Craigslist Vintage Guitar Hunt

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.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Serious Collector's alert - 1957 Gibson ES-175 in Seattle WA for $5K

Note: Please do not call and hassle this seller unsless you are seriously interested in buying the guitar (I've gotten some feedback from CL sellers about some of my readers bugging them with unreasonable requests).

Regular readers are probably saying - is Jim really highlighting a Five thousand dollar guitar - has he lost his mind? But here are the facts: this is a 1957 Gibson ES-175. It has two of the original first year issued PAF pickups. It has the original case. It looks to be in very good or possible excellent condition. The seller says they are the original owner (well their grandfather was a t least). All that bodes well for a good purchase.

Now considering that you could call every vintage guitar store in America and not find an original 1957 Gibson ES-175 for less than $10K - this looks like a pretty good deal.

Of course it also could be a scam - so "Let the Buyer Beware." Make sure you khow what you are doing.

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1957 GIBSON GUITAR - $5000 (LONGVIEW,WA)

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Date: 2010-03-13, 6:22PM PST

Reply to: sale-phcmc-1643125703@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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1957 GIBSON GUITAR WITH HARD CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW NEEDS TO GO TO A GOOD HOME 360-703-2049 OR 360-703-2045

Location: LONGVIEW,WA

Univox Hi-Flier in LA for $150

Here is a nice deal on a Hi-Flier. Seller replaced the pickups but that should be fine if you are liooking for a player not a collectible. The stock Univox pickups in these are very bland - they need an upgrade anyway.

If you like a thin neck you'll like these - they are also fairly light which is cool.

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Univox 60's Vintage Guitar - $150 (Los Angeles, Ca)

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Date: 2010-03-14, 7:41PM PDT

Reply to: sale-a7jud-1644439678@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Selling my old vintage Univox High Flier 60's Guitar. I customized this guitar with a Seymour Duncan humbucker and a Gibson humbucker pickup. The guitar shows signs of ware.

It's also missing a tone knob as you can tell on the picture. I installed the Seymour Duncan pick up for a heavier rock tone. Bought the guitar used for $600 and put another $200 for

the pickups. It's been sitting in my closet for about a year now and have no use for it. Please email me if you are interested or if you have questions.

Thanks,

Kneproductions@yahoo.com

Location: Los Angeles, Ca

Custom Kraft (Kay) Stratotone in Sacramento CA for $275

I may be mistaken but I think this Custom Kraft (Kay) Stratotone was for sale sometime last year in Sacramento for $300. These definitely have thick necks so if you like that type of feel you'll dig it. They also have terrific sounding pickups. I had one of these in a black sparkle a while back - still kinda miss it too.

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Vintage 60’s CustomKraft (Kay) Guitar - $275 (North Sacramento)

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Date: 2010-03-13, 12:15PM PST

Reply to: sale-4tsab-1642656899@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Cool aged and worn white finish; single cutaway, wood frame, semi-hollow with Masonite top and back. 2 pickups with three-way selector switch, Volume and tone for each pickup. Meaty easy-to-play neck with rounded edges. Has an an extra couple of small screws added to the pickguard by a previous owner. Tan/brown chipboard case included. 916.725.3100, John (The outgoing message is for a business; just leave a message for John.) $275 obo

Location: North Sacramento

it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Friday, March 12, 2010

Pair of SIlvertone Kay Archtop acoustics in Baltimore for $40

Since this is 10 days old these are probably sold - but you never know. the darker one on the left looks like a Kay to me. Silvertone is on the right. More than worth it just for the parts alone (tuners, bridges, tailpieces, pickguards) but these could certainly be made into good players as well.

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old guitars (2) f hole acoustic - $40 (baltimore)

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Date: 2010-03-02, 2:55PM EST

Reply to: sale-rkmst-1625228194@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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2 f hole acoustic guitars. i silvertone, 1 (?). lighter color one has a couple crack as seen in pictures. both play fine. need new strings. soft cover for darker one. $40.00 for the pair.

Location: baltimore

Magnatone M10 Suitcase tube combo amp in Chicago for $250

This is an M10 (not an M10A) so it has the 8" and 3" speakers instead of the 12" and a few less bells and whistles but this is still a heck of a deal for only $250. This amp has the Magnatone True Vibrato circuit.

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Magnatone M10 Guitar Amplifier - $250 (Chicago-60651)

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Date: 2010-03-08, 7:14PM CST

Reply to: sale-n9xmn-1635081245@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Magnatone M10 Guitar Amplifier $250

Unit contains one 8” woffer and one 3” mid-range.

Works well, looks great.

No known performance defects. 1 knob is cracked but still works. Other wise the box is in overall great shape for being about 45 years old.

No foot switch included

38-Watt Peak Power Pro Amplifier, with Exclusive Variable Vibrato and Transistorized Reverb

True F.M. Vibrato (Pat.), High Stroke Piston Acoustic Drive Compression Chamber, Silent Contour Switch, 2 Independent Input Channels (each with high and low gain), stereo input, and Contour and Tone controls for each channel.

If interested please reply to craigslist with name and number.

Item sold as is. All sales final.

Silvertone Jet Glow Semi Hollow in Dagsboro DE for $225

I can't say I know this model but this appears to be a Harmony Rebel without the dreaded slider Vol and Tone pots - that alone is pretty cool. I would put this guitar somewhere circa 1967 - 1972 and it is USA made for sure. Those are DeArmond pickups.

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old silvertone hollowbody"jet glow" w/ tremelo - $225 (dagsboro)

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Date: 2010-03-05, 4:19PM EST

Reply to: sale-tedd6-1630297047@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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this is a very rare guitar!

Location: dagsboro

1967 Silvertone 1480 in Seattle for $250

The seller must know his stuff (or knows how to google) because he realizes this is a 1480 rather than a model 1478. Slightly less in demand but still a nice vintage USA guitar for not alot of money.

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1967 Silvertone / Harmony Guitar - $250 (Renton- Fairwood)

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Date: 2010-03-08, 4:25PM PST

Reply to: sale-uc9mf-1635008590@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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This guitar was made on June 1st 1967 by Harmony for Silvertone. I believe it to be a 1480, as it has the red pickups, but it is very simmilar to the 1478. Overall it is in good condition for its age. There are a few nicks in the finish, a small crack in the headstock (does not affect playability or structure), and the truss rod cover is cracked. Other than that is in great functioning condition. Everything works, including tremolo and arm. It appears to be all original, I would be very suprised if it wasn't. Overall a great uniquie vintage guitar. $250. Call Jacob (*********. Email for more pictures.

Location: Renton- Fairwood

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