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1965 Airline Professional Model No Longer Available

On April 24, 2013 / SOLD

Tags: Airline, archtop, electric, guitar, made in USA, solidbody, supro, The Twelfth Fret, thinline, Vintage

1965 Airline Professional Model No Longer Available

This is 1965 Airline Professional Model, 3-pickup electric with stock Bigsby tailpiece.

Airlines were found mostly in Montgomery-Ward catalogues in the 1960’s. While it now seems odd that electric guitars could be harder to come by, this was the case during the early 1960’s. Department store mail-order catalogues were a major player in the mass distribution of lower-cost instruments, and that’s how most of these instruments found their homes.

Airlines were made by Valco, who also produced National and Supro instruments.

1975 Gibson L6-S Deluxe (consignment)

On April 24, 2013 / No Longer Available

Tags: electric, Gibson, L6-S, solidbody, Vintage

This is a 1975 Gibson L6-S Deluxe.

Introduced during 1973 in collaboration with Bill Lawrence, the L6-S was meant to provide a very versatile instrument at a lower production (and sales) cost, and to appeal to rockers who wanted something different than a Les Paul or SG, and to jazzers who remembered the big L-series archtops.

1985 Yamaha SBG1200 SOLD

On April 24, 2013 / SOLD

Tags: electric, guitar, made in japan, SBG, solidbody, The Twelfth Fret, Vintage, Yamaha

Here’s a very clean 1985 Yamaha SBG1200. Featuring a mahogany body with maple cap, and a maple neck (similar to Gibson Les Paul construction at the time), this is a seriously good guitar.

Yamaha built a range of solidbody electrics from the 1970’s and achieved some success with them, though not as much as with their acoustic line. A number of prominent players were seen with the higher end models, including Carlos Santana and more recently, John Frusciante.

1966 Fender Jazz Bass (consignment) SOLD

On April 23, 2013 / SOLD

Tags: bass, electric, Fender, guitar, jazz, jazz bass, made in USA, precision, solidbody, The Twelfth Fret, Vintage

1966 Fender Jazz Bass (consignment) SOLD

Here’s a hardworking 1966 Fender Jazz Bass.

Introduced in 1960, Leo Fender’s Jazz Bass tends to have a tighter, more focused tone that doesn’t emphasize the fundamental frequencies as much as the Precision bass does. This helps it to move ‘forward’ in an audio mix, making it more popular in emerging musical styles where there was more emphasis on the bass – for example, rock power trios and funk.

Four Project Instruments SOLD

On April 23, 2013 / SOLD

Tags: antique, project, Vintage

Four Project Instruments

We often get interesting instruments that require more workbench time than we have to spare, and these four instruments can certainly be saved and deserve to be restored and enjoyed.

They are ideal “project” instruments for the home hobbyist and amateur Luthier.

Gibson J-35 – Discontinued (No Longer Available)

On April 22, 2013 / All New Instruments, Discontinued, Gibson acoustic, New Instrument Categories

Tags: Gibson, J-35, jumbo

Gibson J-35 - Discontinued (No Longer Available)

The Gibson J-35 is back, and what an entrance!

Originally produced in 1936, the J-35 was displaced by the classic (and slightly more expensive) J-45, and went out of production in 1942. About 3000 were originally made.

The headstock has the vintage Gibson script logo and the “Only A Gibson Is Good Enough” banner.

1965 Airline Professional Model No Longer Available

1975 Gibson L6-S Deluxe (consignment)

1985 Yamaha SBG1200 SOLD

1966 Fender Jazz Bass (consignment) SOLD

Four Project Instruments SOLD

Gibson J-35 – Discontinued (No Longer Available)

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