Guitar Auctions at Gardiner Houlgate

2022 Lowden F-50 electro-acoustic guitar, made in Ireland; Back and sides: Master Grade African blackwood; Top: Master Grade sinker redwood; Neck: five piece mahogany/rosewood; Fretboard: ebony with maple binding; Frets: good; Electrics: L.R Baggs electrics; Hardware: good, Gotoh gold 510 tuners with ebony buttons; Case: original hard case with papers and accessories; Overall condition: as new

2015 C.F Martin D-45 acoustic guitar; Back and sides: Indian rosewood; Top: sitka spruce, a few minor dings; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: very good; Electrics: working, Fishman pickup system; Hardware: good, Martin Liquid Metal bridge pins; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: very good

1957 Gibson ES-350T hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst refinish, light checking marks and other minor imperfections; Neck: refinish; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: mild wear and minor oxidisation; Electrics: working, replacement 1970s Patent stamped pickups; Hardware: replacement 1970s pickup rings, replacement nut, three replacement nylon bridge saddles, some tuner shafts...

2012 Santa Cruz OM/PW acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: Indian rosewood; Top: upgraded European spruce; Neck: mahogany V neck; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: very good

1973 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: natural finish, finish rubbing to sides caused by rubbing in the case, light buckle marks to back, further dings throughout but generally good for age; Neck: maple; Fretboard: maple; Frets: worn; Electrics: working, original with 1973 dated pots and pickups; Hardware: good, replacement trem arm; Case: original hard case with owners...

Mark Griffiths (The Shadows) - 1967 Fender Bass V five string bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 600986; Body: sunburst finish, fading to front and back, nitro burn to back, blemishes to edges and other dings; Neck: maple, a few minor dings; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: generic oblong hard case; Weight: 4.37kg; Overall condition: good for...

1938 Recording King Roy Smeck A104 electric archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish, light checking, various dings and marks but generally very good for age; Neck: good, minor dings and checking consistent with rest of the body; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working although some adjustment needed to jack due to intermittence; Hardware: good; Case: later Thomann hard...

1965 Gibson ES-125 DC hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish with checking throughout, various minor scratches and dings with are consistent but good for age; Neck: checking and wear, dings throughout; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: indent wear throughout and appears re-fretted; Electrics: working, some crackle to pots; Hardware: good, tarnishing and rusting to smaller metal...

1967 Vox organ guitar, made in England; Body: black finish, dings and blemishes to edges, lacquer crack to edges but generally very good for age; Neck: good, some blemishing and finish loss / rippling to neck edges; Fingerboard: good, missing upper seventeenth fret dot position marker; Electrics: power up although require attention; Hardware: generally good, some rusting to smaller metal parts;...

1959 Gibson ES-140T 3/4 hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish, light marks including light checking but generally very good for age; Neck: mahogany, small patch of wear behind seventh to ninth fret; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: non-original fitted hard case; Weight: 1.94kg; Overall condition: very good

1967 Gibson ES-335 TDC twelve string semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry finish, checking throughout, lacquer stressing around bridge posts and input jack; Neck: lacquer checking, a minor dings to head corners; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: minor wear and tarnishing; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, replacement control knobs; Case: period and probably original...

1981 Gibson Heritage Series Les Paul Standard-80 Elite electric guitar, made in USA; Body: tobacco burst quilted maple top upon mahogany back, minor clouding to back, a few minor scratches and blemishes, otherwise very good for age; Neck; a few minor dings; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: very light wear; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, minor tarnishing to pickup covers; Case: Gibson...

1974 Gibson ES-355 TD Stereo electric guitar, made in USA; Body: walnut finish, light buckle marks to back, further dings but generally acceptable for age; Neck: refinished with wear visible under lacquer to treble and bass sides, scuffs to surface of volute, original tuner screw holes doweled; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working, stereo splitter box supplied; Hardware: light...

Deirdre Cartwright - TV used 1986 Paul Reed Smith (PRS) Custom 24 electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 61782; Body: sunburst finished figured maple '10 top' upon mahogany back, finish dings to back, light surface scratches, a few minor dings to top, inscribed '10' top with serial number within the bridge pickup cavity and inscribed with a large star within the neck pickup cavity; Neck:...

1964 C.F. Martin 00-21 acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, minor scratches and some minor lacquer dings but generally very good for age; Top: natural spruce, a few minor dings and minor lacquer checking; Neck: mahogany, good; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Hardware: good; Case: later Martin hard case; Weight: 1.68kg; Overall condition: very good

1956 Gretsch 6128 Duo-Jet electric guitar, made in USA; Body: black finished top, natural finished back, checking to front and generally in good clean condition for age, back with finish rubbing to edges, light buckle scratching to back and other various dings; Neck: replacement neck, thought to have been carried out by Gretsch after 1958; Fretboard: ebony with late 50s style thumb inlays; Frets:...

C.F. Martin guitar interest - Rare violin made by John H. Deichman, Nazareth PA, 15th July 1914, numbered 2 to the inside label, within fitted hard case *A rare violin made by former Martin Guitar factory foreman John Henry Deichman in 1914. This violin was part of a collection of instruments belonging to John Pearse, presenter of the popular 1960s BBC2 television Guitar Tuition series....

1968 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: blonde finish, typical age yellowing, minor lacquer checking, burn marks to edge on lower back, dings and blemishes as to be expected for a used guitar of this age; Neck: light checking, a few light dings and patches of wear; Fretboard: maple; Frets: worn; Electrics: working, original, 1966 potentiometers; Hardware: generally good, small...

Deirdre Cartwright - TV used 1964 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. L21909; Body: Olympic white refinish, previously finished in red, blemishes and dings throughout, lacquer checking; Neck: maple, refinished, lacquer checking, original tuner hole screws dowelled, March 64 date stamp, some loss to original decal; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, refret; Electrics:...

1959 Gibson ES-350T hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish, lacquer checking and minor dings but generally very good for age, small lacquer hairline to shoulder; Neck: lacquer checking, thumb size blemish to treble side behind ninth fret; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: minor wear; Electrics: working, original PAF pickups; Hardware: good, replacement Gibson Deluxe tuners...

1939 Gibson L5 Premiere archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: blonde finish, top adapted to fit later installed Charlie Christian pickup, lacquer checking, further minor dings and marks but very acceptable for age; Neck: good, neck heel reset, binding repairs; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, refret; Electrics: later fitted Charlie Christian pickup; Hardware: good, Gibson Patent number Tune-O-Matic...

Marshall JTM45 MK II 'PA' guitar amplifier head, made in England, circa 1965, within a fitted flight case, replacement output transformer, sold with a 2023 inspection report from Marshall and a small selection of original valves *Inherited by the vendor from his father who was the original owner, buying the amplifier in 1965 from The Music Box, Erdington, Birmingham. The vendor used the amp...

1962 Gibson ES-345 TDC semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry finish, light checking, minor blemishes and dings throughout; Neck: generally good, scuffs and blemishes, minor finish loss to bass and treble sides, replaced binding; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: refret, mild wear and tarnishing, oxidisation to upper frets; Electrics: working, wired stereo with varitone still in...

1961 Gibson ES-345TD electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish, light checking, colour fading, buckle finish loss to back, further dings and marks but generally good for age; Neck: refinished, vacant holes to back of head from previously installed tuners; Fretboard: rosewood, over-lacquered; Frets: generally good, mild tarnishing to upper frets; Electrics: working, original PAF pickups,...

1959 Gibson ES-175D electric guitar, made in USA; Body: natural finish, lacquer checking to edges, light checking to front and back, a few light lacquer blemishes to centre back, further minor dings but generally very good for age; Neck: mahogany, lacquer checking and other minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood, light wear; Frets: generally good, mild wear and tarnishing; Electrics: working,...

1965 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: three-tone sunburst finish, light checking, dings and marks mainly located to the edges but generally in acceptable condition considering the age; Neck: maple, Jan 65 date stamp, nicely worn throughout; Fretboard: rosewood, wear to first position and further groove wear further up; Frets: refret, indent wear to first position;...

1952 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: original stripped and oiled body, neck cavity repaired beneath the guard with wood insert also visible within the treble cutaway; Neck: figured maple with correct Tadio Gomez pencil mark, finish wear to back, doweled holes to back of head from previously installed tuners; Fretboard: maple, appears to have been lightly sanded with minor...

1963 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish with wear consistent for age, finish buckle loss to back, large patches of finish loss to edges and further knocks and dings, checking throughout; Neck: maple, Jan 63 date stamp to neck end, wear to first position and further dings; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: mild wear throughout; Electrics: working and appear original,...

1957 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: two-tone sunburst finish, checking throughout, scratching and finish rubbing to edges and back as to be expected for a used guitar of this age; Neck: maple, light wear patches and minor dings; Fretboard: wear throughout; Frets: wear, including indents up to the twelfth fret, although still very playable, replacement nut with remnants of...

1999 Tony Zemaitis Custom Deluxe electric guitar, made in England; Body: three piece mahogany with Danny O'Brien engraved top and back plates; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: mild wear; Electrics: working, upgraded J M Rolph ’59 PAF Humbuckers (originals retained); Hardware: good, vendors initial engraved to the truss rod cover (a spare blank is supplied); Case: Levy's gig bag; Weight:...