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1940’s Abbot Victor Special – £999
NEW ARRIVAL 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....
1967 Burns Baldwin Virginian 550 – £1299
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...
1994 Gretsch 6120 W – £1599
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...
1963 Hofner President E2 Thin Brunette – £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 middle of the range model above...
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...
2020 Gretsch G5422G-12 Electromatic – £599
NEW ARRIVAL Few electric guitars are as recognisable as a Gretsch, and few electric 12 strings made such an impact as part of the 60’s invasion, famous for their chime and jangle. The guitar...
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...
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...
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 Le Domino Big Boy – £999
SOLD 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 sides,...
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