Category: Sold

1-off Glendale Singlecut LP Style.  This is made of unique woods and is a Tele players DREAM Les Paul.  The body is Roasted Paluwonia (think Swamp Ash with bite) and a bookmatched Flame Maple Top.  The neck is time consuming 3-piece Flame Maple construction. The frets are Tall/Thin and the Neck is a wonderful “C” .853″ – .944″ (not too large).

The pickups in this beauty are Amalfitano.  The guitar weighs in at just 7lb-01oz and comes with its original hardshell case.  The Board is Ebony and the width is 1-11/16″ with a 24.75″ Scale and 12″ Radius.   Really a Tele in a LP Body.

Tonally you will find this has wonderful thick-midrange snap and growl along with a top end that is full yet not ear splitting.  It cuts through a mix and naturally pushes a vintage amp just to the point of breakup without pedals.

There IS wear on this one but it was so cool I had to grab it.  See the pictures for more details (AND THE SPEC SHEET in 3rd PICTURE).

There are many dings and nicks and scuffs on this piece.  It is player grade but the top of the guitar is actually pretty clean.  Really just the sides/edges/back that took wear likely from playing with a buckle.  Overall if you’ve amassed a collection of gear and you’re looking for a different flavor then THIS IS IT.

I’ve always been a sucker for James Tyler Guitars.  I mean…cmon this guy has serious guts.  The innovative headstock shape.  The satin finish on his necks (BOY they feel great).  The slight edge scalloping on the board (best of any builder).  The UBER creative SCHMEAR FINISHES.  The midboost.  Using exotic woods like Mamywo.   These instruments have stood the test of time.  They can play nicely with Vintage Amps, Modern Amps or Modeling Amps.  You really need just ONE guitar to cover almost any turf you need to invade.

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This piece is from a nonsmoking environment and of course comes with the Original Hard Case & Cert…YES it has the trem bar…I mean you see the guitar of your dreams then POOF no bar…whatcha do?…do you really pass on it?…anyway you won’t have that dilemma with this piece because it HAS the trem bar….and NO I won’t send you a picture…I mean I think my competition sends guys to me to ask for any picture or spec that I don’t have….post pictures in the light…need NATURAL DAYLIGHT….oh are you playing f’ng Wembley?…anway you get the drift….don’t be that guy……believe in the process…the sheet has the info…ahhhhhhhhhh…relax..these are toys…..

Impossibly rare Gil Yaron STRAT.  I was told this was a 2018 but one can never be 100% certain so no promises.  It can’t be very old because it smells new and has barely any wear on it.  JUST 7lbs…even….that means no ounces.  (don’t you love people who say ‘ahhh..can you ccheck the weiightttttt”…..do you think I can’t weigh a guitar?).

Hand carved 1-Piece ASH Body..and it is finished with a thin thin nitro vintage 2-tone sunburst that just looks alive.  The Neck is a wonderful piece of Flame Maple. This instrument just vibrates in your hand.  I put on a set of 10s and you can almost think they are 9s.  The neck is awesome with a 9.5 Radius and a 1.66″ Nut (I measured it…see…exact measurements…imagine that…watch now some hayseed will ask me if my calipers have been calibrated..and by who).

SEE ALL THE SPECS & CONDITION IN THE 4th PICTURE

I am super lucky that my store carries all the hardest to find brands of boutique guitars.  I FIND them…it takes time and relationships (always buying if you catch my drift).  My service is to help you make sure you select the right guitar for you.  No two of the same brand sound alike…now layer in all the brands.

Right now I have in Yaron, Echopark, Detemple, D’Pergo, Tyler, Callaham, Underwood & Nacho. I can play these through a variety of modern and vintage amps to attempt to replicate your personal playing situation. From there we can have a conversation to find the RIGHT guitar for you.

Echopark La Arroya Case Study – whopping BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TOP (Old Growth Bookmatched).  This instrument is the pinnacle of Gabriels’ skills.  The combination of woods and pickups and construction yield an guitar with the PERFECT blend of snappy highs, midrange presence and warm tight lows.  This is simply stated a DESERT ISLAND GUITAR.  See why celebs play these guitars.  There are a lot of internet forum fave guitars…but ask yourself why doesn’t anyone actually use them?….well, because the celebs are choosing Echopark. 

SEE ALL THE SPECS IN THE 3RD PICTURE

Consider these specs:

• Just 7lb-1 oz
• Reclaimed Victorian Era MAHOGANY Neck
• Old Stock BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD fretboard
• Old Stock MAHOGANY Body
• Old Growth Bookmatched BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TOP
• ABALONE Purfling with IVROID BINDING
• Bovine Bone Nut
• Celluloid Tortoise Nitrate Guard
• Paper in Oil Caps .033 NOS
• Medium C ’59 Profile Neck (.88″ – 1.04″)
• Arcane custom wound pickups
• Jescar 9055 Frets
• 1-11/16″ Nut
• Brand New with WARRANTY, Cert & Original Hardshell Case
• 24.75″ Scale

2014 Leo SCALA Vent Top in Excellent “+” Nonsmoking Condition with Original Hardshell Case & Certificate.   This guitar features a BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD BOARD.  The neck is a satin finish C-profile measuring .9175″ – 1.0075 (think ’59 LP roughly).   The board is an Old Growth BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD.  YES this has the LONG TENON too.    The body is 1-piece Mahogany & the top is Private Stock Maple (according to the included Cert).  Top it off with a package that weights in at just 7lb-14oz!

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To me the crowning achievement of this model is the Vent Top.  IF you look at the guitar on its side, you see tiny vents where there is a hollowed out space between the top and body.  The choice woods, master luthier construction AND hand selected Arcane Pickups combine to achieve a tone not found in guitars that may look like these.  The tone has just a touch of air but the guitar doesn’t feedback even through my high gain amps.  The pickups push my vintage Marshalls just enough to get that classic tone WITHOUT a pedal.  Through clean amps you get this wonderful sparkling high end and warmth to the bottom without woofiness.

I am a huge fan of Scala Guitars and once you try one you will be too.

Hand created JET Earlewood made 1-at-a-time by a luthier.  These are not simply instruments but rather (nice SAT grammar there huh) they are playable works of art.  For example, while many skimp on bindings, Jet uses actual wood. The Purple Abalone inlay is not only a super expensive upcharge but also painstaking to create.  Upgrades like wood bindings and abalone add almost as much time to a build process as the rest of the guitar takes.

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This masterpiece features a 1-piece Mahogany Body and Bookmatched Quilt Maple Top.  The neck is a hugely time consuming and toneful 3-Piece Mahogany construction.  The entire set neck, carved top package weighs in at just 7lbs-1 ounce.  The neck is a perfect .84″ – .884″ “D” Profile.  Of course it comes with the original hardshell form fit JET logo case.

This instrument is clean and from a smoke free environment.  Check our feedback because you will see I specialize in instruments such as this.  We sell clean high grade boutique guitars with low mileage.  Our prices make luxury affordable vs. getting it new and taking a huge hit financially if you don’t bond with a piece.

2018 James Tyler Studio Elite HD in SUPER COOL Barn Finish.  This nonsmoking guitar comes with its original hardshell case and Cert.  It is a Swamp Ash body with a Quartersawn Maple Neck.  This particular Tyler is FAT sounding like THICK…and let’s face it all Tylers sound great but they’re all different.

Standard ’59 Neck C-profile measuring .845″ – .975″.  The nut is 1-5/8″ and the frets are the typical Tyler Large frets.  You can see all the specs and a detailed condition sheet in the PICTURES.  

I think the untold story of Tylers is that they are probably the BEST sounding guitars through modeling amps like a Kemper or Fractal.   They just come alive…I played this one through my Axe3 and it was magic.

Oh I have to tell you THIS is a fun fun fun guitar that makes me want to take up new genres of music.  MAN I NEVER had a bigsby tele and I am SOLD on this.  First off they still retain all the tele snap you want PLUS you get this extremely stable trem that makes you want to trem out your tele licks.  I mean it really makes you want to experiment.  Just a WOW piece that I’ll be sad to move along.

This one has a wonderful nice Soft V neck with a profile of .89″ – 1.01″.   The pickups are Nachos own and NO I can not tell the difference from the Ron Ellis…and my personal Nacho doesn’t even have Ron’s pickups so there.  This nonsmoking piece is complete with the original hardshell case and cert/cd.

So happy to have this in my stable. It will certainly sell quickly.

IN STOCK!  Authorized Dealer!  Brand New w Warranty & Includes TWO free Revoicings (buyer pays shipping both ways) as part of Warranty.  I am North America’s ONLY Authorized MARK KANE DEALER.

100w 6L6 Mark Kane D-Style Head INCLUDING “Dumbleator” (buffered effects loop).  AVOID THE WAIT.   This was just completed for me by Mark and it is wired to the most popular RF Robben Ford circuit.

If you know D-style amps you know that Mark Kane is considered THE expert.  He doesn’t build amps from schematics found on the net. Mark has been inside these amps for a lifetime and understands what makes the D sound so special.

Remember, creating an amp is like making a masterpiece painting.  There is no paint-by-numbers solution.  Components must be specially selected….one at a time.  It is a painstaking process.  Mark has proven time and time again to be the amp of choice for those in the know.  Typically they are only available by custom order.  I ordered these for my inventory.

I HAVE TWO IN STOCK.

PRICE IS FIRM TO RESPECT MARK’S PRICING – PLEASE NO OFFERS

Vintage Blackface Fender Vibrolux Reverb combo in VG Condition.  This is a wonderful sounding amp and is affordable.

So here is what I am not…and that is a vintage amp expert.  I will provide a zillion pictures and the best info I have…aside from that you have to use your judgement. Now, I have this priced extremely fairly to reflect the fact that it has some reversed mods and changes.

To the best of my ability to date it appears this is PRIMARILY a 1967 amp.  If it isn’t then too bad LOL.  The speakers were freshly reconed by Neal’s Speakers (by me) and there are a few test minutes on the new speakers.  I have included pictures of the iron and circuit.  It appears that one one of the Transformers is a 1968 (vs. 1967 for the other pieces of iron).  Not sure when, how, where or by whom it was done.

Aside from that again use your own detective work and judgement.

I do not want to get into the ‘this screw was changed and you didn’t disclose it so you owe me $4000 even though (I paid $2300) syndrome. Funny how people try to use that old trick…I have a great email from a guy who sent me a detailed list of all the restoration work a clearly disclosed recovered/jacked up tweed deluxe would require….down to the freaking face plate nails….I seriously want to start a page for “Hall of Fame Assclowns” and post stuff like this.   I mean it is some original humor like you can’t make this stuff up.

Anyway, don’t end up on my Wall of Shame…do your own homework and man up with this great amp.  Sold As-Is with respect to cosmetics and originality but I do promise it works.

2018 Gibson Custom Shop ’59RI VOS in Near Mint Condition with Cert & Original Hard Case/Tags/Unsigned Warranty Card.  From a nonsmoking home environment.  Barely played and then traded to me because I’m a store and that’s what we do here.

The weight is a perfect 8lb-06oz.  This LP has the VOS finish.  No fretware.  NO repairs or issues that stand out.  I try to detail the wear on all my guitars and this just has some light tough wear that I can’t even describe or photograph.  Many use the term “showroom new” to describe an instrument that has been played but not dinged or damaged….might be the right term for this one.

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PLEASE READ LISTING THOROUGHLY

Here we have a fantastic Lentz RESERVE (Their top-of-the-line) Hyde Park Tele from 2014 production.  These are hand crafted wtih the finest woods available to the Lentz team.  You typically see these used for $5500 or more.

This guitar weights just 6lb-9oz and comes with the Original Hardshell Case .

This particular guitar had a mod that some will love and some will not….the owner had the neck shaved down and refinished (slight checking included) to a .77″-.85″ D-profile.  NO, Lentz did not do the reshaping nor did they do the refinishing.  I feel this is a FANTASTIC opportunity for someone to grab a Lentz that fits THEM because typical Lentz necks are quite large.  Another option is to purchase this and have Lentz make you another neck.  Any way you go the price is ALREADY DISCOUNTED FOR THE CHANGES SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND BEFORE OFFERING ME $2k saying “Guitar has mods”….you will be ignored.

Also, the pickups and wiring/pots/knobs have been changed.  The pickups are now Lindy Fralin that Callaham Guitars cryo-treated.   ORIGINAL PICKUPS AND WIRING/POTS IN CASE.

I was told all work was done by a fancy schmancy tech in Nashville…but I have no way of proving this.  I must say it DOES sound fantastic and the player who owned it supposedly was a name in town who played with many famous folks.

You can see the rest of the Specs & Condition in the PICTURES