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Sinuous Santos  SD-22

Body - Poplar (maple top)

Neck - Hard Maple

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates & Custom SH-5 

Made in USA

Blurb - You wake up one night in cold sweat tormented by the question: Charles Eames guitar.. How would it feel and look like? Rejoice! Greg Opatik a designer luthier and the man behind Sinuous guitars has provided the answer. And it’s a gorgeous one. The Santos is without a doubt the sexiest instrument I’ve seen this year. These beauties are built using most recent automation tech and finished by hand, all in Grand Rapids Michigan. Greg’s passions of modern design and guitars, crystallized into an epiphany of taste. Form over function? Non of that dilemma here. According to online buzz so far his creations are prodigal.     Check YouTube for the tone. (Spoiler alert - it’s f good) Now imagine it lying on an Eames lounge chair on a lazy autumn afternoon.. Yeah, sex

$ 2750

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Goulding Haze Custom 

Body - Aluminium

Neck - Aluminium

Fingerboard - Birdseye Maple 

Pickups - Goulding Humbuckers  

Made in UK

Blurb - Once again Andrew Goulding a.k.a. Aluminium God, pleasuring our eyes and ears with this custom built Haze model. Combining his two mojos together: precision engineering and love of guitars his creations are a zenith of guitar aesthetics. As with any unconventional material, the sound is not for everyone. But if you have decided to have a metal bodied electric, make sure you give Goulding a call.     

$ ~5000

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Lefthanded Collings I-35 Deluxe

Collings I-35 Deluxe

Body - Mahogany, Maple Top

Neck - Mahogany

Fingerboard -Rosewood

Pickups - Lollar Humbuckers    

Made in USA

Blurb - Bill Collings is one of the most acclaimed luthiers out there so there is not much to be said about I-35 besides that it is distinctively elegant and refined. This lefty has many tasty options like quilted maple top and custom inlays. Normally it would be perfect for Jazz and soft Blues but I just cant shake a fantasy of using it to ruin some The Who songs..            

$ 5300

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ESP Amakusa

Body - Alder

Neck - ?

Fingerboard -?

Pickups - Seymour Duncan Humbuckers     

Made in Japan

Blurb - Jaw dropping piece of art that's what it is! Info is very scarce about this custom made ESP, first seen at NAMM 2011. Along with its uber-exclusive sibling, ESP Kizoku, it took almost a year to build. Not sure about playability though. Actually I'm sure its awful but who cares just look at it! This one is not meant to be played but to spend its lifetime on a wall of some rich fella.          

~ $ 30000

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Guyton Brian May Red Special

Body - Oak & Brazilian Mahogany veneer

Neck - Brazilian Mahogany

Fingerboard - English Oak

Pickups - Burns Tri-Sonic     

Made in UK

Blurb - After working on Brian May's Egmond acoustic, luthier Andrew Guyton  was asked to build 50 exact replicas of the legendary Red Special. And I gotta tell you he did a brilliant job on this one! Check Andrew's website for the exact specs and back story of this magnificent endeavor. Only 10 were made in green making this one even more special! Still, he will build one just for you. Of course if you have the mula..       

$ 11000

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G&L ASAT Special Deluxe Carved Top

Body - Swamp Ash & Flamed Maple top

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Fullerton G&L High Output Single Coil    

Not made in USA

Blurb - Here is a nice Tele alternative! With most of the equipment built in the US and pickups straight from the Fender factory this guitar can satisfy all your blues, jazz and country needs. Amazing tone with sweet sustain plus playability similar to much pricier instruments. Great value 

$ 700

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Godin Icon Type 2 Classic

Body - Mahogany

Neck - Mahogany

Fingerboard - Ebony

Pickups - Godin GHN1 & Seymour Duncan '59 Humbuckers    

Made in Canada

Blurb - Godin is a guitar company from Quebec well known for quietly making superb instruments and offering killer value for money. This baby is no exception, equipped with a Graphtech ResoMax bridge and Godin HD Revoicer it's quite a versatile guitar with a great tone range. It is lightweight and has a thin neck but most of all, in this price range it'is just vastly superior to your usual Gibson and Fender. Maybe that's why John McLaughlin has one..      

$ 1300

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Gibson Explorer Vampire Blood Moon 

Body - Swamp Ash

Neck - Mahogany

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Gibson Gem Active Open Coil  

Made in USA

Blurb - Vampire Blood Moon?! Really? Apart from a silly name and ridiculous price tag, it's a beautiful explorer loaded with nice hardware. Notice the Schaller vibrato 

$ 1800

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Fender Jazz Bass Victor Bailey Signature 

Body - Koa, Rosewood & Mahogany

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Fender Samarium Cobalt Special  

Made in USA

Blurb - Samarium Cobalt noiseless pickups + a 3-band active preamp tweaked at the input stage. All this adds warmth and low end while creating distinctive voice apparently. Fancy stuff, I'll take Victor Bailey's word for it 

$ 2300

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Goulding Bohemian Blue 

Body - Aluminium

Neck - Aluminium

Fingerboard - Cocobola 

Pickups - Goulding Humbuckers  

Made in UK

Blurb - Behold the masters of aluminium! Goulding make their guitars from a pair of 2 inch thick slobs of aluminium, anodizing and finishing the instruments with laser engraving   

$ NA

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Fender Showmaster HH QMT 

Body - Basswood & Quilt Maple

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Seymour Duncan Humbuckers  

Made in USA

Blurb - Original design supplied by John Suhr before he left Fender. American made showmasters are not too easy to come by these days as this model was discontinued 4 years ago. What a pity! There even was a 7 string version..

$ 2400

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Italia Mondial Classic 

Body - Agathis

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Wilkinson WVC Humbuckers  

Made in South Korea

Blurb - Fiber glass top adds a nice touch to this guitar giving it a rich tone. All of Italia range is a great value for money if you ask me  

$ 750

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Gibson Custom Shop Korina Futura 

Body - Korina (Limba)

Neck - Korina (Limba)

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Gibson Humbuckers  

Made in USA

Blurb - Gibson only made 15 of those in green and red finish. That makes it quite a rare beast  

$ ~5000

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PRS Swamp Ash Special Narrowfield

Body - Swamp Ash

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Maple

Pickups - PRS 57/08 Narrowfield  

Made in USA

Blurb - Check out specially developed PRS Narrowfield pickups that blend features of singlecoil, soap bar and humbuckers. Sweet!   

$ 2500

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EVH Wolfgang Special 

Body - Basswood & Maple

Neck - Maple

Fingerboard - Maple

Pickups - EVH Humbuckers  

Made in Japan

$ 1400

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Gibson ES-175 

Body - Maple

Neck - Mahogany

Fingerboard - Rosewood

Pickups - Gibson Humbuckers  

Made in USA

$ 2300 

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Reitz Horn Bass

Body - American Walnut

Neck - Hard Maple & Bubinga

Fingerboard - Ebony

Pickups - Bartolini 72MM5E 

Made in Denmark

$ Much..