Looking for a Vintage guitar or amp? Trying to find a fair selling price for your vintage guitar? Just enjoy looking at cool, funky, unusual guitars? Well this is the blog for you.
I AM NOT SELLING THESE ITEMS and you cannot contact sellers via the comments section of this blog. You must click thru to the original Craigslist postings. Do not post comments here asking to buy the item!
LOOK AT THE DATE ON THE POSTING! Most of these items are no longer for sale. - Jim C.
Silvertone Silhouette - $500 - Alameda CA
Looks like I spoke to soon - here is another Silhouette aka 1478 this time in Alameda CA and for $500. Thuis one appears to be 100% original with the wooden bridge and open tuners and it is in pretty darn good shape. Back in the day this would have turned up at "Fat Dawg's" in the Bay area. Collectors take note.
Great old harmony built 1478 with original dearmond Rowe silver foil/ gold foil pickups and electronics. Plays and sounds great. Includes gig bag.
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Silvertone Silhouette Vintage 60's - In San Diego CA - $400
These Silvertone Silhouettes (aka Harmony Bobcat aka 1478) don't usually turn up for this cheap and this one may already be sold but I had to highlight it based on the feature set and good overall condition for the price. Fans of Annie Clark aka St. Vincent know these guitars can sound awesome and though this one is not all original it does have what many would consider the two upgrades tht make it more managemeble for live performance i.e. upgraded Kluson vintage style tuners and a tuneamatic bridge to replace the wooden one.
I prefer these 2 pickup 1478 versions to the 3 pickup 1488 model Annie plays because hers has the dreaded "rocker switches" that are easy to acccidentally knock while playing. I much prefer the basic 3 way switch on this two pickup model. This one does have a significant "boo boo" on its base but some might say that adds to the vintage charm.
This seller is offering very reasonable prices on several very nice Vintage USA guitars including a beautiful Lyon and Healy and a gorgeous "Kentucky Blue" (which I always thought was a Silvertone made by Harmony but this one clearly has a Kay cakepan pickup attached so gives it a Kay appearance for sure.
I am struggling to resist both of these deals since the Kentucky Blue is one of my favorite Archtops in terms of looks - I mean take a look at that beautiful 50+ year old guitar. Wow! - JC
Out of space and have more to hang so I'm offering 25% off of any guitar
in the booth. Just mention this ad to the proprietor and she'll give
you your discount.
c.1900 Lyon and Healy Lakeside Parlor Guitar- Was $325 Now $243.75.
Built around the turn of the century these are very popular with
collectors. Beautiful woods, classic tone, easy to play.
c. 1920's Truetone Parlor Guitar- Was $165 Now $123.75. Classic delta
blues guitar features a two-way bridge that can be flipped on its side
to set the action higher for slide. Big woody tone. With chipboard gator
case.
c. Mid 50's Kay "Kentucky Blue" Archtop- Was $425 Now $318.75 You're
probably not going to find one of these much cheaper. Essentially a
plywood Kay Archtop with factory hot-rod paint. Features a period
appropriate single coil p/u w/volume knob. Awesome rockabilly axe. With
chipboard case.
c. 1960 Kay "Lead" Tenor Archtop- Was $400 Now $300. Probably the best
made guitar of the bunch. Excellent original condition, finish, woods
and fun to play. Kay probably came out with this to exhaust old archtop
body inventory and called it a "Lead" to appeal to the kids. Comes with
an original Kent floating archtop p/u and chipboard case.
c. Mid 60's Stella "Fender Headstock" Was $95 Now $71.25. Everybody's
had one of these classics at one time. This is the smaller parlor-sized
version. Pretty dinged up but very playable.
Unidentified Gretsch Flattop- SOLD! Was $95 Now $71.25. This may be a
90's "Dorado" but its the only one I've ever seen with the Falcon
headstock so I haven't been able to accurately ID this one. The bottom
is pretty buggared up but it's got big bright bluegrass tone, plays
great and comes with it's own hardshell case.
My name is Jim Christopher and I am a guitarist-songwriter and vintage guitar and amp collector living in Encino, CA. I started this blog as a way to record and hopefully share the exciting vintage guitar and amp treasures popping up on Craigslist all over the United States.
I will be posting as often as I find interesting items and great deals - and hopefully you will be able to score some of these guitars by moving fast and contacting the buyers before they get snapped up. I wish you all the luck since I can't be all over the country at any given time and most often CL sellers are not looking to box up and ship these vintage items but just want to get rid of them to the first local buyer. In general I will not be posting direct links because from what I have seen CL seems to frown on this - but I will be copying photos and posting whatever contact info is available. The rest is up to you.
My collector taste tends to run to the "off-brand" and "weirdo vintage" guitars and amps like Harmony, Kay, Airline, Teisco, Supro, etc (because I am too cheap to spend thousands) - but I will also be noting any particularly good deals on vintage Fender, Gibson, Martin, Marshall, Ampeg, etc guitars and amps. I will also note any particularly good deal s on Pedals and vintage guitar effects. I have about a dozen guitars and about ten tube amps at home right now - probably half of those were purchased from Craigslist. I am always on the lookout for unique guitar related items and appreciate any input or feedback you may want to have to this blog.
If you want to be kept informed, please be sure to subscribe to this blog. That way we can communicate if there is anything time critical and you are chasing a good deal in your local area.
Since I live in Los Angeles, I can only purchase local items directly - but in a perfect world we'd all be able to help one another score those precious vintage guitars and amps we so justifiably seek to attain. I'll do my part - good luck to us all in the hunt.
I am reposting items here that are listed on CRAIGSLIST throughout the USA. I am not selling any of these items and I cannot facilitate the sale of anything here - so please do not comment or post questions like "Is this still available?" or "I am interested in your guitar please call me, etc." You need to contact the seller directly by calling the phone number listed on the post or by going to the CL listing and emailing them. NEW FEATURE: Click on the title of the CL Listing inside my post to LINK thru to the original Post. If the original CL listing is deleted the item most likely is no longer available. Thanks for checking out my blog and GOOD LUCK!
Please don't call, contact, bother or harass these sellers long after their post is expired. Take for granted if the listing is over 30 days old that the guitar or amp is LONG GONE! Thank you.
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