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1930’s Grimshaw Electric Hartford 12 – £999
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...
1959 Hofner President – £899
NEW ARRIVAL Hofner guitars have become very collectable, and represent a great way of buying a cool vintage archtop without paying a high price. The President is the top of the range model above...
1977 Ibanez 2461 Johnny Smith – £1999
NEW ARRIVAL In the early 70's, Ibanez set out to make high-precision replicas of Gibson's top-end instruments. These copies were so good that Gibson sued to stop production. Known as 'lawsuit'...
1947 Crafton Rex Model 71 – £1999
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...
1946 Vega D100F Mandolin – £749
NEW ARRIVAL Vega were at the forefront of mandolin builders in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and amongst the earliest builders to experiment with electrification, employing some cutting edge features....
1940’s Abbot Victor Special – £999
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...
1950’s Archtop with filigree rose soundhole – £399
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,...
1959 Pre Vox Jennings (JMI) Archtop – £499
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...
1947 National 1140 Archtop – £1299
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...
1930’s Regal Stars and Moons Parlour Resonator – £1249
SOLD Based in Chicago in the 1930’s, Regal produced some fantastic looking guitars, and with the stars and moons resonator cover plate, this has to be one of the coolest Regals I’ve seen. For those...
1930’s Regal Le Domino Big Boy – £999
NEW ARRIVAL This Le Domino guitar from the late 1930s, was made by Regal of Chicago, and was the biggest and boldest-looking archtop in that line of instruments. It's roughly 000-sized with deeper...
1964 Hofner Verithin Stereo – £999
NEW ARRIVAL The Hofner Verithin was introduced in 1960, and quickly became their most popular model. As US imports were very thin on the ground in the 60’s, the Verithin took the place of Gibson’s...
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