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1946 Levin Deluxe archtop jazz guitar, made in Sweden, ser. no. 1xxxx7; Finish: sunburst, good for age; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: later fitted Benedetto floating neck pickup with controls fitted to the floating pickguard; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: good for age

1928 National Tricone Style 2 resonator guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 0xx0; Finish: German silver with wild rose engraving, good clean condition for age; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: generally good; Case: later hard case Other: attention required to bridge buzz; Overall condition: good

1963 Fender Bass VI electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9xxx3; Finish: sunburst, minor blemishes, minor lacquer checking; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working, pots dating to 1963; Hardware: good; Case: original relined hard case; Other: neck date May 62 A; Overall condition: good *Sold with CITES article 10 certificate no. 568485/01

Johnny Meeks – 1965 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. L5xxx9; Finish: Dakota red, refinish, minor checking, various light blemishes; Fretboard: maple, rare maple cap with “A” nut width stamp; Frets: generally good, but with visible dent wear to the first position; Electrics: working, green bottom pickups appear original, cloth wire to original CRL three-way switch and...

1997 Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Monterey Pop Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA, complete with all original accesories including: certificate book with 8″ x 10″ colour photo; custom tassel gig bag; custom strap; laminate backstage pass with lanyard; serialised backstage pass applied to the guitar; custom coil cord and accessory kit, all within the original heavy duty custom flight...

1968 Gibson EB2 bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9xxxx7; Finish: sunburst, minor blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: very good

1974 Fender Telecaster Thinline electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 5xxxx0; Finish: natural, minor imperfections; Fretboard: maple; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: 1970s hard case; Overall condition: good

1962 Gibson ES175 hollow body electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 4xxx8; Finish: sunburst, refinish, heavy lacquer checking; Fretboard: rosewood, various patches of wear; Frets: generally good, refret; Electrics: working, replaced pickups; Hardware: replaced bridge; Case: semi-rigid hard case; Overall condition: fair * Sold with CITES Article 10 certificate no. 568289/01

1961 Fender Precision bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 5xxx6; Finish: Fiesta red, old refinish over sunburst and gold; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: mild oxidisation and visible wear; Electrics: working, later earth wire added onto pot, both pots replaced; Hardware: later control knobs, non-original pickup cover, pickup cover and bridge cover screws replaced, thumb rest screws replaced, many...

1964 Gibson ES330 electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxxx1; Finish: sunburst, lacquer checking, blemishes, mild buckle rash, rubbing to the tip of bass horn, back of neck and head refinished; Fretboard: rosewood, visible wear to first two frets; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, Bigsby vibrato in place of original trapeze tailpiece; Case: later hard case;...

1965 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxxx9; Finish: blond, many imperfections including arm wear, blemishes, scratches but generally good for age; Fretboard: maple, visible wear through the lacquer in places; Frets: visible dent wear up to the neck, but mainly in the first position; Electrics: working, replaced plastic shield wire from volume pot to neck pickup;...

1964 Gibson J160E acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxxx4; Finish: sunburst, refinish, blemishes and surface marks as to be expected for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Hardware: replaced tuners, replaced pickguard, brass jack plate added; Case: later hard case; Overall condition: good

2015 Gibson Custom True Historic 1959 Les Paul Standard electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9 5xx1; Finish: tobacco sunburst; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Other: certificate of authenticity and original tags included; Overall condition: very good

1960s Danelectro Vincent Bell Bellzouki electric guitar, made in USA; Finish: tan sunburst, heavy checking to the sides, blemishes to back of the neck, other surface marks; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good, refret; Electrics: working, attention required to input jack, selector switch appears to have been bypassed; Hardware: generally good, one control knob cap replaced; Case: soft case;...

1938 Epiphone FT27 acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxx0; Finish: sunburst, many imperfections including lacquer checking, general play wear, heavy blemishes, hairline cracks to back etc; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Hardware: generally good; Case: later hard case; Overall condition: fair

1932 C.F. Martin & Co C-1 round hole archtop acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 5xxx0; Back and sides: mahogany, repaired cracks to back; Table: spruce; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Hardware: later bridge; Overall condition: good for age

1979 Gibson ES-335 CRS (Country Rock Stereo) semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 7xxx9xx2; Finish: sunburst; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: hard case; Overall condition: good

1958 Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. A2xxx0, FON T4xxx5; Finish: sunburst, mild checking and further minor blemishes, repaired holes to the tail end where a Bigsby tailpiece has previously been installed, also a slight shadow visible on the front of the body where the Bigsby unit used to sit, front of head refinished – most likely due to a repair after a hole...

1963 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA, serial no. 9xxx9; Finish: original three tone sunburst, generally good for age, some rubbing and blemishes as to be expected; fretboard: rosewood; frets: original with some wear; electrics: working, black bottom pickups cloth wired to original three-way switch and pots all dating to the 6th week of 1965, non-original plastic wire loom...

1988 Rickenbacker Limited Edition 370/12 Roger McGuinn twelve string electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. Exxxx0; Finish: jetglo, lacquer checking and other minor blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case, handle damaged; Other: sold with certificate of authenticity; Overall condition: good

1964 Epiphone Rivoli semi-hollow body bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxxx7; Finish: sunburst, various imperfections as to be expected for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: visible dent wear; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, replaced tuner washers and screws; Case: contemporary Epiphone hard case; Other: control plate added to the back of the body for easy access to the...

1962 Fender Precision Bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 7xxx8; Finish: red, refinish, various blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working, both pots date to 1962, wires to pickups replaced; Hardware: thumb rest, pickup and bridge covers included (screws missing); Case: contemporary Fender hard case; Overall condition: good for age

1986 Fender Rosewood Telecaster electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. A0xxx23; Finish: natural rosewood; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working, neck pickup missing cover; Hardware: good; Case: Stagg hard case; Overall condition: good

1968 Gibson ES345 semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9xxxx7; Finish: watermelon cherry, heavy checking, various blemishes and scratches; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: mild wear; Electrics: working, replaced pickups; Hardware: Bigsby tailpiece (original trapeze retained), replaced bridge (original wire bridge retained), replaced tuners, wear to gold plating; Case: later Gibson...

1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom left-handed electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 8xxxx8; Finish: black, lacquer checking, buckle rash and many further blemishes; Fretboard: ebony, over-lacquered; Frets: low (Fretless Wonder) visible wear; Electrics: working, bridge pickup cover removed; Hardware: typical wear to all gold plate, stop bar very worn, missing one screw to neck pickup surround, bridge...

Gibson L5 CES hollow body archtop electric guitar, made in USA, circa 1964; Finish: natural, various imperfections, repaired splits to the top, back of head refinished with 'stinger'; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good and probably re-fretted; Electrics: working, Patent number humbucker pickups, pickup covers previously removed, wiring alterations; Hardware: replaced control knobs, replaced bridge,...

1993 Gibson Historic Collection '59 reissue Les Paul Standard electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9 xxx0; Finish: sunburst with highly figured maple top, small blemish to the sides near input jack; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good, small hairline crack to jack plate; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: good