRIPPED PROJECT
This guitar is gorgeous, and superb in structure-- about a 90%. About the only minor flaw is a scuff into the finish below the left bridge area. The finish doesn't come out well in photos, unfortunately. This was the first year that Walnut finish was introduced.
The economy is bad, people want vintage '60's 335's but can't afford them, and this one had all replacement parts. So, I have use for the parts, and figured I'd offer this one for a great project price. Body, neck and original nut, that's it-- you can supply whatever else you want.
Minor wear, the guitar overall doesn't have any major detractors (check the photos, ask questions if you see anything I missed). It shows its age and use, but with minimal wear. 3-piece mahogany neck.
Nut width 1-9/16" (40mm).

Asking price- US $2,400 no case, or $2,500 with Gibson hardshell case 1970's

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Gibson ES-335-TD Sunburst 1978 w-original Gibson hardshell case
Great guitar, really lightweight at 8-1/4 pounds (3.7kg). I bought this last year from a famous guitarist who had played with John Mayall and others. I asked him to autograph it inside the right f-hole, since I didn't think I would ever sell it. But now I'm finding that the more narrow 1-9/16" necks are more difficult for me to play, at my age.
I feel bad offering to sell this, I told Kal I'd probably keep it forever, because it has such great sustain, very lightweight compared to many other 335's and just a great guitarwith that "just right" feel. Unfortunately, my fingers can no longer do well on the 1-9/16" necks.
Pretty much superb condition. One minor current modification that you can change, or you might like it. The model came with a factory-installed coil-splitter toggle during these late 1970's. He had them reverse the toggle wiring so the upper-right bout toggle is for the pickups, and the coil-split toggle is near the control-pot's. Easily reversed again.
Pickups-- Gibson original factory humbuckers, black-coated on the rear like the Gibson Series 7 and Dirty Fingers but these are different-- reading N=7.97k and B=5.27k, very normal-range.
Currently has black bell-knobs installed, knobs were missing in the photo (oops).
The guitar came from the factory with a "2" stamped in the headstock rear, and as usual, no one can figure out why. The guitar has no apparent defects.
I believe the guitar can be seen on the stage behind Kal, to the right-rear at times, during Ka'ls 2004 live-video on YouTube.
Asking price- US $1950 with vintage Gibson hardshell case (modest worn condition) probably from 1970's

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Gibson ES-335-TDC-12 1967 cherry 12-string w/Lifton blue-lined hardshell case STRIPPED PROJECT #1
Always wanted a 1960's one-piece mahogany neck Gibson 335? Add 6-string parts and you've got one for 1/3 the price. The headstock's just a little longer.
Gorgeous Vintage Cherry finish. The overall guitar appears to be fantastic 90% condition, and the finish shines like-new. But someone had put on 6 Schaller tuners with wider collars which left imprints on the headstock front, and apparently sprayed a little paint on the headstock rear to cover their work -- darn. Other than that, a few minor nicks along the neck rear and some small ones on the body, barely noticeable..
Body/neck and original 12-string nut only, plus the original Lifton gold-lined case which has some wear on its edges, but the hinges & latches are fully functional.
Jumbo medium-high frets installed about 9-10 years ago by the former owner, and look like-new. Nut width 1-9/16" (40mm).
It's superb for blues etc. if you just put on 6 strings-- tuner and bridge-changes optional, it works great, either way.

Asking price- STRIPPED body/neck/nut US$2000 with Lifton blue-lined caseSOLD!

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Gibson ES-335-TDC-12 1967 cherry 12-stringSTRIPPED PROJECT #2
Always wanted a 1960's one-piece mahogany neck Gibson 335 6-string? Add 6-string parts and you've got one for 1/3 the price. The headstock's just a little longer.
Body/neck and original 12-string nut only, plus the original case (or possibly an early '70's I'm not sure).
Headstock repair done professionally some time ago. Overall condition 80% or thereabouts. I sanded down the repair finish and saw nothing obvious, so I repainted that area-- maybe it just had a crack or something. Nut width 1-10/16" (41mm), a hair wider than the 1-9/16"335's of this era..
The case is in decent condition, the old and valuable Lifton gold-lined.
(Photos of how it looked originally-- just for illustration, how great this guitar looks with hardware)

Asking price- STRIPPED body/neck/nut US $1250 no case - or - US $1550 with Lifton gold-lined 1967 case SOLD!

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Gibson ES-345 1959 Wine Custom "Grammy Awards" with Gibson 1970's hardshell case
This guitar was the primary guitar of legend and original owner Will Crosby who used it throughout most of his career, until 2006 when I bought it from him. Will played it at the 1995 Grammy All-Star Jam (see photo with Bonnie Raitt, Isaac Hayes, Phil Upchurch, WahWah Washington & Pop Staples). Will was the longtime guitarist for famed Staple Sisters singer Mavis Staples.
Will decided to have the guitar refurbished by the Gibson Kalamazoo factory around 1969 or 1970. This included a new Custom ebony fretboard which at the time were the 1-9/16" width, so Gibson carefully brought the neck width in at the fretboard to accomodate the new fretboard. However, the neck feel is much closer to a slimmer classic '59 neck profile than the narrower '66-78 ones. I'm not sure if the finish is original or if it was refinished at that time as well, and Will didn't remember (great guitarists don't always pay attention to the details!). I believe there was a VibraTone tremolo at one time, but the ES-175 gold tailpiece does seem to be the same design as the 1950's ones, although I can't guarantee.
Will swapped in various pickups over the years, finally settling on the current Seymour Duncan Seth Lower in the neck and '59 Model SH-1B in the bridge. All other revisions were ordered by Will, over the years-- gold Grover tuners, 1968 CTS control-pots, new Gibson knobs, etc.
Weighs 8-1/2 pounds (3.9kg). The photos tell the rest. Note some grain-swelling on the body rear.
AMAZING SUSTAIN. Currently wired for mono but not a full bypass of the original VariTone, and could easily be reconverted to Stereo.

Asking price- US $8,500 with Gibson 1970's case; free PayPal on this one although I prefer PayPal's eCheck payment option

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Gibson ES-347 1980 Ebony w-original Gibson hardshell case
Not to be confused with the ES-345's, the 347's are basically upgraded 335's with similarities to the ES-355. The 347's have the higher-quality ebony fretboards, all-gold hardware, large block inlays, lots of binding, brass nut, coil-tap toggle and a TP-6 tailpiece. This was the first edition of the ES-347's and it has a standard-sized toggle on the upper right horn, rather than the lower mini-toggle introduced the following year.
Original Gibson Series 7 gold-cover pickups @15k, much-sought by jazz guitarists who like the brighter yet mellow sound. These are NOT DirtyFingers pickups (which have 2 rows of 6-poles) -- totally different.
Fairly decent condition except for a repaired belt-buckle rash on the body rear. Fair to moderate wear on hardware. Overall a very nice high-shine finish, despite needing some polishing which hadn't happened before I'd taken the photos.
I shaved down the neck rear down the mid-part slightly for better action, it's currently bare-wood which is fantastic to see the actual grain on one of these over-painted Gibson's of the late 70's into 80's guitars. I'm still pondering whether to do a nice nitro ebony finish over it, or clear-coat, and at the same time refinish the body-rear rash. I'll let you choose and I'll do it.
Nut width 1-11/16" (42mm)

Asking price- US $2150 with original Gibson hardshell case

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Gibson ES-355-TDC 1966 with original Gibson LIFTON hardshell case
SUPERB condition-- 95% maybe. I was stunned when I bought this guitar. It instantly became of my top-3 favorite guitars. But I've only played it at home, and very little. It's honestly in TOO GOOD condition for me to feel comfortable keeping.
Currently partially mono-wired but easily returned to Stereo. The Stereo-wires to the jack are simply connected together. For a true "mono" the pickup wires should be disconnected from the VariTone and reconnected to the toggle, instead.
All-original everything, I think. It does have Grover gold tuners, but Gibson was putting them on some of their higher-end models at that time.
Pickups are the original Gibson Patent-Label gold-covered, N=7.47k and B=7.04k.
The 355's are basically an ES-335-TDC, but with impressive large-block inlays and the fancy Custom headstock inlay. Ebony fretboard-- one advantage over any ES-335, very smooth playing and a lot more resinency and sustain. Top of the line 335-style model for Gibson.
Neck shape is the slightly thinner-taper style, nut width 1-9/16" (40mm) but not broomstick-rounded on the back like many were, in this '66-70+ period. I don't like the broomstick-shaped necks. I love this neck.
This guitar was purchased from the guitarist for a very famous blues-singer icon. The band frequently jammed with whatever other famous guitarists were at their shows, as well, and has been played by numerous other famous guitarists, I'm sure, during the 6 months he was using it for concerts.
Premier Guitar just used one of my photos of this guitar in its May 2008 issue, page 80.

Asking price- US $8,500 with Gibson LIFTON yellow-lined hardshell case in great condition (worth about $750+ alone) SOLD!

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Gibson ES-355-TDC 1966 or 1969? with Gibson 1970's hardshell case #2
Great condition-- 80-90% maybe. Has a modest luthier-repaired headstock crack done many years ago, solid. Stop-tailpiece mount studs as an option.
Gibson 1968 Patent-Label pre-T-top pickups with newer gold Gibson covers. Very bright and chimey
Currently mono-wired with the VariTone bypassed, but easily returned to VariTone/Stereo (all parts still included).
Original ABR-1 gold wired bridge, original Grover gold waffle-tuners.
The serial# is listed as 1969 but the list is proven to be full of oddities or errors at times, especially between 1966 and 1969 models so I'm not sure. Headstock-logo seems pre-1968 style though, and I was told it was a 1966 when I bought it.
The 355's are basically an ES-335-TDC, but with impressive large-block inlays and the fancy Custom headstock inlay. Ebony fretboard-- one advantage over any ES-335, very smooth playing and a lot more resinency and sustain. Top of the line 335-style model for Gibson.
Neck shape is the slightly thinner-taper style, nut width 1-9/16" (40mm) but not broomstick-rounded on the back like many were, in this '66-70+ period. I don't like the broomstick-shaped necks. I love this neck. I like it better than the near-identical ES-355 listed above.
The control-pots are CTS type and quality but with gold shafts and stamped on the side, CVA-811-1053 500K, I've never seen ones like this before, not sure if original or not but they're rather vintage so they may well be original.
If you don't want the Vibrola trem, I'll remove it and add a Gibson stop-tailpiece instead, subtract $500.
I have a mediocre-playing soundclip of this guitar in MP3 format if you want me to email it to you.

Asking price- US $4,000 with Gibson 1970's fair-condition hardshell case or $3500 with stop-tailpiece and no tremolo

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Gibson L-2 Acoustic Arched-Top 1920 with original particleboard case
Fantastic guitar, a true piece of history. This is one of the arched-top models, not flat-top, and the body rear is arched as well.
Nice chunky but very playable rounded V-neck, a few frets are starting to come up on the edge and although they're playable, the guitar will do even better with them glued back down. Spruce top, mahogany rims & rear; rosewood fretboard.
Replacement but still vintage Gibson tailpiece (probably from 1940's-50's?), not sure on any other parts but the bridge and pickguard appear to be original.
Blues legend Robert Johnson played a similar 1928 L-1 guitar.

Asking price- US $1500 with original particleboard case SOLD!

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Gibson LG-0 Mahogany 1966
Decent player-condition. It had a well-done minor headstock repair on the treble-side years ago. I've had a trapeze-tailpiece on it for 3 years which puts the strings right over the original tailpiece/bridge-nut to flatten the body top and it's worked. The trapeze tailpiece could be removed but it's still attached and included.
Replacement new AllParts strip-tuners.
The photos show the various configurations I've had on this guitar-- when I bought it (the "AUTxxx" pics), and after replacing the tuners and adding the trapeze tailpiece (the "PICTxxx" pics). It comes as-stated above.

Asking price- US $350 with chipboard case

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Gibson BR-9 Lap-Steel 1947-1949 PROJECT
Or, a great surfboard for a large cat or small dog ;-) Great food-server or fish-grilling board?
I bought this from the original owner's son, who as a child had decided one day to repaint it totally with a caramel-brown paint (gee was dad thrilled?!?!?). Over the years, parts had worn out, and all I got with it was the pickup, controls, the string-nut, and a repro handmade scratch-plate. Oh-- and a bent-over 50's Harmony-style tailpiece which was barely useful.
I've removed all parts, and now offer this laptop - er surfboard, cutting-board or whatever you want, for you. The probably-original nut IS included.
You can find repro Gibson headstock logo's of various sorts on eBay at times, or elsewhere on the net.
Here's a sample photo of how the original model looked, here.
Asking price- US $75

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Gibson Les Paul Custom 1971 blonde (refinished) aka Custom 1969 Reissue
This guitar has been my primary Les Paul for the past 4-1/2 years. Weighs in at 9-1/2 pounds.
Formerly cherry finish, the rear was not totally refinished in order to leave a small portion of the original finish on the upper neck volute (see pics). The finish is somewhat thin but solid, yet an easy sand-down to convert to Black Beauty or your choice.
Ebony fretboard! Pickups Gibson Patent-Label's (!!!), nickel-covers, one is a rare valuable "Gibson" logo from 1971, they sound gorgeous, gutsy and lively in this guitar.
Original gold bridge, tailpiece, Grover Pat Pend tuners (yes Gibson used them on some models), back-plates and toggle-switch. Possibly the knobs-- one has a crack but intact, and the new rubbery clones don't crack.
Headstock repair pro-done at some point, very sturdy, heavily covered in acrylic. A good repair = won't have to worry if it will break (like many do!). I'd totally forgotten about any repairs until I read my notes to create this listing.
The photos closer to the top of the page are the more recent ones. Lower photos show the guitar before I reassembled the hardware etc.

Asking price- US $1000 totally stripped of hardware (neck & body only), OR $1850 as-shown with apparently Gibson Les Paul 1970's hardshell case

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Gibson MasterTone Lap-Steel MEHG 1941-w/original Gibson case!!!
Great condition. All-original, including case. 22-1/2" scale fretboard with a 2-1/16" nut. Bakelite finish body and neck-rear. Original but rather crumbling-knob 3-strip tuners. Original and very rare-expensive bakelite octagonal knobs.
Original Gibson P-13 (P-125?) pickup, successor to the famed Charlie Christian pickup, and better than its successor P-90 in the opinion of many players (including myself!).
Wiring seems a bit noisy right now, haven't checked it, may strip it and sell or use parts if this doesn't sell soon.
The parts alone are worth far more than I'm asking for the entire package!

Asking price- US $450 w/original worn Gibson chipboard case

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Gretsch Clipper Thinline Tri-Sunburst 1959 STRIPPED PROJECT
Thinline-archtop electric, 16" body width, great sound-depth, better than any Gibson thinline that I've played. Gretsch's answer to Gibson ES-125T and the more similar ES-350T; comparable to Gibson in construction and sound quality-- maybe even more sound-resonance than the comparable Gibson's.
Lots of wear on the fretboard, big ruts 1st through 5th fretboard areas, could be wood-filled. Some of the dot-markers are worn down or sunk-in, one is missing. I did buy a replacement dot-marker, if I can find it I'll include it.
Totally stripped of hardware, includes body, neck and string-nut (I'll take and upload photos of the stripped version if you are really interested in buying and need them).
Asking price- US $550 no case

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Gretsch Corvette 6134 (6132 series) 1964-65 PROJECT w-original Gretsch chipboard case
Another never-finished project. Includes body/neck and a HiLoTron pickup, original case. Does not include the already-sold tremolo shown in some photos. Someone apparently shortened the left cutaway-horn, did a perfect job-- much easier to play that way, and ultra-lightweight! I can nearly prove that it is a 1964, or 1965 or even a 1957 (!!!!), due to Gretsch's odd transition of serial/year codes during those years.
Lightweight, loads of fun to play. You could route-in for other pickups if you wanted-- loads of project-options.
The hardware alone is probably worth close to what I'm asking, by itself.
Asking price- US $350 Project includes what's listed above, plus case


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Gretsch Nashville 6120-JR-2 Orange 1999 with original Gretsch hardshell case
Very nice guitar! Near-mint. I've played it hardly at all, but it was my choice for some nice birthday folk-playing with my son a few years ago.
The original JR version had a full-sized neck and half-sized body (odd). This is the JR2 which has more of an LP-sized neck.
Sounds incredible, as an acoustic unplugged or through the superb totally noise-less FilterTron pickups.
Body width 13-1/2 inches by 2-1/4 inches deep.
Gorgeous guitar.
Asking price- US $1,500 in like-new showroom-condition with original Gretsch fitted case

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Gretsch White Falcon I G-7593 2006 NEW-MINT!!!
I bought this in February 2008 from the original owner, a student who bought it 3 months before, who immediately had financial difficulties and sold it to me. He said he'd never even learned to play it, sadly for him.
Includes original case with key, all paperwork, certificate, truss-wrench, everything.
I'll take a newer Gretsch over the vintage ones, any day-- the old ones had huge neck-heels that stuck out so far that it's nearly impossible to play above the 10th fret. I've always loved the Super-Filtertron pickups, as well, total zero noise and incredible diversity in sound.
Includes new hand-tooled leather strap!

Asking price- US $2250 with original Gretsch hardshell case

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Gretsch White Falcon II 1992 G-7594 double-cutaway thinline w/original case
RARE early version of this model. Identical to the sole electric guitar used by James Hetfield in the studio on the "Metallica" cd, and one currently used by Kate Voegele.
NOT the newer-model with tone-mud toggle-- this has a REAL tone-control pot knob, like James Hetfield's and Kate Voegele's.
MINT or close to it-- I mean it-- bought from the original owner (paperwork included), absolutely gorgeous condition. The only sort-of mod-- the original owner installed Grover Imperial (Van Ghent stairstep) gold tuners, without any extra screw-holes or modifications to the guitar structure, but also included the original's which are now re-installed (not shown in photos).
True hollowbody, not semi-hollow! Like a 335 but better-- sleek thin neck although a slightly wider feel than usual, as a result although it's still the standard 1-11/16" nut width.
Asking price- US $2250 with original Gretsch brown hardshell-case (more pics coming)

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Guild Burnside Thinline Semi-Hollow Black 1980's
Fun guitar, superb sounding pickups, coil-splitter push-pull tone control, Made in Asia under contract by Guild in the 1980's. Apparently rather rare, I've had tons of email inquiries and people asking about it. A few have said they had the same model but they seem very rare.
EMG-style humbuckers reading N=9.82k and B=9.88k. 22-fret rosewood fretboard with chevron inlays. Center-block under bridge and tailpiece. Bound f-holes (many Gibson's don't even have that). 1 volume, 1 tone control. Black-plated hardware.
The body near the neck-heel was cracked into the cutaways when I got it, very sturdy repair, I've had the guitar tuned and used occasionally for over 5 years now.

Asking price- US $350 (what I paid for it in 2003)

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Guild Starfire IV 1969 Mahogany w-Bigsby, RARE Dearmond's, original Guild hardshell case
This was refinished superbly. It has the rare original Dearmond Dynasonic 200 single-coil pickups which alone go for hundred's. Only a few models were made with this option. There's also an original coil-splitting mini-toggle. Original factory-installed Guild Bigsby, also rare. Guild ABR adjustable bridge, Grover Imperial tuners.
Asking Price- US $1750 w/original Guild green-lined hardshell case - OR - Dearmond Dynasonic pickups $600 for both, removed from guitar

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Guild X-50 Cordoba 1964 Cherry-Sunburst w/original chipboard case
Great guitar-- sounds great, feels great to play. Some chipping on the body, especially at the bottom, also around various joints (neck-heel etc, see photos) but the guitar is solid. I've owned it for 3 years and am offering it only because I need to clear out guitars for room, here. This model, introduced in 1961, is the thinner-depth 2-3/4" modified version of the earlier and full-depth X-50 Granada, which was a competitor of Gibson's ES-125. Gibson also had an ES-125-T thinbody. This Cordoba model is in-between depth, and I don't know of any Gibson comparable in body-depth.
Replacement machined Gotoh tuners, really nice high-end Schaller-style ones. Otherwise it appears all-original. No pickguard. Franz original P-90 style pickup (readout 6.6k) with original chrome cover, they sound great, I actually prefer them over P-90's.

Asking price- US $600 with original Guild chipboard case (brown w-red thread seams) SOLD!

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Guild X-500 1976 Blonde/Natural w/original Guild hardshell case
Original tuners, I believe, 1970's (?) gold harp tailpiece, original electronics & knobs I believe, and an elaborate pickguard of unknown origins but well-constructed. Original master-volume with the mini-control above the pickguard.
Original Guild humbucker Type 2 (?) pickups.
An interesting modification on this guitar-- someone did quite a bit of work to put in a massive center-block under the bridge (its posts are mounted into the body), good solid various hardwoods, and ran a thick dowel of what appears to be cedar-wood from the tailpiece-end up to the internal neck. It cuts down on the guitar's acoustical loudness but the intricate and elaborate sounds of the various woods vibrating differently is amazing! It's picked up by the pickups. As a result, the guitar feels as though it weighs a ton to me, but it's actually 9-1/4 pounds, not bad.
Great neck, 1-11/16" at the nut, thinner profile, sleek, great action. Body width 17" by 3-3/8" deep.
It's shown in some photos with a Bigsby which was attached when I bought it-- far too heavy on this guitar! It's not included.
Asking price- US $1250 with original Guild hardshell case (replacement-handle)

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Hagstrom III Red 1965
Appears to be the original red finish. Typical overall condition, fretboard etc of a used, played 1960's Hagstrom solidbody. I believe everything works, I wanted to get this listed and haven't had a chance to check everything over again such as the switches but I'll revise the listing (and possibly price) accordingly.
I see I could use some new photos, as well (heh). At one point I was swapping around the pickguard-assemblies of my various Hag-xxx's and had a pickup-less Hag II on this when I snapped some crappy photos a few years ago or longer. It's back to 3-pickup now.
My notes say it's a 1965 but for some reason the photo listing says 1966. Serial #6419xx so you can check.
No tremolo-bar, sorry!

Asking Price $500 no case
I'm also considering whether to part this out-- body/neck, or pickguard/assembly, or tremolo mount if anyone makes a good offer. I have other various Hag-II's here with assorted parts and I will be listing them in-part or stripped or fully assembled when I figure out what to do with them. Or, mix'n'match and pick your own body. Here's a blonde refinish body/neck, a former black stripped-to-primer, and a Hag II white refinished (poorly). I have a few Hagstrom II pickguard assemblies, not sure what the status is on working switches though. Also an extra neck if I recall.


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Hagstrom Viking 1-N 1972 blonde (one of only 1,845 made) with original blue-lined hardshell case
The ORIGINAL version of what modern Hagstrom-asia has reproduced and calls the Hagstrom Deluxe, altho the newer one is set-neck, and retails for more than I'm asking on this one!
This model was designed by Jimmy D'Acquisto. It's a near-clone of the ultra-rare Guild Artist Award Mark VII 1967 (only 3 made in blonde), but with bolt-on neck. Expensive custom VanGhent tuners, fancy tailpiece with logo-badge. Tone-toggle switch on upper-left bout, gives both the Gretsch-muted sound and a coil-split higher-thin sound.
Issues-- modest finish disturbance around tone-toggle (see photo); neck pickup-ring cracked (see photo); Tone switch occasionally crackly until spray-cleaned.
Very lightweight guitar, great feel, fun to play, great action & sound. I used it on a few released recordings.
I may decide to part-out this guitar if it doesn't sell, soon. Some of the parts are worth more than the guitar in total value. If you need one of the parts, let me know.

Asking Price $700 with original blue-lined hardshell case (I paid $650 for it in 2002)

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Harmony Custom Kraft H-1222 (Harmony H-1457) Acoustic Spanish-Archtop Yellow 1942
Custom Kraft was a distributor for various guitar-manufacturers, and this one was made by Harmony in 1942 (Harmony model/serial & date codes). Nicely faded light mustard-yellow front finish with some wear (similar to Gibson's current Worn-Yellow finish).
Some rub-wear around rear edges, one small ding on body-rear, some moderate neck-rear wear at the first-position, otherwise surprisingly good condition. Nice vintage wear on the tuner buttons, one appears to be a replacement done years ago.
Very modest neck curve "within reason" and very playable, chunky V-neck. Crack up lower mid-front of body under tailpiece to bridge seems secure and doesn't seem to cause any problems. Mild 1-mm neck heel separation at back edge, otherwise stable.

Asking price- US $250 NO CASE

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Harmony Patrician H-1407 Natural 1960's Acoustic Spanish-Archtop
Great guitar, I've kept it in my living room guitar stand and a lot of people grab it to play. I used it for my daughter's wedding-rehearsal dinner. Lots of fun to play, great sound, typical chunky classic Harmony archtop.
Refinished, the headstock logo is a newer metal repro, looks nice. Not sure about the nice rosewood bridge
I believe the tuners, tailpiece and nut are original, not certain on the tailpiece, and the tuners are at least early 1960's or possibly 1940's-50's.

Asking price- US $350 NO CASE

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Harmony Rex Aragon Marvel Leader H-1392 mosaic-inlays 1948
Gorgeous guitar, the hand-mosaic woodwork binding trim alone is amazing and worth a bundle. Traditional chunky Harmony neck but not nearly as chunky as some of them. All original hardware I believe. Any wear is evident in the photos, primarily the nut-end of the neck rear.
Body 16-inch width. Bound spruce top, bound curly-maple sides & rear, bound spruce neck.
I've had this guitar for almost 5 years and thought I would never sell it, but I'm rarely using it lately and I need to vastly reduce my collection.

Asking price- US $550 with its original falling-apart (literally) brown case which can be repaired SOLD!

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Harmony Silvertone 1950's Acoustic Spanish-Archtop
Spruce cap 1/4 inch (3mm) over possibly spruce under-ply. Very solid feel to the guitar, and great tone, typical chunky-neck classic Harmony archtop.
Natural finish, not sure if it's been overcoated or not.
When I got this, it arrived in 2 pieces with the neck detached and the fretboard had broken at the body ie 14th fret I believe it was. It's been repaired, not sure how perfect but very playable. The fretboard extension looks curved in the photos but it's attached down, now. The only internal marking that I can find says "4-H" inside left f-hole, usually a designation of the size of the body.
15-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch body, 40-3/4 inch length.
No hardware, just a stripped body/neck project ready for tuners, bridge and tailpiece. Some photos show the old original tuners but they had no buttons, also a tailpiece, so I'm pricing accordingly.

Asking price- US $150 NO CASE

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Harmony Silvertone Archtop Acoustic Sunburst 1969
Superb sound, classic example of a 60's Harmony-made Silvertone acoustic Spanish archtop. Adjustable truss-rod! Amazing feature usually not found on these models! No trussplate, though. Bound maple body front and rear. Typical chunky-neck of that era.
In some lighting it appears as a beautiful honey-sunburst, and in other lighting a slight shade of cherry blends in where the sunburst edges merge.
All-orignal from what I can tell, other than added strap-buttons. See the scrapes on the bottom rim in the photos. VERY playable, a favorite for me to grab here at times.

Asking price- US $250

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Hohner Les Paul DC Artist or Firebrand 335-S-style solidbody natural 1971?
Matsumoku-factory 1970's built. Solid Alder body; one-piece maple neck-thru-body (Rickenbacker-style), very chunky deep yet not-wide sleek neck, very solid-sustain. Schaller "Made in W Germany" adjustable tuners; ivory (or possibly bone) vintage replacement nut.
Pickups- 70's-style chrome-covered humbuckers swapped back in, not sure if original or not (ignore zebra's shown in pics).
This guitar was bought from the original owner, who purchased it around 1971 while stationed in the military in Germany. But he never learned to play.
I've seen same or similar Matsumoku guitars made for their usual name-brands but I've never seen one with the Hohner headstock and hardware.

Asking price- US $325 no case (probably worth more, as a rare-prototype Hohner collectors-item)

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Hohner Rockwood Pro, Strat-style- White RP1509
Basically like-new.
I bought this new from a store several years ago, I've hardly played it but I love it. I just don't play Strat's very much.
Sounds incredibly good, very bright throaty-sounding pickups, great neck action.
Equal quality to FenderMexAsian's.

Asking price- US $150

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Hohner Strat-style HS59/ST59 Seafoam Green ST59/HS59A
Alder 2-ply body, bolt-on maple neck.
Someone saw fit to put dots of blue/green pearl-like paint or nail polish all the way around the body edge and tuner post ends!
I've covered them over with black enamel paint in the meantime. Obviously doesn't affect the great playability of this fantastic-sounding guitar with great action.


Asking price- US $125

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Jay Turser Les Paul Gold Bullion JT-200-GT
Very surprisingly-good quality guitar! Lightweight nice feel, great action just like a Gibson.
Set-neck, great condition! Miniscule 2mm chip under 6th string between pickups (see photo), otherwise mint condition (bought it new).

Asking price- US $200 w/gigbag

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Jay Turser Les Paul JT-200 Serpent-Inlays Black Beauty
Set-neck, like-new condition! Equal quality with Samick and Epiphone Les Paul's, in my opinion. Very surprisingly-good quality guitar! Great action, has a '59-neck feel, standard 1-11/16" nut width.
The pickups sound great-- I'd planned to replace with Gibson's but decided not to, after playing this-- gutsy, bright, throaty. They read out at 8.73k neck, and 17.01k bridge! Gold-plated, just like the hardware.
I really love the feel of playing this guitar-- great balance, neck, action, everything.

Asking price- US $325 like-new condition, no case; expect the value on this collectible-guitar to continue to increase

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Jay Turser Les Paul DC Red-Sunburst JT-200-Pro
Set-neck, great condition! Equal quality in structure with Samick and Epiphone Les Paul's, in my opinion. Very surprisingly-good quality guitar!
Very standard LP-style SET-neck, not a bolt-on.
I've used this in a few recordings, if I recall.
Asking Price- US $325

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Jay Turser Les Paul JT-200-Pro DC-Style Honey-Flame
Set-neck, like-new condition! Equal quality in structure with Samick and Epiphone Les Paul's, in my opinion. Very surprisingly-good quality guitars!
Gorgeous flame that doen't show nearly as well in photos
Very standard LP-style SET-neck and frets, not a bolt-on.
Practically mint-condition, I bought it because it was so gorgeous but only put in an hour of playing to try it out.
Asking price- US $275 like-new condition, no case; allegedly a rare finish

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Kay Archtop 6440 Sunburst 60's Acoustic
Nice chunky-necked Kay 60's relic, super sound. It used to have an attached pickguard/pickup assembly which was removed.
Thinline archtop hollowbody. Very solid construction-- seriously. Painted-on block fretboard markers.
Original tuners, tailpiece and apparently bridge.
Fun sturdy little guitar to play or have hanging around for those "need to grab a guitar" moments! Strung and ready to play, original tuners, bridge and tailpiece.

Asking price- US $150 or $200 with original Kay pickguard and Kent pickup

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Kay Archtop 1940's-50's Sunburst project
Nice vintage Kay archtop, attractive tri-burst finish, 16-inch body width. The neck fits right in and will be an easy glue-down but I decided not to glue it simply to help the Buyer hopefully save on shipping costs.
Needs tuners, bridge, string-nut, neck-trim and tailpiece.

Asking price- US $125

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Kay Flat-Top Dreadnought N-12 acoustic 1950's (6-string)
Huge depth of sound from the SOLID-spruce top, mahogany sides & rear, mahogany neck. All original hardware.
I have an identical one which someone had apparently stepped on and crushed in the body top near the neck-- they glued it back together, no problemo- solid as tanks. Fortunately, this one is in much better condition.
Somewhat chunky-necked vintage Kay style. Mondest typical neck curve but very playable.
Essentially in like-new all-original condition.

Asking price- US $175 with Kay plastic-hardshell case

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Kay Spanish-acoustic archtop Walnut-Sunburst 1950's
Probably mid 1950's or possibly later. Loads of deep resonance and depth of sound. Typical Kay modest neck arch but very mild and very playable. It has a steel-reinforced neck which is unusual on Kay's but far more common on 1950's-60's Harmony's, so I do have to wonder which company actually made the guitar since they occasionally swapped off.
All-original hardware from what I can tell, cool old Kay foil headstock overlay, the parts alone are probably worth more than I'm asking for the guitar.

Asking price- US $200 no case

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Kay Spanish-acoustic archtop 1940's-50's PROJECT
Fantastic sound. 16-inch body width. Someone replaced the body-rear with flat plywood. Oh well. It sounds fantastic. A few repaired splits on body-front. Apparently varnished fretboard, as seemed common back then.
Nice thinner-profile neck, great action, very un-like most of these chunky-necked vintage Kay's. No nut (I think one's shown in photos but it isn't there now!).
Ready for tuners, tailpiece and bridge, and you've got a great-sounding vintage archtop. No one will see the plywood while you're playing!

Asking price- US $100 no case

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Kay K-21 Walnut (Violin-Sunburst) 17" Jazz jumbo (K-8901) acoustic archtop (Gibson L5-competitor) 1953-1957s STRIPPED PROJECT
Jumbo 17-inch body! Full deep sound!
Stripped of all hardware-- just body & neck included.
Spruce top (solid-spruce?!?!), with solid maple sides and back (solid, not laminated). Solid maple neck. Block inlays! Mother of Pearl!!
Slight curve in neck but very playable, I've enjoyed playing this guitar and its rich full sound. A truss-rod would make this a whole new guitar! Someone told me that it's also possible to relax the glue of the fretboard, readjust the neck and straighten it, then let the glue re-dry. I haven't tried it, but it makes sense.
One odd repair-- some sort of metal cover on the fretboard above the body-- maybe someone put in a small screw or something, underneath-- it was a common "oldfashioned repair" method.
Half-a-century old and ready to last for many years.

Asking price- US $250 no case

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Kay Old Kraftsman Pacer 5540 Acoustic Thinline 1960
Really nice guitar, with a slight neck-curve and no truss-rod. Someone told me it was a 1960 but it's got the appearance of a great old 1940's or 50's. Very solid. Great acoustic sound. Thinline body, 2-5/8 inch body width, great feel.
Spruce top, flamed maple back and sides (or mahogany sides? can't tell), not sure if the bound-neck is maple or mahogany through the finish.

Asking price- US $125

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Kay Old Kraftsman Violin-Cello Headstock Spanish-archtop 1937-1938
Definitely a collector's item, it should be playable with new tuners. Yes it's a 6-string guitar.
Needs some repairs, but I've run out of time for projects.
ABSOUTELY GORGEOUS body-rear flamed-wood! Check photos.
These guitars were made with the front & rear body overhanging the sides. Many had cello necks & headstocks.
The original tuners are intact but most buttons are either missing, or replaced by someone's welded-on metal knobs.
You can see the body cracks on the body-front in the photos. Some bracing is loose underneath, as well.
A very rare and valuable collector guitar. I suspect that the Old Kraftsman tailpiece alone is worth its own fortune to collectors.

Asking price- US $500 no case but well-packed

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Kay Value Leader Model 1963 Sunburst 1961 STRIPPED PROJECT
Very nice condition. Body and neck only. I needed the parts and pickups for other guitars. I might be convinced to deal for the stripped-down original pickguard plate as well, if you are really nice to me ha ha.
Semi-hollow or is it fully-hollow, I'm not sure how to categorize it because of its internal construction. Part of it is fully hollow, maybe?
The tailpiece is NOT included although it managed to sneak its way into some of the photos.

Asking price- US $150 stripped to body/neck only plus chipboard case, or $300 with bag of all the original parts that I've decided I don't need

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Kingston Teisco Barney Kessel-style (Rangemaster?) thinline 1960's Triple-Sunburst VERY RARE
Like-new condition. The guitar gets some great and interesting sounds, plugged in. I even managed to get a banjo-sound out of it for a recording that's on one of my cd's now.
Hollow body with internal pedestal-support, 14-3/4" wide, 1-1/2" depth; overall guitar length 38 inches, playing-scale 24 inches. It's got a more narrow and smaller body than the comparable Kessel-clones-- almost like a Kessel Junior, really nice feel, lightweight, loads of fun to play.

Asking price- US $450 with original COFFIN-CASE

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Lyon-Healy or Wm Hall Parlor guitar 19th Century
Apparently all-original. SOLID IVORY tuner-buttons. Hourglass/wineglass tailpiece. 36-1/4 inches long.
Body 12-5/8" lower-bout, 9" upper-bout, 7-1/8" waist; depth 3-3/8" upper to 3-7/8" lower; body 18-1/4" length. Spruce body top, apparently Brazilian rosewood side-rims and rear; mahogany neck. Fretboard width 1-7/8" to 2-3/8".
Needs a NECK RESET; fretboard is beginning to come up at neck/body joint, a simple neck reset should make this a superb player with no issues.

Asking price- US $400 no case

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Memphis Les Paul SP-200 set-neck highly-collectible Les "The Paul" or LP-Junior clone classic!
Possibly built by Tokai in the 1970's. Older Memphis set-neck models are in great demand for their outstanding quality. Apparently newer 1990's Memphis-branded guitars are also being made in order by distributor C Bruno of CT, so this could be one of those as well.
Gibson-quality structure. Near-clone of a Gibson LP Junior or "The Paul." Solid chunks of mahogany body (2-plank, 2-layer) with only a few minor nicks. I'm highly impressed with the structure and quality of this sturdy guitar. Chunky solid gorgeous mahogany neck (1-piece?), rosewood fretboard w/brass string-nut
2 Bill Lawrence L-500-LTS Dual-Rails style humbucking pickups. One replacement-tuner (see photos).
Weighs in at a solid 8-3/4 pounds

Asking price- US $225 (no case)

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Oahu Volu-Tone Spanish-archtop sunburst 1937-1939 w-original Kay tan chipboard case
Same identical guitar made by Kay and ordered with the Gretsch logo which became Gretsch's first name-branded guitar, the Gretsch Electric Spanish in 1939/1940.
The Oahu logo-version was made by Kay and ordered by Oahu Publishing Co, a music-store and rebranded-instrument distributor.
Extremely rare, one of the earliest electric guitars; ultra-deep 3-11/16th inch body(!!!); solid chunky neck; slight curve (not uncommon on most guitars of this vintage) although I never noticed it when playing until I checked the neck before listing the guitar.
Original hardware, huge Volu-Tone pickup and original electronics, except for replacement but still-vintage butterfly tuners (see photos).
The original microphone-style jack is included, currently has a standard 1/4" jack on the endplate-- easily reversed.
I've made an MP3 soundclip sample and can email it if you want.
A very rare and valuable collector guitar and a piece of guitar history. The Volu-Tone pickup, one of the first-ever guitar pickups, is itself worth its own fortune to collectors.
Asking price- US $1250 with original Kay tan chipboard case SOLD!

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Regal Classical Guitar PROJECT 1940's (possibly Harmony)
Nice old guitar, solid quality construction, great wallhanger even if you don't play.
The Regal name was sold to Harmony in 1954, I believe this guitar was made by Regal but they also may have had Harmony connections even before that.

Asking price- US $75

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Samick Artist Series Les Paul 12-string LS-450-12-CS 1997
The Artist guitar model was made by Samick Korea, to exact specifications of the original 1959 Les Paul's, and it plays just like one. List price was $900.
Nearly identical to the Samick-made Epiphone ENL-4 but nicer looking headstock. Samick models were made 1997-2001, Epiphone's 1998-2000 only.
SET-NECK (mahogany one-piece), Ebony Macassar-wood fretboard, Body 2-piece Indonesian mahogany with solid maple cap.
Superb low action! Great as a 6-string if you wanted, as well! I list this guitar here occasionally but usually end up removing it if it doesn't sell in a short time.
Several minor wear-marks on body rear, missing pickguard; otherwise like-new, and hardly played, superb for an 11-year old guitar. Model no longer made, very in-demand.
Samick is the largest guitar-manufacturer in the world and now owned by Gibson, they make Epiphone's, asian Fenders, you name it.
Read the reviews here at Harmony Central!

Asking Price- US $475 no case

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SS Stewart Spanish archtop 1930's natural stripped PROJECT
Nice 70+ year old piece of history, SS Stewart Chicago guitar body and neck project. Needs everything else, except a dove-tail (included). No frets (ie needs re-fretting). Body, neck & headstock rear are sanded bare. Needs frets. A few drops of some sort of glue on the fretboard will need to be cleaned up. Neck seems straight except the body-extension has a slight lift, probably will be fine once glued down. The former owner who started the project stripped it, apparently did a test-swatch of finish on the right side and quit.
Amazingly gorgeous body rear and side wood!

Asking price- US $250

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Univox Country-Gentleman or 335-style (Teisco Del Rey) Tri-Sunburst 1970's - MINTY!
Very rare! I cannot find a single flaw on this guitar-- it's from probably early/mid 1970's. Under-bed item! All-original hardware.
Matsumoku Factory product. Also marketed as Ibanez, Ventura, Conrad, Greco, Orlando.
Cool single-coil 6-pole adjustable chrome-covered Dearmond-style pickups that are actually quality-constructed. Interchangeable with mini-humbucker or P-90 sizes.
True hollow-body, with small center-block under bridge. Very well-made body.
I'm impressed with these old '60's-70's Univox's. The same factory also made guitars for Epiphone when Gibson first moved its production to Japan. Very cool '60's vibe sound. Pickup heights are adjustable, as are the 6 poles. They remind me of some 1960's Burns guitar pickups or the Dearmond 6-pole's. Adjustable-tension tremolo. Great action on the blonde-mahogany bolt-on neck.

Asking price- US $400 w/HARDSHELL GIBSON-STYLE CASE INCLUDED (missing handle)

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Univox Bradley MG-66 12-string hollowbody 1970's LUTHIER PROJECT
Read carefully! This is the body and neck, which have both been well-sanded to bare wood, and the body top is separated from the rims and bottom. Very well-done. It also includes the typical Univox odd-sized toggle plate (tortoise-style) and chrome jackplate. That's it.
I bought a full version of this guitar (click here for photos of it) about 6 years ago and the seller also had this kit project which he hadn't finished because he had to shut down his workshop to move. He'd also cut openings for full humbucker pickups. The guitars were ordered with the Bradley headstock logo from Univox Japan (Matsumoku) as a house-brand for Veneman Music of Rockville Maryland (now Guitar Center).
I don't have time for cool projects like this these days, so I hope someone can have a great 12-string and a fun project with lots of potential for a great price!
22-fret bolt-on neck, spruce top, mahogany back.
The photo shown is simply a black-white photo of the original that I have. Hopefully I can figure out how to take some good pics of this kit, shortly!

Asking price- US $100

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Washburn Spanish archtop 1930's-40's Walnut PROJECT
Nice 70+ year old piece of history, solid old Washburn Chicago guitar body and neck project. Needs everything else, including a dove-tail. An old Kay one nearly fit but would have needed shaved or sanded down about 2mm on each side. No frets (ie needs re-fretting). Lovely old Washburn mother of pearl headstock inlay, chevron-fretboard inlays. Neck & headstock rear are sanded bare.

Asking price- US $250

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Washburn J-9G "Washington" Jazz Archtop thinline 1997
99% near-mint, gold hardware, wide 17" body but only 1-3/4" deep. Abalone fretboard inlays like Epiphone's Sheraton and others. Bigsby-style aftermarket gold tremolo. Grover-style tuners. Gold-pearl knobs added.
Really nice-sounding pickups, somewhat along the lines of Lawrence, maybe. Center-block under the bridge. Aftermarket gold pearl-inlaid knobs.
Samick-made in Korea.
Model discontinued a few years ago, but was List $1,149 at the time.

Asking price- US $450 no case

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