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❌SOLD❌ ODE Long Neck Openback Banjo, 1961

On September 12, 2023 /

Here we have an early ODE long neck – 32.25 inch scale! – banjo built by Chuck Ogsbury near Denver, Colorado in the dawning days of the 1960s. This interesting banjo features a cast aluminum pot with integral arch-top tone ring, a design developed for the second or third 100-instrument run of ODE banjos. With a serial number of 556, this banjo

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Price: $1,000.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Fender Stratocaster Refinish Fiesta Red, 1961

On September 6, 2023 /

Seen here is a Fender Stratocaster Refinish in Fiesta Red, the body and neck built during 1961 in Fullerton California. It looks rather like a ‘Hank Marvin’ Stratocaster; when the Shadows were at their peak, many Strats in the UK were refinished in Fiesta Red, often by the official Fender distributor who could not get enough stock of that colour.

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Price: $9,500.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘Black Beauty’, 1957

On September 5, 2023 /

Introduced in 1954 as the top of the line, the Gibson Les Paul Custom featured a gloss black finish on a Mahogany body with carved Mahogany cap, an Alnico-V ‘Staple Top’ pickup in the neck position and a P-90 at the bridge.

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Price: $23,999.99 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Hayman 2020 Thinline Electric Sunburst, 1973

On September 5, 2023 /

The Hayman 2020 was a distinctively English design from James Ormston Burns and Bob Pearson built from 1970 to 1974 for Dallas Music Industries with the actual construction done by Shergold in London. This Hayman 2020 was built during the first half of 1973 in London, England by the Shergold company under contract to Dallas. This is a semi-hollow, bolt on neck design with distinctive shapes and features.

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Price: $2,250.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Kel Kroydon KK-11 Tenor Banjo Blue, 1931

On September 1, 2023 /

The Kel Kroydon KK-11 Tenor Banjo, along with plainer KK-10, was built from 1929 to 1931 by Gibson for the J.W. Jenkins Music Company. After 1931, the KK-10 was dropped but the KK-11 was transformed by 1935 into the five-string Gibson Style 11 banjo, also known as the RB-11.

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Price: $2,000.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Martin 00-18 Steel String Guitar Natural, 1947

On August 23, 2023 /

Here is a fantastic Martin 00-18 steel string guitar built during 1947, well worn and has recently received all the major work. It plays well and has a wonderful sound. The work done at The Twelfth Fret Repair Shop includes a new bridge, sub plate and saddle, neck reset and re-fret. This Martin 00-18 apparently was first sold at retail by Bergstrom Kellerman Music in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the time one of the largest Martin dealers in the USA.

Vintage

Price: $5,500.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

Vintage

❌SOLD❌ ODE Long Neck Openback Banjo, 1961

❌SOLD❌ Fender Stratocaster Refinish Fiesta Red, 1961

❌SOLD❌ Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘Black Beauty’, 1957

❌SOLD❌ Hayman 2020 Thinline Electric Sunburst, 1973

❌SOLD❌ Kel Kroydon KK-11 Tenor Banjo Blue, 1931

❌SOLD❌ Martin 00-18 Steel String Guitar Natural, 1947

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