http://www.12fret.com/content New and Vintage Guitar Sales, Guitar Repairs, Mandolin Repairs, Banjo Repairs, restoration. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/fender-vi-6-string-bass-1963-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/fender-vi-6-string-bass-1963-consignment/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10735 Serial Number L94020, built 1963 Pricing $11,999.99 CND with non-original case. Neck Maple neck with unbound rosewood fingerboard, clay dots, 30″ scale length. Headstock front macthes body. The neck date is May 1963. Frets Original frets with minimal wear. Body Offset contoured alder body. Finish Metallic Red! in reasonable condition, some chipping and wear. Hardware/electronics [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/fender-vi-6-string-bass-1963-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/g-w-barry-m-rosewood-1990-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/g-w-barry-m-rosewood-1990-consignment/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:01 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=8946 Serial Number B0535 Pricing $2999.99CND (approx.$2998.USD as of Feb.22/2012) REDUCED Neck Mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 1 3/4″ nut width, 25.5″ scale length, low profile neck shape, minor fret wear in first position. Body 0000 M body, Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood sides and back, ebony bridge, abalone rosette, maple body binding, bridge was recently reglued. [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/22/g-w-barry-m-rosewood-1990-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/larrivee-lv09e-sale/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/larrivee-lv09e-sale/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:22:57 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10698 Serial Number 101670 Pricing $2200 Sale Price $2590 Regular Neck Mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 25.5″ scale length, 1 3/4″ nut width, medium elliptical neck profile. Body L body shape, Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood sides and back, venetian cutaway, maple body binding. Finish High gloss finish with some minor shop wear scratches. Hardware/electronics Chrome tuners, [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/larrivee-lv09e-sale/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/herbert-wolfel-classical-1987-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/herbert-wolfel-classical-1987-consignment/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:06 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=6645 Serial Number 101 circa 1987 Pricing $1900.00 CND (approx.$1906.USD as of Feb.21/2012) REDUCED Neck Mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 650mm scale length, 52mm nut width. Body Spruce top, Cocobolo sides and back. Finish French polish with numerous finger nail marks on the top on either side of the fretboard. Hardware/electronics Reichel tuners Comments Comes with black [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/21/herbert-wolfel-classical-1987-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/19/national-concert-koa-ukulele/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/19/national-concert-koa-ukulele/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:40:16 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10703 Serial Number Varies as new; this is 17576 Pricing $1759 CND with case and full National warranty. Neck Hawaiian Koa mahogany neck with tortoise head plate. Frets 20 narrow frets. Body Hawaiian flame Koa with ‘rope’ style wooded binding. National resonator. Finish Satin lacquer finish. Hardware/electronics Nickel plated tuners with black buttons, nickel plated resonator [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/19/national-concert-koa-ukulele/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/18/larrivee-twelfth-fret-special-2009-one-left/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/18/larrivee-twelfth-fret-special-2009-one-left/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:30:20 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=4995 $1650 Here is a limited edition Larrivee from 2009. We found this last one hidden in the corner of the basement. Click here for original feature. For more details or to purchase this instrument, contact us here.]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/18/larrivee-twelfth-fret-special-2009-one-left/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/fender-deluxe-reverb-amp-1966-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/fender-deluxe-reverb-amp-1966-consignment/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:59:21 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10689 Serial Number A16008, Built in 1966 Pricing $2350 CND. Finish Original black tolex in great shape. Hardware/electronics New Mod reverb tank, original Gibbs tank is included. New Weber 12F 150 speaker, original Oxford speaker is included. Original power caps, and the transformers are all 1966. New footswitch. Comments The Deluxe Reverb was relied on for [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/fender-deluxe-reverb-amp-1966-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/rickenbacker-fireglo-360-1968-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/rickenbacker-fireglo-360-1968-consignment/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:26:43 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10683 Serial Number HA 060, built 1968. Pricing $4999.99 CND with original case., Neck Maple-walnut neck with lacquered, unbound rosewood fingerboard. Dot markers. Frets 22 frets with some play wear in the low positions. Some wear on the fingerboard lacquer. Body Chambered birdseye maple body with slash soundhole. Finish Rickenbacker FireGlo (red sunburst) finish in good [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/rickenbacker-fireglo-360-1968-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/line-6-tone-port-ux8-used/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/line-6-tone-port-ux8-used/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:51:31 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10678 Serial Number 39008207 Pricing $199.99 CND (approx.$201.USD as of Feb.17/2012) Comments Here is a rack mountable 24 bit computer recording interface in good condition. It features USB 2.0 connection, 8 mic preamps, 8 in/out and comes with the required drivers. For more details or to purchase this instrument contact us here   You can preview [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/line-6-tone-port-ux8-used/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/kentucky-km1500-mandolin/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/kentucky-km1500-mandolin/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:28:49 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10671 $2299 w/case The new master model KM-1500 from Kentucky uses the finest, most highly figured Michigan Maple combined with the whitest, most fine-grained Adirondack Spruce. These solid woods are meticulously hand carved and graduated — just as were the fabled originals of the early ’20s — to achieve the finest tone quality and volume possible [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/17/kentucky-km1500-mandolin/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/huber-lancaster-berkshire-truetone-banjos/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/huber-lancaster-berkshire-truetone-banjos/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:23 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10637 The Huber Lancaster: The Huber Berkshire: Serial Number Varies as New Pricing Lancaster: $4945 CND with case. Berkshire: $5029 CND with case. Neck Lancaster: Mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. Berkshire: AAA Flame Maple neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. Both have 2-way adjustable trussrods. Frets Standard narrow frets. Body Lancaster: Mahogany resonator Berkshire: AAA Flame [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/huber-lancaster-berkshire-truetone-banjos/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/oasis-guitar-humidifier/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/oasis-guitar-humidifier/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:47:28 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10650 You probably already know that your instrument can crack in dry weather. Repairing a cracked top of a fine guitar is both expensive and can alter the sound of your instrument. To solve this problem, guitarists have been using  humidifiers since the 1960′s. These humidifiers do have a number of drawbacks. The first is that [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/16/oasis-guitar-humidifier/feed/ 1 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/taylor-k14-ce/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/taylor-k14-ce/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:39 +0000 admin http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=10525 The Koa series of guitars from Taylor have always celebrated this lovey sounding and eye catching wood and now the new updated versions for 2012 have upped the ante ever further! Koa top purfling and the Island Vine fretboard inlay perfectly complements the Sitka spruce top and Hawaiian sides and back while increasing the overall [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/taylor-k14-ce/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gibson-les-paul-junior-1959-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gibson-les-paul-junior-1959-consignment/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=9045 Serial Number 925053 Pricing $2250.00 CND (approx.$2256.USD as of Feb.15/2012) REDUCED Neck Mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, full elliptical neck profile, serious neck heel crack which has been repaired, has been refretted. Body Mahogany body. Finish Trans red finish with lots of small scratches, dents and chips. Hardware/electronics Non original pickup and newer knobs, original wrap [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gibson-les-paul-junior-1959-consignment/feed/ 0 http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gretsch-anniversary-6117-1962-consignment/ http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gretsch-anniversary-6117-1962-consignment/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:16 +0000 Mike Gray http://www.12fret.com/content/?p=8042 Serial Number 50507, 1962 Pricing $1599.99 CND (approx.$1603.USD as of Feb.15/2012) REDUCED Neck Maple neck, rosewood fretboard, half moon inlay, some heavy wear on fretboard in first position. Body Laminated maple top, sides and back. Finish Sunburst, finish on the side of the neck and at the heel is worn away, lots of chips and [...]]]> http://www.12fret.com/content/2012/02/15/gretsch-anniversary-6117-1962-consignment/feed/ 0