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Hofner Cavern Bass 500/1 1961 Reissue Sunburst, 2004

On July 11, 2019 /

The Hofner Cavern bass model 500/1 appeared in 1961, though that was not its name – from its first appearance at the 1956 Frankfurt Musikmesse, it was known simply as the Violin Bass. The bass earned its ‘Cavern’ moniker through frequent use in the Liverpool Cavern Club by a young bassist named Paul McCartney in The Beatles.

Used

Price: $2750 CAD

Rick Turner Renaissance RB4 Standard Fretted Bass, 1999

On July 4, 2019 /

The Turner Renaissance RB4 Standard is one of three trim levels for three RB versions – with 4, 5 or 6 strings, and fretted or unfretted. These are a chambered design, the Standard with Cedar top, and Walnut for the sides and back. The bridge is Rosewood with Bone saddle.

Used

Price: $1800 CAD

Rick Turner Renaissance RB4 Fretless Bass, 2000

On July 4, 2019 /

The Rick Turner Renaissance RB4 Standard is one of three trim levels for three RB versions – with 4, 5 or 6 strings, and fretted or unfretted. These are a chambered design, the Standard with Cedar top, and Walnut for the sides and back. The bridge is Rosewood with Bone saddle. The neck is Maple with Indian Rosewood fingerboard and a faux-tortoise head plate and ‘R’ logo. This example dates to approximately 2000.

Used

Price: $1800 CAD

Taylor T5z Standard Thinline Acoustic Electric Sunburst, 2016

On July 3, 2019 /

The Taylor T5z Standard is a scaled-down version of the successful Taylor T5 line and their relationship is much like the one between Gibson’s 335 and 339 models.

Used

Price: $2000 CAD

Douglas Harrison GB Custom Thinline Archtop Sunburst, 2019

On June 26, 2019 /

Here is a brand new Douglas Harrison GB Custom with bookmatched, flame Maple top and sunburst finish! Douglas Harrison builds the GB Custom, named after the initial model built for the late Gary Benson, at his shop in Toronto. The GB Custom is a very popular model and shows off Harrison’s skill.

New

Price: $6999.99 CAD

Heritage H 525 PTD VSB Thinline Electric, 2007

On June 5, 2019 /

This Heritage H 525 is a PTD VSB model, built during 2007 at the Heritage plant, 525 Parsons Street Kalamazoo Michigan – the old Gibson facility. The H 525 does not presently appear in Heritage listings on on its website. P T D stands for P90s, Thinline, Dual Pickup, while VSB means ‘Vintage Sun Burst’ (thanks to a customer for clarifying ‘PTD’).

Used

Price: $2100 CAD

‼️Reduced‼️ Harmony H54 Guitar and H305A Amp Set, 1960

On June 5, 2019 /

Here we’re looking at something relatively rare – a Harmony guitar and amp set purchased together around 1960, and from their condition, it looks like they were quickly put away. These two pieces, especially the Harmony H54 guitar, are among the cleanest we’ve seen from that period. The nitrocellulose lacquer finish on Harmony guitars from the 1950s and 1960s was thin, and easily damaged with normal use.

Vintage

Price: $1750 CAD

Jon Perry CS Series Semihollow Electric Guitar Sunburst, 2014

On May 29, 2019 /

The Jon Perry CS is a single cutaway, thinline guitar built in Toronto using a Maple top and back set on a Mahogany core. Jon Perry builds in the south western part of downtown Toronto, and builds three basic styles – the CS series, a chambered solidbody creating the impression of a traditional thinline; the AT series, a small bodied archtop guitar; and the S Series of solidbody guitars, often in a ‘T style’ design. He has run his shop since 2014.

Used

Price: $1800 CAD

Gibson Byrdland Florentine Cutaway Sunburst, 1968

On May 28, 2019 /

The Gibson Byrdland Florentine cutaway model originally had a rounded, ‘Venetian’ cutaway between its introduction in 1955 and 1960, and regained the Venetian cutaway in 1969. Modern Custom Shop ‘reissue’ models are available with either shape, since 1992. The Byrdland had its origins in the requirements of busy working session guitarists – two working session guitarists in particular. Hank Garland and Billy Byrd were two of the top Nashville players throughout the 1950’s.

Vintage

Price: $6999.99 CAD

Gibson ES345 TD Thinline Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1966

On May 28, 2019 /

Here is a very nice and largely original Gibson ES345 TD in sunburst finish and with a Trapeze tailpiece, built during 1966 at the Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On the label, the TD in the model name stand for ‘Thinline Double Pickup’. Sometimes you’ll see a ‘C’ added, which denotes Cherry finish. ‘ES’ stands for Electric Spanish, referring to the way the instrument is built and played – another Gibson option was ‘EH’ for Electric Hawaiian, used on steel and lap steel guitars played with a bar, steel or slide.

Vintage

Price: $6500 CAD

Norfolk Jasmine Thinline Electric Flame Maple, 2018

On April 15, 2019 /

The Norfolk Jasmine comes to us from a new company operating from the Cambridge, Ontario area. Based on a popular single cutaway thinline body, the Norfolk Jasmine offers top quality woods and materials in a well built package. The Jasmine uses a chambered Mahogany body with bookmatched flame Maple cap.

New

Price: $2499 CAD

Rickenbacker 330/12 Thinline Electric 12 String Fireglo, 1987

On March 20, 2019 /

Introduced in 1965 as a dressed down version of 1964’s groundbreaking 360/12, the Rickenbacker 330/12 was immediately popular. The 330 model guitars used the pointed horns and sharper corners of the early 360 models, but without binding body or neck binding and with dot instead of triangle position markers. In 1965, the 360 body shifted to a New Style, with rounded top edges and cutaway horns, and while this has been the most prominent body shape for the 360, the 330 and 330/12 have retained their original shape.

Used

Price: $2400 CAD

Hofner Violin Bass 500/1 Vintage Finish 1963 Relic, 2018

On March 12, 2019 /

The Hofner Violin Bass 500/1 Vintage Relic is a limited production bass built to order, reproducing the 1963 instrument built for Paul McCartney.

New

Price: $4099 CAD

Hofner 1961 Cavern Bass 500/1 Left Handed Sunburst, 2015

On November 22, 2018 /

The Hofner 1961 Cavern bass was very popular in Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960’s. American built instruments were rare and expensive, and use by wildly successful bands such as The Beatles made everyone want one. At the time, the tiny Cavern Club in London was one of the key venues for aspiring bands to appear, and The Beatles played there so often the club name became closely associated with the band.

New

Price: $3950 CAD

Epiphone Granada E444T Thinline Archtop Sunburst, 1965

On November 19, 2018 /

The Epiphone Granada E444T is much like the Gibson ES-125T, and was built in the Gibson Kalamazoo plant from 1962 to 1970. A non-cutaway thinline archtop, the Granada E444T has a large plastic plate that mounts the controls and a Melody Maker style single coil pickup. The sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish has faded nicely, and there is natural checking around the instrument. There are a few small dings and scratches on the back, but otherwise it is in good condition.

Vintage

Price: $1550 CAD

Ibanez AGS73FM Thinline Archtop Electric Guitar Black

On November 14, 2018 /

The Ibanez AGS73FM Thinline Archtop features a select-grade maple top, back, and sides. The fretboard is warm, bound Rosewood, contrasted by brilliant block inlays. The Artcore mahogany neck has proven its reliability on thousands of Ibanez hollow and semi-hollow bodies throughout the years. The Classic Elite pickups are moderate output, warm in tone, yet very responsive for various music genres. Sure Grip III knobs provide non-slip functionality and an ART-1 bridge provides improved sustain and tuning stability. Case sold separately.

New

Price: $719 CAD

Gretsch ’59 Silver Jet G6129T-59 Silver Sparkle

On October 31, 2018 /

The Baldwin Vibraslim Bass was built between 1965 and 1970, but its first appearance was as a Burns model. Over time, the Baldwin label took prominence. This bass dates to around 1966 – the first Burns run had the controls mounted on the pickguard and had a more traditional tailpiece, which was replaced by the Rezo-Tube bridge.

Vintage

Price: $1250 CAD

2017 Godin Acousticaster Thinline Electric-Acoustic Guitar

On July 4, 2017 /

Tags: acousticaster, Berlin, Canada, chambered, electric, godin, guitar, La Patrie, made in Canada, mahogany, New Hampshire, ontario, Piezo, Quebec, richmond, semi-hollow, spruce, The Twelfth Fret, thinline, toronto, www.12fret.com

The Godin Acousticaster is the natural outcome of an original idea from Chet Atkins, who needed an acoustic guitar that wouldn’t feed back at stage volumes.

New

Price: $1295 CAD

Passing Through- 2016 Douglas Harrison GB Custom Archtop Guitar

On December 22, 2016 /

Tags: archtop, chambered, electric, gary Benson, GB, guitar, Harrison, jazz, made in Canada, The Twelfth Fret, thinline, www.12fret.com

This brand-new Douglas Harrison GB Custom thinline, chambered archtop guitar is just passing through, and we had to show it off.

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Duesenberg Caribou Thinline

On February 4, 2016 /

Tags: archtop, bigsby, Caribou, Catalina Blue, chambered, Duesenberg, electric, Fullerton, Fullerton Elite, Fullerton TV, guitar, metallic, Plek, Radiator, thinline, trem, vibrato

The new Duesenberg Caribou thinline electric takes its cues from the American west and is inspired by iconic surf riffs and the classics 60’s sounds.

New

Price: $2850 CAD

Danelectro 12 String Electric Guitar

On May 29, 2015 /

Tags: 12-string, danelectro, electric, lipstick pickups, thinline

Just in and brand new! The Danelectro 12 String Electric Guitar takes a page from the historic Danelectro instruments that appeared on so many records and stages, and adds modern features like a fully adjustable and tunable bridge.

New

Price: $629 CAD

Gibson ES-Les Paul White Top – Available in Black

On April 19, 2015 /

Tags: ES, Gibson, Les Paul, thinline

Just in – a brand new, limited-run Gibson ES-Les Paul White Top! Blending the features of the Les Paul and the ES-335, the ES-Les Paul delivers as a comfortably light, resonant and rocking guitar.

New

Price: $3149 CAD

Collings I-35 Deluxe

On December 18, 2010 /

Tags: Collings, electric

Hey, somebody has to be at the top of the heap … numero uno … the cream of the crop. Once again Bill Collings has taken a time-tested guitar design and refined it to the point of perfection. Most players, including myself, thought that the double cutaway thinline semi-hollow electric guitar had evolved as far as it was going to ever go, until this Texas guitar builder took it to the finish line with his I-35 Deluxe!

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