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1962 Brownface Fender Super Amplifier SOLD

1962 Brownface Fender Super Amplifier SOLD

The Super was one of Fender’s earliest amplifiers, and began life as the ‘Dual Professional’ in 1947 — perhaps the first two-speaker guitar amp. From there, it was produced with various electrical and aesthetic changes until 1963,

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1965 Epiphone FT85 Serenader 12-String Acoustic (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)

1965 Epiphone FT85 Serenader 12-String Acoustic (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)

The Epiphone name was first used on guitars in 1928 by Epaminodas Stathopoulo, but his father Anastasios Stathopoulo had been building instruments since 1873, starting in what is now Smyrna, Turkey. They moved to the United States in 1903. Epiphone focused on high quality archtops, and their instruments were very prominent;

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Fender Vibro King CSR4 Amplifier SOLD

Fender Vibro King CSR4 Amplifier SOLD

From the Fender Custom Shop, here is a Fender CSR4 Vibro King amplifier. The date is unknown – production started in 1994, but the manual with the amp has a copyright date of 2002.

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1966 Guild A50 Cordoba Archtop SOLD

1966 Guild A50 Cordoba Archtop SOLD

The Guild company was formed in 1952 by Avram (Alfred) Dronge, a New York musician and music store owner and George Mann, a former Epiphone executive. Many of the early craftsmen were also from Epiphone,

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2011 Cherryburst Gibson Les Paul 50s Tribute (consignment) SOLD

2011 Cherryburst Gibson Les Paul 50s Tribute  (consignment) SOLD

Gibson has built the Les Paul model since 1952. This 2011 Cherryburst Gibson Les Paul 50s Tribute has all the basic, early Les Paul features – maple cap on a mahogany back, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, and P-90s.

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1994 Fender Floral Telecaster Japanese Reissue (consignment) SOLD

1994 Fender Floral Telecaster Japanese Reissue (consignment)  SOLD

Here’s something unusual – a 1994 Fender Floral Telecaster Reissue, crafted in Japan. From 1982 to 1997, Fender Japan contracted with Fiju-Gen to produce a line of Fender instruments.

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