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Mark Kane amps are 100% Built-To-Order. They are hand soldered on eyelets or posts.  The tolex, grille-cloth and woods are personalized.  Mark offers a staggering variety of models (Dumble, Trainwreck, Marshall & Fender), voicings and materials.

Most Mark Kane amps are available as heads, combos or head/cab setups.  Let Mark help you select the speakers that complement the voicing of the amp he is building you.

Mark Kane amps are custom voiced to the player who orders them.  To assure we get things right, the build process is highly interactive between the you, Mark Kane and Prime Guitars.

To start the process, some buyers will send us You-Tube or audio clips of a tone they are dreaming of.  Alternatively we have had great success just talking out your vision using reference songs, artists and products you have tried/loved.

Step two is for you and Mark to spend time communicating directly to exchange ideas and finalize the volume, voicing and aesthetics.

From there the process is a faithful 8-10 weeks until your amp ships.  Worried about getting things right?….relax, Mark offers a free re-voicing of your amp in the unlikely event your tone needs some tweaking.

MODELS:

Trainwreck Express:  The most aggressive Wreck style is capable of strong gain, overtones, sustain and overdrive but cleans up amazingly when your guitar’s volume is turned down.  A go-to amp for players who enjoy touch sensitivity and nuance picking translated into sound.  Format is two EL-34s and three 12AX7 vacuum tubes selected to compliment the tone you are seeking.  Controls include Volume, Bright Switch, Treble, Mid, Bass and Presence.   Variety of wood cabinets available to provide you with an amp as visually beautiful as it is aurally.

Trainwreck Liverpool:  High Gain and aggressive with overtones and sustain but not as driven as the Express model.  Cleans up faster and offers sparkling/jangly cleans characteristic of the EL84 vacuum tubes used in the circuit.  Touch sensitivity is a key characteristic of the Wreck amp and Mark Kane nails that dna in every amp.  Format includes four EL84 and three 12ax7 vacuum tubes personally selected by Mark to complement your build. Controls include Volume, Bright Switch, Treble, Mid, Bass and Presence.  Variety of wood cabinets available to provide you with an amp as visually beautiful as it is aurally.

Trainwreck Rocket:  Essentially an optimized Vox AC30 type amp offering sparking/jangly cleans ramping into vintage style push and gain.  VERY organic and musical amp with fullness and sustain and touch sensitivity.  Format includes four EL84s, three 12ax7s and a GZ34 rectifier personally selected by Mark to complement your build.   Mark can include a master volume on request.

Very recent Ronin Badmoon from one of the last batches to be produced.   If you haven’t played a Ronin Badmoon you are in for THE most additive piece you can add to your collection or arsenal.  You chase tone….you have X of this same model because of slight differences in tone…..cast that aside friend….RONIN is like none other.  Picture, if you can, an amplified acoustic meets Tele meets LP Jr meets Gretsch meets Ric……Play with feeling?…this LOVES if you dig into it but responds so well if you vary your attack.  I’ve sold Ronins to A-list Celebs….collectors and everyday players.

This piece features the upgraded MASTER Grade Salvaged Old Growth Redwood.  IT weighs just 5lb-15oz.  Factory aging but there is one area shown where it’s difficult to determine if the wear is factory or user…in any event it fits into the character of the piece given the ‘luthier’ wear.

SEE COMPLETE SPECS & CONDITION in the 3rd PICTURE

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 14 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.

We are an ONLINE STORE specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

We offer our expert selection process…..benefit from US searching the world for clean, rare items…we test them…we vet them….YOU save time, energy and the pain of those ‘great deals’ gone wrong.

1956 Fender Tele.  There is something plunk plunk plunky about these that you just can’t replicate (or part with).  Just a classic sound that makes a guy want to play clean for once and put away the high gain stuff.  You won’t play Ratt on this one.

I have been offered a lot for this and have not yet decided to part with it.  Part of the collection for now.

Enjoy!

So you spend your time searching for guitars.  You ask a zillion questions about them.  You read.  You play.  You test.  Details matter to you.  You understand that quality in equals quality out.  You’re reading this ad because you are intrigued.  Yeah you have seen ’boutique’ guitars ….names and faces…..maybe you’ve tried one or owned a few…you pay a huge premium for 1-piece bodies….brazilian rosewood….nitro finishes…hand craftsmanship….light weight.   But what you’re missing is THE WOOD damn you!…the freaking WOOD quality.

There are different GRADES OF WOOD AND THE BIG GUYS CAN’T WASTE THEIR TIME FINDING ODD PIECES TO MAKE 1 GUITAR.

Now…if ONLY there was a wood guy.  If ONLY that wood guy was the GO TO guy for the past 50 years.  If ONLY that go-to wood guy kept aside some CHOICE pieces and CREATED A HAND MADE INSTRUMENT then SOLD IT…..how does that not get every hair on your body (or the few that are left) standing up!?

Larry Wysocki is THE wood guy.  His instruments have recovered, air dried, exotic woods.  This guitar has a 1`-piece 60+ Year Old Air Dried piece of Swamp Ash.  The neck is 150+ year old SINKER MAPLE (D’pergo guitars with this are $16k).  Board is the DARKEST Brazilian we have seen……100+m Year-Old PItch Black!

Pickups?  Custom wound ROLPHs.  Weight?  6lb-11oz.  So think about all the pieces of wood you have to scour through to combine them into something that then comes out with a world class low weight too.  See why this is such a desirable piece?

Ok so now that you get it….read the 3rd picture for a complete Spec & Condition Sheet.  We are the ONLY Authorized Dealer for Wysocki Guitars….damn proud of it.  We get the very few a year that don’t go directly to a celeb (Larry only creates guitars on order for celebs now).

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 14 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.

We are an ONLINE STORE specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

We offer our expert selection process…..benefit from US searching the world for clean, rare items…we test them…we vet them….YOU save time, energy and the pain of those ‘great deals’ gone wrong.  $6499

Taku Sakashta masterpiece!  An impossibly rare custom 17″ Archtop from a 1-owner collection.  Amazing story accompanies this piece.  The owner inherited a Brazilian Rosewood bed; Taku was SO interested in the wood that he took in the entire bed in partial exchange for this piece.  SO this very guitar has genuine FURNITURE GRADE BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD !  Taku used the rest of the wood in other pieces.  The top is German Spruce.

ALL the dark woods shown are the Furniture Grade Brazilian Rosewood.  Board, Tailpiece, Binding, Bridge, Neck Heal, Headstock overlays and pickguard.

The final product weighs just 5lb-10oz.  IT literally took 4.5 years to complete showing the perfectionist work ethic Taku embodied.

The tailpiece is totally floating and it is custom created to match the curvature of the top & allow for a strap.

Even the pot for the single volume control is a super expensive one from a medical device company.  No expense was spared here.  Nothing but the finest in details, woods and of course craftsmanship.

Custom form fit Calton Case is included of course.

The only consideration of note is the owner had Taku inlay his name at the 12th fret. Most will elect to keep this feature as a sign of provenance; however, it is an easy task for your luthier (at your expsense and risk) to swap this out for the inlay of your choice.

This piece has no fretwear and no repairs.  Only the very slightest faint ‘contact’ hairline swirls on the back (NO not buckle rash…just touch swirls from super light contact).

Whether you are a player, artist or collector THIS is an investment grade piece for your collection.  You many never have this opportunity to acquire another.  Total 1-off.

2009 Taku Sakashta KARIZMA SPECIAL 16″ Archtop.   THE flagship of Taku’s offerings.   This took several years to create and the attention to detail is simply staggering.  The woods and intricate construction will awe even non-guitarists.

Simply stated, this truly is playable art.  Sadly there will be no more of these produced and the VERY few that exist are locked in collections.  This is a 1-owner piece from a smoke free environment.  Barely played.  Original Hardshell Case that is a work of art itself.

Art Deco look is captured and while ornate it is not overdone in the least.  Tasteful yet flowing with details fitting of a flagship piece.

People often aske me what I believe to be the most collectible and investment worthy modern pieces…..Sakashta Guitars are always my answer.

The solidbodies which are more readily available have sold in the mid-and upper-$40k’s.  We have placed several.  The Karizma Special Archtop was a higher and more costly offering.  The condition of this piece is near mint with just the lightest of ‘touch’.  Don’t let this pass you by and forever wonder when it will resurface.

Another PRS Collector Quality Guitar!  From smoke free, gig free environment.    You are looking at a PRS Artist I from 1992.  This is serial # 221.

It has no breaks or funny business.  Weighs just over 8.5 pounds.  Comes with its Original Hard Case (no tag or trem bar).  Just a tiny little touch of some fret wear on the 2nd to 4th frets is about all I can find on this one.  Check our feedback and see our descriptions are accurate!

You could buy a new PRS …sure…or a Suhr or Tyler and pay about the same….or you can get a true collectible that is in Excellent Condition (you don’t have to settle for player’s grade vintage) PLUS this is SOOOOOOO much cooler than the new ones.

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 14 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.

We are an ONLINE STORE specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

We offer our expert selection process…..benefit from US searching the world for clean, rare items…we test them…we vet them….YOU save time, energy and the pain of those ‘great deals’ gone wrong.

1994 PRS McCarty Serial #002 & and EMPLOYEE Model!    The rarest of the rare meets coolest of cool.

Think about this….WHO has serial #1?…Ted McCarty?….Paul?…..NOW add in this was an employee guitar…ok…made for THE GUY ART PRS WHO PURCHASED THE WOODS.  This was HIS guitar and stayed with him for almost 15 years until sold to the collector who last owned it.  Smoke free.

Weighs 7lb-10oz.  You can see there have been no mods and no repairs.  Comes with the original hardshell case.  To save you some questions…this did NOT come with a tag or paperwork because it was made for a senior PRS guy as an employee guitar.

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 14 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.

We are an ONLINE STORE specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

We offer our expert selection process…..benefit from US searching the world for clean, rare items…we test them…we vet them….YOU save time, energy and the pain of those ‘great deals’ gone wrong.

Uber-rare 1987 PRS Signature.  In Excellent + Condition with Original Case of course.  Comes with Trem Bar.   Collectors take note of the impossibly rare TUBULAR QUILT on this.   Original pickups.  Fresh from a collection.

Early PRS Guitars are unique enough…but you almost NEVER find them in this condition AND with this type of top.   7lb-15oz if you must know….

With the rise in price of modern production pieces, these super early PRS Guitars have suddenly become bargains.  Think about it…for the price of a stamped out Fender or Gibson or even SUHR you can own a  hand made collectible with proven staying power.

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 13 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.  We are an online store specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

2018 Fender Custom Shop Strat!  This is in NEar Mint Condition from a Smoke Free environment.

Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child ’66 NOS Strat.  Complete with CERT & Original Case & Factory Build Sheet & Case Candy.

SEE 3rd PICTURE FOR COMPLETE SPEC & CONDITION SHEET.

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 13 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.  We are an online store specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

2019 Nacho Banos Telecaster!  This is a super rare version.  First off, it has Nacho’s own humbuckers!  Second, it’s a recreation of the Fender “sandwich” prototype.  Weighs just 6lb-2oz.  If you want a clear sounding snappy crunch tone…….this is your choice!

1-Owner from smoke free, gig free environment.

SEE COMPLETE SPECS & DETAILED CONDITION IN 3rd PICTURE

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 13 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.  We are an online store specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.

2009Danocaster Singlecut Tele.  Excellent Condition with Original Soft Case.  Weighs just 6lb-6oz! LOLLAR Pickups.  .89″ – .97″ Neck Profile.

This guitar is from a period BEFORE tags were included. 

SEE 3rd PICTURE FOR COMPLETE SPEC & CONDITION SHEET.

Buy from THE trusted source for boutique gear.  For over 13 years, THOUSANDS of customers have selected Prime Guitars because we carry the finest in clean boutique gear.  We are an online store specializing in the coolest and hardest to find gear.  Why take a chance buying from a ‘random’ when you can deal with a proven entity.