Willies American Guitars

Black, aged finish with beautiful deluxe white ivoroid trim. It’s a stunning guitar. These are 15” wide compared to a Gibson 335 that is 16” wide. Why? It’s more comfortable to wear and the control knobs are closer to your picking hand. This one is loaded with Duncan Antiquity humbuckers. We would frequently send Collings sets of these to install. The bridge pickup is 8.51K and the neck is 7.56K....

Fireglo, a reissue of the legendary Rose-Morris import version of the 330, called 1997 in the UK, Europe and Australia. Easily distinguishable with the super cool F-hole on the semi-hollow body. Also features the original vintage style Toaster Top pickups and tailpiece. This is all original and in quite clean condition. Shows a hint of playing wear by the pickguard where you would expect it but...

Natural, jumbo acoustic, labelled Holiday for the 1960’s Spiegel catalog company. It’s 25.25” scale, 16” wide, 4.5” deep with a solid spruce top, with a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. This recently had a $450 neck reset and set up. It plays great and has a huge sound. Harmony always used real lacquer and hide glue. These model H1260 Sovereigns were the same model Jimmy Page used on...

Olympic White, EX+, from the original owner and with the original strap and hang tag. Ring ring…”Hey Willie’s I have a Telecaster I bought new in 1978, are you interested?” “Yes sir we are.” Shows only the slightest signs of wear. It’s all stock and all set up. Yes, these fancier Telecaster Customs have six way bridges, lucky you. This one has a great neck with a rounded C profile, medium...

Natural with aging toner, just in used model in excellent condition with a K&K pickups and just some light playing marks on the back and top. The iconic D-45 is the pinnacle of Martin Dreadnaught art. Part of the reimagined series with forward-shifted scalloped top bracing, antique white binding, a modified low oval neck profile with high performance taper and 1 3/4” nut width. It sounds as great...

Olympic White, These have bigger necks with a contoured heel to make the upper frets easier to reach. Also features Noiseless pickups and locking tuners so you can do those great Jeff Beck tremolo tricks that he famously used in a very melodic way. The pickups are a bit hotter but quiet. Made to Jeff Beck’s specifications. This era doesn’t have the aged knobs or covers like the new models giving...

Ocean Turquoise, limited edition color in excellent condition. Like the crazy rare vintage Penguin, its chambered body has an arched maple top and mahogany back, sides and neck. Has a 24.6” scale, ebony fretboard with medium jumbo frets and 1.7” nut width and gold sparkle binding. The trim is over the top for a “wow” look including the big bold logo, arm rest, gold hardware and knobs with gold...

Blackface-era 2x10” made to pair with the Tremolux-Amp, only in production from 1964 to 1966. Original tolex, grille, and logo, a pair of new Celestion G10 Vintage speakers, tight and articulate. Light and portable (fits in a front seat!), a great cab if you have a Tremolux, and would work just fine with any number of other medium-wattage heads. Made in Fullerton, California, USA. Local pickup...

1x15” combo in Random Navy Flair tolex (that’s really what it’s called.) In good condition with the original footswitch, loaded with its original Jensen speaker. 2x6L6 power tubes, 3x6SL7 preamp, 5U4 rectifier. Six inputs, three for “instrument” and three for “accordion” (what, accordion isn’t?), one of them curiously labeled “stereo”. Warm all-tube tone, great tremolo, some honest wear and much...

12 Watts, powered by 2x6V6GTs. Original 10”Fender Oxford 10J4 speaker. Tube-driven spring reverb and tremolo. These handwired Princetons are very durable, versatile amps that are useful in nearly any application. This particular amp was built smack in the middle of the silverface era, so it’s spared the changes of the late 70’s that are somewhat polarizing among players. Manageable weight at 28...

Natural, used model in pretty much mint condition, a limited edition OM at a great price, Sitka Spruce top on Mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard 1 3/4” nut width, rosewood bridge, an excellent deal for the dollars, comes with the original hard case.

Olympic White, original finish, with replacement neck and the original neck dated August ’71 that was refretted and has a single string tree. But the original neck is badly back bowed. We installed a new $800 Fender ’60’s American Original neck and some staggered height Kluson style tuners. No string tree added because of the staggered tuners like the Eric Johnson model strat. This is a very...

Semi-hollow electric in striking Blonde finish that is very lightly and tastefully aged. Laminate bound maple top, back and sides, classic unbound F-holes, mahogany neck, bound Indian rosewood fingerboard with MOP dots, iconic Collings “haircut” headstock with ebony veneer and MOP logo, aged finish and hardware, equipped with a tremendous-sounding pair of ThroBak SLE101 Plus MVX humbucking...

Natural, torrefied Solid Spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard with style 18 dot inlays, 1 3/4” nut width, factory Martin E1 pickup. A great gigging or recording guitar with the enhanced resonance of the torrefied top. The back on this looks great too. A solid addition to the Road Series with features only found in the Modern Deluxe or Authentic series at a lower price....

Jetglo, another classic 4003 in from California. bound rosewood board with full length triangular inlays, dual 4003 pickups, two volume and two tone controls, vintage pull tone switch, ric-o-sound input, killer tone and style. Comes with a new hard case.

Natural, Gibson made, EX condition. These are little known but basically the same guitar as the Gibson C-1. Get it? Epiphone Classic not 1 but 100= EC-100. Solid Spruce top, solid Honduran back and sides. Fan braces with tapered braces and Gibson still used Hide Glue construction. Is a 25.5” scale and a 2” wide nut (like most classicals). A nice Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. The neck...

Basically untouched with all case candy including COA, strap, bridge cover, etc. Aged Ocean Turquoise over Sunburst, Alder body, nitro lacquer finish, convincing heavy relic treatment, quarter awn maple neck with a very dark rosewood fingerboard, 6100 fret wire, comfortable ’60 Oval “C” neck profile, 9.5” radius, the neck depth is .790” at the first fret and .980” at the twelfth. Handwound Texas...

Red, hard to find color looks great, classic semi- hollow 330 12 string with classic features like the Hi-Gain pickups, unbound rosewood fretboard, two volume two tone and one blend control. In good shape does have some pick wear on the top, light finish checking and light playing wear on the back. Also has a replaced R tailpiece. All in all a fantastic 12 string in a color that really pops....

Natural, with repaired headstock crack. The finish is original but worn. We got this from Charlie Parr who got it from Kirk Fletcher another killer player. The pickups are changed to Ellis P-90’s. That’s a name we hear more often as Collings used Ellis pickup in the 470JL. This has also been refretted (you’re welcome). While we are still in the confessional…the bridge, knobs and pickguard have...

Jetglo, we understand they don’t make any left handed guitars any more. This one has all of the original papers and an upgraded vintage silver hard case. It’s in great shape with just very light playing wear on the top and back. We freshened it up, cleaned the electronics and is now good to go. Comes with the aforementioned deluxe vintage style hard case.

Natural, quite clean with an added strap button and some light playing scratches on the top and back. A classic 14-fret dreadnought steel-string with nitrocellulose lacquer finish, traditional package with solid Sitka spruce top, solid Honduran mahogany neck, back, and sides, ebony fingerboard, bridge, and headstock overlay. Bound top and back, open-back tuners, pearl dots and headstock logo...

Honey Burst, , this one is familiar to us as it is from our old employee Bleem (see Jimmy Page guitar story) buys it, sells it and buys it back. Why? Well…he’s a musician and is thus sometimes short on cash. However this rules through an amp and it is very pretty and flame-o-riffic. Yes, it has a few dings as you can see in the photos but is pretty clean all in all and pretty clean for a rock...

Sunburst, mint condition, can’t find a nick or scratch anywhere, Adirondack Spruce top, Honduran Mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard with dot inlays, traditional package features including: 1 3/4” nut width, 2 5/16” string spacing, ultra thin nitro lacquer finish, traditional scalloped pre-war X top bracing with no tongue brace, bone nut and saddle, crisp clear present tone, every note...

Fireglo, hand selected by our old employee Eli who is a “Rickenbacker whisperer”. We quote: “This is the best new Rickenbacker I’ve ever played and look at the color!” It’s a gem. He added the toaster top pickups and got a classic silver vintage reissue Rickenbacker case (about $600 extra). Strung with burnished Rick strings and freshly set up, yes, it’s kinda magic. This is what you want for...

Green cabinet. Not sure of the exact date but clean condition and all tube with Pat. Applied For on serial number sticker. We think it’s a ’65. Many pedal makers try to emulate the tone of these preamps. You’ll love this. Comes with the footswitch.

Sparkling Burgundy, original custom color. All stock and clean with some beautiful fading makes the color look different in different lights and angles. Has the 1 9/16” nut on a Honduran Mahogany neck with a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. Has a delicious set of patent sticker humbuckers with that distinctive articulation in the upper mids which is so pleasing to the ear. You’ll hear every note of...

Natural, what an incredible sounding Dreadnaught! Huge tone, as close as you can get to a pre-war D-28 but without the hefty price tag features include hide glue construction, Adirondack Spruce top with VTS tone system, Guatamalen Rosewood back and sides, forward shifted scalloped aged top bracing, authentic 1937 neck profile, ebony fingerboard with abalone 1937 diamond and square inlays, 1 3/4”...

Based on “Mr. 335” Larry Carlton’s 1968 ES-335. Has Mr. 335 on the truss rod cover of course. Larry’s studio career includes playing on records by Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Barbara Streisand, Henry Mancini, the Four Tops, Joan Baez and many many more. This Gibson Custom Shop replicates Larry’s original guitar with a custom neck profile, Schaller M6 tuners, laminate maple/poplar/maple...

Natural, Sitka Spruce top with bold herringbone trim, Indian Rosewood back and sides, unbound ebony fingerboard with abalone diamond and square inlays, 1 3/4” nut width, modified low oval neck profile with high-performance taper, nickel open-back tuners, a modern classic, loud with plenty of clear low-end thump, all the guitar you may ever need. New standard features include an angled nut for...

Natural, Has a Sitka Spruce top with VTS (torrefied) for an aged vintage tone, Mahogany back and sides, hide glue construction, dovetail neck joint, ebony fingerboard with abalone diamond and square inlays, 1 3/4” nut width, Adirondack Spruce forward shifted scalloped top bracing with VTS, new vintage deluxe neck profile with high-performance taper, very cool European flamed maple binding, gold...