Guitar Auctions at Gardiner Houlgate

1964 Marshall JTM45 Mk II PA guitar amplifier head, made in England, with ECC83 pre-amp tubes, EL34 power tubes and GZ34 rectifier tubes (output transformer replaced) *Sold on behalf of the estate of the original owner and bearing Cornish music shop retail label to the reverse

2003 Duesenberg Ronnie Wood Signature Model Starplayer TV-RW limited edition electric guitar; Body: pearl top finish upon trans black back; Neck: good; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case; Weight: 4.50kg; Overall condition: very good *One of only 100 production models made. Sold with certificate of authenticity and laminated tags

1994 Guild Brian May Signature Red Special electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry red finished mahogany, minor surface scratches and a few minor dings; Neck: good; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: chrome, good; Case: original hard case; Weight: 3.71kg; Overall condition: good

1957 Gibson ES-175 hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: sunburst finish, mild surface lacquer checking throughout, a few minor dings but generally very acceptable for age; Neck: light wear and dings; Fretboard: visible groove wear up to twelfth fret; Frets: mild wear throughout; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: later '90s Gibson hard case; Weight: 2.73kg; Overall condition:...

1920s Larson Brothers for William C Stahl Style 8 acoustic guitar, made in Chicago, USA; Body: Brazilian rosewood back and sides and spruce top, internal evidence of restoration including cleated repair to back and re-glued bracing, external refinishing, minor dings and general play wear; Neck: reset and binding repairs, mild wear; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, refret; Hardware: generally good,...

1930s Larson Brothers Euphonon acoustic guitar, made in Chicago, USA; Back and sides: mahogany, repaired cracks and cleating at the centre seam, refinishing; minor dings; Top: natural spruce, filed hole below the bridge, re-lacquered including over the deteriorating pickguard; Neck: mahogany, reset, re-lacquered, previous tuner holes dowelled; Fretboard: ebony, evidence of being planed; Frets:...

1955 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, repaired patch to bass side rib, further repaired hairlines, scratching to back, a few binding repairs; Top: spruce, heavy wear around sound hole and pickguard, many repaired cracks, lacquer checking and other dings; Neck: mahogany, reset, head repair, refinishing, old tuner holes dowelled; Fretboard: ebony, minor...

2008 Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Black Strat Relic electric guitar, made in USA; Body: black relic finish; Neck: maple; Fretboard: maple, light relic; Electrics: working; Hardware: good, missing trem arm; Case: original hard case with certificate of authenticity, papers and Black Strat book; Weight: 3.64kg; Overall condition: good *A first year example from the first batch of ...

1962 Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in USA; Body: cherry, refinished, lacquer checking and scratches, old dowelled tailpiece holes to body end, binding repairs; Neck: replacement head - grafted behind second fret position, neck possibly reprofiled; Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood board with pearl block inlay, replacement binding; Electrics: working, original PAF (Patent...

1968 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: candy apple red finish, Albert Lee autograph to back, finish loss to edges, further dings and blemishes as to be expected; Neck: maple, light wear to back, lacquer checking to front and back of head; Fretboard: rosewood, light wear to first position; Frets: good, refret; Electrics: working and appear original; Hardware: good; Case:...

1928 Martin 0-42 acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, minor dings and finish blemishes; Top: natural spruce, minor play wear to treble side of sound hole, minor lift to lower bout, further minor dings; Neck: mahogany, light wear; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: good; Case: later fitted hard case; Overall condition: very good for age

Leo Kottke - studio used 1942 D'Angelico New Yorker archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: two-tone sunburst finished maple back and sides, refinished; Top: sunburst finish spruce, refinished following restoration of minor cracks around tailpiece area; Neck: maple; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, professional refret; Hardware: generally good, slight tarnishing to original tailpiece, tarnishing to...

1963 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA; Body: three-tone sunburst finish, a few very light surface marks, generally in exceptional condition for age; Neck: maple; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, original; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original white tolex hard case with outer protective padded cover; Weight: 3.47kg; Overall condition: excellent *Sold with UK...

Chris Cross (Ultravox) - Live Aid used 1982 Squier by Fender Precision bass guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. JV28568; Body: black finish, buckle scratches to back, further dings and marks to back, light marks and dings to front; Neck: maple; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: light wear and tarnishing; Electrics: intermittent (jack requires adjustment); Hardware: generally good, some chrome bubbling to...

Eric Clapton interest - 1962 Fender Tremolux-Amp guitar amplifier head, made in USA, ser. no. 03381, bearing a 'Derek and the Dominos' stencil to the top *Given to the vendor by his good friend Terry Clemson, who was a renowned session guitarist, playing with Downliners Sect and various other artists including Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddly etc. The vendor has stated that it is...

Mick Ralphs - Bad Company used 1986 Fender Esquire electric guitar, made in Japan; Body: blonde finish, various blemishes and dings throughout particularly to the edges; Neck: maple, light dings and marks; Fretboard: light wear; Frets: mild wear throughout; Electrics: working, Mick Ralphs circuitry modifications; Hardware: generally good, scratchplate painted black and centre edge screw holes...

Bon Jovi - autographed and played 2001 Ovation 1867 Legend electro-acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 557803, signed to the front by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Tico Torres and Dave Bryan in metallic silver pen *Used as a warm-up instrument by both Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for their live NFL Kick-off Show at Times Square, New York, USA on 5th September 2002. Signed by members of...

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Chris Rea - studio and stage used 1976 Fender Hardtail Stratocaster electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 714655; Body: three-tone sunburst finish, many dings to edges and contour arm wear as to be expected for a used guitar of this age; Neck: maple, minor ding to back; Fretboard: maple; Frets: mild wear with visible indent wear to first position; Electrics: working, replacement switch (original...

Pete Townshend (The Who) - owned and used 1989 Takamine FP-360SC electro-acoustic guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 89020364; Back and sides: rosewood, marks and wear showing general signs of use; Top: natural spruce, dings and marks from general play; Neck: a few dings and marks; Fretboard: rosewood, visible play wear; Frets: visible and general play wear throughout; Electrics: working; Hardware:...

Eric Clapton - studio used 1978 Guild D-55NT acoustic guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 173299; Back and sides: rosewood; Top: natural spruce; Neck: mahogany, cigarette burn mark to head face; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; case; original hard case; Overall condition: good *Ex lot 314: The Guitar Auction, Gardiner Houlgate March 2018. Previously ex lot 95 - Christie's New York 'A Selection of Eric...

Elliot Easton (The Cars) - 1988 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster left-handed electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 0030; Body: see-through blonde finish, blemishes to edges, further minor dings and marks; Neck: birds eye maple, crack to head running through tuners; Fretboard: maple; Frets: mild wear; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Fender tweed hard case; Weight: 3.30kg; Overall...

Judas Priest - autographed 1979 Gibson Flying V electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 71709016; Body: Polaris white finish, some discolouration, vacant mounting holes to body end points, minor dings, cavities with foil shielding; Neck: light dings and marks, vacant mounting holes to head tip; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, refret; Electrics: working, replacement DiMarzio neck pickup,...

2000 Stefan Sobell Model 1 acoustic guitar; Back and sides: Indian rosewood; Top: natural spruce, one small ding to lower bout; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: good; Case: fitted Taylor hard case; Overall condition: very good See video demo here: https://youtu.be/F_HA70iqjE8

1964 Rickenbacker Rose Morris 325 S electric guitar, made in USA; Body: Fireglo finish, light buckle scratching to back, some finish loss to edging, further dings and surface scratches but generally good; Neck: finish loss behind first position, various minor dings; Fretboard: lacquered rosewood; Frets: light wear; Electrics: working, one replacement potentiometer; Hardware: generally good, light...

1970s John Veleno electric guitar, made in USA; Body: gold plated billet aluminium body, plating flaking off and corrosion/tarnishing in exposed areas; Neck: plated, plate wear and pitting; Fretboard: wear to gold plate and some dings/pitting; Electrics: working, later DiMarzio pickups and wiring; Hardware: replacement Hex body screws, replacement bridge, replacement control knobs, replacement...

Noel Harrison - Mark Whitebook acoustic guitar, made in USA, circa 1971; Back and sides: three piece Indian rosewood back, Indian rosewood sides, heavy buckle wear to back, repaired hairline to lower bout treble side, repairs to treble side lower bout, repaired hairline to body end, further marks and wear; Top: natural spruce, repaired cracks to treble side, play wear around sound hole, various...

Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter - 1980 Danny Ferrington Explorer style acoustic guitar, made in California, USA; Body: cherry sunburst finished figured maple back and sides and spruce top, surface scratches and dings throughout; Neck: maple with Ferrington 'F' logo and 'No. 1' to head face; Fretboard: ebony with heart and diamond inlay along with 'Nick Lowe' inlay to the fourteenth fret; Hardware:...

1976 Anthony Zemaitis Custom electric guitar, made in England; Body: mahogany body with Danny O'Brien engraved alloy metal front plate, plain alloy control panel to back, various scuffs and dings to be expected for age; Neck: mahogany with gothic style carved head; Fretboard: ebony with typical Zemaitis pearl position markers; Electrics: working; Hardware: good, Zemaitis tooled stop bar and...

Jaco Pastorius - 1974 Anthony Zemaitis Custom four string fretless bass guitar, made in England; Body: mahogany body with Danny O'Brien engraved alloy metal front, alloy metal back panels, various dings and scratches as to be expected for age; Neck: mahogany with unusual gothic style nomenclature shape, some dings; Fingerboard: ebony with pearl dot position markers and boxwood fret markers;...