Willies American Guitars

Olympic White, four bolt neck, original finish. We remember this bass from 15 years ago. It had a lot of stickers over the whole body and lacquer drips on the back in a failed attempt to keep one of those stickers from falling off. This is the Twin Cities. We had a strong punk rock music scene around here. You didn’t just play…you thrashed. Own it or go home. But this survivor has the...

Sunburst, Guild’s answer to the heavy new Les Paul by Gibson and before the Gretsch Duo Jet as a semi solid guitar with no F holes. Spruce top, fine old growth Honduran Mahogany back and sides. Three piece neck with ample center. 13.5” wide body that is 2” deep yet standard 24 3/4” scale. This guitar has the original pots and a new bridge. The tone control on the bass pickup doesn’t work....

Fiesta Red, late ’64/early ’65 with original green pickguard and L plate. Very clean with no finish flaking, faint checking. Even has the original mute. Comes with the original hard case and strap. Collector grade. $15500

Olympic White, made in USA, alder body, rosewood fretboard with C neck shape, 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets. All stock with stainless steel bridge saddles. Has nice flat pole strong output pickups. Really a great guitar. This is a great era of the American Teles. Comes with a non original tweed hard case. These are harder to find because they are so popular.

Made in Japan. We think these were made by Alvarez who made high quality reproductions of classic American banjos. Note the highly flamed resonator and extensive trim like inlays, binding and and nice flamed maple neck. Also has two Keith tuning pegs. A high quality 5 string banjo. Comes with the original hard case.

Natural, a fantastic sounding vintage Martin. A recent neck set gives it great playing action and a tall saddle. So its geometry is great with a quick response to your pick, long sustain and that great mahogany midrange crunch. The tuners were changed to Schallers. Has a repaired top crack from a case latch hitting the guitar. Also has a repaired back crack. Note the wide grained spruce top and...

Natural, just in very clean used guitar. Torrified Sitka spruce top with Bold Herringbone trim in natural finish made with Martin’s VTS (Vintage Tone System) for warm traditional sounds, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, natural protein glue construction, dovetail neck joint, ebony fingerboard with abalone diamond and square inlays, 1 3/4” nut width, forward shifted VTS-treated...

There is just something about the directness of the 14 fret 00. When you have Adi over mahogany, even more so. Ebony board and bridge, modified V neck, scalloped X bracing, 24.9" scale, 1.75" nut width, bone nut and saddle, sunburst finish. Just a great little guitar, and amazingly well-appointed for the price. Comes with a new hardshell case.

Natural, 24.9” scale, the hits keep coming from our friends in Nazareth PA. Featuring a spruce top with bold herringbone trim and aging toner, rosewood back and sides, dovetail neck joint, ebony fingerboard with diamond and square long pattern inlays, very comfortable modified low oval neck with a high-performance taper, scalloped 1/4” top bracing, 1 3/4” at the nut, nickel open-back tuners, a...

Cherry, VOS finish, recent trade in on a vintage SG. This has beautiful wood with its one piece mahogany body and one piece neck. One piece bodies have better consistency of tone with only one resonating surface. Has a nice feeling neck with medium jumbo frets and a 12” radius. Has the long tenon neck joint with hide glue construction, like grandpa used to make. These have Nice hardware and a...

Black, alder body, rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays, nice and light at 8.7 pounds, newer 60’s reissue cloth wire pickup, original pots date to ’78 and neck dates to ’71. A great example, currently sounds fantastic with flat wound strings. A very cool lightweight vintage P-bass in basic black. Comes with the original hard case.

Natural, one of the finest guitars currently being made by Martin. All of the great 1937 Authentic features with a thinner lacquer finish and factory applied understated aging. a solid wide-grained Adirondack Spruce top with VTS Solid Mahogany neck back and sides, an Ebony fingerboard and bridge, 1 3/4” nut, Authentic 1937 neck profile, forward shifted scalloped top bracing, bone nut and saddle,...

Tweed, original 8” Alnico speaker. Has a changed power cord and hand le but the originals are included. These need no introduction as they are one of the most famous amps for recording. This one sounds fantastic. Turn the volume to 4 and capture the tone heard on Eric Clapton’s Bell Bottom Blues. Comes with a nifty home made card board cover.

Sunburst, just in used model that we special ordered with a baked Adirondack Spruce top a few years ago. The baked top is aged for tone and rigidity. The result is fantastic bold and articulate tone. The sunburst finish, flamed maple binding and the pearl really makes the rich grain pop. The high grade Indian rosewood back and sides make the guitar breathtaking to look at too. In good shape with...

High-quality wheeled road case, internal dimensions are 16.5”x17.5”x9”/420x445x229mm, so sized to fit a black or silver Fender Champ. All recessed hardware, nice butterfly latches, excellent casters, two of which are locking. Excellent condition and fully functional, made in Korea. No box required, we’ll just slap a label on it and ship!

Butterscotch blonde, these are among the last of Fender’s excellent golden era reissues, AKA a true reissue with vintage wiring and their Original Vintage pickups. We're told that this was an export model with a factory satin neck finish. The strap, instrument cable, and all other case candies are included. Nitrocellulose finish, 1-ply black pickguard, with a comfy 7.25” radius, and a U-shaped...

Butterscotch Blonde on ash body, nitro lacquer finish, added Bigsby tremolo, newer bridge. In great shape, just one nick on the edge of the body, otherwise quite clean, no fret wear, weighs in at 8.5 pounds which is pretty light considering the Bigsby. Comes with the original bridge and brass saddles in the original tweed hard case. $1699

Natural, original Tarback pickups and 1976 pots. The moment U2 broke out in 1976 the Edge had bought his ’76 Explorer while on vacation in NYC. David Evans aka The Edge has used his 1976 Explorer on every studio record and tour. His sonic textures are famous. His use of echo, drone notes and rhythms made millions of players sit up and take notice. This is all original except for a couple of...

Polished Pumpkin finish, with Fender style headstock. Solid spruce top, Grand Concert 000 size. Has a recent neck reset. 25.4” scale, 1 3/4” nut width on a big neck, bound “b” grade Brazilian Rosewood fretboard with original medium jumbo frets with almost no fret wear. The mustache bridge looks Brazilian too. Has four layers of binding. Solid mahogany neck and laminated mahogany back and sides....

Cherry Sunburst with satin finish, cutaway body, sweet sounding small bodied Larrivee, 25.5” scale Sitka Spruce top, mahogany back and sides, bold rope top trim, maple bound ebony fingerboard with diamond inlays, 1 3/4” nut width, scalloped hybrid bracing, tortoise guard, open back tuners, sounds great, plays great, super comfortable and fun to play. Comes with a new hard case. $2999 $2099

Cherry, Venetian cutaway, unbound rosewood fretboard dual P-100 pickups, two volume and two tone controls, all original and in good shape, just a few nicks and scratches on the top and back, no breaks or repairs, very comfortable and excellent sounding semi-hollow, comes with the original hard case.

Cherry, with hang tags. Factory Cherry respray. Big neck era. We knew Ronny the owner who told us the story when brought in the guitar for servicing. He bought the guitar new in Iowa on May 7th 1962. The included sales invoice says it was $365. We did not begin seeing it until the early 2000’s. The story is that he sent it back to the factory, an eight hour drive from Iowa to have it...

Faded Cherry with aging toner, another amazing new semi hollow electric from Collings. This one with an optional solid mahogany top to go with the solid mahogany body. The solid woods on the I35 add harmonic complexity closer to an acoustic. Other features include: 24 7/8 scale, very comfortable 15” wide body, upgraded Throbak SLE-101 MXV humbuckers, bound rosewood fretboard with grained...

Sunburst, VG+, purchased from the widow of the original owner. The neck dates to Sept. ’66. This is a lacquer finish, three tone sunburst, still gold logo (they went to black in ’67), lollipop tuner buttons, Brazilian Rosewood fretboard with block inlays and binding. Lots of pre-CBS features here but of course, it’s not. Cool color, the alder body shows some grain and it’s rather light at 9.5...

Sunburst, sometimes describing condition is best left to the photos before you tout a guitars virtues. Sun faded top? Yes. Repaired cracks? Yes. We can’t fool you but all the cracks have been addressed. Are those capo marks on the back of the neck? No. We thought so but after you play it you realize the previous owner had a strong grip. Those are thumb marks and feel quite natural as you play up...

Two Tone Sunburst, EX-, Airline was a brand used by retail/mail order giant Montgomery Wards. Wards was based in Chicago. Harmony made guitars and amps for Montgomery Wards. This semi hollow (an idea borrowed from the Gretsch Duo Jet) has a beautiful, all lacquer two tone burst like a 50’s Strat. Note, the back and sides are also “sunbursted”. Has great sounding DeArmond made pickups, original...

Spectacular flamed maple “10” top in Dark Cherry Sunburst high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, nickel hardware, mahogany body and neck with “pattern thin” carve, ebony fingerboard with bird inlays, a pair of powerful but versatile PRS \m/ (Metal) humbucking pickups controlled by a master volume and tone control with a 5-way blade selector switch, and nickel Phase III non-locking tuners....

Natural with herringbone trim, another winner from Austin featuring a warm woody vintage like tone courtesy of the Sitka Spruce top on Indian rosewood back and sides. Also features: 25.5” scale, ebony fingerboard with abalone short diamond and square inlays, modified V neck profile, .855” at the 1st fret, 1 11/16” nut width, pre-war scalloped bracing, stained exotic ebony headstock veneer, nickel...

Natural, this was bought recently then traded on a high end Collings mandolin. As some of you know our Finn is famous for reclaimed woods and Juliette is beautiful with gorgeous spalted wood on the headstock, pickguard, fingerboard, bridge and tailpiece. The tone is rich, loud and complex. A wunderkind mando built by Finn. Meet Juliette #645 of Finn’s completely handmade instruments including...

Natural, Blonde, single string tree era. A light fantastic sounding Tele with the original bridge pickup. However, the pots are changed and has a rout for a humbucker under the bridge pickup and the neck pickup area is slightly routed for a Strat sized pickup. The maple neck is stripped of its plasticky finish and it is refrettted. You’re very welcome because it plays great. Comes with a hard...