Best Guitars

Plug and play... this little vintage, 75 year old, screamer is all you need for your bedroom, studio, or man cave. In great original condition, some caps were changed to make it play correctly. I'm not an amp guy so look at the photos and ask and I'll try to help. Speaker? transformers? They're old I know that. The handle is worn out on one side, but the tweed and grill are in great shape. A "TV...

A little piece of history... A 1935 Gibson EH-150 made out of solid aluminum. These are very rare little critters and this one is not only 100% original but it comes with the ORIGINAL AMP with the cover!! If you collect lap steels, this is the rarest one, and the one to get. The birth of electric guitars... here it is. Bought from the original family, the amp and guitar have been together since...

Very cool, ultra slick, Supro Coronado II in jet black. Great blues machine or perfect stage guitar for any rocker. Play slide on this thing and impress! All original, works and plays great. Comes with a gig bag.

Beautiful, round neck, nickel plated, brass body Dobro. This one has the fancy headstock overlay ALHAMBRA with the "standing lion"! Not sure who Dobro/National made these Fiddle-edge guitars for, but it is all 100% Dobro. Nice action, you can play it slide or standard. It does not need a neck set. Great volume and tone, I love these a lot more than the National Style Os. they have a super feeling...

A WIDE nut, NICKEL parts, BIG neck, ALL ORIGINAL, transitional "Block Marker" ES-335 from very early 1965. Very desirable, this is just before the change to small nut width, chrome parts, and trapeze tailpiece. This beautiful Cherry finish 335 has the "custom made" plaque covering the stud holes and a "Lyre" tailpiece added by the factory. In great condition, she plays so fine and the pickups are...

All original SLAB Jazzmaster. Has a good amount of honest playwear, but no alterations, repairs, or overspray. Everything works, neck is straight, and it rocks and twangs... Slab Fenders are extremely sought after, and this is no exception. Original frets have some wear, but it still plays fine. Weighs just 8 lbs. and comes with the original brown case. Pots date 50th week of 1959. There is no...

Pre-CBS Stratocaster. The guitar is all original, plays and sounds great, neck is straight, and original frets show some playing wear. Transition logo, but dated to late 1964. (pots 28th week of '64, neck date November '64). Single-line Klusons, and an L-series plate. Light and bluesy it weighs just 7.25 lbs. Grey bottom pickups are strong and clear (dated 12/8/64). A great vintage Strat, but...

Beautiful condition, Hendrix era, "With Synchronized Tremelo", 4 bolt Strat. Very clean, plays perfectly, and all original except for an added 5-way switch (why not?). The guitar has very little playing wear, great feeling neck, and is one of the last 4-bolt, single string tree, Strats made before the horrible switch to 3-bolt. Grey bottom pickups sound fat and full, frets in great shape, Neck...

Beautiful, hand carved, vintage archtop from the best year of Gibson's manufacturing quality! 1959, amazing wood, amazing tone, loud voice, and playability. 100% original, there is some minor playing wear, the frets are in excellent shape, and the neck is straight. The original guard was cut for a floating pickup but it is long gone now. An easy install if you want one. No cracks in the top sides...

The Holy Grail of Pre-War Martin guitars. A 1943 Sunburst "Bone". The guitar is in great condition other than normal playing wear, plays amazing, and it sounds so good words can't describe. Sunburst Martins from this period are extremely rare, and a herringbone dreadnaught sits on the apex of that pinacle. The guitar wood, bridge plate, hardware and parts are all original except a few of the...

1960 Slab-board Telecaster. Expertly refinished in black, the guitar plays and sounds killer and weighs just 6.75 lbs. Otherwise, the guitar is all original except for a pro refret, looks like three dots have been replaced, and it sports the modern wiring (no muffle). The pots are dated 19th and 47th week of 1960, pickups are original and strong, no rewinds, no neck date which is correct for this...

Here is a vintage 1958 Les Paul Goldtop Standard that's been incredibly restored and refinished by Historic Makeovers. They did an incredible job matching the color from the period, the dark back, and re-applying the serial number. The guitar was recently found poorly refinished in "all gold" and in need of some unusual restoration, so I sent it to Kim and his crew who did a killer job. The...

100% dead stock, all original 1954 Strat! You just don't find them like this anymore. This is a completely original, unmolested '54 Strat in incredible condition. The pickups are strong, have never been touched and are hot (6.05,6.24,6.54ohms). The solder joints are all original, pots read 35th week of 1954. All the parts including bakelite covers are in great shape and original as are the frets...

Very clean, hardly ever played. All original except for replacement pickguard (Cris Mirabella). Here's a beautiful late 70s Super 400 that is in perfect shape, straight neck, killer sound, and priced right. Compare this archtop to what Gibson was making at that time in its other models and you'd be amazed. Can't go wrong if you want a 46 year old guitar at an affordable priced! Comes with black...

Here's a great J50 with "sloped shoulders" and a small pickguard.... That's the way they were until the later 50s when they went to the large guard... but this one never had a large guard. The guard on it now is a replacement, but you can see there was never a large guard on it. Yet the serial number dates it to 1969. Whatever, its a super sounding guitar with a straight neck, original frets and...

This is a "ONE-OF-A-KIND" Gibson "Super" Citation! For the serious collector of archtop guitars! The guitar is marked on the label "EXP-001", meaning "Experimental" and most likely the only one ever produced 001. Its marked as a Super Citation on the label and gold plate on the back of the headstock because in incorporates "Super 400" features, especially the neck inlays, and "marbleized"...

Very nice, original, dual Humbucker ES-175 from the late '60s. It sports two "PAT# sticker" pickups that sound great. All the other parts are original including tuners, bridge, pick-guard, tailpiece, pots, etc. The neck is straight, but the original large frets are well worn. A very nice, affordable vintage Gibson that can play any style of music. Comes with hard case.

Don't see too many of these!! Here is a "one-of-a-kind" custom ordered Gibson L1 from 1931. Seems that R.J. Wilcox (on headstock) ordered this with the most elaborate custom inlays and pickguard I have ever seen Gibson produce. Apparently he was a well know guitarist in the 30s and 40s. (see the Corpus Christi newspaper ad from 1940 advertising his teaching ability) The headstock, the bridge, the...

Talk about a player! This superb playing Pre-CBS P-Bass has seen a lot of gigs, as it should. The best sounding guitars get played.. alot. This one, believe it or not, is a very old refin, but has such a cool vibe that it looks like its original. But don't judge it on originality as standard things have been changed, as any player who needed a working instrument would have changed them over the...

Super clean, 100% all original, Epi Coronet. This is the second generation Coronet, right after the very rare black "Slab" model, but before the nonsymetrical and more typical Coronet body style. We call them the "Steve Marriott model" These are very rare in this condition, which in this case is almost perfect. One little belt scratch on the back. Bright cherry red, no checking and 100% dead...

Great Hendrix era Strat! 4-bolt, Rosewood neck, grey bottom pickups sound thick and glassy like they should. Think "Little Wing"... The guitar is all original except for the treble pickup which was weak and I personally rewound it to my liking. Sounds amazing now. Large original frets are in great shape, all the other hardware and electronics are original. Neck is straight and it plays perfectly....

Nice, all original, late 1965 SG Special (Pots date to 40th week of '65). Two P-90s, Vibrato (arm included), 1&5/8ths wide neck. Shows some playing wear, but its all original and nothing has been changed, no cracks or repairs whatsoever. Plays and sounds great. Comes with original black case.

Here is a very rare Jumbo Epiphone FT-210 Flat-top. This blond beauty is in excellent condition, sounds and plays incredible, has no cracks or breaks, straight V neck, gold tuners, cloud inlays, and perfect pickguard with no "rot". I finally got around to repairing the binding. It had typically shrunk as most of these do and pulled from the waists. I cut and filled, stretched and glued it all...

Here is a very important part of Gibson history. This "De Luxe Jumbo" (what later became the SJ-200) was built for bandleader Joe Wolverton (Les Paul's first boss) and shipped 3/22/1938 according to the Gibson ledgers (see photos).  This guitar was an all original prototype of the rosewood SJ-200, and one of the earliest known to be made for a celebrity. Like Ray Whitley's, this guitar sported...

1939 Blond Super 400 Premier! All Original, rarest of the rare! One of 18 shipped the first year. First blonde Gibson ever, first cutaway Gibson ever, a very historic and revolutionary guitar!! Books have been written about these guitars... Just re-fretted for maximum playability! Comes with original brown leather case. Check out the cool collection and at www.bestguitars.com Check out...