The Twelfth Fret ~ Since 1977 ~

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Sergei DeJonge Classical Guitar Black Limba, 2023

Sergei DeJonge Classical Guitar Black Limba, 2023

Seen here is a new Sergei de Jonge Classical Guitar with an elevated fingerboard, pairing a Cedar top with Black Limba for the sides, back and neck. The bracing is Spruce, the body blocks and linings are Mahogany. The bridge is Indian Rosewood and the fingerboard is Ebony. As is the case for most of de Jonge’s guitars, the finish is a hand-applied French Polish.

New
Price: $9,500.00 CAD
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Guild Starfire VI Thinline Electric Blonde, 1974

Guild Starfire VI Thinline Electric Blonde, 1974

Seen here is a beautifully figured Flame Maple (blonde) Guild Starfire VI built near Newark, New Jersey around October of 1974. it is in overall rather good condition with a natural wear spot to the back finish, where the body would rest against the player’s belt. The hardware is gold plated, with Guild-branded Schaller tuners at the head (Grover Roto-Matics had been more commonly used), and Guild’s spacing-adjustable roller bridge.

Vintage
Price: $5,487.00 CAD
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Guild Bluegrass F47 Steel String Acoustic Natural, 1973

Guild Bluegrass F47 Steel String Acoustic Natural, 1973

Introduced in 1963, the Guild Bluegrass F47  model was aimed at the exploding folk and bluegrass boom. In 1966, production moved from Hoboken NJ to Westerly RI.  In 1972, the year this guitar was built, Guild’s President Alfred Dronge was killed in a plane crash and was succeeded by Leon Tell. 

Vintage
Price: $2,850.00 CAD

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⚌Reduced‼ de Jonge Steel String Guitar French Polish, 2018

⚌Reduced‼ de Jonge Steel String Guitar French Polish, 2018

This Sergei de Jonge Steel String Guitar pairs a Sitka Spruce top with Padauk for the sides, back, head plate, backstrap and rosette. Built during 2018 in Chelsea Quebec, it is in very good, clean condition, and delivers a full, rich and complex sound. Like many guitars from the de Jonge shops, this model has a French Polish finish, providing protection to the woods with a minimal imposition on the guitar’s vibration.

Used
Price: $6,000.00 CAD $7,000.00 CAD
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Bourgeois Custom D LSH Large Sound Hole, 2015

Bourgeois Custom D LSH Large Sound Hole, 2015

This spectacular Bourgeois Custom D LSH Large Sound Hole, 2015- is part of a series of instruments offered around the 2015 Summer NAMM show. Dated to June 5, 2015 at Lewiston Maine, this pairs an Adirondack Spruce top with premium Brazilian Rosewood for the sides, back and head plate.

Used
Price: $12,000.00 CAD
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⚌Reduced‼ Cromwell G-4 Archtop Guitar by Gibson, 1935

⚌Reduced‼ Cromwell G-4 Archtop Guitar by Gibson, 1935

The Cromwell G-4 archtop guitar was built by Gibson from 1935 to 1939 and sold to various retailers and catalog distributors. Inside this guitar, visible through the bass F-hole is a well-preserved yellow label reading ‘New York Band Instrument Company’ indicating that it was sold by that company, at the time a large music store in New York City, but gone by 1950.

Vintage
Price: $1,950.00 CAD $2,150.00 CAD
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