Gibson Guitars
GIBSON L-5 CES ... 2002, A
tobacco sunburst finish single cutaway archtop.
This is the world standard Jazz box.
It has a full depth to tuned, carved maple body made in Nashville,
Tennessee at the Custom Shop facility.
It is 17” wide at the lower bout with a rounded single cutaway. The maple body is highly flamed and the
carved Englemann spruce top is close grained and clear. The guitar has gold hardware including the
plated engraved tailpiece with Sterling silver insert, 2 humbucking pickups,
and the Gibson gears. Ebony fingerboard
with pearl block inlays, multi-bound black pickguard and tune-a-matic bridge
with inlaid ebony base. Near Mint
condition with original Gibson case.
$6,750
GIBSON L-5
Centennial... An Ebony finish single cutaway deep body archtop. Maple
body with a carved Spruce top, Gold hardware, Gold tailpiece, tune-a-matic
bridge with inlaid Ebony base and 2 Gold humbuckers. Bound neck with Flowerpot
headstock inlay, & Gold Medallion. Ebony fingerboard with
No Name Guitar
No Name
Archtop, This is a 17” wide
archtop of unknown origen. It appears to
have a Gibson style neck and body, but has no identifying name of
manufacturer. It has a sunburst finish
mahogany body and a maple top with unbound “F” holes. The top and back are single bound. The neck is 1 piece mahogany with a rosewood
fingerboard with pearl dot inlays. The
headstock has the classic Gibson shape but has no logo. It has a black plastic bell shaped truss rod
cover, a trapeze tailpiece, open Waverly gears, a carved rosewood bridge and a
single ply tortoise pickguard. It
features a single neck pickup with volume and tone controls on the lower
bout. This guitar may have been
completed by someone working at Gibson or another US manufacturer. It has the feel and parts of guitars from the
1950’s. HSC $895
Gretsch Guitars
GRETSCH Brian Setzer
GRETSCH Van Epps – 6 String, 1968, Model
6082. A Walnut finish 17” maple body
archtop with multiple bings on the top neck and asymetrical headstock. The hardware is gold plated including the 2
eared Filtertron pickups, the “G” tailpiece, large kidney button Grover tuners,
engraved headstock nameplate and control knobs.
It features the master volume control on the upper treble bout, 2 tone
switches in the upper bass bout and dual
volume controls with an on / off switch by the tailpiece. It features a comfortable rounded maple neck
with thumbnail inlays in the ebony fingerboard.
Floating tuning fork bridge is included, but the guitar is set up with a
tune-a-matic bridge for perfect intonation and playability. Exc.
$4,995
Hofner Guitars
HOFNER 462
/ S ARCHTOP The model was
introduced 1953, and this would appear to be a very early one of the series
with no truss rod. It is a natural
finish single cutaway design, 16" at the lower bout, 2 15/16" deep at
the edge of this deeply carved spruce top, with a bookmatched flamed maple
back, flamed maple sides: Five piece
maple/mahogany/maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard with 7 contrasting
pearloid block inlays. The headstock
face is white pearloid with a wedge of rosewood in the center, no inlays. 25.5" Scale Length, jumbo frets, open
strip tuners with white plastic
buttons. Bound cat’s eye soundholes,
Hofner adjustable bridge and original nickel frequensator style tailpiece. Hofner Logo gold decal on upper bass bout of
the body. It has a single pickup
mounted into the end of the fingerboard, a very unusual feature. It has single volume and tone controls and a
non original replacement bound pickguard.
HSC Excellent condition. $3,495
Hopf Guitars
HOPF Saturn 63 … 1963,
German made semi-hollow body archtop. Inspired by the dawning of the space age this
was a stellar achievement in the guitar world.
It has a carved spruce top that merges seamlessly with the maple back. It features 2 teardrop soundholes located on
the bass side of the body that have chrome binding. It has 2 chrome covered single coil pickups
controlled by 2 volume pots and a 3 way tone control located on a chrome
mounting plate on the lower treble bout.
The guitar features a tremelo tailpiece that is silky smooth combined
with the rocker mounted adjustable bridge.
It has a suspended clear plexiglass pickguard engraved with Hopf in gold
letters. The neck is constructed out of
vertical slats of maple about 1mm thick for high tensile strength and capped
with a rosewood fingerboard. 24 ¾” scale
length with a zero fret The neck is
perfectly straight now after 40 years without the need of s truss rod; it has a
hockey stick style headstock with 6 on a side tuning gears with crowned
pearloid buttons. It is in excellent
condition and has a hard shell
case. $1,795
Master Guitars
MASTER
GUITARS - Elite … 2005. An
original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. Made in California. This is a semi-hollow double cut archtop in
an emerald green finish. The flamed
maple top is deeply carved and ribbed with unique soundholes over a mahogany
body and set neck. It has a gold plated
stop tailpiece, and pearl floral inlays in the ebony fingerboard. It has 2 humbucking pickups with a single
volume and tone control with a 3 way switch, and Sperzel locking gears. All gold hardware. Extremely light weight with a unique neck /
body joint angle. A superb instrument. Mint condition with a tweed case $5,495
MASTER
GUITARS - Elite … 2000 Millenium Model. An original design by Master Luthier George
Gorodnitski. Made in California, they
are incredible. This is a semi-hollow
double cut archtop in a cherry sunburst finish.
The flamed maple top is deeply carved and ribbed with unique soundholes
over a mahogany body and set neck. It
has a trapeze tailpiece that is ebony inlaid with blue/green abalone as is the
rose fingerboard inlay. It has 2
humbucking pickups with a single volume and tone control with a 3 way switch,
and Sperzel locking gears. All gold
hardware. Extremely light weight with a
unique neck / body joint angle. A superb
instrument. Near Mint condition with a
tweed case $4,995
MASTER
GUITARS - Cremona … Another
original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. Made in California. This is a semi-hollow double cut archtop in a
cherry sunburst finish. The flamed maple
top is deeply carved and ribbed with open “F” soundholes over a mahogany body
and set maple neck. It has a trapeze
tailpiece that is ebony inlaid with blue/green abalone with a vine fingerboard
inlay. It has 2 humbucking pickups with
a single volume and tone control with a 3 way switch, and Sperzel locking
gears. All gold hardware. A superb instrument. Mint condition with the OHSC. $5,995
MASTER GUITARS
– Nueva … 2000 Millenium Model.
Another original design by Master Luthier George Gorodnitski. This is the prototype, #1 of this
design. It’s a natural blond finish
single cutaway archtop with a flamed maple body and a select Englemann spruce
top. The top is deeply carved and features unique maple bound soundholes,
carved ebony pickguard and rose inlaid ebony fingerboard. The neck joins the body at the 13th
fret. It has an ebony trapeze tailpiece
inlaid with abalone, as are the rose fingerboard and pickguard inlays. It has a hand wound humbucking pickup with a
single volume, and Sperzel locking gears with ebony buttons. A very impressive archtop. Made in California. Mint condition with a custom hard shell
case $7,995
MASTER
GUITARS – Django … 2005, Presentation Model. An original design by Master Luthier George
Gorodnitski. It’s a Red Sunburst finish
viola style (with 2 points at the waist) single cutaway archtop with a flamed
German maple body and a select Englemann spruce top. The top features multiple
bindings and maple trim, the soundholes are abalone inlaid, It has a carved
ebony pickguard and a full “Tree of Life” vine inlaid ebony fingerboard on the
3 piece maple neck with volute. It has
an ebony trapeze tailpiece inlaid with abalone. The back of the guitar is also
highly inlaid top and bottom with abalone in a vine motif. It has a custom
wound humbucking pickup with Alnico 5 magnets for a silky smooth sound with a
single volume control all pickguard mounted.
It has gold plated Sperzel locking gears with ebony buttons. An incredible archtop, museum quality, and it
sounds and plays like a dream. Made in
California. Mint condition with a
custom hard shell case $12,995
Schultz Guitars
SCHULTZ Apollo… 2003 A single cutaway archtop in a light
honeyburst finish. It has a highly
flamed maple body, with a carved Englemann spruce top. It is 17” wide at the lower bout with a
Venetian single cutaway. The guitar has
gold hardware including the scroll trapeze tailpiece, the old style Grover
Imperial stairstep gears and a single J. Smith style humbucking pickup mounted
at the end of the bound ebony fingerboard with pickguard mounted volume
control.. It features split pearl block inlays, multi-bound black pickguard and
carved and compensated ebony bridge.
Near Mint. OHSC $2,995
Triggs Guitars
Jim
Triggs, Luthier ... One of the world's pre-eminent guitar builders.
Master archtop builder of today's generation. He was first really noticed for
his spectacular work with the Gibson Custom Shop where he ended up the 1980's
as the head of their archtop department in Nashville, TN. After leaving Gibson,
he was involved with the D'Angelico II project, and then set out to make his
own mark under his own name. We've enjoyed his work for years, whatever he
builds, it's top quality. From various styles of Maple body jazzboxes to
spectacular carved archtops and some one of a kind Art Guitars.
TRIGGS
Model 2160 … A custom order, in a bright orange finish. This is a 17" single cutaway archtop
with a highly flamed maple body and top.
It features a 25 1/2" scale on the bound ebony fingerboard with
heart abalone block inlays. It features
a steers head headstock inlay with empire state truss rod cover and imperial
stairstep tuners. 2 humbucking pickups
with dual volume controls and a single tone control on the lower bout, with a
master volume control. It features a
Bigsby tremelo tailpiece, with a tune-a-matic style bridge with ebony
base. The body and finish are excellent,
and the sound and playability are great.
2000 model. Near Mint Condition
with original hard shell case. $2,995
TRIGGS
Tourquoise Diamond …
2005 The 2nd model we have
had of this custom 17" maple body, single cutaway carved archtop with
diamond shaped soundholes. The guitar is
finished in a deep tourquoise finish with all gold plated hardware. It has tremendous sound acoustically it has a
hand carved fine grained spruce top. It
features a 25 1/2" scale on the bound ebony fingerboard with heart abalone
split block inlays. Lightning bolt headstock inlay and imperial stairstep
tuners. Single J.Smith style pickup is mounted on the bound pearl
pickguard. Convertible model with a
second pearl pickguard with no pickup.
It’s acoustic or electric. 6 Finger gold plated tailpiece, carved ebony
bridge. Mint Condition with
original hard shell case. $5,495
TRIGGS San
Salvador … A new 2006 model.
This is a spectacular sunburst finish 17" single cutaway carved
archtop. It has a highly flamed Maple
body and a fine grained spruce top.
Voted the best new archtop of the year here at Gulfcoast Guitars by
everyone who has heard or played it. It
features a 25 1/2" scale on the bound ebony fingerboard with heart abalone
split block inlays. Lightning bolt headstock inlay and imperial stairstep
tuners. A single floating pickup is mounted to the bound pickguard. It is a convertible model with a second
pickguard with no pickup. It’s acoustic
or electric. 6 Finger gold plated
tailpiece, carved ebony bridge. Mint
Condition with original hard shell case.
$4,495
TRIGGS San Salvador … 2004. This is the blond finish
17" single cutaway carved archtop.
The body and neck are massively flamed maple, some of the best woods ever
to grace a guitar. It also has a very
fine grained Engelman spruce top. It
features a 25 1/2" scale on the bound ebony fingerboard with heart abalone
split block inlays. Lightning bolt headstock inlay and imperial stairstep
tuners. Single EMG pickup is mounted on the bound pickguard. Custom carved ebony tailpiece, carved ebony
bridge. Near Mint
condition with original hard shell case.
$3,995
Triggs St. Croix … 2006. Natural Blond finish. This is a brand new model in a classic L-5
style design, and this is one of the prototypes of this hand carved 17"
single cutaway archtop. It has a highly
flamed maple body and carved Engelman spruce top that is multi-bound on all
edges. It has a “J.Smith” style pickup
mounted with a single volume control on the multi-bound colored pickguard. It features a new design gold plated
tailpiece, Grover gears on the bound headstock with a flower pot inlay. This neck is carved from a single piece of
highly flamed rock maple. A fabulous
archtop guitar Mint with OHSC $4,995
Triggs New Yorker, 2005. Natural Blond finish. Classic “D’Angelico” New Yorker design. This
is a hand carved 17" single cutaway archtop with a highly flamed maple
body and carved Engelman spruce top that is multi-bound on all edges. It has a single “J.Smith” style pickup
mounted on the multi-bound colored pickguard.
It features the classic, engraved gold stairstep tailpiece, Grover
Imperial gears on the oversize headstock with center finial. This magnificent neck with oversize
headstock is carved from a single piece of highly flamed rock maple, the back
of the headstock is black finished and has an abalone diamond inlay between the
tuners. A fabulous archtop guitar Mint with OHSC $7,995
TRIGGS -
Kansas City … This is an archtop based on the original Stromberg Master
400 model. It is a big 19" wide
single cutaway with a highly flamed maple body in a natural blond finish. It
has a carved spruce top with multi-bound "F" holes and multiple top
and back binding. It has a 1 piece flamed maple neck with a multi-bound ebony
fingerboard with pearl split block inlays. The headstock has a large engraved
pearl inlay with “Triggs” engraved in the centerpiece and “Kansas City”
beneath. Bound white pearloid pickguard with a suspended pickup mounted beneath
the neck with a single volume control.
Carved ebony bridge and a gold plated and engraved Stromberg style
tailpiece. Grover Imperial stairstep
tuning gears. This guitar is just like
the one featured on the cover of the upcoming 7th Edition of the
Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars. Mint
condition. OHSC $9,995
TRIGGS
"Key Largo"... A "One of a Kind" Art Guitar from
Master luthier Jim Triggs. A 16" flamed Maple, deep body carved archtop
finished in a Blue Green Sunburst. Carved Pink flamingos on the neck heel,
"Key Largo" inlaid in Pearl in the bound Ebony fingerboard. Gold
plated engraved stairstep tailpiece, Imperial timers. Flamingos on the
headstock. Bound tortoise pickguard.
1992 OHSC - Not
for Sale
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