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Each guitar has received a "Pro-Setup" and is in the best possible playable setup that can be achieved for that particular guitar.


Ibanez Musician MC 200 - 1978

Price £1,900

 

Ibanez Muscian MC200 1978
Genuine vintage guitar.
This guitar is in great condition for its age. Manufactured in the golden era of Japanesse guitar manufacturing. Japanesse guitars of this era are fast becoming known as the best guitars ever made.
This guitar benefits from a through neck design, giving great tone, sustain and impecable reliability.   
The nut is brass, giving this guitar great sustain.
The pickups are the ledgendary Super 88's.  100% working condition and 100% original.
Description
This guitar is quite simply an amazing guitar. They dont make them like this anymore, and most likely, never will again. Top notch manufacturering, top notch woods used.
This guitar is equipped with a full 22 frets, medium jumbo. This guitar has been relevelled and fret dressed at least twice in its life. Lovely low action and superb playabilty.
Sound wise, this guitar is more in the les paul camp, than the stratocaster. A more mellow sound, with great sustain. With the brass nut and through neck design, this guitar will probably have the best sustain of any electric guitar made.
All cavities have been copper shielded and all groundings checked.

 


Ibanez Artist - 1980

Price £950

Ibanez Artist

Genuine vintage guitar. Japanese made. Fully restored, all original apart from the control knobs.
This guitar benefits from a recent fret level and recrown. 
All Electrics are in 100% working condition and 100% original.
(This is important as Ibanez Artist were originally equipped with "V2" wax potted pickups)
Being an early example, this guitar features the simple dot fretmarkers, as opposed to the fancier type, on later examples. Making this guitar, for collectors, more desirable.
 
Description
Made in the golden era of Japanese guitar manufacture. Quite simply, one of the best electric guitars ever made.
The frets are perfectly level, crowned and polished, giving super low action. The wax potted, original Ibanez V2 pickups sound great, very versatile. They are high output, giving a very warm sound and when driven, pure rock.
With a brass nut and through neck construction, you're looking at one of the finest guitars made, a true classic. These features give the best sustain achieved from any electric guitar.  All cavities have been copper shielded and all groundings checked. This guitar has got a few cosmetic dings here and there. Mainly on the back and bottom, well you cant have everything. These in no way effect the playability of the guitar. With a guitar of this age, you've got to expect a few dings.  A fantastic guitar,   will only ever appreciate in value.


Marlin Sidewinder - 1984

Marlin Sidewinder 1984
Genuine vintage guitar. Fully restored, all original Marlin Sidewinder.
Total refret with Dunlop Jumbo frets.
Neck has been stripped and re-lacqured with Genuine, old style, Nitrocellulose, giving the neck a deep gloss finish.
All Electrics are in 100% working condition and 100% original.
(This is important as Marlins were originally equipped with wax potted pickups, which its main rival at the time, the Fender Squire, were not.)
Description
This guitar is a blues players dream. The Jumbo frets give this guitar a playability beyond many top brand guitars. The frets are perfectly level, crowned and polished, giving super low action. The wax potted, original Marlin pickups sound great and very Stratocaster like.
The neck is great and comparable in quality to any USA Fender neck, if not better.
Re-lacqured and refretted, it's spot on.
The Body is actually ply, sometimes frowned upon, but I feel unfairly. There is very little sound difference between these bodies, compared to solid bodied guitars.
All cavities have been copper shielded and all groundings checked.
The body has faded to the nicest cream colour, along with the pickups and knobs. No relecing here, this is genuine aging, 33 years!
A fantastic guitar, considerably cheaper than a top brand stratacastor, yet can out perform the best of them.


Aria Pro 2 - 1984

Price £1100

Aria Pro 2, Hollow bodied guitar, 1984
Genuine vintage guitar. Pretty much perfect original condition.
This guitar has had very little use in its life and thus is in great shape. All the hardware is gold plated, yet through time this gold plate has thinned and the silver underneath shines through, mainly on the pickups. I personally feel this is a great vintage look and only adds and doesn't distract.
The frets have been levelled, crowned, dressed and polished to a mirror finish. These are the original frets.

 

Description
This guitar is all about the tone, a beautifully mellow, rounded sound. Typically used for jazz, you can really play anything you like on this guitar. Due to its low action, its quite easy to play a screaming blues lead on this guitar and it makes a fantastic sound. Check out Clapton playing his 1964 Gibson ES-335 and you'll be getting close.
When you play this guitar you just get a sense of craftsmanship and quality. Its beautifully made, using the best woods.  Comes with its own genuine hardcase.

 


Marlin Sidewinder - 1984

Price £200

Marlin Sidewinder 1986
Genuine vintage guitar. Fully restored, all original Marlin Sidewinder.
Total refret with Dunlop Medium Jumbo frets.
Neck has been stripped and re-finished with Boiled linseed oil and Danish oil. This finish gives a very smooth, stick free feel to the neck. The neck is maple with a rosewood fingerboard.
The nut is genuine cattle bone, bespoke built for this guitar.
All Electrics are in 100% working condition and 100% original.
(This is important as Marlins were originally equipped with wax potted pickups, which its main rival at the time, the Fender Squire, were not.)
This particular model has a humbucker at the bridge position and is equipped with an inverse  phase switch.

Description
This guitar is a great all rounder and can cope easily with any style of play. The medium jumbo frets give this guitar a relaxed playability. Its very comfortable to play, even over long time periods. The frets are perfectly level, crowned and polished, giving super low action. The wax potted, original Marlin pickups sound great and very Stratocaster like. With the humbucker in the "out of phase" setting, I feel you can get this guitar to sound quite Les Paul like. Put the humbucker back in phase and you're back to a classic strat sound. 
The neck is great and comparable in quality to any USA Fender neck, if not better.
Re-finished and refretted, it's spot on.
The Body is actually ply, sometimes frowned upon, but I feel unfairly. There is very little sound difference between these bodies, compared to solid bodied guitars.
All cavities have been copper shielded and all groundings checked.
The body is a metallic silver colour and in excellent condition with respect to its age.
The bridge is classic stratocastor style.
A fantastic guitar, considerably cheaper than a top brand stratacastor, yet can out perform the best of them.

Sold to Mr. Michael Macgeoch. Thank you Michael, hope you enjoy your new Marlin!


Fender Telecastor - 2005  Made in USA

Fender Telecastor

Here we have your classic, USA made Fender Telecastor, in black.
 Used condition, very little signs of use.

Been well looked after, 100% perfect working condition.
This guitar benefits from a push / pull phase reverse knob.
Not much more to say really, we all know how good these guitars are and this is a great example.


Description
Great playability, great reliability. Classic Fender Tele sound, benefiting from a phase reverse on the humbucker pickup. Quite simply "the real deal".

Sold to Mr. Lee Carter of Witham. Thanks Lee, hope you enjoy your new guitar! Cheers John


Marlin Acoustic MF2 - 1984

Price £200

Marlin Acoustic MF2 1985

 

Genuine vintage guitar. All original Marlin MF2.
The top is a stunning, highly figured flamed maple. The sides, back and headstock have a lovely burst finish. The body is edged with a sextuple binding.

 

As well as gold hardware, this guitar features a rosewood saddle that boasts beautiful, solid brass, abalone inlayed bridge pins. Adding greater tone and sustain.

 

This guitar is in superb condition for its age, probably the best there is out there. There is hardly a mark on it.
Also comes with what I believe to be its original gig bag.

 

Korean made, this guitar has had a recent fret dress, semi restoration and set up.


Univox Randall Telecastor - '68 to '75

Price £1000

Univox Randall Telecaster - 1968 to 1975
Genuine vintage guitar. Superb condition Univox Randall Telecastor in Butterscotch.
A piece of rock and roll history here folks!
Multi laminated neck, beautiful butterscotch body, three saddle bridge, topped with ashtray cover, all original, as is the lacquer and paint.

 

Fitted with lovely sounding Artec pickup at the neck and vintage Gotoh pickup at the bridge. Refretted with Dunlop jumbo frets. A beautiful, bright sounding guitar.

This guitar benefits from a zero fret.

 

The playability is excellent. Super low action and very stable. Although this is a  classic, you could use this everyday as your regular gigging guitar.
This is the only one of its kind I have ever seen and believe me, I've looked!

 

Super rare, very collectable. 


Tanglewood Bass - 1996

Price £450

Tanglewood Bass - 1996


Great Tanglewood Bass guitar in original condition.
This bass benefits from active pickups, minimal fret ware and great design.

 

This bass would be considered on a professional level. Very stable tuning and with active pickups, great sounding. Perfect for gigging or studio work.
The condition of this bass is great for its age, hardly a mark on it.