Best Guitars

The Holy Grail of Pre-War Martin guitars. A 1943 Sunburst "Bone". The guitar is in great condition other than normal playing wear, plays amazing, and it sounds so good words can't describe. Sunburst Martins from this period are extremely rare, and a herringbone dreadnaught sits on the apex of that pinacle. The guitar wood, bridge plate, hardware and parts are all original except a few of the...

1960 Slab-board Telecaster. Expertly refinished in black, the guitar plays and sounds killer and weighs just 6.75 lbs. Otherwise, the guitar is all original except for a pro refret, looks like three dots have been replaced, and it sports the modern wiring (no muffle). The pots are dated 19th and 47th week of 1960, pickups are original and strong, no rewinds, no neck date which is correct for this...

Here is a vintage 1958 Les Paul Goldtop Standard that's been incredibly restored and refinished by Historic Makeovers. They did an incredible job matching the color from the period, the dark back, and re-applying the serial number. The guitar was recently found poorly refinished in "all gold" and in need of some unusual restoration, so I sent it to Kim and his crew who did a killer job. The...

100% dead stock, all original 1954 Strat! You just don't find them like this anymore. This is a completely original, unmolested '54 Strat in incredible condition. The pickups are strong, have never been touched and are hot (6.05,6.24,6.54ohms). The solder joints are all original, pots read 35th week of 1954. All the parts including bakelite covers are in great shape and original as are the frets...

Very clean, hardly ever played. All original except for replacement pickguard (Cris Mirabella). Here's a beautiful late 70s Super 400 that is in perfect shape, straight neck, killer sound, and priced right. Compare this archtop to what Gibson was making at that time in its other models and you'd be amazed. Can't go wrong if you want a 46 year old guitar at an affordable priced! Comes with black...

Here's a great J50 with "sloped shoulders" and a small pickguard.... That's the way they were until the later 50s when they went to the large guard... but this one never had a large guard. The guard on it now is a replacement, but you can see there was never a large guard on it. Yet the serial number dates it to 1969. Whatever, its a super sounding guitar with a straight neck, original frets and...

This is a "ONE-OF-A-KIND" Gibson "Super" Citation! For the serious collector of archtop guitars! The guitar is marked on the label "EXP-001", meaning "Experimental" and most likely the only one ever produced 001. Its marked as a Super Citation on the label and gold plate on the back of the headstock because in incorporates "Super 400" features, especially the neck inlays, and "marbleized"...

Very nice, original, dual Humbucker ES-175 from the late '60s. It sports two "PAT# sticker" pickups that sound great. All the other parts are original including tuners, bridge, pick-guard, tailpiece, pots, etc. The neck is straight, but the original large frets are well worn. A very nice, affordable vintage Gibson that can play any style of music. Comes with hard case.

Don't see too many of these!! Here is a "one-of-a-kind" custom ordered Gibson L1 from 1931. Seems that R.J. Wilcox (on headstock) ordered this with the most elaborate custom inlays and pickguard I have ever seen Gibson produce. Apparently he was a well know guitarist in the 30s and 40s. (see the Corpus Christi newspaper ad from 1940 advertising his teaching ability) The headstock, the bridge, the...

Talk about a player! This superb playing Pre-CBS P-Bass has seen a lot of gigs, as it should. The best sounding guitars get played.. alot. This one, believe it or not, is a very old refin, but has such a cool vibe that it looks like its original. But don't judge it on originality as standard things have been changed, as any player who needed a working instrument would have changed them over the...

Super clean, 100% all original, Epi Coronet. This is the second generation Coronet, right after the very rare black "Slab" model, but before the nonsymetrical and more typical Coronet body style. We call them the "Steve Marriott model" These are very rare in this condition, which in this case is almost perfect. One little belt scratch on the back. Bright cherry red, no checking and 100% dead...

Great Hendrix era Strat! 4-bolt, Rosewood neck, grey bottom pickups sound thick and glassy like they should. Think "Little Wing"... The guitar is all original except for the treble pickup which was weak and I personally rewound it to my liking. Sounds amazing now. Large original frets are in great shape, all the other hardware and electronics are original. Neck is straight and it plays perfectly....

Nice, all original, late 1965 SG Special (Pots date to 40th week of '65). Two P-90s, Vibrato (arm included), 1&5/8ths wide neck. Shows some playing wear, but its all original and nothing has been changed, no cracks or repairs whatsoever. Plays and sounds great. Comes with original black case.

Here is a very rare Jumbo Epiphone FT-210 Flat-top. This blond beauty is in excellent condition, sounds and plays incredible, has no cracks or breaks, straight V neck, gold tuners, cloud inlays, and perfect pickguard with no "rot". I finally got around to repairing the binding. It had typically shrunk as most of these do and pulled from the waists. I cut and filled, stretched and glued it all...

Here is a very important part of Gibson history. This "De Luxe Jumbo" (what later became the SJ-200) was built for bandleader Joe Wolverton (Les Paul's first boss) and shipped 3/22/1938 according to the Gibson ledgers (see photos).  This guitar was an all original prototype of the rosewood SJ-200, and one of the earliest known to be made for a celebrity. Like Ray Whitley's, this guitar sported...

1939 Blond Super 400 Premier! All Original, rarest of the rare! One of 18 shipped the first year. First blonde Gibson ever, first cutaway Gibson ever, a very historic and revolutionary guitar!! Books have been written about these guitars... Just re-fretted for maximum playability! Comes with original brown leather case. Check out the cool collection and at www.bestguitars.com Check out...