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NEW ARRIVAL  The Guild A50 was only made between 1956 - 1972, designed to rival the Gibson L-48 and ES-125 models of their day, and have since become excellent options for players looking for an...

NEW ARRIVAL  This is an early Japanese made Ibanez Salvador, before they became simply Ibanez in 1957. In the early 1900’s they had been made in Spain, mainly making classical guitars. Then in the...

NEW ARRIVAL  The Dobro Hula Blues Duolian is a USA made reproduction of an original 1930’s Duolian, For those who want the bite of a steel resonator, but the versatility of a wood bodied acoustic,...

NEW ARRIVAL  There are few guitars that look more suited to play the blues than a Dobro resonator. The inverted resonator cone gives power and punch, and is perfect for players who focus on open...

SOLD  Abbot Victor were the premium British archtop builder of their time, in existence from 1932 - 1957. This particular guitar is a ’Special’ model, and pretty much the top of their range. Only...

NEW ARRIVAL The Virginian was the last guitar Jim Burns designed for his company before it was sold to Baldwin in 1965 and this guitar was unlike anything available at the time. At first glance it...

SOLD  Few electric guitars are as recognisable as a Gretsch, and in a classic orange finish the 6120 has to be the most identifiable of them all. It first appeared in the mid-1950s with the...

NEW ARRIVAL  Emile Grimshaw was one of the forerunners of British guitar building. Working in the 1930’s and 40’s, based in Piccadilly in the heart of London, he produced both archtops and flat...

NEW ARRIVAL  Crafton Rex are one of the best, yet least known archtop guitar makers of the 1940’s and 50’s.  Considered to be luxury guitars, this is the top of the line model from the classic...

NEW ARRIVAL  This is a very unusual looking archtop, with a filigree rose soundhole, beautifully inlaid rosette, and multi bound top and back. To be honest I was drawn to it because of the looks,...

NEW ARRIVAL  This is an interesting example of a JMI produced guitar before they put a Vox badge on their headstocks and produced some of the 60’s most extravagant electric guitars. Most famously...

NEW ARRIVAL  Most famous for building resonator guitars, National also made archtop guitars in the 40’s and 50’s. This was because there was a dip in the resonator market, so they decided to enter...