Small Vintage Tube combo amp in Long Beach CA for $65

This looks like it could be a Garnet (Canadian made) tube amp. It also could be Japanese such as an early Univox. Either way it's a good deal. Notice that the chassis and control panel are mounted on the top front up against the grill. This is an unusal layout because usually the tubes point down so you need the clearance behind the speaker. The tubes in this amp must point straight back or the control knobs are on a separate panel.

This seller actually has a few good items for sale including a Japanese Epiphone Crestwood from the 70's. They seem to be cropping up everywhere lately but his is a good deal at only $200. And what about that mystery Japanese electric for $65... hmmm??

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Vintage Retro 60's Tube Guitar Amp Works Great - $65 (Long Beach)

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Date: 2011-03-11, 9:36AM PST
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selling a cool vintage retro 60's tube guitar amplifier with guitar and bass channels. works great just making space $65 cash call 714-580-8645


also selling:
regal dobro resonator guitar w/ hard case $275
like new fender telecaster deluxe with hard case $450
60's japanese electric guitar for parts/repair $65
70's epiphone crestwood electric guitar $200


•Location: Long Beach

1967 Silvertone 1453 (Harmony H82 Rebel) in Memphis TN or $400

The Silvertone 1453 is less common than the Harmony Rebel model it is based on and it is a better find because it has regular Vol and Tone knobs vs the quaint (but annoying) sliders on the Rebel. It also has much better pickups - these "X-faced" DeArmonds are strong and bright and punchy - about 10K output vs the 7K of a DeArmond Mustache pup which gives them a more vicious biting howl like the Valco made Airlines of the same period. These poorly designed top-mount Trem bridges totally suck so forget about using the vibrato arm on these but they still hold a tuning.

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Vintage 1967 Silvertone semi hollow body guitar $400obo (cordova)

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Date: 2011-03-07, 8:07AM CST
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This an all original 1967 Silvertone guitar. Model number: 319.14539 made in USA. This is a very rare peace of Rock n Roll history. The guitar is completely original with all working parts and original case. $400 obo.. Serious inquirers please call 901-734-1655

•Location: cordova

Marshall JMP 100 Watt Tube head in LA Area for $600

From what I can see in the pics, this appears to be a circa 1969-1972 Marshall JMP non-Master volume Plexi head. Now I am far from an expert on these so maybe someone can tell me if this is a "Small box" version or if it has been converted to a Master Volume (what is that chicken head knob on the rear panel?) but I do know that these go for a lot more than $600.

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marshall 100 watt tube amp - $600 (palmdale)

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Date: 2011-03-10, 10:03AM PST
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Marshall 100 watt tube amp.Very old,works great,price firm,come try it out.661-733-4297


•Location: palmdale

1966 Harmony Rocket H-54 in Lansing MI for $300

Okay it's not al original but you can find aftermarket cupcake knobs on eBay and you can put any kind of tuners you like on there (I recommend the Kluson Deluxe with ivory buttons). The mustache pickups are what matters.

And it has a real harmony pickguard. Yippee.

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Harmony Rocket Late 60's - $300 (Lansing, Michigan)

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Date: 2011-03-08, 4:50PM EST
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Harmony Rocket.

Pickups are dated December 1966.

Redburst finish, single-cutaway white-bound laminated maple body, arched top with f-holes, bolt-on neck, adjustable bridge with rosewood base, two single coil pickups, two volume controls, two tone controls, 3-way switch, white-plastic pickguard, no case. Tuners and Volume and Tone knobs are replacements, all other parts original. Some wear to headstock, but all works fine. Have plugged this in and all electronics are working great. The pickups are nice and string and sound great.

Take a look at the pictures listed below, and hit me up if you're interested. Thanks for looking.

•Location: Lansing, Michigan

80+ year old Stella (not Harmony) acoustic for $75

Here is one example of the sort of earth-shakingly awesome deals one can find on Craigslist if you dig and are patient. This seller was offering a "Stella" Standard size slothead acoustic guitar for $75. This is not a Harmony Stella but an original Oscar Schmidt made Stella from before Harmony bought the name. This is a Pre-WWII American-made guitar. Amazing.

BTW - this listing was from about a month ago - I don't know how I missed it at the time - but the guitar is probably long gone by now.

Here's what one collector had to say about the New Jersey Made Stella's on an online guitar forum:

To clarify "Stella" instruments:
There are two, entirely seperate "Stella" guitars. Those made before 1939, in Jersey City by the Oscar Schmidt Company. Those made after 1939, in Chicago, by the Harmony Company (who acquired the "Stella" brand name after the former went "belly-up" as far as fretted instruments are concerned).

The "Stella" guitars made by Harmony do not have anything in common with the earlier instruments, other than the name "Stella". These Harmony instruments are the things we, who learned to play back in the 50s and 60s learned to hate, because they sounded as bad as they played!

It is commonly (and wrongly) thought that the old (Schmidt) Stellas were poorly made and, for this reason, few of them survive today. Actually, although lightly made (like Gibson and Martin guitars of the same period), they were well built and a great many have survived.

The old bluesmen (and women) often chose to play Stellas, which were relatively inexpensive and, because of their light construction, they sounded good. Record Company talent scout H.C.Speir said that Charley Patton preferred Stellas even to Gibsons because he said they were so loud.


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Antique Lap Steel Guitar - $75 (Miss)

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Date: 2011-02-17, 8:45AM MST
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Stella Lap steel guitar with case. I think this guitar is close to 100 years old and still works well. I never use it so it`s time to let it go.


•Location: Miss
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Original Supertone 237/Harmony Singing Cowboy Guitar in Huntsville AL for $99

You gotta love these Cowboy Guitars - the ultimate wallhanger in my opinion (though some of those crazy Russian Electrics run a close second lol).

This Supertone has a great stencil - Singing Cowboys - and these original versions were made from 1938-1943 (info courtesy of Francois Demont the online guru of Harmony COllectors).

Why buy a Reissue when you can have the real thing for less?

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Vintage silvrtone/Supertone/Harmony singing cowboys guitar - $99 (Athens)

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Date: 2011-03-06, 3:28PM CST
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Books for $250 to $475..........will consider trades for guitars.........or $99.... cash.

Thank you.

1969 Conrad MIJ (Epi ET-270) in Birmingham AL for $150

Here is another MIJ guitar most likely very from the Fuji-Gen factory that made the first Japanese Epiphones and early Ibanez electric guitars.

This is just like the Epi 270 I listed a few days ago - though the pickups look more like the Ventura/Aria/Univox models of the period.

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vintage 1969 Conrad "Strat" Style - $150 (woodstock)

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Date: 2011-03-05, 8:03AM EST
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smooth action - strat style MIJ Conrad

•Location: woodstock