Rickenbacher Lap Steel(S/NS) w/Case
This "New Style" Electro Rickenbacher steel is from about 1947. Officially, the name of this model is S/NS which stands for "Steel/New Style. I think we could call it "in mint condition" because I think it is in mint condition. Everything works so well and the guitar sounds beautiful, especially through a nice tube amp. You know the lap steel guitars were the first electric guitars. This guitar is so much fun to play. Any open tuning with a tone bar (included) will take you into slide oblivion, if you think you can handle it. Most guitar players are afraid of these beasts from the past but once you try you will realize that there is a whole new world of guitar out there. The "Horse Shoe" pick up is an original design from the 1930's and produces a big, fat clear sound. The pick up is powerful enough to drive a tube amp into a nice overdrive for blues and rock. These guitars are way more versatile than you would think. If you don't believe me, stop in and see for yourself.
PRICE: $799.00 Includes Original Hard Shell Case SOLD
Another exciting guitar for sale-A 1965 Gretsch Country Club model 6192. This model started in 1951 and is still on the list making it the longest existing model in the Gretsch electric guitar line-up. This Gretsch is 17" wide and 2 3/4" thick and is a full hollow body giving it that really big Gretsch sound. This is their largest electric model. With it's Grover tuning gears, Zero Fret, dual Filtertron pickups, Space Control bridge and "G" cut out tailpiece this guitar produces "Tone" to die for!! The beautiful sunburst finish and gold plexiglass pickguard make this Gretsch a real looker. Plugged in, these pickups sound amazing-the sound you expect to hear. There are no noises in the knobs, switches or input jack-a very quiet running electric guitar. Also, this guitar loves a bit of over-drive just to sweeten the deal. The ebony finger board and the frets are in great shape, showing very little wear. The neck is a bit wavey toward the upper frets and the neck has been reset at one point in it's life. But she plays great!! The bindings have crumbled a bit in 2 places but a good luthier can replace these 2 short pieces. A historical guitar at an affordable price.
In 1965 Harmony was king of the "Cheapo" electric guitars but cheap potentiometers, switches and AlNiCo magnets had not yet been invented. All woods are solid Maple and not plywood yet. But quality control was not very good at the factory. If some of these guitars had a straight neck and good angle low to the body it played and sounded rather good. This '65 Silhouette has a thick straight neck and a nice low profile angle to the body and plays very good with a new set of D'Addario XL 10's tuned standard. The DeArmond "Gold Foil" pickups have matured in their 53 years to produce a thick midrange, a tight low end and nice smooth highs. Plugged into a good tube amp-this guitar just sounds great(yeah, I said it). Clean or Dirty, there's no mushy or spongy sound just clear and stiff notes. 
Nice little Tele-great color of burnt metalic orange. Like brand new condition-2 hot humbuckers with smooth tone and no brashness. Straight neck with low action set up with 10's. All set up and redy to go.