Cutaway

❌SOLD❌ Linda Manzer Custom Cutway Steel String Guitar, 1980

On February 24, 2023 /

Here is a rare thing of beauty – a Linda Manzer Custom Cutaway from 1980, wearing a lovely Alphonse Mucha – inspired engraved headstock inlay. Linda Manzer has been building since the mid 1970’s, training with Jean Larrivee from 1974 to 1978 and in 1984 learning archtop construction from the late James D’Acquisto in New York City. Her spectacular and varied instruments have been used by many top players including Pat Metheney, Bruce Cockburn, and Julian Lage.

Vintage

Price: $12,000.00 CAD $16,500.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

SOLD!!! Collings CL Jazz Thinline Archtop Electric Sunburst, 2003

On February 16, 2023 /

The Collings CL Jazz is a rare thing of beauty, functional art manifesting as a thinline hollowbody carved top jazz guitar. The late Bill Collings’ work is some of the best. His work was very well thought out and executed in every way. Build quality, materials selection, fit, finish, sound and playability are top notch.

Used

Price: $12,999.99 CAD

This instrument has sold

GoldTop CL City Limits, 2012 / No Longer Available

On February 14, 2023 /

This Collings GoldTop CL City Limits is special, apparently being the second GoldTop CL personally made and finished by the late Bill Collings himself. This guitar model clearly draws from a the classic pairing of Maple and Mahogany, and this very early Collings Gold Top CL has some subtle shaping differences to distinguish it.

Used

Price: $4,795.00 CAD $5,000.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Alhambra CS-3-S-E12 Crossover Semiacoustic Cedar, 2020

On January 28, 2023 /

Here we have a gently used, very clean Alhambra CS-3-S-E12 Crossover, pairing Cedar with Indian Rosewood and a Fishman transducer set. This lovely, versatile instrument is in very good condition with its original hard shell case. Built by one of Spain’s larger makers, the Alhambra CS-3-S-E12 Crossover was aimed at players generally from the steel string world who need a cutaway, crowned fingerboard and a pickup system.

Used

Price: $1,700.00 CAD $2,000.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Gibson ES-135 P100 Tobacco Burst, 1996

On January 16, 2023 /

Built from 1991 to 2003 in Memphis, the Gibson ES-135 P100 was a single florentine cutaway, semi-hollow thinline with a pair of P100 hum-cancelling pickups. From 1956 to 1958, the ES-135 existed as a renamed ES-130, a full-depth, single-cutaway archtop with one or two P-90 pickups. The ES-130 was introduced in 1954, renamed in 1956 to the ES-135, and discontinued in 1958.

Used

Price: $2,200.00 CAD $2,400.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1964

On January 13, 2023 /

From its launch in 1949 until it was finally discontinued in 2017, the Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric was the benchmark guitar for working jazz guitarists. The Gibson ES-175 archtop electric was in production for such a long time because it does exactly what many jazz and rock guitarists needed it to do.

Vintage

Price: $12,999.99 CAD $14,999.99 CAD

This instrument has sold