Category: Sold Gallery

1960 Fender Strat, Factory Original Righty Pickups, One of One!

This Strat was fully inspected and set-up by my guitar tech, Scott Freilich of Top Shelf Music(Fender authorized repair center since 1979) on 10/20/16.

1. heel of neck sanded and neck pocket modified to correct some manufacturing defect, but looks to be original factory work by Fender.
2. some typical and minor marker touch-ups on sides, nothing serious.
3. Tuner on D string changed; it is a single-line/no print older Kluson tuner(1953-56)
4. the PUPs are RIGHT HANDED! and appear to be factory original – Fender just put the wrong PUPS into this guitar – no markings on pickguard or masking tape etc to designate Lefty as on my other pre-CBS lefty Strats, so this would be an easy mistake to have made back then. Having the righty PUPs actually helps eliminate the wolf tones on the low E above the 12th fret that are common on Strats.

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1968 Fender Tele, Rare Maple Cap Neck, Player’s Guitar

This is a 1968 Fender Tele with a rare maple cap neck. All of the late 60s(1967-1969) left handed Teles I’ve sold have had a rosewood fingerboard. Even most right handed late 60s Teles have the rosewood fingerboard. I was able to find a pristine right handed 1966 Tele with a maple cap neck that I sold to Joe Bonamassa earlier in the year: http://www.leftyvintageguitars.com/1966FenderTeleMapleCap.html

This is a player’s guitar, with many non-original parts. But it’s priced at about 1/3 of an all original late 60s left handed Tele with a rosewood fingerboard. The prize is clearly the factory left handed maple cap neck, dated 3SEP68, so the rest of the guitar is just icing on the cake.

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1962 VOX AC-4, 100% Original, EXC Condition, Rare Amp!

Up for sale, a 1962 Vox AC-4 in exceptional, collector-grade condition and in perfect working order. This early JMI tube amplifier is 100% original and complete, with original fawn tolex, brass vents, stock transformers, and even the stock “woodie” footswitch! Powered by a single EL84, this amp delivers classic Class A Vox tube tone at bedroom volumes, with a tone that actually stays quite clean. With simple Volume and Tone controls, the circuit is a pure platform for highlighting the guitar plugged into it, with a dynamic sound that can vary notably based on the pickups that are pushing the original 8″ speaker. The tremolo is particularly fantastic on this amp, with a thick, warbling three-dimensional quality that belies the amp’s small stature. Still wired for the original 240V power, this Vox comes equipped with a step-up transformer to convert the voltage from US to UK power while maintaining the amp’s originality.

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1967 Fender Tele, Twin Brother of a Killer Tele!

I had a really great 1967 Fender Tele last year. It played and sounded as good as any Tele I’ve had. I always wished I had another one like it. Well, it’s here!

This is a 1967 Fender Tele which is the twin brother of the earlier Tele: it has the same neck stamp/date( 3APR67B), pot codes within 2 weeks(137 6636), and identical neck depth – .87/1st, .92/12th. Body is stamped “ES,” which was Fender code for a special-order guitar.

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1968 Fender Strat, Original Candy Apple Red, Near Mint!

This is a very rare left handed 1968 Fender Strat in a Custom Color Candy Apple Red, which was Leo Fender’s favorite color! This Strat has been featured in the book of rare left handed guitars: Uncommon Sound.

1968 (June) Stratocaster, original Candy Apple Red finish, rosewood fingerboard, pearl dots, large headstock, original tremolo arm, bridge cover, white guard, Fender booklet and tags, original black Fender lefty case. This guitar was bought from the original owner in Texas who got it as a gift at age 14.

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1962 Right Handed Martin D-28, Excellent Condition!

Right Handed 1962 Martin D-28, features an attractive aged spruce top, and beautiful straight-grained Brazilian Rosewood back & sides.

The guitar has had the typical work done on vintage Martins, including a repaired center-seam crack, repaired pickguard crack, and a newer Martin bridge has been installed. The guitar has also had a very nice refret done. Scott Freilich(see below) commented: “The fretwork is beautiful and in the style Martin would have done.”

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