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1960s Hopf Twisty Bass in beautiful condition offered for sale on eBay
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a gorgeous bass from 1960s Germany - it's a Hopf Twisty in fantastic condition for its age. I'm hoping that the name is in homage to Chubby Checker rather than describing...
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1970s D'Agostino through-neck Japanese-made electric guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's another Japanese-made guitar, this time from the 1970s and it's of genuine through-neck construction rather than being a "faux though neck" like the Morris guitar we looked...
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Gibson Les Paul Vixen, a real guitar for women!
guitarz.blogspot.com: The now discontinued Gibson Les Paul Vixen was introduced in 2006 and was marketed as "A real guitar for women". It was basically a stripped down Les Paul with a lightweight...
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Carl Thompson guitar - just like Lou Reed used to play
guitarz.blogspot.com: Rhodri writes: Hi Gavin You've featured my Andreas Shark and Dagrite guitars before. How about something from New York now? How about featuring a Carl Thompson - not his more well...
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Fender Custom Shop '72 prototype for Pawn Shop series
guitarz.blogspot.com: Fender have got some pretty cool guitars in their Pawn Shop series, including variants on the Jaguar, the Mustang, the Bass VI, and design hybrids such as the Offset, the '51 and...
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Mensfield Iron Cross guitar for heavy metallers and glam rockers...
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a Mensfield Iron Cross guitar, which the seller tells us was luthier made in the USA, and is one of only "several" made. Although it looks metallic (or perhaps silver...
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Swinger Riviera and Tour De Force tennis racket guitars
guitarz.blogspot.com: The brainchild of Canadians Gaetano Frangella and Noah Vachon, the Swinger is an electric guitar cunningly disguised to look like a tennis racket. It's no "cigar box guitar" job...
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Gitison Les Paul "The Paul" copy from Hungary
guitarz.blogspot.com: The headstock logo kinda makes you do a double take, doesn't it? Walking a very fine line between copy guitars and outright forgery, this Gitison "The Paul" copy is a Hungarian...
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Musima Elektrina III soildbody electric from Germany circa 1961
guitarz.blogspot.com: From Germany, here is a vintage Musima Elektrina III guitar, a model which appeared in their 1961 catalogue. It features three Rellog Gitona pickups and a Bigsby style vibrato...
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Yamaha SB-1 electric upright bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: Technically as an upright bass this Yamaha SB-1 electric upright bass (EUB) falls outside the remit of this guitar blog, but I do like to feature other stringed instruments on...
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Bassix upright travel bass IS its own case!
guitarz.blogspot.com: Please excuse me showing another double bass, but I couldn resist showing this bass (with what looks like a sawn-off body) just for the sheer inventiveness factor. The neck,...
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1962 Ampeg Baby Bass from the original generation of EUBs
guitarz.blogspot.com: Derek writes: Hello Gavin, I'm enjoying the EUB detour and thought you might like this, my circa 1962 Ampeg Baby Bass, the forerunner of a lot of today's EUBs. Looks kinda like...
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1931 Gibson L-0 acoustic guitar - a pre-war 12-fret beauty
guitarz.blogspot.com: Back to guitars again now after our double bass detour of the last few days... Here's an old Gibson for you... it's a 1931 Gibson L-0 in gorgeous condition.The neck joins the body...
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Bo-Diddley inspired plank-like electric guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a custom-made electric guitar that, according to the eBay listing, is a Bo Diddley influenced design. Which is all very commendable; it appears to be a very nicely made...
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1980s Schecter Jimi Hendrix Strat
guitarz.blogspot.com: If - as the eBay seller claims - this Schecter Jimi Hendrix Strat was made in the 1980s, then it predates Fender's Voodoo Strat by at least a decade what with its upside-down...
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Weird "Azor" singlecut offset-waist guitar from 1950s/1960s Europe (possibly)
guitarz.blogspot.com: Bertram has alerted my attention to this peculiar vintage guitar on eBay.de (with the item actually being located in The Netherlands), the only distinguishing name on it being...
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Zero Sette / JG Italian-made paisley hollow body electric
guitarz.blogspot.com:Here's another bizarre vintage guitar that Bertram spotted on eBay, this time located in Canada. I'll let the eBay seller tell you about it: Made in Italy in the mid 1960s by Zero...
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A very point one-off guitar surely aimed at the heavy metal player
guitarz.blogspot.com: This pointy pointy guitar looking somewhat like a mutated B.C.Rich Mockingbird is a one-off creation (sorry, I don't know who made it) and is currently being offered for sale on...
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1980s Ned Steinberger-designed Gibson 20/20 Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ned Steinberger's later guitars and basses whilst still being full of innovation never quite had the same impact as his now legendary minimalist headless L-series bass guitars,...
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Weird vintage Bulgarian acoustic guitar with secondary soundhole
guitarz.blogspot.com: With an exaggerated body shape incorporating a secondary soundhole, this Bulgarian-made acoustic guitar looks as if it should have been a harp guitar, however it only seems to...
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