This Fender CS 1956 Stratocaster was built at the Corona California plant and unlike the ‘Relic’ versions is the New Old Stock – NOS – form. Introduced in 1954 as Leo Fender’s third major instrument design after the Telecaster and Precision Bass, the Stratocaster has become one of the most used models.
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The Gibson Midtown Custom was introduced in 2011 and built until perhaps 2015 as a thin, chambered flat top ES style model. Though it resembles the ES-336 or 339 models, the Midtown line – Standard and Custom – uses a chambered Mahogany body back with a flat Maple cap.
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MORE →The Larrivee OM-09 draws from the classic Orchestra Model design developed in the late 1920’s as banjo players migrated to guitar. This model features a Sitka Spruce top paired with Indian Rosewood for the sides and back. The body blocks and neck are Mahogany, with Ebony for the bridge, head plate and bound fingerboard.
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MORE →This great looking Roger Giffin Standard set-neck with carved-top solidbody was built during 2004 and is one of the first of Giffin’s then-new shop near Portland, Oregon. Roger Giffin has built guitars for about 56 years, in London for over a decade from 1966, for Gibson from 1988 to 1994.
The 1970’s Fender Telecaster Custom was a significant departure from the 1960’s Custom, which had basically been a stock model with a bound body. In contrast, the Telecaster Custom introduced in 1972 and built until 1979 introduced the head-end “Bullet” truss rod adjuster, the three-bolt MicroTilt neck angle adjuster, and a huge change for Fender – the Wide-Range Humbucker designed by Seth Lover.
From 2013 and in great condition, here is a Fender American Special Jazzmaster in Sunburst with a hard-tail bridge and tailpiece setup in place of the original trem unit. It also has Jazzmaster style humbucking pickups and simplified controls; he preset switches and thumbwheels are gone. It’s straight ahead playing.
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