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Great Vintage Items We offer fantastic vintage instruments. Our main speciality is the guitar, ranging from the 1980's back to 1900's. Great vintage items.

We mostly sell interesting guitars from the 1980s back to 1920. Our electric guitars are typically interesting and collectible. Our acoustic guitars include 1930's parlour guitars through our favourite German archtops, to top-quality acoustics made by well respected luthiers of today. Because we are interested in the story behind the instrument as well as the quality of sound, we occasionally sell other interesting instruments.

Early to mid 1960's stylish Italian guitar. It must have come out around the same time as the original Chevrolet Corvett...
11/11/2021

Early to mid 1960's stylish Italian guitar. It must have come out around the same time as the original Chevrolet Corvette car. Even the heavy pearl paint is similar.
It's an EKO 500 / 3V with lots of combinations on offer from the three pickups by using the 6 slider / buttons.
A joy to look at and a joy to play.
£950 More info here; http://www.greatvintageitems.com/product/eko-500-3v-italian-vintage-electric-guitar/

1993 USA Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Signature Stratocaster with Fender Tweed Hard Case.£1985 OVNOWorldwide shipping ...
08/01/2020

1993 USA Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Signature Stratocaster with Fender Tweed Hard Case.
£1985 OVNO
Worldwide shipping with tracking at cost.

This is one of my prized Strats. It’s an old cool strat that oozes character. It plays great and has that C-shaped neck profile that everyone talks about. The neck is Maple with the skunk stripe and Rosewood fingerboard. It’s very comfortable to play. In true custom style, the lacquer is thinner than most Fender Stratocasters. The vintage white really sets the guitars looks up nicely.

It has the Fender Lace Sensors fitted and Sperzel locking tuners. Both are very much a feature of Custom Jeff Beck Signature Stratocasters. It has the roller bearings within the nut and a mini switch for humbucker splitting.

Despite some play wear and a little lacquer checking / light buckle rash, this is a great guitar. The overall condition is good. The back plate is missing but easy to get if you really want one. The guitar has been played and there is a visible minor indent to the first position. The frets have some wear but there’s plenty of life in them.

It’s a very cool guitar and stands way above the standard strats. Grab yourself a great guitar.

UPDATE: SOLD... Off to the Isle of Orkney.Early original Burns Sonic electric guitar, circ.1960, fully working with Burn...
15/12/2019

UPDATE: SOLD... Off to the Isle of Orkney.
Early original Burns Sonic electric guitar, circ.1960, fully working with Burns Hard Case. £795 plus shipping.
This early 1960 vintage English-made guitar may be small in size but it makes up for that in volume. The dual Tri-Sonic pickups produce that all-familiar 60’s vibe. These pickups are still used on the Brian May Red Special guitars.
This guitar oozes vintage. It has light wear on the maple finger board, which was only fitted to 1960 models, and the solid mahogany body has very light play wear on the front in the form of very small chips here and there. I’ve had a few of these lovely little guitars. This one is in the best ORIGINAL CONDITION that I’ve seen. I had to check, but it has not been refinished. The cherry red fade into black on the back of the headstock is hard to replicate.
When you play this thing through something like an old Vox or even my Selmer TV15 it sounds amazing. The sound is bright and jangly, without being thin. The vibrato system may be simple, but it’s very effective. In fact, the tremolo arm is stamped with “Pat APP” giving clear indication of this being a very early Burns Sonic. Potentially, this makes it one of the first 100 built. I’m sure there are plenty of Burns fans out there who will have something to say on this, but you get the idea. It’s an early one!
The neck doesn’t have a truss rod, but as it was made from hardwood, it has survived well for almost 60 years. The back of the neck is in good condition for the age. The original Van Ghent machine heads still function well and it retains the original cream tuning buttons.
It has Volume and Tone controls with rhythm/ solo switch together with a 3-way selector. So, you’ve got plenty of tonal choice.
I will supply this guitar in a Burns hard case which is worth a small fortune on its own.
Note: The originality of this guitar goes as far as retaining the smaller jack plug that was originally fitted. The guitar comes with an appropriate lead with a conventional jack at the other end. See the control k***s in the images, some are not original. The frets have some wear and the body has very light lacquer checking.

1982 Vintage Fender Stratocaster Dan Smith Gold-on-Gold electric guitar, Made in USA. Firm on £1995 plus shipping. It's ...
15/12/2019

1982 Vintage Fender Stratocaster Dan Smith Gold-on-Gold electric guitar, Made in USA. Firm on £1995 plus shipping. It's a bargain.

This 1982 “Dan Smith” era Gold on Gold guitar is in pretty good condition, given that it is now 39 years old. It has been played and has had some loss to the 22k Gold “electroplate” hardware, with a new nicks to the gold paint on the body.

However, look at the price!
I’m not open to offers. There are just a few of these available at any time and my one is the least expensive by far. It’s priced to sell, not for me to collect watchers.

Not only is this guitar very collectible, but it’s also a great player. Dan Smith saw to that when he came to Fender in 1981 and set about re-designing the Stratocaster to regain the glory days of the 60’s.
Proper “Dan Smith” strats were made between 1981 – 1983 as these were the first re-design models. It has the smaller headstock, 4-bolt neck and is made to a much higher standard than the ones from the 1970’s. Note the 21 frets. By the late 80’s they had 22 frets.

The body on these unique models were made from swamp ash. As such, they are a little heavier than most people are used to. The lovely Maple neck was one-piece with a vintage feel, having a 7.25” radius.

Changes made: One pot and the bridge pickup cover replaced.

SOLD **** Condition: As you can see from the images, it’s in pretty good condition. There is some loss to the gold plating with some tarnishing to the tuners and neck plate. As you can see from the images,there are small nicks and chips to the gold paint on the body. There is only very minor wear to the frets.

Case: It comes with a Fender hard shell.

Shipping: I will ship to many countries.

**** SOLD ****Huttl Opus vintage German archtop. Good condition, solid top. £795 plus shipping. Huttl guitars are well k...
14/12/2019

**** SOLD ****
Huttl Opus vintage German archtop. Good condition, solid top. £795 plus shipping.
Huttl guitars are well known as high-end archtop guitars, made in Germany. This model, the Huttl Opus, is probably the most sought after. I am fortunate enough to own two and have decided to offer this one up for sale.
These guitars are very well made. The solid top is thicker than most of my other German archtops. It has some lovely pearl neck binding. The unusually-shaped sound holes set the look off nicely, but the main unusual feature is the beautiful laminate work.
It plays beautifully, with clear mid-highs. The sustain is excellent and the guitar is comfortable. It would be a great addition to someone’s collection, who likes a good archtop.
Condition: Overall, very good, with fantastic low action and a good neck. The tuners have been replaced, but that’s probably a good thing when you consider the guitar is now almost 70 years old!
Head – good condition with inlay.
Keys – Replaced, working well. good condition.
Nut - Could do with replacement at some point. It’s original and the cuts are deep but there is currently no buzz.
Neck – very good condition
Fretboard – flat and clean
Frets – Good condition with very slight indents
Body – Very nice condition. It has some typical signs of wear but is in amazing condition. There are marks to the side where the pick guard used to be attached.
Lacquer – overall condition is very nice although it has some surface scratches which are typical for archtop guitars from 60’s – visible on pictures.
Equipment – Tail piece is very good and the bridge is original.
Buy With Confidence. All items are very carefully inspected and described. Inevitably, I get asked a question that I haven't thought to include in the description. I'm happy to answer all questions about this guitar. Please ask questions
Shipping: I will ship to many countries.

**** SOLD ****Ernie Ball Music Man (BFR) Ball Family Reserve 25th Anniversary Red Quilt. £2495 plus shipping. Buy if...Y...
14/12/2019

**** SOLD ****
Ernie Ball Music Man (BFR) Ball Family Reserve 25th Anniversary Red Quilt. £2495 plus shipping.

Buy if...
You're a Music Man collector or seeking a dual-humbucking guitar that could possibly define playability.
Skip if...
You're on a budget (perfection comes at a price) or seeking true single-coil tones with your humbucking rig.

Stunning, great player’s guitar, MINT, and one for the collectors as these have been made in very limited numbers.
It’s probably the best guitar Ernie Ball has ever made. Consider this “Family Reserve” guitar in the same mould as Fender / Gibson Custom Shop guitars. The Family Reserve is Ernie Ball’s way of making short custom runs of the very best guitars.
Much has been written about these guitars. Few come up for sale. I’m not asking a fortune. I’d just like to clear out some of my collection.

It’s mint. It comes in the Original Music Man hard case (which is the 25th Anniversary one), and still has all of the shop tags / tools together with the 2009 Certificate of Authenticity, signed by the Ball family. The front still has the MM sticker over the controls.

It’s light, comfortable, and very easy to play with a fast neck. The neck has unrestricted access all the way to the very last fret. The midrange is exceptional. It’s an all-rounder, as it has snappy highs and a very well balanced bass response.

**** SOLD ****Another one of my East German archtops is becoming available to buy. A Migma Meister. It's a player's guit...
12/11/2019

**** SOLD ****
Another one of my East German archtops is becoming available to buy. A Migma Meister. It's a player's guitar, with a nice clear tone and good projection and sustain. It has had professional repairs to cracks. The action is excellent.

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