Fender Stratocaster (1977, 3-tone Tobacco Sunburst)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 26/10/2018
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Here another iconic Fender USA guitar in the collection, a faded/aged Three-tone Tobacco burst Fender Stratocaster electric guitar. Great 1977 vintage guitar and a classy looker too. All electrics work well. Here we have an SRV Model with genuine play wear and patina without all the modern day relicing. You won’t find many like this in such a great nick. Great looker and a killer player, as you would expect from a classic guitar. The finish has beautifully aged to a and the neck has a lovely satin finish, the paint of the neck has aged and worn off in some of the played areas making it a fast player too. So here we have a very collectible rock machine with ounces of mojo and a great vintage feel to it. Lives in a 1980s fender case.

Gibson “The Ripper” Bass (1977, Natural Wood)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 19/10/2018
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Here a genuine vintage Gibson Ripper Bass. This is a 1970s designed bass along the “Grabber” Bass and Guitar models Marauder and S1, and the Gibson L6s models. This is a large body shape flat body bass guitar, and the result of cooperation between Bill Lawrence and Gibson. It was initially designed in 1973 and first released in 1975. The idea was to make a “multi-sound Bass system” for a low price. The Ripper Bass was issue with the model code name L-9s, linking it with the other L-s models. Like the L6-S guitar models the Ripper and Grabber remained in production for a few years but was phased out gradually, although these Basses remained in the catalogue into1980s and were still being made in the Nashville plant. The L9-s is now considered to be a collector item and one of the underrated Gibson solid bodied guitars of the era. Guitar lives in its plush hard-case.

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Gibson L5-s (1973, Cherry Sunburst)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 16/10/2018
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Here a unusual Gibson L5-s, basically a solid body version of the Gibson L5 semiacoustic Guitar. Flattish body, kinda Les Paulish, slightly arched maple top with ebony. Fairly flat guitar, and apart from the double sided binding and the Ebony fretboard with real abalone, it’s quite similar to the Gibson L6-s, but less flat and contoured. Even the cavity backplate is made out of the wood. Originally designed as jazz/fusion guitar and kitted out with low impedance pick ups, laterally it came with standard humbuckers. This guitar packs a punch and is cool to look at also. Guitar lives in its In it’s Case. The dimensions are similar to the Gibson Les Paul Recording.

 

Yamaha SG-1000XU (1984, Red/White)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 07/09/2018
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Here a rarity, a Yamaha SG-1000XU, a factory issued modified Yamaha SG-1000 from 1984. One of a very few with a arrow-shaped headstock instead of the open book shaped. Apparently this was a limited release issue and seems to be associated with a tv series for youngsters in Japan in the 1980s. The guitar plays very much like the Yamaha SG-1300T and is equipped with pretty much the same Rocking Magic tremolo system. Coil tapping options are part of the spec and unlike the 1300T, it has 2 vol /2 tone control systems common on a standard SG-1000. The neck however, is set flush with the body almost resembling an SG-1300 T with a arrow shaped head stock. Guitar lives in its shaped lined hard case.

Yamaha SG-1300T (1984, Metallic Red)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 22/07/2018
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The Yamaha SG-1300T is an unusual Yamaha SG guitar, and is along the SG-1300 TS model one of the few tremolo based SG-1300 variations. The SG-1300 T inasmuch as that the hardware is gold and the neck is through body, but without any brass bridge block. The two trem versions of this Yamaha were the SG-1300T and TS. The SG-1300T guitar was built from flatter extra thin maple and mahogany with a mahogany through body neck and issued in either candy apple red or cream white. The fretboard is ebony with mother of pearl split wing style inlays. Typical weight of these models was around the 3.8 kgs. The sound of these vintage gems is outstanding, produced by a straight 1 tone/1vol arrangement with a coil tapping option and a 3-way pick up selector switch. Hardware was gold black plated with a gold rocking magic tremolo bar. The electrics include 2 spinex partially covered humbuckers.  Guitar is all original and lives in its original lined hard case.

BC Rich Mockingbird Bass (Koa, 1979)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 09/06/2018
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One of the best bass guitars about, a rare BC Rich Mockingbird ass from 1979, in Koa finish and made in USA. The bass is the usual mockingbird shape with odd angles and a well constructed thru neck. It is an active bass with bass and treble tone and master volume that both drives the passive and active circuit. The active circuit can be by-passed giving a dual split humbucker combination with 3 switches for in/phase/out/phase etc. hence the combinations of tone and volume are endless. The guitar plays extremely well and with its 24-fret it can be played in both bass and guitar fashion. the body is very well balanced and handles very well.

Its a pretty bass with mixture of attractive woods masterfully put together and a joy for the eye as well as the ear. A rare and truly great bass that measures well up against the Alembics and WALs of this world.

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Yamaha SG-175 (1974, Red)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 07/06/2018
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Here the holy grail of Yamaha SG guitars, the Yamaha SG-175, the then top of the range Yamaha SG that hit the music scene in 1974. The Yamaha SG-175 initially caught the eye of Carlos Santana who tried and tested the Yamaha SG-175 out. Although he thought it a great guitar, with a bit of weight due to the solid Honduran mahogany, he deemed the SG-175  still too light, and in his opinion lacked the sustain he was looking for. Yamaha Music Co used that and his further input in design and functionality to develop the now famous Yamaha SG-2000, probably the earliest truly famous Yamaha electric guitar. The changes to the SG-175 design meant evolution to a much heavier and contoured solid body electric guitar, the Yamaha SG-2000. For weight and resonance transfer, a solid brass block was added under the bridge and the guitar was made with a laminated thru body neck

Copies of some of the  original hybrids of SG-175/2000 can be seen on his Santana’s live renditions of “She’s not there”, “Europa”, “Black magic woman” and more recordings from the album “Moonflower”. The Yamaha SG-175 was produced in only small numbers, as only the best of the best of materials were used and is now a very sought after instrument amongst Yamaha SG aficionados.

It is a high-quality guitar built with a Honduran Mahogany body, bound with ornate abalone binding, the set neck is made from one-piece bound mahogany with ebony fret-board, again with decorative mother of pearl split-wing markers. The headstock is quite plain with triple binding surrounding the wood, there is no decorative floral motif inlay as common with the later SG-2000 and SG-1000, just the Yamaha Logo.

Gibson Les Paul Standard, DC (Flame Honey, 2001)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 04/06/2018
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Here a lovely Les Paul DC Standard Honey Flame 2001. A classic of the 1998-2002 DC line up in Gibson Les Paul DC Standard series, Made in USA. Great looking gloss Flame finish on nicely figured maple top, capping off a double-cut Mahogany body. Slim profile set Mahogany neck, topped with a bound 24-fret Rosewood board (Dark brown). Tone supplied by a pair of hum-buckers with 3-way switch and master volume and tone. Gold hardware, including Grover tuners. All original with no mods, breaks, or repairs. Guitar is in good condition with only minor play wear as can be expected of a near 20- year old classic. Guitar lives in plush lined tan coloured hard case.

Gibson LP/SG Custom ‘61 reissue (Racing Green, 2010s)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 03/06/2018
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Here a great guitar from the Gibson stable, the Gibson Les Paul 61 reissue basically the then new SG shape. This guitar remained in production ever since but lost the LesPaul affiliation and name in 1963 upon Les Pauls insistence. Thebody and neck are made from mahogany, the guitar has the usual double-cutaway style with bevelled edges. Great playing axe with a lighter weight than the Les Paul, still great resonance and sustain. Dark rosewood fingerboard with a cool look and feel, two PAF-style ’57 Classic humbucking pickups, and historically recreated and period accurate plastics.

Guitar is finished in racing green finish nitrocellulose, giving this guitar a great vintage feel, despite it being a re-issue .

Humbucker Pickups Classics, both neck and bridge positions. Alnico II magnets, wound with enamel-coated wire. Additionally , the coils have been wax potted to reduce micro phonic feedback and resulting squeal. Controls are the classic set of volume and tone control for each pickup and a three-way toggle switch. Tune-o-matic bridge and vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons, and a period correct Pull Vibrato system with Gibson harp motif embossed. Cream binding, black top hat with silver volume and tone inserts, an early ’60s style five-ply black plastic pickguard, and traditional “bell” truss rod cover stamped with “Les Paul”

 

Gibson Les Paul Supreme (Wine Flame, 2004)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 10/05/2018
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Here a “good wood” Gibson LP Supreme from 2004. Since the arrival of a sunburst Les Paul 1958, the Gibson Les Paul Standard has been considered one of the the nicest looking solid electric guitars and occasionally vintage examples of these guitars from 1958-60 turn up. The Gibson USA Les Paul Supreme is a bit of that in a more recent setting a figured top and classic Les Paul design, for a guitar of great beauty. Here we have a flame maple top in red with a great finish with mahogany and ebony. Great guitar in the collection. Lives in its fitted case With gorgeous flamed maple on both sides of a chambered mahogany body core, the Les Paul Supreme is nothing short of stunning.

 

 

 

Gibson SG-3 Limited Edition (2007, Red)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 09/05/2018
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Here we have a Gibson SG-3 Limited edition with 3 pick ups with a 6-way blender switch. This is a 3-pup upscale SG from Gibson USA. The SG-3 has three hum-bucking pickups, Gold hardware, bound headstock, and bound 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with split diamond inlays, along with locking Grover tuners. A great finish in high-gloss red nitrocellulose

The SG-3 is built from solid mahogany, with top of range gold hardware. The body is the standard thin asymmetrical dual-cutaway style, with pointed “horns” and bevelled edges. The mahogany neck is glued into the body and has a slim ’60s profile. The rosewood fret board is bound with jumbo frets and trapezoid inlays, and finished in a bound headstock with motif inlay. The sound comes from 3 ’57 Classic Alnico II humbucking pickups, based on vintage PAF humbuckers. Kluson type tuners. Guitar lives in its shaped case.

Yamaha SG-1000 (Cherry Sunburst, 1979)

Posted by Elite Vintage Guitars - Gearpage on 07/05/2018
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Here a Yamaha SG-1000 in Cherry Sunburst. The SG-1000 is the more rocky little brother of the acclaimed Yamaha SG-2000 that was developed in the 1970s. This guitar is a dream to play and handles and balances well and plays light and fluid. The guitar is a solid and quality build instrument with a set neck and ebony fret-board with mother of pearl, split wing position markers. Weight of guitar approx. 4.2 Kgs, neck width at nut approx. 4.4 cm.