TR Crandall Guitars

1935 Gibson Roy Smeck Radio Grande in excellent condition. This one of a kind Roy Smeck was constructed with a spruce top, rosewood back and sides, and a mahogany neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. This one left the factory set up to play Spanish style as opposed to Hawaiian style like you would expect from this model, an extremely rare detail. One of a kind rare dark factory...

1953 Gibson EB-1 bass in excellent condition. This bass is from the collection of Jason Newsted of Metallica fame. Violin shaped mahogany body with painted on purfling and f-holes, carved mahogany top, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, single coil alnico pickup. Neck is 1 5/8" wide at the nut, profile is 0.90" at the first fret, 1.00" at the 12th fret, scale length is 30.5". Weight is 8.81lbs....

1962 Fender Bass VI in great condition. This guitar came from the collection of Jason Newsted of Metallica fame. Alder body, maple neck, slab Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, three strat style single coil pickups, Jazzmaster style floating tremolo, and a sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This is one of the early versions of the Bass VI before the pickups are switched to something more...

1930 Martin 000-18 in great condition. Adirondack spruce top, mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard, and an ebony bridge. This guitar has had a re-fret performed by TJ Thompson with original style bar frets, as well as a professional neck reset, and a replacement ebony belly bridge. There are several repaired side cracks present with cloth reinforcements as well as one back crack. Original...

1966 Rickenbacker 360/12 String in Fireglo finish in excellent condition. This Rickenbacker is all original aside from having a 12 saddle replacement bridge, but the original bridge is included in the case. There is a small hairline crack on the top of the guitar in the bridge area, but as it is completely underneath the finish it appears that the guitar left the factory this way. This 360/12 was...

1965 Fender Jaguar in very good condition. This incredible one-of-a-kind blue green sparkle finish Fender is all original, aside from having had the dried out foam replaced on the mute. The guitar has some paint loss on the matching blue green sparkle headstock, and a few small dings on the body. This Jaguar was constructed with an alder body and a maple neck with a Brazilian rosewood...

1960 Fender Jazzmaster in excellent condition. This Fender is all original with no history of repairs. This Jazzmaster was constructed with an alder body and a maple neck with a slab Brazilian rosewood fretboard. The neck measures 1 5/8” at the nut, has a depth of 0.83” at the first fret, and a depth of 0.99” at the twelfth fret. The guitar has a 25.5” scale and weighs 7.87 lbs. The pickups...

1930 Martin OM-28 in great condition. Adirondack spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony belly bridge, ebony fingerboard, Style 28 appointments, and a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Featuring 14-frets clear of the body, a 1 3/4" wide nut, a soft V neck profile, bar frets, and the forward scalloped x-bracing appropriate for the period. This guitar has two neatly...

1948 Gibson L-5P in excellent condition. The cutaway equipped L-5 was known as the L-5 Premier from 1939 to c. 1948, before being renamed the L-5C. Carved spruce top, flame maple back and sides, 3-piece maple neck, ebony fingerboard with pearl large block inlays. brazilian rosewood bridge, Kluson sealfast tuners, and a sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish. All original with the exception of an...

1942 Gibson L-5 in excellent condition. Carved spruce top, flame maple back, sides, and neck, ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays, Brazilian rosewood bridge, replacement gold plated Grover Imperial tuners, and a sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This was Roy Smecks personal guitar and has appointments showing the custom nature of the instrument including the abalone vine motif on the...

1898 Martin 0-28 in exceptional condition. Spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard, ebony pyramid bridge, mahogany neck, beautifully made Seidel No. 4 tuners, and a french polish finish. This guitar was special ordered with a dark top finish, an early example of factory special order options from Martin. All original with the exception of the bridge pins, the only...

C. 1967 Jimmy D'Aquisto Hagstrom Prototype in great condition. Around 1966 Jimmy D'Aquisto began a project with Hagstrom guitars in Sweden where he would train their builders to make high quality archtops in the style of what he was building at the time. As part of this project Jimmy was flown to Sweden where he built a handful of guitars under the watchful eye of Hagstroms builders on site at...

1945 Martin 000-21 in fair condition. This Martin has had a new bridge installed, has had a neck reset, has been refretted, has been refinished, appears to have light overspray on the back and sides, and has five professionally repaired top cracks. This 000-21 was constructed with a spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, a mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard, and an ebony replacement...

1940 Gibson J-55 Rosewood in very good condition. It is hard to overstate how exceptionally rare this rosewood version of the J-55 is, with only two examples currently known to exist. This Gibson is all original aside from having had a metal strap button installed. The guitar has two professionally repaired cracks on the bottom side of the lower bout. This J-55 was constructed with a spruce top,...

1958 Gibson ES-175D in very good condition. This Gibson has a replacement nut, a 1960’s ABR-1 bridge, has been refretted, and has replacement tuners, with the original tuners included in the case. There is one professionally repaired crack on the side near the input jack, some playwear grooves on the fingerboard, and a hole on the back of the heel from a previously installed strapbutton. This...

2024 Gilchrist Model 5 Mandola in excellent condition. This Gilchrist is all original with no history of repairs. This X braced Model 5 was constructed with an Engelmann spruce top, red maple back and sides, and a red maple neck with an ebony fingerboard and abalone dot inlays. The mandola features a gorgeous dark cremona sunburst finish, striking flame maple, and a wonderful abalone flowerpot...

1962 Gibson ES-175 in very good condition. This Gibson is all original with the exception of having an oversprayed finish, and has two professionally repaired cracks on the top side. This ES-175 was constructed with a laminate maple top and back, solid maple sides, a mahogany neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, and a Brazilian rosewood bridge. The neck has a width of 1 11/16” at the nut,...

1956 Velazquez #175 in excellent condition. This Velazquez is all original and has no history of repairs. This guitar was constructed with a spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, a mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard and Brazilian rosewood headstock veneer, and a Brazilian rosewood bridge. The neck has a width of 55 mm at the nut, a depth of 0.90” at the first fret, and a depth of...

1935 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage De Luxe in good condition. This Smeck was converted from Hawaiian to Spanish style at some point in the past before to reaching our shop. The neck width was slimmed to 1 ¾”, neck profile carved to a comfortable “D” shape, vintage style fretwire was installed, a new nut and saddle were installed, and the screwholes were plugged on the top of the original bridge. The...

1971 Gibson Citation No.11 in excellent condition. This exceptionally rare Gibson, number 11 of 15 made in the original series, is all original and has no history of repairs. This Citation has a varnish finish and was constructed with a carved spruce top, figured maple back and sides, a five piece figured maple and mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard featuring ornate pearl cloud style inlays,...

1966 Rickenbacker 360/12 in excellent condition. This Rickenbacker is all original aside from having a 12 saddle replacement bridge, but the original bridge is included in the case. There is one reglued top crack that runs under the bridge that was professionally repaired in house. This 360/12 was constructed with a maple body and a maple neck. The neck measures 1 5/8” at the nut has a depth of...

Circa 1935 Stromberg G-3 in very good condition. This Stromberg is all original with no history of repairs. This G-3 was constructed with a spruce top, laminated maple back and sides, and a maple neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. The neck measures 1 13/16” at the nut, has a depth of 0.96” at the first fret, and a depth of 1.07” at the tenth fret. The guitar has a 25.25” scale and...

1967 Fender Telecaster Custom in very good condition. This Fender is all original aside from having replacement saddles, but the originals are included in the case along with the original ashtray cover. This Telecaster Custom was constructed with an alder body and a maple neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. The neck measures 1 5/8” at the nut and has a depth of 0.85” at the first fret and...

1966 Fender Telecaster Custom in very good condition. This Tele Custom has a 1966 Telecaster Custom body and 1966 Telecaster neck that were not originally paired to one another. The body has been refinished in a transparent blonde nitrocellulose with some nice checking and wear throughout. This Fender features the original tuners, original bridge, a replacement pickguard, replacement Seymour...

1962 Gibson Johnny Smith Custom in excellent condition. This Gibson has a replacement L-5 tailpiece and a TonePro’s pickup, and a replaced pickguard. Aside from this the guitar is all original and has no history of repairs. The guitar was constructed with a spruce top, flamed maple back, sides, and neck, and has an ebony fingerboard and bridge. A black star is featured on the top of the guitar...

1961 Fender Jazzmaster in very good condition. This Fender is all original and has no major history of repairs and the only apparent alteration being the replacement foam underneath the pickups. This Jazzmaster was constructed with an alder body and a maple neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. The neck has a width of 1 5/8" at the nut, a depth of 0.83” at the first fret, and a depth of...

1973 Gibson Super 400 CES in excellent condition. This Gibson is all original aside from having a replaced pickguard and has no history of repairs. The guitar was constructed with a solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides, a maple neck with an ebony fingerboard featuring mother of pearl inlays, and an ebony bridge. This S-400CES features gold hardware and two original patent number...

1964 Gibson ES-175D in excellent condition. This Gibson is all original aside from a replacement tune-o-matic bridge, but the original wooden bridge is included in the case. It has no history of major repairs. The guitar was constructed with a laminate maple body and a mahogany neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard that features mother of pearl parallelogram inlays. This ES-175D features two...

1963 Manuel Velazquez No. 7 in excellent condition with very minimal signs of wear for such an outstanding instrument. This guitar was passionately loved as you can tell from the love marks in the "picking" area. This Velazquez is in all original condition save for a previously repaired top crack as seen in photos. Notably finished with varnish as Velazquez experimented with various finishes...

1961 Epiphone Sheraton in excellent condition. This Sheraton is all original, aside from being refretted. The guitar features two mini humbucker pickups and a Frequensator tailpiece which has been repaired at some point. It was constructed with a maple body and a five piece neck made of mahogany, maple, and walnut with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard that has abalone and pearl inlays. The neck...