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⚌Reduced‼ Fender Stratocaster Candy Apple Red, 1962-1964

On August 23, 2023 /

Here’s a guitar that needs little introduction – a Fender Stratocaster Candy Apple Red, with components from 1962 and 1964. Here, the Alder body is from 1964, while the Maple and ‘Slab’ style Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, plus the electronics, are from 1962. Aside from the body swap, one of the only things not original is a tone knob. Fret wear is light to moderate, and the wider fret wire indicates a re-fret, likely decades ago.

Vintage

Price: $24,500.00 CAD $28,500.00 CAD

Gibson ES-137 Silver Top Thinline Archtop, 2002

On August 15, 2023 /

This is a very nice condition and unusual early Gibson ES-137 Silver Top model dating to March 29, 2002 at Memphis Tennessee; this model was built from 2002 to 2015. The Gibson ES-137 was launched in 2002 and combines the looks of the ES-175 and the performance practicalities of the ES-335 lineup. The body shape is very much like the ES-175, but the body is a thinline style with a solid center block.

Used

Price: $2,000.00 CAD

⚌Reduced‼ Martin Custom Shop D-28 Natural, 2014

On August 10, 2023 /

This Martin Custom Shop D-28, built during 2014, is a beautiful instrument with a number of subtle differences from stock models.

Used

Price: $4,860.00 CAD $5,900.00 CAD

Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Black Beauty Custom Inlay, 2020

On August 4, 2023 /

With an official launch in October 2020, the Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Black Beauty was based on a classic 1958 Les Paul Custom. In 1957, three of Gibson’s then-new humbucking pickups replaced the P-90 and Alnico V ‘Staple Top’ pickup set of previous Customs. From its introduction in 1954 until the 1961 redesign, the Les Paul Custom had a major difference from the other carved-top Les Pauls hidden under the gloss black finish.

Used

Price: $1,999.99 CAD

⚌Reduced‼ Hippner Romanillos Brazilian Classical, 2012

On July 13, 2023 /

Built in a tiny corner of the USA, this Darren Hippner Romanillos style classical guitar illustrates why its maker has such a good reputation. This slightly short-scale guitar – 25 inches or 635mm- was built during 2012 and no longer appears in his listing of available models.

Used

Price: $6,250.00 CAD $7,000.00 CAD

⚌Reduced‼ Rickenbacker 4001 Bass Fireglo, 1975

On June 10, 2023 /

One of the iconic rock basses, the Rickenbacker 4001 bass was built as a two-pickup version of the 4000 bass, adding a neck pickup to the distinctive Cresting Wave body design by German luthier and designer Roger Rossmeisl. Built from 1961 to somewhere between 1983 and 1985 when it was replaced by the 4003 bass, the Rickenbacker 4001 bass features a Maple body and through-body Maple neck, with a bound and finished Indian Rosewood fingerboard.

Vintage

Price: $5,250.00 CAD $6,250.00 CAD