Guitar Auctions at Gardiner Houlgate

UK TV Interest - 1964 Fender Precision Bass guitar, made in USA; Body: three-tone sunburst finish, lacquer overspray, lacquer checking, dings and scratches throughout; Neck: maple, surface wear; Fretboard: rosewood, light wear; Frets: refret, light wear; Electrics: working, potentiometers dating to 1964; Hardware: generally good, missing pickup and bridge covers, finger rest repositioned to thumb...

1925 C.F. Martin 0-18 acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: mahogany, a few light dings and scratches otherwise very good for age; Top: natural spruce, light play wear to treble side of sound hole, various minor dings but otherwise good; Neck: mahogany, bow causing high action; Fretboard: ebony, filled position markers beneath fifth, seventh, ninth and seventeenth frets; Case: old fitted...

2016 Fender Transport for London Night Tube Stratocaster, made in USA; Body: special edition Transport for London Night Tube finish; Neck: maple; Fretboard: Rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Original Fender Hardcase with tags, papers and shipping box; Weight: 4.04kg, Overall Condition: as new. *After the release of the White Tube Map Stratocaster, Transport for...

1935 National Duolian resonator guitar; Body: frosted Duco finish with chrome resonator plate, various light scratches and dings but generally good for age; Neck: maple V neck bearing Professional Deluxe transfer over original National logo, neck reset; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, refret; Hardware: good, replacement tuners; Case: later National Resophonic hard case; Overall condition:...

1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar, made in USA; Body: ebony finish, light finish dings to back, light surface buckle scratching to back, further minor dings to back and sides; Neck: generally good, refinishing to both sides (part of refret); Fretboard: ebony; Frets: refret, light wear, replacement brass nut; Electrics: working, original Patent stamp pickups and potentiometers; Hardware:...

1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar, made in USA; Body: wine red finish, buckle finish blemishes to back, buckle scratching throughout back, dings to edges, dings and minor blemishes to top; Neck: three piece maple, heavy wear/finish loss to length of neck, vacant tuner pilot holes to back of head, a few chips to binding at fret positions; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: worn; Electrics:...

2008 Gibson Custom Shop Peter Frampton Signature Les Paul Custom Limited Edition electric guitar, made in USA; Body: ebony finish; Neck: good; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case with warranty and other papers; Weight: 3.90kg; Overall condition: very good *The Peter Frampton signature is a re-creation of the guitar that he played on his...

1984 Anthony Zemaitis Custom Deluxe six string bass guitar, made in England; Body: mahogany with Danny O'Brien engraved alloy metal front and plain alloy control plate, various minor dings and marks but generally good for age; Neck: mahogany with architectural head and large inlaid pearl Z; Fretboard: ebony with diamond pearl and red dot position markers; Electrics: working, Kent Armstrong Triple...

1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom left-handed electric guitar, made in USA; Body: ebony finish, heavy checking throughout, central buckle rash to back, further minor dings; Neck: similar checking as the rest of the body, various dings; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: worn; Electrics: working, original Patent sticker neck pickup, replacement 70s Patent stamp bridge pickup, pickup covers replaced, one...

2013 C.F Martin Custom Shop 000-28EC Eric Clapton Crossroads Limited Edition electro-acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: Madagascan rosewood; Top: spruce; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case and certificate of authenticity and strap; Overall condition: very good *A limited edition Custom Shop model produced to commemorate the...

1992 Steinberger GL7TA electric guitar, made in USA; Body: black finished carbon-graphite; Neck: carbon-graphite; Fretboard: carbon; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original gig bag; Weight: 3.23kg; Overall condition: very good

2012 Gibson Paul Kossoff 1959 Les Paul Standard aged electric guitar, made in USA; Body: Tom Murphy aged lemon burst figured maple top upon cherry mahogany back; Neck; mahogany, Tom Murphy aged; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case with certificate of authenticity and warranty paper; Weight: 4.09kg; Overall condition: very good *This...

1966 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman electric guitar, made in USA; Body: walnut finish, light rubbing to top near arm position, further minor marks, some binding aging and shrinking otherwise very good; Neck: minor dings and checking; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, tarnishing to edges of upper frets; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, expected loss to gold plating on hardware;...

1992 Gibson Super 400 Master Model electric archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: tobacco sunburst finish, heavy checking to back and sides, light checking to front; Neck: three piece maple, heavy checking to neck heel and head face; Fretboard: ebony with split block pearl position markers; Electrics: working; Hardware: gold plating loss to pickups and light tarnishing to other smaller metal parts;...

1963 Gibson ES-335 TDC semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry finish, finish loss to centre back, further buckle scratches, light checking throughout and various other dings, two vacant holes to body end from previously installed Bigsby; Neck: heavy blemishes, dings and some finish loss; Fretboard: rosewood, light wear throughout; Frets: worn, re-fret and replacement nut;...

Cat Stevens - used Ovation 1617-4 electro-acoustic guitar, made in USA, circa 1973, ser. no 13317; Back and sides: Lyrachord bowl back; Top: natural spruce, various minor dings and marks; Neck: mahogany and maple, repair to head, lacquer stress hairline to neck heel; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: light wear; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: good *The vendor’s father,...

Cat Stevens - used 1973 Martin 5-18 Terz acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 323382; Back and sides: mahogany, light surface scratches and minor dings; Top: natural spruce, a few minor dings; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: tarnishing; Hardware: good; Case: original fitted hard case; Overall condition: good *The vendor’s father, Thomas Hornsby, was an architect with Keith...

1964 Gibson SG Special electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry finished mahogany, age expected lacquer checking throughout, buckle wear finish loss to back, further scratches and dings otherwise acceptable for age; Neck: light wear, finish blemish behind first fret; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: original, mild visible indent wear throughout; Electrics: working and appear original, play wear to...

1998 Mark Campellone Special Series 17" archtop guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: natural highly figured maple; Top: natural arched spruce; Neck: figured maple; Fretboard: ebony with pearl and abalone Art Deco position markers; Electrics: working, floating mini humbucker pickup to neck position with volume and tone controls to pickguard; Hardware: generally good, minor loss to gold plating;...

1936 Gibson L-5 archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finished figured maple back and sides with spruce top, light checking throughout and other minor marks otherwise very good for age, small non-structural hairline at bass hand side of tailpiece, a few light play scratches to upper bout bass hand side of strings; Neck: sunburst finish maple with headstock stinger; Fretboard: ebony with...

1960 Gibson L-7c archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finished spruce top, brown finished back and sides, light checking and minor dings throughout otherwise very good for age; Neck: brown finished maple with black head stinger, minor dings otherwise good; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, refret; Electrics: working, later fitted DeArmond Rhythm Chief pickup with controls mounted to...

Eric Clapton - 1996 Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Dinky Stratocaster, made in USA, no. 4/5; Body: trans green finish; Neck: maple; Fretboard: maple with green pearl position markers; Frets: some tarnishing and oxidisation; Hardware: some oxidisation and rusting; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: fair *One of just five Dinky Stratocasters specially commissioned through John Page at...

1998 Fender Custom Shop Hank Marvin 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: Fiesta red finish, light surface scratches to back and a few minor dings otherwise good; Neck: highly figured maple with facsimile Hank Marvin signature and ruby stone to the head face; Fretboard: highly figured maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good, replacement...

1964 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: natural refinish, arm wear to bass side top edge, various scratches and dings throughout, neck cavity enlarged to house humbucker pickup; Neck: refinished with original wear visible beneath new lacquer, replacement decal with large F slightly mispositioned; Fretboard: rosewood, groove wear to first position, wear continuing further up;...

1975 Guild Artist Award archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finished figured maple back and sides and arched spruce top, a few minor dings to top, minor dings and surface marks to back; Neck: good; Fretboard: ebony with pearl and abalone block position markers; Frets: light wear; Electrics: working, DeArmond floating pickup installed to neck position with volume control located to corner...

1996 John Buscarino Virtuoso archtop guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: highly figured maple; Top: arched spruce, a few minor marks; Neck: three-piece birds eye maple neck with burr walnut veneered head; Fretboard: ebony with pearl trailing floral inlay; Electrics: working, Benedetto floating neck pickup with volume control to pickguard; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: very good

1972 Fender Montego II electric archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish figured maple back and sides, lacquer checking and dings; Top: sunburst finish spruce, light checking, dings to edges; Neck: maple with walnut centre; Fretboard: ebony with pearl block position markers; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case (missing handle); Weight: 3.68kg;...

2009 Gibson Custom Shop Duane Eddy Limited Edition hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: walnut finished maple, light marks otherwise very good; Neck: maple; Fretboard: ebony with pearl crown position markers; Frets: generally good, some tarnishing to upper frets; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case and papers; Weight: 3.67kg; Overall condition: very...

1957 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: Two-tone sunburst finished alder, large buckle patch to back, light checking, smaller blemishes, various lighter scratches and dings; Neck: maple, 8-57 pencil date, minor surface dings; Fretboard: maple, light wear up to 7th fret; Frets: light wear; Electrics: working and appear original; Hardware: very good; Case: original red lined...