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Serial Number Varies, this is CYG11030163, Made in China. Pricing $350 CND, without case. Neck 22.5″ (57.15 cm)scale length, nut width is 1.875″ (47.6 mm) Frets No frets on a lap steel, but this instrument uses a plastic marker board with high visibility. Many lap steels, including this one, use shapes to indicate the ‘fret’ [...]

  Alastair Miller paid us a visit this past week, and he brought a little surprise in with him: this beautiful new Barncaster! Built from a piece of 150 year old pine, this guitar is both lightweight and resonant. Outfitted with vintage style hardware and electronics, this guitar feels and plays great, with a tone [...]

Serial Number Varies as new; this example is 110512822 Pricing $2629 with case; this example apparently has a couple of finish flaws, which we discuss below in the ‘comments’ section. Neck Curly maple neck with unbound ebony fingerboard, dot markers on side. Frets 22 medium oval frets. Body Carved spruce top with curly maple back [...]

Serial Number Varies as new, this is 1108024 Pricing $1899 with case. Neck Three-piece maple neck with bound ebony board. Wide yet not thick profile. Frets 22 medium frets. Body Carved spruce top, carved flame maple back, flame maple sides. Finish Gloss ‘classic’ antique sunburst. Hardware/electronics Custom 7-string pickup with controls mounted on ebony fingerboard. [...]

Serial Number JT11041647, Made in Japan Pricing $3500 CDN with tweed case Neck 1-piece Mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard and hump-block markers. 12″ radius (305 mm). Frets 22 Standard Frets. Body Chambered body. Mahogany back and sides and 3-ply arched Maple top. Classic ‘Jet’ body shape. Finish Gloss urethane finish. And it’s definitely black! [...]

Serial Number Varies as new Pricing $939 CDN with case Neck Maple neck with scarf-joint at the head – very strong. Bound ebony fingerboard and head plate. Snowflake inlays, adjustable truss rod, and bolt-on design so the action can be set to whatever you require. Frets 21 medium frets. Body Mahogany body. bound top Routed [...]

Serial Number Varies as new, this example is 113011448  Made in USA 2011 Pricing $799 CDN with gig bag. Neck Mahogany neck with unbound rosewood fingerboard, dot markers. Black lacquer peghead front with gold Gibson logo. Frets 22 medium frets. Body Solid Mahogany body. Finish Thin  lacquer on red stain finish Hardware/electronics Two P-90 single [...]

Serial Number Varies as new, this example is 120011354  Made in USA 2011 Pricing $539 CDN with gig bag. Neck Mahogany neck with unbound torrified fingerboard, dot markers. Black lacquer peghead front with gold Gibson logo. Frets 22 medium frets. Body Solid Maple body. Finish Thin  black lacquer satin finish Hardware/electronics One humbucker pickups, volume [...]

Serial Number Varies as new; this example is 119411314 Made in USA 2011. Pricing $849 CDN with gig bag; this model is discontinued and these are the last. Neck Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, faux pearl trapezoidal markers, 12″ radius and 24.75″ scale length. Frets 22 medium frets. Body Chambered mahogany body with unbound maple [...]

Serial Number Varies as new, this one is 130501309 Made in USA 2010 Pricing $2669 CDN with case Neck One-piece mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. Modern C profile. Frets 22 medium frets, levelled via PLEK system. Body Solid mahogany body with bound curly maple cap. Finish Cherry sunburst lacquer finish on top, cherry stain [...]

Serial Number Varies as new, this is 119210612 Made in USA 2011 Pricing $539 CDN with bag Neck Mahogany neck with unbound torrified maple fingerboard, dot markers. 24 3/4″ scale length, 1 11/16″ width at nut. Frets 23 medium frets. Body Solid maple body Finish Blue satin lacquer finish, also available in white and black. [...]

Gibson introduced the Explorer in 1958, but it wasn’t exactly an unqualified success and was discontinued in 1959. Over time, guitarists came to appreciate its radical lines and the fact that it just sounds great and plays well. Serial Number Varies as new, this one is 103900679 Pricing $1329 CDN Neck Mahogany neck with unbound [...]

Regular: $2550 Discontinued and on Sale: $2150! Bob Taylor’s exotic, heavily figured inset koa  is a wood lover’s dream. The high-performance, Taylor Style I humbuckers are a tone lover’s dream. Artistic, Mother-of-pear fretboard inlays and on-edge Ivoroid binding around the body and headstock, with micro-purfling up the fretboard, complete the high-end design detail on their [...]

There a rush of exhilaration whenever we get a new PRS Custom 24 in. They are, by far, my fave of the entire line. Many player from Ted Nugent, Howard Leese(Heart), Carlos Santana, Chris Poland (Megadeth, Ohm) and Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction) have made the Custom 24 their weapon of choice. The PRS Custom 24 [...]

Serial Number JT11041435 Pricing $2925 CDN Neck Maple neck with gold-sparkle-bound ebony fingerboard, 12″ radius, engraved hump-block pearl markers. 24.6″ scale length and 1.6875″ nut width. Frets 22 frets, medium, over the binding. Body Mahogany back with arched laminated maple top. Bound with gold sparkle and black/white purfling. Finish White gloss urethane finish. It’s a [...]