Electric Guitars

Rickenbacker 450s have a special place in my heart.

This is a 1961 with perfectly balanced pickups and a beautiful flame-maple body. Weighing just about 5.9 pounds, its got a 25.5 inch scale with the feel of a short-scale body. Moreover, what makes these things special is the neck-through construction. From headstock to tailpiece, there’s one piece of wood for the neck, bringing crazy sustain and resonance only a Gibson Firebird can compete with.

This guitar’s got all original hardware and electronics. The only thing that was replaced was the original white pick guard, swapped for a Pick Guardians gold guard. However it does retain the original gold plexi truss cover. Comes with the original silver hard shell case.

Check out the demo! I’m playing through a Firebird Musical Amplifier – FMA800 Marshall JCM800 clone made by Dom Mancini for me. Dom is the brains behind FMA and Celestial Effects. (I can put you in contact with him and he can make you one, too!)

Comes with the original hardshell case!

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Discounted Seattle local cash price!

This 1946 Epiphone Zephyr is pretty killer. It’s a smaller bodied guitar, similar to a Gibson ES-150. The two P90s give it a killer rock or jazz vibe, depending on what amp you put it through and how much drive you give it.

The neck is a nice C shape, but isn’t super fat. Feels like a late-50s Gibson. It’s got a killer maple flame back, sides, and neck. The rosewood fret board features cool crossed-blocks.

These pickups weren’t original to the guitar. These normally had a single pickup with two controls, however many of them were modified. This one is no different. I built and created a new bracket that holds a pair of disks in place to cover the original electronics without screwing them into the guitar.

Speaking of building… I designed and built replicas of the Epiphone knobs from this era. You’ll notice it’s got two sets in the photos: white & black. I’ll include both sets with the guitar when it’s sold.

There’s a crack in the side where the input jack was added, but it’s been stabilized and isn’t going anywhere. Otherwise, the guitar’s in great condition with no other structural issues. There’s some checking in the finish below the bass side of the instrument’s low-E string, but this is only lacquer checking.

Finally, one of the tuning knobs seems to have been replaced by someone who liked to carve and whittle… It seems that they got a piece of plastic and shaped the knob like an original.

Check out the demo! I’m playing through a Firebird Musical Amplifier – FMA800 Marshall JCM800 clone made by Dom Mancini for me. Dom is the brains behind FMA and Celestial Effects. (I can put you in contact with him and he can make you one, too!)

Comes with a hardshell case!

Purchase on Reverb!

$3,400 USD

No breaks in neck or body
1960 PAFs – The real deal!
Historically significant: Modified by Strings & Things in Memphis, TN
- Same company who modified Jeff Beck’s Oxblood and Natural Les Pauls
- Verified by Chris Lovell, owner of Strings & Things
Hard shell case
7.6 pounds
White refin by S&T in 1979
Custom headstock inlays – Just like Jeff Beck’s natural LP
Sings and sustains for days. PAF magic is real.
Only a few of these exist.

$13,500 USD

No breaks in neck or body
All original parts
Original hardshell case
8.3 pounds
Beautiful checking… verdant gold showing through!
Angry, full pickups! Humbuckers without the mud
Extremely comfortable, very well-played neck.
This guitar oozes awesome.

$7,700 USD

No breaks in neck or body
All original parts
Original hardshell case
7.3 pounds
Lots of mojo, zero issues.
Darker than normal, very balanced sounding pickups
Big neck – very atypical for Firebirds; more like a ’59 neck than a ’60s.

$18,000 USD

No breaks in neck or body
Original bridge
Original P90
Original barrel knobs, pick guard, switch (tip is replacement)
Replacement AlNiCo neck pickup – Duncan Antiquities (Possible original spec replacement available)
Replaced pots, original Grey Tiger caps
Replaced stop-tail
Original one-off Grover Tuners
Refretted
Partial refinish – Serial number preserved. The body and neck wear were refinished.
Repaired routs
8.8 lbs

$29,000 USD

No breaks in neck or body
All original parts
Original hardshell case
Owned by singer of The Hives – comes with band paraphenalia
Serial number preserved but restamped with wrong tool.
Refinished in Pelham Blue – aging beautifully
8.2 lbs

$20,000 USD

Original case
Early serial number V7 405A
All original aside from missing bridge cover.
Neck measurements: 1 5/8″ nut width, .900″ depth at 1st fret, .900″ depth at 12th fret
Toaster pickup measurement: 8.15 kOhm
Weight: 5.8 lbs
Includes OHSC in good condition