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Most of my used guitars come to me either in part exchange for new guitars or as commission (consignment) sales. As well as taking in guitars from the makers I represent and other individual workshops and individual makers I take guitars from the ‘famous names’. See my FAQ's for part exchange valuations.
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Terry Docherty 12 string 1997
£995.00In stockFantastic big twelve string sound, strong and well defined bass with great mids and that 12 string shimmer. In very good condition with a few minor marks, no issues.
• Alpine spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Ashworth under-saddle pickup
• 14 frets to the body
• 25.5” scale
• 1 7/8” nut width
• 3 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 16” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• MoP logo
• Herringbone purfling
• Rosewood bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Marquetry backstrip
• Abalone dot position markers (with side dots)
• Herringbone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Schertler tuners
• Pearloid tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• Tortoise pickguard
• Hiscox case
Consignment sale.
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National ResoPhonic Estralita Deluxe
£1,195.00In stockOnly a year old, in excellent condition and £555 less than it cost. Grab it while you can.
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Fox C Sonoma with pickup.
£1,195.00In stockIn excellent condition and a very lot of guitar for the money. It has a very balanced sound with the warmth of cedar and great definition and projection.
• Cedar top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Unknown but great sounding pickup.
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 ½” scale
• 1 11/16” nut width
• 2 3/16” string spacing at saddle
• 14 ¾” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• MoP logo
• Red line purfling
• Ivoroid bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Schertler tuners
• Nickel tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Hardshell case
Consignment sale.
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Gurian S3M
£1,350.00In stockWell known in the 1970s and 1980s Michael Gurian's guitars are collectors items today. This one has some very old repairs and has had a recent overhaul by Joe white.
• Spruce top
• Mahogany back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 5/8” scale
• 1 5/8” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 15 1/4” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Decal logo
• Rope purfling
• Rosewood bindings
• Mahogany headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots)
• Herringbone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Rosewood bridge
• Schertler tuners
• Nickel tuner buttons
• Black pickguard
• Hardshell case
Consignment sale.
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Dave King Katrina
£1,495.00In stockWas £1695. Dusty Corner price £1495.
Lovely OOO by Dave King, in excellent condition. New price was £2250.
• Sitka top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Sunburst finish
• 12 frets to the body
• 25 3/8” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 5/32 string spacing at saddle
• 15” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• B/W top border
• Ivoroid bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• MoP position markers (with side dots)
• Rosewood fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Schaller tuners
• Nickel tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• No pickguard
• Hard case
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Bourgeois Vintage OM Rosewood/Adirondack with Pickup
£2,395.00In stockA classic OM from Dana Bourgeois in excellent condition. Very open balanced sound, warm bass with well balanced mids and sweet, clear trebles, perfect for fingerstyle but also responds well to being driven harder.
- Adirondack spruce top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- Fishman Matrix Infinity pickup with volume and tone controls
- 25 1/2 " scale
- 13/4" nut width
- 2 5/16" string spacing at saddle
- 15 1/16" lower bout
- Rosewood headstock veneer
- Ivoroid bindings with herringbone purflings
- Marquetry back strip
- Concentric circles rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony pyramid bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Diamonds and squares abalone position markers
- Tortoise pickguard
- Waverly nickel tuners
- TKL case
- Adirondack spruce top
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Bourgeois Slope D Custom bearclaw/maple 2001
£2,495.00In stock2001 slope d in good condition with no issues, a few marks here and there and what a loverly top of bearclaw sitka.
The case is sound but bashed about a bit and has a delightful blue rope handle.
• Bearclaw sitka
• Flamed maple back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 ½” scale
• 1 23/32”nut width
• 2 3/16”string spacing at saddle
• 16” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• B/W/B top border
• Ivoroid bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Dot position markers (with side dots)
• Concentric circles rosette
• Abalone inlaid logo
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony belly bridge
• Waverly nickel tuners
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ivoroid bridge pins
• Tortoise pickguard
• TKL case
Consignment sale.
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Ehlers parlour cedar/AAAAA Indian rosewood USED
£2,595.00In stockSee the Acoustic Magazine review, this website, central menu, reviews.
In excellent condition,was £3495 new.
Rob said his parlour was one of his favourites so I took his word for it. Now I know why, it's little and large.. in size and sound that is. It should be illegal to get this much well defined, sweet and dark tone from such a small guitar.
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• Cedar top
• AAAAA Indian rosewood back and sides
• 24.75” scale
• 1 ¾" nut width
• 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
• 14 1/4”" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Ebony bound headstock
• Ebony bound fretboard
• Koa neck
• Koa bindings
• Marquetry back strip
• Abalone rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Abalone inlaid logo
• Abalone scalloped diamond position markers
• Gotoh tuners
• No pickguard
• Custom Cedar Creek case
Consignment sale.
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Goodall Aloha Grand Concert (OM) sitka/mahogany
£2,595.00In stockAn OM in everything but name, James' Grand Concert in sitka and gorgeous mahogany is a very versatile guitar. It has the crisp sound of mahogany with a very precise feel, great separation and stunning projection, nice warm bass and sweet middles.
- Sitka spruce top
- Mahogany back and sides
- 25 1/2" scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Koa headstock veneer
- Wood fiber bindings
- Mother of pearl rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Pheasant wood fretboard
- Pheasant wood bridge
- Mother of pearl inlaid logo
- Dot mother of pearl fretboard markers
- Gotoh tuners
- Ebony bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- TKL case
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Yanuziello flat top with Headway pickup
£2,950.00In stockA beautiful used all koa Yanuziello flat top.
• Koa top
• Koa back and sides
• Headway active pickup
• Slotted headstock
• 14 frets to the body
• 24.75” scale
• 1 11/16” nut width
• 2 5/16” string spacing at saddle
• 14.752 lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• Ivoroid/ebony ‘rope’ top border
• Ivoroid bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Diamond position markers (with side dots)
• Ivoroid/ebony ‘rope’ rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Ivoroid bridge pins
• No pickguard
• TKL case
Consignment sale.
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Froggy Bottom H12
£2,995.00In stockOriginally £3495, dusty corner price £2995. To commission this new from Michael would cost well over £5000.
I remember this one from when I first sold it in 2002. One of Micheal's finest. One top ding, a couple on the back and a few minor scratches, otherwise excellent condition.
• Sitka spruce top
• Mahogany back and sides
• 12 frets to the body
• 25” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 ¼”string spacing at saddle
• 15” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• B/W/B/W/B top border
• Flamed maple bindings
• Mahogany headstock veneer
• Abalone dot position markers (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Marquetry back strip
• Abalone frog logo
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Waverly tuners
• Gold tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• Tortoise pickguard
• American Vintage series case
Consignment sale.
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Goodall Traditional Dreadnought Rosewood/Adirondack with Fishman pickup USED
£2,995.00In stockBeautiful dreadnought from James with all the power you would expect for a great dread plus that Goodall magic. In excellent condition.
· Adirondack top
· Indian rosewood back and sides
· Fishman Acoustic Matrix Natural II pickup
· 25.5" scale
· 1 3/4 " nut width
· 14 frets to the body
· 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
· 15 7/8" lower bout
· Ebony headstock veneer
· Maple bindings
· Marquetry back strip
· Herringbone rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Abalone inlaid logo
· Mother of pearl slotted squares position markers
· Waverly tuners
· Ebony tuners
· Boxwood bridge pins
· Tortoise pickguard
· AVS case
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Lowden O35 2002
£2,995.00In stockExcellent condition O35 from 2002.
• Sitka top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Satin finish
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 3/8” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 1/8” string spacing at saddle
• 16 3/8” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Mop logo
• Mahogany/maple purfling
• Maple bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Rosewood bridge
• Lowden tuners
• Toffee tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• No bridge pins
• Clear pickguard
• Hiscox Lowden case
Consignment sale.
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Baranik Retreux Parlor 'Aloha Koa' USED
£2,695.00In stockSimilar the the first parlour I had from Mike (this is the fourth counting my own and there's two more on order) the 'Aloha Koa' is a delight.
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• Carpathian Spruce top
• Curly Koa back and sides
• 12 3/8” lower bout
• 24.5" scale length
• 1 3/4" Nut
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• Bone nut and saddle
• Spanish Cedar neck
• 13th fret neck joint
• Green acrylic rosette, end wedge and heelcap
• Gold Evo fretwire
• Ebony Headcap with Koa purfling
• Ebony bound fretboard
• Ebony bridge and bridge pins
• Gold Gotoh mini tuners with Black buttons
• Black binding with Koa purflings on soundboard
• Oval sideport
• Cedar Creek custom case
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Ken Franklin Emeline USED
£3,395.00In stockSEE A VIDEO here.
Another beauty from Ken. And great tone again, I'm beginning to think Ken's signature tone is very warm and full; rounded notes with great articulation, balance and separation. Just the way I like it.
• Port Orford cedar top
• Ziricote back and sides.
• 13 frets to the body
• 25.4” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 14” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Macassar ebony purflings
• Granadillo bindings
• Ziricote headstock veneer
• Mahogany rear headstock veneer
• Macassar ebony backstrip
• MoP side dots
• Gonçalo Alves, Macassar ebony, ziricote and maple custom rosette
• Macassar bony fretboard
• Macassar ebony bridge
• Cosmo black mini Gotoh 510 tuners
• Black tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Travelite case
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Goodall standard cutaway Port Orford Cedar/Myrtle 2004
£3,495.00In stockIn fantastic condition and sounding marvellous. Plenty of the famous Goodall sparkle with the power of James's take on the dreadnought, strong well defined bass, rich and complex mids and clear bell-like trebles.
• Port Orford Cedar top
• Myrtle back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• Soft cutaway
• 25 ½” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 16” lower bout
• Maple neck
• Abalone logo
• Rosewood bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Rosewood backstrip
• Slotted diamond abalone position markers with dove inlay at the 12th fret (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge with dove inlays
• Gotoh 510 tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• Clear pickguard
• Hardshell case
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Galloup Northern Light USED
£3,595.00In stockBeautiful Northern Light from Brian made in 2007. It has a rich and warm bass response with complex mids and sparling trebles. In excellent condition with some light varnish crazing.
• Bearclaw sitka top
• Flamed maple back and sides
• B Band pickup
• Soft cutaway
• Arm bevel
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 3/8” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 16” lower bout
• Mahogany/maple/rosewood neck
• MoP logo
• Maple bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Ebony rear headstock veneer
• Segmented backstrip
• No position markers (with side dots)
• Abalone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Waverly tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• Tortoise pickguard
• Cedar Creek ‘Crocodile’ case
Consignment sale.
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Hoffman Concert 12 Koa
£3,995.00In stock
Was £5395, Dusty Corner price £3995. Invisible lower bout repair.
See the Acoustic Magazine review, this website, central menu, reviews.
This is one of the easiest guitars to play that I've had. Its light with a 24.75" scale, twelve frets to the body and a cutaway, unbelievably responsive and a demonstration of what a great luthier can do with Koa. In mass-produced guitars Koa is usually considered to be bright but lacking in depth and warmth. Not so in the hands of Charlie Hoffman.
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• Italian spruce top
• Koa back and sides
• Five piece mahogany/maple/rosewood neck
• Sharp cutaway
• Slotted headstock
• 12 frets to the body
• 24.75” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 5/16" string spacing at saddle
• 15 3/8" lower bout
• Koa top border
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Abalone dot position markers
• Koa and abalone inlaid rosette
• MoP logo
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Waverly tuners
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Ebony bridge pins with MoP dots
• Tortoise pickguard included but not attached
• Custom Cedar Creek case
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Baranik OOm manchinga USED
£4,495.00In stockWow! I am used to Mike coming up with spectacular guitars but this is truly amazing.
It has Mike's unique easily adjustable action (via an Allen key in the strap button, just turn and the action raises or lowers) and a beautiful and useful scalloped cutaway. Fantastic depth of tone, rich and complex with great clarity and projection. Oh.. and it looks incredible too. Great looks and great playability, a wonderful guitar.
Manchinga is one of the new sustainable woods from Peru that Mike is using.
• Sitka top
• Manchinga back and sides
• 13 frets to the body
• 24 ½”scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• Adjustable action via heel button
• Oval soundport
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 15” lower bout
• Yellow pashaco cantilevered neck
• Scalloped cutaway
• Multiple line purpleheart top border
• Ebony bindings
• Manchinga and purpleheart headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots)
• Manchinga rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Single Schertler tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Light carbon fibre case with case cover and shoulder straps
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Tippin DST dreadnought USED
£4,995.00In stockWas £6500. Dusty Corner price £4995.
A dreadnought among dreadnoughts. A HUGE sound with the warmth of a twelve fret and immense power, separation and clarity. Be heard bright and clear with great depth.
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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
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Baranik JX Adirondack/Panamanian rosewood USED
£4,995.00In stockAdirondack and Panamanian rosewood combine to give great power with immediate response and phenomenal depth of tone. Panamanian rosewood is another contender for the Brazilian Rosewood crown, a true Dalbergia it is more stable than Brazilian with very similar tonal qualities.
Consignment sale.
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- Panama Rosewood Back and Sides
- Adirondack Spruce top
- 1 25/32" nut
- 2 1/4" saddle
- 25.6" scale length
- 16" Lower Bout
- Satinwood Accents
- African Blackwood with sap Binding
- Black/Bubinga/Black Purfling
- Gold Gotoh 510 Tuners with African Blackwood with sap Buttons
- Ebony Fretboard
- Ebony/ Panama Rosewood Headstock
- Ebony/ Panama Rosewood Rosette
- No pickguard
- Pinned Ebony Bridge with Ebony pins
- Custom Ameritage case with logo
Consignment sale.
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Schenk FE Grand Fingerstyle Custom Series Engelmann/Ziricote USED
£4,995.00In stockZiricote is one of my favourite tone woods for looks and sound. This is an incredibly beautiful guitar with a depth of tone that you wouldn’t expect to be possible with such separation and definition. In excellent condition
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- Engelmann spruce top
- Master Grade Ziricote back and sides
- No cutaway
- 25.5” scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15 1/2" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Ebony bindings
- Ziricote rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- No position markers
- Polished graphite Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge
- Clear pickguard
- Cedar Creek Custom case
Consignment sale.
- Engelmann spruce top
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Charis SJ cutaway African blackwood USED
£4,995.00In stockFantastic small jumbo from Bill Wise at Charis. With 13 frets to the body and a short scale it plays like a dream. Classic African blackwood tone, deep, clear, full and well-defined.
• Englemann spruce top
• African blackwood back and sides
• 13 frets to the body
• 24.9” scale
• 1 ¾” nut width
• 2 ¼” string spacing at saddle
• 15 3/8” lower bout
• Koa bound soundport
• Mahogany/Rosewood/Maple/Rosewood/Mahogany neck
• Florentine cutaway
• Walnut top border
• Koa bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Beautiful wood rear headstock veneer
• Maple position markers (with side dots)
• Koa and abalone rosette
• Koa back strip
• Koa logo
• Koa headstock border
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Wood dove fretboard inlay
• Gotoh Delta series 1:21 tuners
• Rosewood Charis tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Clear pickguard
• Custom Calton case
Consignment sale.
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Petros Crown of Thorns USED
£6,495.00In stockThis work of art came to me with two badly repaired top cracks. I have had them professionally repaired and its now as good as new but the repairs are visible, see photo.
If I ordered one from Bruce now the new price would be £19000, which means i would sell a top condition used one at 20% off that £15200. So with a saving of over £6200 this is an unbelievably good buy.
With an Adirondack top and beautiful ebony back and sides it has a big and sonorous sound with fantastic resonance and depth of tone.
• Adirondack spruce top
• Ebony back and sides
• Fishman dual source pickup
• 14 frets to the body
• 25 1/2" scale
• 1 3/4"" nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 15 1/2" lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• Amboya logo
• Amboya headstock veneer
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Knot amboya position makers (with side dots)
• Abalone burl top border
• Amboya bindings
• Celtic cross amboya fretboard inlay
• Cherry back strip
• Circle of thorns burl rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Gotoh tuners
• Bone nut and saddle
• Plum wood tuner buttons and bridge pins
• Clear pickguard
• Calton case
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Sheppard Grand Concert Aged German Spruce/African Blackwood
£6,995.00In stockWas £9195. Dusty Corner price £6995.
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- Aged German Spruce top
- African Blackwood back and sides
- Soft cutaway
- 25.4” scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Flamed maple bindings
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Mother of Pearl inlaid logo
- Tulip abalone position markers
- Gotoh tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Clear pickguard
- Deluxe American Vintage case
African Blackwood is expensive for a good reason and that's not just its rarity, the tone is legendary.
- Aged German Spruce top
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Baranik Meridian black and white ebony USED
£8,250.00In stockAwesome!!
• Bearclaw German spruce top
• Black and white ebony back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25.6” scale
• 1 25/32” nut width
• 2 1/4 “ string spacing at saddle
• 15 ½” lower bout
• Spalted yellow pashaco neck
• Venetian cutaway
• Purple heart top border
• African blackwood bindings
• Blackwood/BW ebony/Purpleheart headstock veneer
• Rear headstock veneer
• Pearl side dots
• Blackwood/BW ebony/Purpleheart rosette
• Striped ebony fretboard
• African blackwood bridge
• Gotoh 510 tuners
• Cosmo black tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Custom Hoffee carbon fiber case
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Matsuda M1 custom African Blackwood USED
£9,995.00In stockSpectacular Matsuda M1 made in 2004. In excellent condition with a top ding. To order this now would be over two years wait and about £15000.
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• European spruce top
• African Blackwood back and sides
• Mahogany neck
• 25 3/8” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 15 1/2" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Ebony bindings
• Custom unique rosette with spalted maple accents
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Wenge bridge
• No fretboard position markers
• Alessi tuners
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Cedar Creek case
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Matsuda M1 custom extended bass USED
£11,395.00In stockOne of my favourite guitars ever, the owner traded it for another Matsuda due to his changed tone preferences. To order this now from Michi would take two years and cost over £15000.
Wow! This is the kind of innovation that is getting recognition. Michi is an inspiring luthier, if you think it looks good you should hear it. I often talk of how a great luthier can combine definition/clarity and complexity, this amazing guitar takes it to another level.
The base side of the fretboard has a 2 1/8” ; 2 fret extension, with built in spring loaded capo for the first fret. This gives endless opportunities for dropped tunings.
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• Italian spruce top
• Wenge back and sides
• 25 ¼ / 28 3/8” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
• 15 ½" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Myrtle rear headstock veneer (treble side)
• Rosewood bindings
• Abalone partial rosette
• Bone scalloped nut
• Bone saddle
• Ebony/cocobolo fretboard
• Wenge bridge
• Abalone inlaid logo
• Abalone dot position markers
• Sperzel tuners
• No pickguard
• TKL American Vintage series case
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Bown Parlour with Pickup SOLD
SoldRalph Bown will need no introduction to discerning guitar players. His reputation of being one the very best and nicest, down to earth luthiers working in the UK is well deserved. Clive Carroll among other plays his guitars.
I am always going on about how a great parlour guitar can have volume, depth and resonance and this is the perfect evidence of that. Every on of Ralph's guitars I've had before has gone very quickly so don't hang around if you fancy this one.
• Spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• Bown pickup
• 14 frets to the body
• 24 3/4”scale
• 1 23/32” nut width
• 2 3/16” string spacing at saddle
• 12 1/8”lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• Fine lines top border
• Rosewood bindings
• Slotted headstock
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Slotted diamond position markers (with side dots)
• Marquetry rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Three on a plate tuners
• Ivoroid tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Hard case
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Bown J model spruce/ziricote 1989 - SOLD
SoldAnother masterpiece from Ralph in spruce and stunning ziricote. This amazing J (small jumbo 16" lower bout) has a depth of tone that is incredible, the bass is very deep but not overpowering, the mids are warm and complex, trebles sweet and clear. Its most remarkable feature is the balance and response, reputations like Ralph's are hard won and well deserved. There is a short split in the back, that was repaired and cleated by Ralph when it was a few months old. With undersaddle pickup and Calton case.
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Martin O-16NY 1968 - SOLD
SoldVery good condition New Yorker form 1968 with non original case.
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Martin OO-18 1956 - SOLD
SoldThis beauty was born in the same year as me, tho' it sounds and looks considerably better for its 21 years (?) than I do. In good condition with original case it has non original Waverly tuners but no issues. It has that much sought after vintage Martin sound in bucket loads...
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Ralph Bown OM Koa - SOLD
SoldA really beautiful OM from York's Ralph Bown, #60 1988. All Koa with abalone inlays and slotted headstock it has a very complex tone with great clarity and separation. A stunning guitar, with case.
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Sobell 1a "Butterfly" 1991 European spruce/rosewood - SOLD
SoldVery rare 1a 'butterfly' from Stephan Sobell. European spruce top, herringbone purfling and rosette, buffalo horn tuners, rosewood bindings. We have a copy of an email from Stephan from 2004 saying he remembers building it and that it first sold to a Scotsman in California. Some pick wear around the treble side rosette, shown, otherwise excellent condition. Incredible balance with amazing response and clarity but with great volume and projection, like no other we've heard. If I could write and describe sound like this. With immaculate Calton Case.
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Sobell Model 1 early 1980s SOLD
SoldPlays like a dream, sounds Sobell…wow! Stefan checked this one out on his recent visit. He was happy to see an old friend and give it the thumbs up.
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• Spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 25 5/8” scale
• 1 ¾" nut width
• 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
• 16 1/4" lower bout
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Rosewood bindings
• Herringbone purflings
• Rosewood back strip
• Herringbone rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• MoP position markers
• Grover tuners
• No pickguard
• Lightweight case
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Olson SJ custom 2001 with Baggs pickup SOLD
Sold• Cedar top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 25.5” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 15 1/8” lower bout
• Baggs undersaddle pickup. Currently not installed.
• 14 frets to the body
• Abalone top border
• Abalone back strip
• Abalone headstock binding
• Mother of pearl rosette
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Mother of pearl snowflake fretboard inlays
• Gotoh super 510 tuners
• Ebony bridge pins
• Tortoise pickguard
• TKL combination lock case
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Bown 'OO' 1985 SOLD
SoldLight, responsive and magical.
• Spruce top
• Mahogany back and sides
• 12 frets to the body
• 25 1.2” scale
• 1 7/8” nut width
• 2 5/16” string spacing at saddle
• 14 1/8” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No logo
• Wood purfling
• Rosewood bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Marquetry backstrip
• Slotted diamond position markers (with side dots)
• Wood circles rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony pyramid bridge
• Schertler tuners
• Pearl tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Old hard case
Consignment sale.
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