Hagstrom Viking Bass, black, made in China 2011. Generally, Scandinavians just do everything better than the rest of us, and when it comes to designing instruments, it's no different. This unusual beauty is a semi-hollow, short scale number with a...
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Casino ST-Style, sonic blue, made in China around 2011. This is a basic beginner guitar, the kind you might usually buy with an amp in a pack. It's respectably put together and after a setup in store, it's playing and...
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Sakai SG style, made in Japan late sixties approx, red burst. Sakai were one of a number of Japanese builders making cool little guitars for both the domestic and international market in the sixties. This little guy references the Gibson...
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Music Man Stingray, olympic white, made in USA 1979. This is a bit of a 'holy grail' bass for many players: an original 'pre Ernie Ball' Stingray. This one dates to April 1979, when Leo Fender was still at the...
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Fender AVRI '62 Strat, sunburst, made in Corona USA 2008. These American Vintage Reissue guitars are absolute gems. The series launched in 1982 enjoyed critical and public acclaim for several decades before being replaced by the not-quite-the-same American Originals a...
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Fender '52 Tele, JV serial model made in Japan 1982, butterscotch blonde. The JV serial instruments were the first Fender branded instruments made outside USA, built to an incredible standard by the famed Fujigen Gakki plant in Japan. Fender had increasing...
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Fender '57 Precision, JV serial example made in June 1982, two tone sunburst. The JV serial instruments were the first Fender branded instruments made outside USA, built to an incredible standard by the famed Fujigen Gakki plant in Japan. Fender had increasing...
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Fender '72 Telecaster, natural gloss, made in Japan 1988-9. This one glows, right? These 80s era MIJ Telecasters are beautifully built; this is no exception. The neck is a sweet piece of golden maple, subtly grained and perfectly straight and...
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Fender '72 Tele, black, made in Japan 1985-7. There's a lot to like here, it's a tasty thing indeed. These E serial guitars immediately followed the famed and hyper-collectable JV serial instruments that created so much hype and fetch so...
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Epiphone Lacquer Series LP Jr, cherry red, made in Japan 2007. Oh boy, I love these Epi Japan guitars, they're just so good. The lacquer series stuff was made for a couple of years in the mid 00s exclusively for...
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Fender American Vintage '62 Jag, burgundy mist, made in USA 2000. My oh my, isn't this quite the catch? The American Vintage reissue (or AVRI) line launched in the 80s to wide acclaim: finally, proper vintage style Fender guitars were...
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EB Musicman Stingray 4H, made in USA 2011, natural finish. The Stingray bass is a Leo Fender design that first launched in 1976; it really hasn't changed much at all since it's inception. The high mass bridge, ash body and...
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Duesenberg Starplayer Special, fiesta red, made in Germany 2005. This is a party starter, no doubt about it. The Starplayer Special (let's call it SPSP yeah?) is the stripped down version of the cult-favourite Starplayer TV, and it's quite a...
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Greco EG800, tobacco burst, made in Japan 1974. We get a few 'lawsuit' Greco LPs through the doors around here, but high end models like this are rare, pre-serial examples even more so. If you look in the 1974 catalog,...
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Fender Japan Hybrid 50s Strat, sherwood green, 2019. Really, I needn't say more, but here goes. Sherwood green is one of those finishes I get asked for all the time, but save for a few Custom Shop models, you never...
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Fender Japan VSP/DMC Jazz Bass, sunburst, crafted in Japan 2006-8. There's a few letters in the model name of this one, and they pertain to some exciting stuff. First: VSP stands for 'Vintage Special Project'; these were Fender Japan's top...
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Fender '57 P, two tone burst, made in Japan 1986. We love a good E serial Fender around here, and lo and behold, I also love this one. These mid 80s instruments out of the famed Fujigen Gakki plant enjoy...
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Fender '62 P, vintage white, made in Japan 1993-4. This bass seen some things and played some tunes in it's time, that's for sure. Fortunately, vintage white is one of those finishes that seems to look better and better with...
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Duesenberg Gran Royale, gloss black, made in Germany 2017. Duesenberg build extremely classy guitars, no doubt about it. The most famous is their iconic Starplayer TV, but surely their big hollow bodies are equally worthy of praise and admiration. This...
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Fender Standard P Bass, blizzard pearl finish, made in Mexico 2006. This is a great bass; simple and effective. In 2006 Fender did some limited run finish options to commemorate their 60th anniversary, so this is finished in a slick...
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Fender Modern Player Marauder, made in China 2011, lake placid blue. The Marauder was initially a prototype, made briefly in 1965 and envisioned as a 'top of the line' deluxe offset. It was gone by 1966 and never really made...
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Fender '57 P, candy apple red, made in Japan 1993-4. The P bass was the first ever successful production model of the electric bass; it hasn't really changed much since the 50s because... it hasn't needed to. This classy character...
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Fender Player P, tidepool finish, made in Mexico 2019. Fender's Player Series replaced the Standard Series a year or two back, and the response to the updated models has generally been very positive. This is nicely put together and feels...
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Fender '65 Mustang, California blue, crafted in Japan 1999-02. You see a lot of the standard MG69 Mustang around, but the '65 version like this are far less common. There's a few differences: the body is made of poplar instead...
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Ibanez JS600, black, made in Korea 1994. I remember when I first played a Satriani signature model... it pleasantly surprised me. If you tend to shy away from RGs etc with a hard-D profile flat neck and super high output...
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Fender '62 Strat, special order model with walnut stain finish, made in Japan 1993-4. In the late 80s, there was briefly some Fender Japan models made out of solid walnut, neck and body. Once the wood supplies dried up the...
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Fender Japan '57 Strat, black, made in Japan 1984. If you're not familiar with the legend around Fender's famed 'JV serial' instruments, do a bit of research and come back salivating over this slick supremacy. In super short form: in the couple...
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Yamaha SS-300, made in Japan in 1982, candy apple red. Now, friends: in the early 80s, Yamaha was doing a Strat-inspired line called the Super Combinator. They looked basically like this in shape, but without the Samurai hockey stick headstock......
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Danelectro 56 U2, made in Korea late 90s, surf green burst. This is awesome! Dan fans tend to be big fans; once you pop it's hard to stop. The combo of a masonite body and lipstick pickups makes for a...
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Fender Jag, vintage white, made in Japan 1993-4. Creamy, well played-in goodness. Here we have a rare Fujigen Gakki made example of the classic Fender Japan Jaguar. The neck, as such, is brilliant. It's an arrow-straight, beautifully grained piece of...
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Fender Mustang, faded sonic blue, made in Japan 1993-4. What a beauty, right? The Mustang enjoyed a bit of attention in the mid 90s from punk and grunge bands, but not that many were being made as it always takes...
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Gibson Nighthawk Standard ST3, fireburst finish, made in USA 1996. The Nighthawk was critically acclaimed upon it's release in 1993, but it only lasted til 1998 as a production model before disappearing for a couple of decades. It's a great...
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Fender '62 Strat, special order blue burst finish with gold hardware, made in Japan 1989. This little legend has a big 'ORDER' stamp in the neck pocket, denoting this as part of a limited run in this seriously cool aesthetic....
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Fender AVRI 57 Strat, fiesta red, made in Corona USA 1992. If you know your Strats, no doubt your knees are getting a little weak already. The American Vintage line was launched in the eighties and marked a return to form...
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Fender '52 Tele, vintage natural, crafted in Japan 1999-02. When someone says 'Telecaster', this is probably pretty close to what you picture, right? Here we have the high end Japanese take on the '52 Tele from it's day, so you...
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Epiphone Les Paul Standard PlusTop Pro, honeyburst, made in China 2018. There's not many guitars as universally recognised as awesome value as the Epi LP Standard; it's a model that just about everyone seems to own at some point in...
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Fresher FL500 LP Standard style, made in Japan circa 1979, cherry sunburst. Fresher guitars were made by Chushin Gakki, the builders who later made Charvel and Jackson's MIJ models. There's not a whole lot of info around on the brand,...
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Squier Silver Series Jazz Bass, made in Japan 1993-4, sunburst. The Silver Series marked a 90s era return to Japan's legendary Fujigen factory for Squier after several years of manufacture in Korea, and at the time, they were heralded as...
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Maton EBG808TE, natural finish, made in Melbourne Australia in 2015. It's hard to understate the skill and impact of Tommy Emmanuel; he has surely got to be the most influential Australian guitar player ever and a globally lauded maestro. This...
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Fender '73 Mustang, old candy apple red with spicy comp stripe, crafted in Japan 2007-10. Don't listen to me, just look at the pictures... there you go, you want it now, yes? Mustangs have been cool for five decades so far,...
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Ibanez ATK300RM, black pewter, made in Indo 2008. I've long been fond of the ATK series basses, they sound huge. There's some obvious nods to the Musicman Stingray in the aesthetic, but these have a certain thing going on that's all...
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Ibanez MC824 Musician Bass, made in Japan 1990, natural satin finish. The Musican is a 80s icon, finding fame with esteemed players like John Entwhistle, Sting and Adam Clayton, among many others. The model disappeared from Ibanez's international catalogs in...
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Ibanez JTK2, made in Indonesia 2006, brown sunburst. These Jet King models are too cool. The Jet King 2 was made from 2004-7 before vanishing into discontinuity forever; a shame really. The second version of the Jet King switched the...
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Fender '54 Reissue Strat, shoreline gold, made in Japan 1988. This model was Fender Japan's unofficial Eric Clapton inspired model, so you get some nice Eric-flavoured appointments: a soft V-neck, three Lace Sensor pickups and an active mid-boost on the...
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Squier SST33 Silver Series Strat, made in Japan in 1993-4 in sunburst. The Silver Series heralded a return to Japanese manufacturing for Squier, and were very well received at the time owing to the excellent build quality from the legendary Fujigen factory. This...
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Gibson '76 Explorer, or X-Plorer, as it's sometimes known, ebony finish, made in USA 2008. This, friends, is not for jazz. It's not for ambient indie or alt-country. It's for rock and roll, plain and simple. It feels awesome in...
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Yamaha PB400RA, blue burst, made in Japan 1986, fretless. This is a funky thing. These PB models replaced the late 70s 'Pulser Bass'; they're a fairly vintage correct take on the classic Precision Bass. There's some nice appointments: ash body, reverse...
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Hawaiian Club parlour guitar, made in USA 1935-40, 'Hawaiian moon' scene finish. This is adorable! Hawaiian club was apparently a hire-purchase instrument store in Adelaide, and these were a 'house brand' they imported from USA. There's an identical model in...
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