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Bill Tippin Guitars

Bill Tippin began building guitars in 1978. With a background in furniture making and boat building he made his first guitar for himself from a kit. When friends started asking for guitars one thing led to another, within 5 years he was working full time as a luthier and Tippin Guitars began building a reputation as one of the very best of the new golden age guitar luthiers.

Renowned for his attention to immaculate detailing, Bill says "The learning process never ends; I will continue to learn from each guitar and strive to make each guitar the best it can be." At TAMCO we had a used Tippin in a while back and I have never forgotten how it sounded or looked. We are delighted to be Bill's only European dealer.

Bill has created three of his own models; the small bodied Staccato, the 'flagship model' Crescendo, an OOO/OM hybrid and the Bravado, a sixteen inch small jumbo with a shallow-ish four and a half inch body depth along with a more traditional OM with his own specifications.

Al Petteway says; "There are only a few guitars that I have really wanted to buy, This is one of them. It's elegant and has some beautiful and unique design elements, but the sound is the thing. It is responsive and balanced and sounds perfect all the way up the neck. The beveled cutaway makes it feel totally comfortable playing up past the body and the armrest bevel makes it a joy to hold for long periods. I've already spent more time with this guitar than I did with any of the other guitars that have come through . Bill Tippin has really nailed it with this one. It's mine now and I plan to keep this one as long as I'm around. This new design is a winner and Bill assures me that he can make another one just as good or better than this one! "

Tippin Crescendo Alpine Spruce/Madagascan Rosewood - USED

• Alpine spruce top
• Madagascar rosewood back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25.5” scale
• 1.75” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 15.52 lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Soft cutaway
• Maple and bloodwood top border
• Maple bindings
• Mad rose headstock veneer
• Mad rose rear headstock veneer
• Tulip position markers (with side dots)
• Spalted and bloodwood rosette
• Maple and bloodwood back strip
• MoP logo at twelfth fret
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Waverly tuners
• Gold tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• No pickguard
• Calton case

£ 7,750.00
Tippin DST dreadnought USED

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• Adirondack spruce top
• Cuban mahagony back and sides
• K+K pickup
• Mahogany neck
• 12 frets to the body
• 25.5” scale
• 1 11/16” nut width
• Slotted headstock
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 16" lower bout
• Mahogany rosette
• MoP logo
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Tulip position markers
• Waverly tuners
• Ebony bridge pins
• Tortosie pickguard
• TKL case

£ 6,500.00
Tippin Crescendo cutaway, sinker redwood/cocobolo
Describing the sound of this guitar is beyond my powers of erudition.. This is one the first of Bill’s guitars to feature his heel bevel.. comfortable access to all frets.

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- Sinker redwood top
- Cocobolo back and sides
- Soft cutaway
- 25.5” scale
- 1 11/16" nut width
- 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
- 15 ½" lower bout
- Heel bevel
- Cocobolo headstock veneer
- Blackwood/bloodwood bindings
- Curly maple purflings
- Custom curly maple rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- MoP position markers
- MoP Tippin logo at 12th fret
- Waverly tuners
- No pickguard
- TKL custom vintage tweed case
£ 8,995.00
Tippin Staccato Fan Fret

Wow!

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• Lake recovered master grade Salmon Sitka Spruce top
• Cuban Mahogany back and sides
• Scale length 24 3/4” – 25 3/4”
• 14” lower bout
• 1 3/4" Nut
• 2 5/16" string spacing at saddle
• Sound port
• Maple/Blackwood/Maple body bindings
• Mother of Pearl with Blackwood lines purflings
• Mother of Pearl with Blackwood lines rosette
• Maple and Blackwood trim
• Maple and Blackwood backstrip with wedge
• Flamed mahogany headstock veneer
• Blackwood headstock back veneer
• Seepaway heel
• Ebony fretboard
• Blackwood bridge
• Horn bridge pins
• Fossilized bone nut and saddle
• Gold Waverly tuners with black pearl buttons
• Cedar Creek custom case

£ 10,995.00
Tippin Bravado Adirondack/Quilted Mahogany - SOLD
Another example of why Bill has such a great reputation. Immaculate workmanship, great artistry and unbelievable tone. It has deep, woody and airy bass tones with rich and complex mids and clear, sweet trebles, the balance and separation is truly remarkable.

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- Adirondack spruce top
- Quilted mahogany back and sides
- 25.7 scale
- 1 3/4 nut width
- 2 1/4 string spacing at saddle
- 16 3/16 lower bout
- Flamed maple body, neck and headstock bindings
- Flamed maple and bloodwood backstrip
- 12th fret mother of pearl logo
- Flamed maple and bloodwood purflings
- First fret fretboard inlay
- Flamed maple with bloodwood lines rosette
- Ebony fingerboard
- Bone nut and saddle
- Fossil horn bridge pins
- Gotoh 510 tuners
- TKL case
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