Solid Body
- Display 15 Products per page
-
Add to Compare
New Spalt Nouveau Series 12 String Mahogany/Various
Just off a showing at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. The Nouveau Series is a special project developed by author and musician Paul Schmidt and luthier Michael Spalt. A series of electric guitars that transcend the six string and blend it seemlessly with true art. The series was inspired by Art Nouveau and these instruments are at once art and the most serious of musical tools. Michael Spalt and Paul Schmidt spent several years developing the idea, finding artwork and artifacts, sketching, collaborating and finally building these exquisite gems.
The pieces are based on the Klein acoustic shape with inclusions of art nouveau artifacts, natural woods, bone and the finest hardware. Not only are these instruments stunning visual works of art, but they are ergonomic masterpieces as well. The bodies feel immediately familiar and the solid Rosewood necks, with there flat sheen, feel played for 50 years. The BoneTop pickups are extraordinary – Gorgeous hand crafted Bone bobbins died in a variety of colors with Alnico magnets for the Bridge and Ceramic for the Neck. They voice is stellar, clear and loud with other-worldly sustain. Each instrument also has it’s own custom case that continues the guitars individual statement as well as a signed copy of the book ‘The Nouveau Series’ by Paul Schmidt.
‘Nouveau 12 String’
“The only 12 string built in this collaboration.”
Click here to read about the Nouveau Series on builder Michael Spalt’s website.
Click Here to view the book ‘The Nouveau Series’ by Paul Schmidt.
Click Here to view photos from the Museum Showing at the Museum of Making Music.
Add to Compare2016 Suhr Modern NAMM Collection, Korina/Cocobolo
It should come as no surprise that the team at Suhr Guitars went all out for the 2016 NAMM Collection. This Korina-bodied, Cocobolo-topped Modern model is an absolute beast! From the neck to the bridge, you’ve got a Thornbucker, V70, and Thornbucker Plus, five-way switch and gold hardware, and a Gotoh tremolo bridge. The Korina neck features their Modern Elliptical profile to boot, which feels excellent in hand.
Other keywords: preston cate, fingerstyle, shur, 75
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.68 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Cocobolo, Limba - Black (Korina) Add to Compare2018 Trussart Holey Steelcaster
And then there’s something quite different. We’ve got an exquisitely unique 2018 Holey Steelcaster from James Trussart that is guaranteed to stand apart from the crowd. The color package is “Rust on Cream Racing Stripes,” and you’ll find a perforated steel body with Maple neck/Pau Ferro fingerboard. Kluson tuners, Arcane Inc. pickups, and a gorgeous G&G case to boot. Additionally, the tone knob has a push-pull to split the pickups.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, telecaster, tele style, tele-style, metal guitar, electric guitar
Add to Compare2001 Veillette Gryphon Poplar/Quilted Maple
This is the very first production version of Joe Veillette’s wonderful Gryphon High Tuned 12 String design. Joe personally played this guitar for some time. The Gryphon is uses a 18.5″ scale tuned up to high D to create a wonderful mandolin like chime, only warmer and tuned in the same intervals as guitar, so any guitarist can play it immediately. This Prototype is a solid body version made from Poplar with a Quilted Maple top and matching headplate. A maple neck fitted with a Wenge Fingerboard that matches the Wenge Bridge/tailpiece. The single cutaway allows full access to the highest frets. An Alvarez P.V. pickup system provides separate saddle elements and an onboard preamp with contour and 3 Band EQ. This is a superb gigging Gryphon and has the history of being first ever Gryphon, a design we feel is one of the most exciting and fresh in years.
Add to Compare2013 Gil Yaron 1959 LP Replica
Gil Yaron’s as close as you get to the vintage real deal, without taking out a second mortgage. This is a particularly faithful 1959 LP Replica, built in 2016. For the body and neck, Gil used old growth Mahogany and paired it with a flamed Maple top from his private stock, pre-1970 CITES Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, Celluloid Nitrate position markers, and comprehensively detailed relic finish in Nitro. Gil’s PAF humbuckers and wiring are 100% exact to 1959 specs, and this particular one features NOS 50s harness and lead wires.
This Gil Yaron plays and sings as the quintessential LP. A wide, wide range of tones, and in a Replica package that is nearly indistinguishable from the original.Other keywords: electric guitar, rock, new old stock, relic’d, gil yaron guitars, nylon
Add to Compare2016 Zemaitis CS24PF Ring Chess
Here we have a lovely Japanese-built Zemaitis CS24PF “Ring Chess” that’s a 2016 model, nearly new in condition, and shining like a silver dollar. African Mahogany body and neck, Schaller tuners and custom DiMarzio humbucker PAF pickups. Three way switch, two volume and two tone knobs. The top features a sprawling mosaic of Abalone and Mother-Of-Pearl.
Other keywords: electric guitar, solid body, solidbody, etch, etched
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.68 in String Spacing 2.125 in Woods Mahogany - African