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Fender Telecaster, USA 1989 with hard case £950

This is one of those oddball Fender’s that most people have never heard of. Fender has a reputation for doing some weird serial number stuff as they progressed, and this is indeed one of them.  From Fender’s website.  A limited number of these “I” series guitars were made in 1989 and 1990. They were made for the export market and have “Made in USA” stamped on the neck heel.”  Good condition apart from a couple of dings on the edge.

Fender Stratocaster Limited Edition, USA 1995 with hard case £950

Near mint condition having been stored for most of the last 25 years. Only made from January to June in 1995.  Fender spec: Model Name: Limited Edition American Standard Strat(r) With Matching Painted Headstock Model Number: 010-7400-(Color#) and 010-7402-(Color#).  Series: American Standard Series. Body: Alder. Neck: Maple. Fingerboard: Rosewood (010-7400) or Maple (010-7402), (9.5" Radius/241mm). No. of Frets: 22. Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm). Width @ Nut: 1.6875" (43 mm). Hardware: Chrome. Machine Heads: Fender Standard (Schaller - Cast/Sealed). Bridge: American Standard. Pickguard: 3-Ply White. Pickups: 3 American Standard Strat Pickups Pickup Switching: Deluxe 5-Position Blade. Controls: Master Volume, Tone (Neck), TBX Tone (Mid, Bridge). Color: 780) Arctic White with Matching Painted Headstock
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Fender 'Blacktop' Stratocaster, Mexico  with hard case £500

Superb condition -still has the protective film on the scratchplate.  Fender say: Fretboard Radius: 9.5" Radius. Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo. Position Inlays: White Dots. Scale Length: 25.5". Nut Width: 1.650". String Nut: Synthetic Bone. Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Adjustable Hex Nut. Pickups: Hot Vintage Alnico Humbucking Bridge Pickup. Hot Vintage Alnico Humbucking Neck Pickup. Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup). Hardware: Nickel/Chrome. Tuning Keys: Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines. Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo. Tremolo Arm: Vintage Style Tremolo Arm. Strap Buttons: Vintage Style Strap Buttons. Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs. Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green

Fender 60's Reissue Stratocaster, Mexico with hard case £500

Gibson Les Paul Special, USA 2015 with gig bag, £500

Fender Stratocaster, USA 2005 with case, £900

Excellent condition with barely any wear.  Case with all original docs.

Fender Stratocaster, USA 1978 with case £1850

This is a one owner guitar which has seen very light use.   Minimal fret wear on some lower frets. Lovely, dark rosewood board.  One small ding on the heel but otherwise clean.

Fender Deluxe Stratocaster, Mexico 2016, with gig bag £500

Excellent condition with the addition of a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails bridge pickup.    Fender say: A tonally versatile guitar with time-honoured Fender style and sound, the Deluxe Strat has a few tricks up its sleeve. Special switching unlocks extra pickup combinations for those moments you find yourself needing a little extra kick to stand out.  Three Vintage Noiseless pickups offer all the clarity and articulation you've come to expect from Strat pickups-with no hum. A push/push mini-switch discretely tucked away between the tone controls, yet still easy to reach, activates the bridge pickup in positions four and five on the selector. Use the bridge and neck pickups together or combine all three pickups for flexible tone that can meet the needs of any song. Enjoy smoother travel when using the tremolo bridge, thanks to the modern two-point synchronized design, which includes bent steel saddles for classic aesthetics. A contoured neck heel and 4-bolt asymmetrical neck plate make it easy to comfortably reach the upper registers of the neck. The flatter 12"-radius fingerboard makes it easy to play fast leads and perform deep bends without fretting out. Locking short-post tuning machines provide increased break angle at the nut for buzz-free playing and enhanced tuning stability

Fender Deluxe Stratocaster, Mexico 2014 with gig bag £450

Excellent condition.  Fender say: The Deluxe Stratocaster HSS Plus Top with IOS Connectivity lets you expand the sonic possibilities of the world’s greatest electric guitar by plugging it straight into iOS devices such as your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod® or computer with no need for any external devices.

The guitar’s built-in USB audio interface is what does the trick. You can always play it as a great-sounding standard HSS Stratocaster, but the USB output and 1/8” stereo headphone output on the side of the lower bout deliver a whole other world of sonic versatility and creativity.  Other features include a maple neck with “modern C” profile and gloss finish, maple or rosewood fingerboard with 9.5” radius and 22 medium jumbo frets, single-coil neck and middle pickups, humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching and three white plastic control knobs (master volume, master tone, headphone volume), three-ply parchment pickguard and vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge with six saddles.

Gretsch Pro Jet, China with  case £300

Ibanez JS100 Joe Satriani model, Korea 1999, £400

Danelectro '59 NOS, Korea £300

Excellent condition.    They call this colour 'Baby come back blue'.  Dano say:  Opportunity knocks! Our pickup supplier “misplaced” a load of our lipstick© pickups in their warehouse... only to discover them recently... 15 years after they were manufactured!  When we listened to them we realised that these “New Old Stock” wonders have more twang than any Lipstick© ever! Is it because of the aged magnets? Or the materials used 15 years ago? Who knows. Who cares. They just sound great! So we took our flagship 59M model, with the tunable die cast bridge, and installed these 15 year old wonders... and voila ...the best sounding, best playing Dano ever!

Charvel Pro-mod San Dimas Style 1, Mexico with hard case, £550

A little wear on the body but no fret or fingerboard wear.   Charvel say: With its sleekly-sculpted, lightweight Ash body, with a rock-solid bolt-on maple neck, this San Dimas Style 1 is built to not only offer superior levels of comfort, but also handle the ravages of the road and climate. As if that wasn't reassuring enough, the heel-mount spoke wheel allows you to tweak the truss road with ease, even between songs.  This particular model comes equipped with the famous Speed Neck profile, and is capped with a 12"-16" compound radius Maple fingerboard. The neck grants you quick and easy access to every available note, whilst the radius of the fingerboard ensures the maximum level of comfort as you play them.  For the kind of sound you'd expect from a Charvel of this calibre, you'll find a classic Seymour Duncan Humbucker set sitting in the neck and bridge positions.  The bridge position JB is a crisp, clear humbucker pickup that's ideal for both clean and distorted signals, whilst the neck position '59 is a rich, fat-sounding humbucker with a robust tone, with highly dynamic articulation and harmonic balance. In addition to that, the Volume control pot features a Push/Pull coil splitting function, giving you a crisp, clear single coil tone from each pickup for when the need arises.  And finally, the Tone control is equipped with a No-Load function. From positions 1 through 9, this pot acts like a typical Tone control, but once you get to 10 the tone is removed completely, giving you an entirely natural, transparent sound.

Peavey T60, USA 1979 with hard case, £500

Lots of wear on the fingerboard but the frets are OK.  All original.  The 1978 ad copy was as follows:  The Peavey guitar is a traditional electric guitar. There's no "space age" designs, no flashy inlays; simply the best materials placed together with the maximum care.  But one area has offered the technologist real scope for improvement over existing guitars the electrics. The Peavey six string guitar is fitted with two double coil  humbucking type pickups. With the carefully crafted body they'll offer as much bite as any instrument available.  Each pickup has its own volume and tone control and there's the usual three- position pickup selector switch. Apart from a phase reversal switch. there's nothing extra in the control department: at least nothing you can SEE externally. Like most tone controls Peavey's are calibrated 0-10. Usually these alter the tone from treble to bass, and do no more. Peavey's Work much better. As the turn on the control is reduced the humbucking sound that is produced at "full tone" is modified to give increased treble response and then. as the guitarist automatically passes the half-way point on the control —  the pickup gradually becomes a single coil type. So at one extreme the guitarist has the full, roaring tone of a humbucker at full cry, at the other the clean sharp sound that belongs to another very different type of guitar.  This automatic- ally changes the pickup characteristics as the tone control is altered.  Because of this ingenious piece of technology the phase- selector switch is able to work more fully than ever before. With both pickups selected the phase switch allows the pickups to be played out of phase with each other — as usual, with one pickup selected, however, the player can actually use a pickup with each coil out of phase on one pickup - some amazing effects are possible!  

Harmony Meteor H70, USA 1964   £600

All original hardware.  At some time in it's life it has been 'varnished'.  This foolishness knocks a good deal off the price.  However, it plays and sounds superb.  So, a vintage guitar for new guitar money.. The same model of Meteor as played by Dave Davies (The Kinks) and Keith Richards.

Line 6 Variax 700, Japan with gig bag  £400

Modelling guitar gives access to these sounds: 1960 Fender® Telecaster® Custom, 1968 Fender® Telecaster®, 1968 Fender® Telecaster® Thinline, 1959 Fender® Stratocaster®, 1958 Gibson® Les Paul® Standard, 1952 Gibson® Les Paul® "Goldtop", 1961 Gibson® Les Paul® Custom (3 PU), 1956 Gibson® Les Paul® Junior, 1976 Gibson® Firebird V, 1955 Gibson® Les Paul® Special, 1959 Gretsch® 6120, 1956 Gretsch® Silver Jet, 1968 Rickenbacker® 360, 1966 Rickenbacker® 360-12, 1961 Gibson® ES®-335, 1967 Epiphone® Casino, 1957 Gibson® ES-175, 1953 Gibson® Super 400, 1959 Martin® D-28, 1970 Martin® D 12-28, 1967 Martin® O-18, 1966 Guild® F212, 1995 Gibson® J-200, 1935 Dobro® Alumilite, Danelectro 3021, Coral/Dano® Electric Sitar, Gibson® Mastertone Banjo, 1928 National® Style 2 "Tricone".   Wow!

Gretsch Streamliner G2655, China £275

As new.  Gretsch say:

The exhilarating G2655 Streamliner Centre Block Jr. Double-Cut is designed for three simple things, high gain-friendly performance, slick, easy playability and spectacular style. A sleek music machine, the G2655 cranks out the hits with updated features while staying true to That Great Gretsch Sound that's been a vital component of rock 'n' roll since its inception. The secret to the Streamliner's sound is twofold, the Broad'Tron BT-2S humbucking pickup and the spruce centre block. Designed specifically for the Streamliner Collection, the high-output Broad'Tron pickup spawns improved definition with tighter bass response for robust lows, pristine highs and a throaty midrange. A lightweight spruce centre block runs the length of the body, reinforcing the top while eliminating undesired feedback for volume-friendly performance on modern stages. The Streamliner's sonic power is harnessed and shaped by the traditional control layout, neck and bridge pickup volume controls, a master tone control, master volume control and three-way pickup switching. The anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge and synthetic bone nut grant astounding tuning stability and accurate, slip-free intonation. A fast-playing 12"-radius laurel fingerboard with elegant pearloid Big Block inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets sits atop the white-bound neck with a thin U shaped profile, ideal for chord work or fiery riffing. All the classic eye-catching style you've come to expect from Gretsch is here, vintage-style black control knobs, enlarged F-holes for increased acoustic projection, elegant aged white binding with upgraded purfling, slick-looking nickel hardware, three-ply black pickguard and arched laminated maple construction. Easy to play while rocking out thanks to its smaller body, the G2655 is a phenomenal instrument for the modern musician who wants to control the stage and the audience while standing out from the pack

I say: Phew!

CSL Twin Neck with hard case, Japan mid 1970's, £650

Good, condition.  CSL guitars were rebranded Ibanez models made for Charles Summerfield Ltd of Gateshead, England.  From the era of Prog when every self respecting band had a twin neck guitar.

Commodore (by Aria), Japan 1960's  £250

Supro Sahara, China, £350

This is a new instrument but B stock, it has a paint chip by the neck pocket.

Fender Modern Player Coronado II, China c. 2014 £450

Grimshaw GS30, England 1960's   £350

Good condition but has finish cracks on the back.   The GS30 was introduced in the eary 1960's and over 400 were made in the following decade. Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention) & Francis Rossi (Status Quo) both used one of these Grimshaw's in the 1960's.

Airline H44DLX by Eastwood, China with gig bag  £325

Pretty much as new. Taxicab Yellow finish.    Eastwood say - Body: Solid Ash, Colours: Copper, Black, Taxicab Yellow, Pickups: Dual Mini Humbucker, Switching: 3-Way, Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone, Bridge: Floating Wooden Bridge, Trapeze Tail, Neck: Maple, Set Neck, Finger Board: Rosewood, Block Markers, 20 Frets, Scale Length: 24 3/4", Width at the Nut: 1 11/16", Hardware: Vintage Open Back Tuners, Unique Features: Vintage Fat Baseball Bat Neck

Burns Brian May, Korea 2002 with case  £650

This guitar has some playing wear and a non-original case.   It has upgraded USA Dimarzio Brian May pickups and replacement Grover machine heads.

Italia Maranello with hard case,  Korea  c.2010 £450

Fender Squire Hello Kitty, Indonesia  2006 £150

Kawai Aquarius AQ-305, Japan 1980's   £195

A lovely example of a rare guitar from the early 1980's.  Usual Japanese quality.  Cool push button coil tap switch.  Hardly any fret wear and the body is in great condition save for a small ding on the back of the upper bout.

Westone Spectrum II, Japan 1984 £150

Solid Alder body, one piece Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, graphite nut, 25.5 inch scale 22 frets. 2 Hammer I  humbuckers, standard trem, Single volume and 2 tone controls - the tone controls are push-pull switches for coil tap and phase adjust