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c.1900 S.S.Stewart Banjo
A classic 5 string banjo from the famous S.S. Stewart company of Philadelphia, with characteristic fine inlaid headstock and fretboard, older style high quality mechanical tuners, ebony fretboard and frets in excellent condition on a dead straight neck, fine "Rogers" calf vellum head and metal hardware in great condition. Plus! An ornately carved heel in stylised leaf pattern. Designed to be played with (modern nylon) gut strings (although very light guage steel will work too), recently professionally set up, this fine 100 year old banjo has the ultimate spooky sound when played with the 'frailing' finger-style of the era. Please enquire for more photos and information. |
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PRICE: $1,650 |
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c.1919 Orpheum 'Custom' Banjo Mandolin
Another fabulous old time instrument. All of the construction details indicate that this fine banjo mandolin was made by the Orpheum / Paramount Banjo Co. who operated in New York from 1897 to 1920. According to some information from previous owner, this was a special order by an officer from the USS Defiance who wanted to commemorate his ship with the headstock logo 'Defiance' together with nautical anchor and flag inlays. Beautiful heel carving in the maple neck and marquetry on the maple part of the pot. Plays beautifully and comes with old custom made hard case. Please enquire for more photos and information. |
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PRICE: $1,500 |
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Circa 1929 Oscar Schmidt Stella
Lovely old "Oscar Schmidt" made Stella (ie before 1935 when Stella became a budget brand name of Harmony Company). Gorgeous honey colour - top, sides and back all birch, as used in many Oscar Schmidt instruments. Structurally strong. Bridge has just been reglued with proper hide glue. This guitar is designed for lap playing (evidenced by straight rather than angled bridge saddle) and sounds great for that. For 'normal' playing a luthier's attention to the neck would be required as the neck is a bowed and fretting above the 7th fret is not ideal. Price reflects this. Older style but not original hard case. Check out prices on these in US at http://www.stellaguitars.com/ Please enquire for more details. |
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PRICE: $950 |
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1920s Stella Tiple
Now here's a rare piece. A 1920s 10-string 'Stella' Tiple (pronounced tee-play). Made by the Oscar Schmidt company in New Jersey at the same time they were making the classic Stella guitars played by Ledbelly and Co (and not to be confused with the post-1935 Harmony-made budget Stella instruments). Solid spruce top, solid oak back and sides, body dimensions based on Martin Tiple of the same era, with double courses for the outside strings and triple courses for the inside pair....it sounds about 5 times bigger than its size and will cut through any acoustic session, like a mandolin on steroids. Classic tiple tuning is tenor uke style A D F# B, but all sorts of options are possible. Gorgeous. |
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PRICE: $1,450 |
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1931 National Style 0
This is an early, rare, "variation 1" bell-brass Style 0 as described in pages 84 - 87 of the Bob Brozman book "The History and Artistry of National Resonator Instruments". Both collectible and highly playable, this Style O features original tuners, nut, frets, coverplate and tailpiece but a 1937 cone. Good action for both slide and standard style playing. The tone: standback - it's loud and sweet. A particularly fine sounding example of this classic model. Bob played it when he was in Canberra in 2004 and declared it a winner. Newer Martin deluxe hard case. |
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PRICE: $5,450 |
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1942 Gibson HG00
Hawaiian version of the famous L-00: double bound body with amber sunburst spruce top, mahogany back and sides, tiger stripe pickguard, pearl fretmarkers, three-on-a- plate tuners, X bracing. Due to WW2 steel restrictions no truss rod, but perfect straight V neck. neck width at the nut is a wide but comfy 1+13/16"; as a Hawaiian guitar the original set up was a high bone nut and straight bride saddle. This guitar has had pro set up with a low nut, new bridge with compensated saddle. Otherwise completely original, excellent condition, original case. Fantastic responsive and balanced tone - like a small J35 'Advanced Jumbo'. |
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Circa 1960 Maton 45A
A nice archtop guitar which is also happens to be a historic 45 year old Australian vintage guitar: this Maton 45A archtop acoustic is cool and highly playable. Maple laminate body is structurally excellent, nice tobacco burst, some marks on top from floating knob assembly and removed pickup. Neck is straight, tuners original. Has had a headstock repair of a crack parallel to the line of the tuners (not across the neck) We are currently looking for a suitable neck-end pickup to install via the switch gear on the old (but not original)pickguard. This will add to pice or will sell as is for $950. Has Original hard case. Feel free to email for more pics and details. |
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1973 Dobro D-60 Resonator
A beautiful 35 year old USA made round-neck Dobro; rare golden maple (non-sunburst) top with gorgeous sunburst back, sides and back of neck finish. All original and excellent condition. All chrome perfect. Tone is exceptionally nice, very defined across all strings and lots of sweet sustain, and has a passive pickup installed on the cone with jack plug combined with bottom strap button. A lovely instrument all up. Has original hard case. Great price! Please enquire for more photos and information. |
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PRICE: $1,600 |
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2006 Gibson CJ-165 Rosewood
Lovely, as-new Gibson from Bozeman Montana, with smaller SJ200 body size. The top has 1930s style wide-scalloped X bracing under the sitka spruce with antique natural finish and a striking abalone soundhole rosette. The back and sides are premium (almost chocolate brown)Indian Rosewood. The neck has a soft V vintage profile, and the fingerboard is ebony as is bridge. Tuners are mini Grovers. Not only all of the above ... but also fitted with high end Fishman pickup system for perfect on stage sound and comes with original case as shown in pic. Normally well over AU$5k RRP. Please enquire for more details. |
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PRICE: $3,500 |
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1950s Selmer Lap Steel
Ideal for exploring the wonderful world of lap steel, here's an interesting, original cool retro styled lap steel: an early 50's Selmer 'Goldtone' lap steel. Very clean and original with nicely aged gold finish, brass bridge plate with chicken head knobs and a hot single coil pickup. Original form-fit "Selmer" labelled case with green velvet lining all in good condition, along with original cord and jack plug. A cool and rare vintage lap steel. |
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1967 Gibson ES330TD
A lovely, original 1967 ES330 with tobacco sunburst finish and comes with its well-used but original 'Stamford' brown leather case with red lining. Some wear and checking to the finish but no belt buckle rash at all. Back of the headstock has been oversprayed suggesting an older (invisible) headstock repair at some stage, and tuners are replacement Kluson tulip style. Otherwise all original, including the chrome P90s, pots, knobs etc. Plays beautifully. Has the very slim neck typical of Gibsons of this era. Please email for more details and pics. |
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1969 Gibson SG Standard
From a classic era, this Gibson SG Standard 1969 plays and sounds amazing with perfect action and fast neck. Over the years this guitar has had a few changes: pro refin in ebony black, tailpiece converted to stopbar and replacement Gibson Angus Young Signature (bridge) / '57 Classic (neck) pickups. Other hardware is all genuine Gibson. A great vintage player's guitar. Serial Number 830281. Non-orig case. Please email for more pics and details. |
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PRICE: $2,200 |
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1969 Fender Stratocaster
A great 'Hendrix era' 'player's' Strat. Body only older pale Daphne Blue refin with subsequent natural relicing. No additional routs under guard. Smooth original finish neck marked March 69 B. Original F tuners and neck plate. The pickguard looks older than '69 (has full foil back rather than pearloid back); pickups, pots, bridge correct for '69; tremolo arm was broken off in the bridge - now re-threaded. Newer whammy bar. Original Fender black tolex orange lined hard case. Fantastic player, classic strong tones on all pickups. Price reflects all of the above. Lots more photos available on request. |
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1971 Gibson Les Paul Custom; 1976 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Two vintage Les Pauls for sale separately, shown here in one pic. On the top, a 1971 Les Paul Custom 'Black Beauty' with gorgeous natural relic aged cream binding and gold hardware. Made just three years after the model was reintroduced in 1968, this is an absolute classic Custom in very good all original condition, $5,500. On the bottom, a 1976 Les Paul Custom in rare 'Wine Red' finish, also all original and ready to rock. This one has some belt buckle wear on the back but otherwise as clean and original as its pardner, at $3650. If you have been looking for a real USA vintage 'Paul, please get in touch for more details and pics. |
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2005 MIJ-MEX Telecaster
A loaded Made-in-Mexico alder body in Olympic white has been matched with a very smooth MIJ Fender neck with excellent dark rosewood board and back of neck finished in a light nitro finish for vintage feel. This attractive Telecaster was put together and professionally set up by local Canberra luthier Simon Daly. Medium weight, great to play. Would make an excellent gigging guitar at a nice price. Comes with gig bag. Pls enquire for more photos etc. |
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2005 Fender Champ Lap Steel
This 2005 Fender Champ lap steel reissue is a little beauty. Fender made these 6 string Champ steels from 1955 through to the late 1970s and they have the classic Fender tone derived from a Tele style pickup for lots of chime twang and cut, plus the industrial strength Fender hardware in all departments - bridge, tuners, etc. Add to that great retro style Fender aesthetics, very cool. Also comes with original dark purple lined, black tolex Fender case, all in 'as new' conditio. Plug into a good tube amp for much slidin' fun. More pics available on request. |
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1960 Fender Princeton Tweed
It is rare to see a Fender amp from this era in such perfect cosmetic condition. This narrow panel 'tweed' Princeton is a pearler, from the original leather handle, to the unarked control plate, the fine diagnonal tweed, brown grill cloth, speaker and tube chart. The tube chart is marked 5F2-A indicating the small circuit improvement which removed the filter choke. Whilst original tubes and caps have been replaced this amp delivers the magic Fender tweed 4.5 watts of tone with ease. Please email for more details and pics. If you have a 1950s Tele or Stringmaster and want 'the' amp to go with it, look no further. US 110 voltage. |
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1976 Fender Silverface Vibro Champ
A pristine one-owner 32 y.o. amp with all its original features - and tone - intact, this Vibro Champ combo has unmarked tolex and face plate, original Oxford 8EV speaker, perfect grill cloth with correct orange-silver thread and tail-less Fender logo for '76. A 5Y3 Rectifier, one 6V6 Output, and 2 7025 /12AX7 valves provide 6 watts of pure Fender tone, clean up to about 6 on the dial and then goes into 6V6 overdrive. Tremolo works perfectly. Serial number B65325. Please email for more details or pics. |
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PRICE: $850 |
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1983 Fender Concert 410
This 4 x 10" 60 watt amp is a member of the "Concert II" series of amps, made by Fender in their Fullerton California factory. The 2 x 6L6 tube circuit delivers totally classic Fender sounds in the clean channel, while the switchable Hot Rod channel provides valve driven overdrive through cascading 7025 pre-amp tubes. Spring reverb on board of course. If you want the big lush rhythm sounds of a Super Reverb with the addition of tube overdrive lead tones, the 410 concert does both superbly, and the traditional blackface cosmetics are great too. This well-cared-for one-owner example is in near-mint original condition in every way. Please email for more details and pics. |
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PRICE: $1550 |
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Lark Princeton Amp
Built using USA parts, the Lark Princetone is a faithful reproduction of a 'Leo amp' from the 1950's. Based on the 5F2A circuit; a very loud 5 Watts. Handmade, quality components:* Double switched mains power * Shielded input for superior quiet operation * Weber 10 S signature series ten inch alnico loud speaker * Vintage cotton covered wiring * Quality Switchcraft jacks * Single 6V6 biased for vintage '50s tone * Finger jointed pine cabinet * Traditional vintage tweed finish. Please email for more details and pics. |
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PRICE: $1250 |
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Step Down Transformers
We now have a few more high quality 240volt (Australia) to 110 volt (US) Todd and Acme made-in-USA step down transformers available. Perfect for running one or several US voltage amps or other gear. These have a proven track record as reliable and quiet with no hum. Prices start at $140 for 500VA and go up from there for heavier duty units. Please enquire. |
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