The Fender Telecaster Bass launched in the surprisingly late year of 1968, though its appearance is very much like the original, revolutionary 1951 Precision Bass.
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The Twelfth Fret's Most Recent Instrument Arrivals
REDUCED!! Gibson Super 400 Archtop Electric Natural, 1969
Type: Archtop, Electric, Guitars
Listed: 13/12/2022
The Gibson Super 400 strode above most others when giant archtops roamed the earth, and is still one of the largest production guitars made. Making its introduction in 1934 as the ‘Super L-5 Deluxe’, the non-cutaway model was quickly joined by a cutaway model, initially named the Super 400 P for ‘Premiere’. The ‘400’ designation was originally a reference to the price.
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Here is a beautiful rarity, a real treat – a Gibson Les Paul GoldTop from 1954, and not just with a gold top but fully gold finished! This was known as the ‘Double Gold’ finish. This beautiful piece has clearly been used as intended over nearly seven decades, and the gold finish has worn where the player’s hands and clothing contacted it.
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This Fender Stratocaster Natural, has an Ash body with Maple neck and was built during 1977 in Fullerton California and with a few period modifications – a brass nut and saddles, and EMG pickups. During the 1970’s and 1980’s, many players sought new ways to customize their instruments for new sounds and capabilities, and this led to the proliferation of third-party parts and pickup suppliers.
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This Ron Belanger Celtic Bouzouki was built during 2007 in Orillia, Ontario and is in overall good condition with a great sound. Pairing a Sitka Spruce top with Mahogany for the body and neck, this lovely piece uses Ebony for the head plate, bridge, and fingerboard. The rosette is a nicely contrasting section of Spalted Maple.
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Here we have a very nicely preserved Santa Cruz OM Pre-War model in its stock configuration, pairing a Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood for the back and sides. This lovely piece is in great shape with only light wear to the finish and negligible fret wear.
MORE →⚌Reduced‼ Gibson Les Paul Signature Thinline Gold Top, 1973
Type: Electric, Guitars, Reduced, Thinline
Listed: 10/06/2022
Introduced during 1973 and built until 1979 – the Norlin era – the Gibson Les Paul Signature Thinline Gold Top, is a rarity, and as a guitar has never been re-issued in any form. We have seen in-person one other example, during the 1980s, in The Twelfth Fret repair shop. Approximately 1,400 Gold Top models were built, and under 100 in Sunburst. It was also available as a bass. This model uses the construction of an ES-335, but its asymmetrical body has approximately the top half of a 335 and the bottom half of a Les Paul.
MORE →⚌Reduced‼ PRS Santana MD Multi-Dimensional Amber, 2008
Type: Electric, Guitars, Reduced, Solidbody
Listed: 24/08/2022
In 2008, the PRS Santana MD was released – the MD standing for ‘multi dimensional’. The key difference is in the wiring – there’s an extra switch that enables the ‘Multidimensional Voice Control’ circuit, allowing a range of new tones. In the ‘off’ position, the controls work as standard master volume and tone controls. The PRS MD circuit is powered by a pair of standard 9v batteries, but if the batteries are not used or lose enough charge, the switch will silence the guitar, rather like a standby or kill-switch.
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The Collings OM2H is based on the venerable ‘Orchestra Model’ design, which is a bit bigger than the 000 size and has a longer scale length – 25.5 inches instead of 24.9. This model pairs a Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood for the back and sides. The neck is Mahogany, as are the body blocks, and Ebony is used for the bridge and bound fingerboard and head plate.
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Here’s a very nice Thinline, Double Pickup, Cherry finish Gibson ES-335TDC, Union Made during 1966 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Thinline concept was introduced in 1955 to produce a more compact hollowbody archtop electric instrument less prone to feedback. For the 1958 model year, this was combined with a solid, very feedback resistant center block to create the revolutionary semi-hollow ES-335 – which also carried Gibson’s new humbucking pickups.
MORE →Santa Cruz PW/D Pre-War Dreadnought Natural Tint, 2017
Type: Acoustic Steel String, Guitars
Listed: 16/03/2022
The Santa Cruz PW/D is a reproduction of the very influential Pre-War Dreadnought models that are so hard to come by now. Built during 2017, this Santa Cruz PW/D is in very good, clean condition and features a Sitka Spruce top with an amber tint, Indian Rosewood for the sides, back and head plate, Mahogany for the body blocks and neck, and Ebony for the bridge and unbound fingerboard.
MORE →⚌Reduced‼ DK Essence Steel String Acoustic Guitar, 2020
Type: Acoustic Steel String, Guitars, Reduced
Listed: 12/04/2022
From Dmitry Kulakov in Ottawa Ontario, the DK Essence model is based on his slope-shouldered, X-braced ‘Cleopatra’ body, but with a DK custom bridge and tailpiece. The top of the DK Essence is Master-grade Red Cedar with a water-based lacquer finish. The sides, back, headplate, tailpiece and Rosette inserts are figured
Black Walnut.
Our Most Recent Amps and Electronics Arrivals
The Fender 75 amp, designed by Ed Jahns, was built from 1980 to 1982 in Fullerton, California and came in 12 or 15 inch combo or head format.
MORE →REDUCED!!! Klon KTR Professional Overdrive Pedal Red, 2020
Type: Effects, Reduced
Listed: 09/02/2023
The Klon KTR Professional Overdrive draws from the legendary, somewhat rare and highly sought after Klon Centaur, built from 1994 to 2008 by Bill Finnegan. An engineer by training and guitarist by inclination, Bill Finnegan wanted to produce an overdrive pedal that accurately replicated the harmonic richness of a tube amp at overdrive, but not sound like a pedal.
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Evolving from one of Leo Fender’s oldest designs, the Fender Deluxe Reverb 1968 “Silverface” introduced updates to the ‘Blackface’ models that had gained Reverb and Vibrato. However, in 1968, not many changes had been made to the Deluxe Reverb to take it away from the ‘Blackface’ circuitry; at this point most changes were cosmetic.
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The Vox AC30/6TB Combo Amp was built from 1994 to 2004, just after Vox ownership passed from Rose Morris to Korg. Here, we’re looking at a good condition Vox AC30/6TB built during 1999 in England, under the ownership of Korg; the amp itself was built by a well-known contractor.
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This ‘Blackface’ Fender Vibrolux Reverb Amp was built during 1966, is in good, clean condition and recently received minor service by John Fletcher.
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The 65 Amps Ventura is aimed at studio and smaller venue players who need high quality but portable tube amplifiers. At 20 watts and under 20 pounds, this “Lunchbox” size amp is right on target.
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⚌Reduced‼ Fender Twin Reverb Master Volume Silverface, 1973
Type: Amplifiers, Reduced
Listed: 25/03/2022
The Fender Twin Reverb Master Volume model was based on the Twin Reverb, launched in 1963, itself based on the Twin Amp that started its evolution with the 15-watt 1952 Twin.
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The Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb Professional Tube Amplifier, built from 1995 to 2013, was part of Fender’s Professional Series, designed by the Custom Shop and built in the Fender factory. It is based on the Blackface versions of the classic 35 watt, 2×10 speaker Vibrolux Reverb, and uses a pair of Jensen speakers. And it comes stock with tilt-back legs! This example dates to 2006 and is in very good condition.
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The Fender Super Reverb was built from 1963 to 1982, and was one of Fender’s physically largest combo amps – though in terms of raw power output, the most powerful combo was the Twin Reverb. The Super Reverb delivered 40 watts as ‘Blackface’, then 45 watts as ‘Silverface’ and ultimately 70 watts for models after 1977, all through four ten inch speakers.
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