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Lefty 1965 Gibson ES-330TD with 1964 Features, EXC Condition, Amazing Guitar!

Left-handed 1965 Gibson ES-330TD in beautiful transluscent Ice Tea Sunburst finish, EXC condition, period-correct Black Ess & Ess hardshell case, AND this guitar has ALL of the highly desirable 1964 features: wide full neck with 1 11/16 nut, ALL Nickel Hardware, 17 Degree
headstock pitch. It’s hard enough to find a lefty ES-330 from the 1960s, but then to find a really great example in every respect, that’s practically a miracle!

Early 1965 ES-330TD, serial # 3020xx, but still retains all the Golden Era features, plus is an amazing player with the holiest of Tone; a true Blues Monster! Finish and color is in beautiful condition, with only slight checking. Nickel hardware is in great shape; the best I’ve
had among my 60s ES-330 guitars. The frets are original with some wear, but there is no problem with playing the guitar effortlessly whatsoever; no fretting out anywhere, and good bends are easily attainable across the neck. The nibs are even intact; that, my friends, is a rarity among the 60s Gibsons I’ve owned! The neck also has a beatifully-grained Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard; it is another feature that makes this ES-330 one of the special ones!

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1969 Gibson ES-335TD, 100% Original with OHSC, EXC!

1969 Gibson ES-335TD, 100% Original, Beautiful unfaded Iced Tea Burst finish, has newer Bigsby on it now, includes original trapeze tailpiece.

This is a true pre-Norlin Gibson, with no volute and no Made in U.S.A. stamp! Serial # is 818xxx, right in the middle of several serial # categories for the model year 1969: 817000-819999. Even has the earlier Golden Era no “Union Made” Orange Label!

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1967 Martin D-28L, Brazilian Rosewood, Very Rare Factory Lefty, EXF Condition!

True factory Left Handed 1967 Martin D-28(D-28L), Beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back/sides, includes OHSC with dark burgundy lining. This is the cleanest pre-1970 left handed Martin I have seen! Gruhn Guitars had this guitar back in 2008 and rated it EXF(Exceptionally Fine Condition-see photo of Gruhn description). The guitar has been stored since then. I cannot disagree with their assessment!

While at Gruhn Guitars, they performed a neck reset, refret, and installed a new vintage replica pickguard. The guitar is 100% original except for the replacement pickguard. They did a great job on the neck set, as you cannot tell the neck was ever off the guitar. The refret was also first rate. Gruhn Guitars do Excellent work in their shop, so this guitar has had all the necessary work done to it, and now needs nothing and is ready to play.

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1963 ES-335TDC, Very Rare Factory Left Handed Golden Era 335!

Another Clapton-era Cherry ES-335, this one from 1963, factory Bigsby guitar, suitable for a stoptail conversion with the factory drilled holes under the “Custom Made” Plaque. Tremendous sounding guitar, as these Golden Era 335s are know to be, with neck PUP = 8.55K, Bridge PUP = 8.02K.

This guitar has been well played, and for good reason! Now has a really nice refret, so it’s ready for many years of musical ecstacy.

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1967 Guild Starfire IV, Rare Emerald Green, 100% Original, EXC Condition!

1967 Guild Starfire IV, factory Left Handed, in the very rare Emerald Green finish. Most of the Starfire IVs were Cherry or Sunburst, so the Emerald Green is considered a custom color for this model, available at extra cost as a catalog item; very rare for a righty, let alone a lefty!

This Starfire IV is a Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # EL-1803(1967), laminated maple body, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, original hardshell case. This model is similar to the Gibson ES-335, which also has the center block for enhanced sustain and reduced feedback. Unlike the Gibson model for the same year, the Starfire has the very desirable 1 11/16 wide nut, which Gibson stopped making in early 1965, when they switched to the narrow (and much maligned) 1 9/16 wide nut.

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1960 Gibson ES-345TDC, 100% Original with 1959 Features, EXC Condition!

Fresh out of a private collection(my very own), this is an uncirculated 1960 Gibson ES-345TDC, 100% original in EXC condition with OHSC. This guitar has the highly desirable Factory stop tail piece. The Varitone assembly is complete intact.

This is one of only 252 ES-345TDCs from 1960, with serial # A33896. This ES-345 has been featured several times over the years on The Les Paul Forum.

The Cherry Red is perfect: not too light(reminiscent of orange) and not too dark(reminiscent of blood). Really stunning unfaded color with nicely figured wood underneath; this is the vintage guitar with absolutely the coolest vibe I’ve ever owned!

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