Stock list

All entries on my inventory are quality instruments only, either vintage, second hand or new. They are meticulously hand selected according to my personal preferences. That means, most are very resonant and light weight instruments that sound excellent and play comfortably. Some are great investments, too, as they will very likely increase in market value. In any case, all guitars offer excellent user value. Customer satisfaction for both players and collectors alike is what I am working for.

If there is any issue with a guitar like refinishes, repairs, non-original parts, or worn down frets, it will be said so in the description of the instrument in question. Those issues will be reflected in the price.

Occasionally, I will upgrade an instrument with better pickups, better hardware, or even have it refretted when I feel it is appropiate to improve its sound, comfort, looks, or general user value. Original parts - if they weren't lost - will be included with the purchase, so that the guitar can be restored to its original state anytime. I will personally set up every instrument professionally (neck angle, neck relief, string action, intonation, pickup height, etc.) including a new set of strings with the string gauge of your choice.

For security reasons I do not keep all these guitars at my home! But it is no problem to check out the guitars you are interested in

However, you can check out any instrument by appointment either at my place here in Münster, Germany, or in a rehearsal room, if an amp needs to be cranked. Just give me a call or send a mail.

Prices

All prices are given in Euros (€) and include any required taxes. If you live outside the European Union the price can be reduced by 19 %, if the guitar's price includes turnover tax - check the particular instrument in the inventory. Prices will usually reflect average current market values, but you will find out that my prices compare quite favourably to many of my competitors in most cases.

However, I will not attempt to disguise the fact that I am trying to make a profit here, as I am sometimes "accused" of - as much as I am a  guitarplayer, I am a pro dealer with a registered trade. I purchased and payed for all instruments on my stock list at my own financial risk. I spend many hours a day to find great instruments, original spare parts, and accessories. I then take a lot of time and patience to check if an instrument and its parts are original etc. (which often requires to take an instrument apart) and take fotos of everything. I then perform whatever maintenance work seems necessary, put everything back together, set the guitar up and restring it. Then I will produce videos of the guitars for sale (that alone is €800 per month for my camera man !), so that everybody can get a good first impression without having to come by. Then there is the task of keeping the website up and running, staying in contact with musicians, providers, customers, etc. Also there are import taxes, customs charges, shipping costs, turnover taxes and many more things to be payed :(

What I am trying to say is, I love guitars and I put a lot of effort into my trade. I take pride in what I do and I am trying to provide you with possibly the best piece of equipment your budget allows for. I can also spare you the risks usually associated with the purchase of vintage or second hand guitars - but I could not do so if my business would not support me. Therefore I feel that if I make any profit it is well earned for both my own and my customers' benefit :)

Contact

There is no e-shop system with my website, if you are interested in anything specifically or want to make an appointment, simply give me a call or send a mail:

phone: +49 251 5240802
email: hilden@muenster.de

You are welcome to ask any questions about the items for sale, I will try to answer as soon as I can. 
Please understand that I can not take the time anymore to answer questions like "Do you think Mexican Fenders are better than Korean Epiphones" or "What's your favourite stompbox under $ 100?" I understand that the casual and informal way of internet communication is inviting to ask anything you ever wanted to know about guitars. However, I get about 250 emails a day (!) just like this, it would take many hours each day just to respond to all these general questions. That is simply impossible to do. However, questions related to items on my inventory I'll try to answer quickly.

Also, please DO NOT SEND ANY EMAIL ATTACHMENTS (pics, videos, sound clips, whatever) UNLESS I ASKED YOU TO! This kind of data can take up an awful lot of space and fill up my mail box in no time - important messages often do not get through. Thank you for your kind understanding.

Payment & Shipping

For customers living OUTSIDE of the European Union, prices can be reduced by 19% - applies only to prices that are explicitly tagged "incl. 19% turnover tax"! Just send a mail, so I can come back to you and see what I can do.

Occasionally, I will buy or trade in quality guitars and guitar equipment. If you have items to offer, please list them as detailed as you can and tell me what prices you are asking for - I do not do appraisals, I will not "ask" or "inquire for a quote" or "make an offer". Please decide what you are asking for - I will come back to you. Again, do not send attachments unless I asked you to.

If you want to carefully check out and pick the guitar or piece of equipment you are interested in, please contact me me for an appointment here in Münster, Germany. However, if that should not be possible, I will have about anything shipped to about any place in the world safely packaged - right after I recieved your payment. I will only charge you the real shipping costs - for instance, shipping a guitar within the EU is about € 20-30. Tell me where you need your articles sent to and I'll send you a quote.

Note of the translater

Greg updates his stock list frequently, often every day. As soon as a new item comes in, photos and video clips are recorded, he puts it on his website. To prevent costs, I cannot do that - so I agreed with Greg to update the English version of the stock list once a week, usually around sunday. Unfortunately, some instruments sell very quickly (especially Les Pauls) and I cannot bother to translate lengthy comments of intstruments that are not available anymore. Therefore, if you want to watch the videos of ALL guitars that ever were for sale, go to Greg's YouTube channel "GregsGuitars", and click on "uploads". If you want to see always the newest entries to get a chance to purchase one, go to the German version of the stock list - you will get the most important information anyway (model name, upgrades, price etc.). For anything else, you can contact Greg by mail or phone.

FAQ from Gregor:

Recording the You Tube Videos
I have two signals: the line-playback from the computer and the guitar amp, miked with an AKG D-320 B. The 2 signals are going to a cheap Behringer mixing desk - Xendix 1002 FX  -(sometimes I use a bit of Reverb No. 7 from the mixer - great Reverb!). A line-out from the mixer (with the two signals) goes direct to the camera. The camera (Sony FX-1) is recording everything at the same time. That's it. I don't use no recording program. I don't do the editing and cutting (the camera man Stefan is doing that, I don't know wich program he is using).  No Post-Production on sound!

Backing Tracks
The backing tracks are collected from the web in the years (most of them are bought on profesiional seller-pages like jamtrackscentral or guitarbackingtracks and many others!!... Sorry, I don't know anymore from wich site a single track came. When I find a nice track I'll store it on my computer and don't make a list with wich track came from wich site... Too many tracks too many sites. I would not even find a requested single track on my computer (1000+ Tracks) So: seach for "blues backing tracks" or "jam tracks" and you will find a lot
Recently I've got several backing tracks from people they sent me tracks or even made them for me. In this case (only this case, or I have bought from a site and the credit was part of the deal) I take care to credit the Producer in the Video Info. So you might check the Info below the video - some of the tracks are available directly from the producer.

Nail Polish
I do NOT use nail polish......

Latest news:

The European Gibson distribution increased prices quite drastically - the current street price (Thomann, Music Store, anybody) for a new 59 Flametop is € 4,949 !!!

That's it for the prelude, here comes the inventory :)

Gibson

Les Paul

1994 Gibson Les Paul Classic "Premium Plus" Price 2190,- Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2

2011 Gibson Custom Shop Eric Clapton 1960 Les Paul "Beano", Aged (1 of 95). What can I say, an absolutely outstanding Les Paul, and a really beautiful example of this strictly limited, Tom Murphy aged edition (serial No. 078 of 95), which is long sold out. The original list price was $ 14,706! Dream weight of only 3.95 kgs, despite the rather heavy Grover tuners. The specially wound PAF pickups (only available in this edition) sound absolutely fantastic, and the 60s-style neck profile is on the slim side, plays comfortably even for players with smaller hands. Comes with the entire Custom Shop set of accessories and extras, including the legendary Bluesbreakers "Beano" record (vinyl), woven strap, and certificate in a deluxe leather binder. Price: € 8,890 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Official Gibson info: Gibson

2009 Gibson Les Paul Studio, worn cherry. Affordable, yet great Les Paul! Note that this is NOT the more affordable version that comes with a gigbag! Price: € 698 - comes with original black Gibson case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2003 Gibson Les Paul Custom w/ Bigsby. Black. Fantastic Les Paul in excellent condition. Unfortunately, the certificate is missing. Price: € 2,490 - comes with original case. Video1 Video2

2008 Gibson Custom Shop 1970s Les Paul Custom Ltd Edition, Aged. Aged white. Rare model which was available in 2008 only (listed for $ 5,880, street price was $ 4,199). Excellent condition, comes with original Burstbucker 2 and 3 pickups featuring a push/pull pot for coil splitting. For even more authentic looks I installed aged gold plated pickup covers (which, at your request, can be removed easily). Price: € 2,990 - comes with Custom Shop case, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video in this clip featuring various guitars it comes up second: Video

2008 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Special VOS Limited Edition, red sparkle. Unique looks and excellent sounds! Brand new! Price € 2390,- (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2010 Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Flametop Historic Collection VOS. Cherry sunburst, fantastic flametop! Light weight at only 3.85 kgs and fantastic sound. Nice comfortable neck, not as chunky as most Historic necks. Aged pickup covers mith authentically rounded corners just like original '59 or '60 PAFs (original Bustbucker covers with the more angular shape included). Top condition. Price: € 4,190 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

2008 Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Historic Collection VOS. Fantastic flame top and a killer sound! Light weight and a nice comfortable neck shape that's not as huge as most Historics. Condition as new! Note: The brown Lifton case is out of production by now and extremely sought after - that alone would be € 500, if you can find one. Price: € 4,290 - comes with original brown Lifton case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2011 Gibson Les Paul Studio 50s Tribute Ltd Edition. Black, 50s medium, round neck profile, P-90 pickups. Chambered, therefore light as a feather and sounding slightly reminiscent of an ES-335. Affordable, yet great guitar. Price: € 848,-- comes with original gigbag. Video

2011 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Reissue. Tobacco Burst for you Duane Allman fans. Light weight at only 3.7 kgs without chambers - just perfect! Spectacular top and sound, a truly exceptional Les Paul. Condition as new, has been hardly played. Price: € 4,290 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5

2008 Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Historic Collection. Excellent sound, excellent condition, comfortable weight at little over 4 kgs. Price: € 2,490 - comes with original case, certificate. Video1 Video2

sold 1995 Gibson Les Paul Classic, sunburst. Great Les Paul with classic features (ABR-1 bridge, nickel-plated hardware etc.) and a pretty amazing sound! Light weight without chambers, upgraded with Rockinger pickups w/ nickel-plated pickup covers, light weight aluminium stop tailpiece, a nice trussrod cover without the "Classic" inscription, pickguard without the "1960" engravement, etc. (all original parts included). Great 60s-style neck shape that is not too shallow at all! Price: € 1,790 - comes with original case, accessories. Video1 Video2

Another one just like the one below just turned in: 2004 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Historic Collection, Tom Murphy aged. Condition as new! Price: € 6,890 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original brown Lifton reissue case, accessories, certificate w/ Tom Murphy's signature! Fotos1 Fotos2 Fotos3 Video1 Video2 Video3

on hold 2004 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Historic Collection, Tom Murphy aged. Classic looks in breathtaking perfection. An outstanding Les Paul with a terrific sound! Light weight at little under 4 kgs. Condition as new! Price: € 6,890 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original brown Lifton reissue case, accessories, certificate w/ Tom Murphy's signature! Fotos1 Fotos2 Video2 Video3 Video4

2006 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Historic Collection, high gloss – beautiful guitar with an nice blistering top. Leight weight (only 4 kgs!) and excellent sound. Condition as new! Price: € 3.690 – comes with original case, strap, certificate, all paperworks. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

SG

ES-335

1966 Gibson ES-335, cherry. Fantastic condition and fantastic sound! 100% original except for the wider Nashville bridge (original ABR-1 bridge included!) Price: € 5,890 - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2004 Gibson ES-335 Dot Reissue. Blonde, super flametop! Top condition and a fantastic sound! Equipped with nice reflector knobs (original dark amber knobs included). Price: € 2,590 - comes with original case, paperworks. Video1 Video2 Video3

1966 Gibson ES-335, sunburst. What a beautifully matured Lady! Great vibes, and just the perfect warm, woody tone you'd expect from its looks. For professional use, the guitar has been refretted, an aluminium stop tailpiece has been installed in place of the original trapeze tailpiece, the original plastic bridge saddles have been replaced with nickel-plated brass ones, tuners and pots have been replaced with reliable reproductions. All original parts are included, the original potentiometer harness is intact, so you can install it back without having to resolder the pots! The neck profile is substantial and due to decades of playing feels just perfect! Price: € 6,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case, all original and replacement parts. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

1967 Gibson ES-335, sunburst. 100% original, except ABR-1 bridge installed (original trapeze tailpiece included). Great vibe and a refined sound! Price: € 6,490 (inc. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2010 Gibson Custom Shop ES-335 Block Inlay Reissue, Cherry. From the Memphis Custom Shop! Price: € 2,390 - comes with original case, paperworks, Custom Shop certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2011 Gibson ES-335 Dot Reissue, black. Brandnew, great guitar! Price: € 1,990 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video

1967 Gibson ES-335, sunburst. 100% original! I installed reliable replica tuners, the original ones come safely stored in the case. Excellent condition, fantastic sound! Price: € 6,990 - comes with original case, replica tuners & original tuners. Fotos

1968 Gibson ES-335, cherry. All original, except for a professional refret. For daily use, I installed an ABR-1 bridge with brass bridge saddles (original bridge included). Outstanding guitar! Price: € 6,990 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

1963 Gibson ES-335, cherry. Original vintage guitar in excellent condition! One original PAF pickup, one early Pat. No. pickup. Large neck, nickel hardware, 17° headstock angle (in 1965, Gibson reduced the headstock angle to 14° to reduce costs and to prevent the common headstock damages. Unfortunately, thus the string pressure in the nut sluts was reduced which affected the sound!) Original trapeze tailpiece has been replaced by a stop tailpiece, yet there are no holes left in the top (!) only a few pressure marks at the sides around the strap button which have been filled / touched up. Price: € 14,990 - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6

1967 Gibson ES-335, cherry. Trapeze tailpiece. All original, € 6890,- (incl. 19% turnover tax) original black Lifton Case Video1 Video2

1965 Gibson ES-335, ice-tea sunburst. 100% original except for a professional refret. At one time, replacement tuners were installed, but the original ones are back on now. Hardly detectable by very light washer marks on the headstock. The original tuners still work fine, but for professional use you might consider new reissue tuners. Price: € 7,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

1964 Gibson ES-335, cherry. Previously owned by Bernie Marsden (of Whitesnake fame) and Jefferson Airplane! Bernie played this guitar for more than twenty years, you can hear him play it on his CD “Big Boy Blue” and on his live DVD. Bernie had bought it from the guitarist of Jefferson Airplane. The original Bigsby has been removed. It seems that at one time there had been a mini switch between the pots, but the little hole has been professionally repaired. Price: € 16,900 – incl 19 % TAX comes with original case, a personal letter from Bernie Marsden, a signed Bernie Marsden poster, Bernie Marsden CD, and original foto prints in A4 format. Fotos Foto1 Foto2 Foto3 Fotos4 (Details Front) Fotos5 (Details back) Fotos6 Foto7  Here Bernie still owns and plays the guitar: Video1 Video2[nbsp] My videos: Video-NEW  Video2  Live-Video1  Live-Video2 With Tone Screamer overdrive pedal and recorded with lo-fi camera mic: Video

ES-345/ES-355

2010 Gibson Custom Shop ES-355 Mono Historic Collection VOS Ltd Edition. From my personal collection. Lightly reliced, despite Bigsby vibrato and Grover tuners not heavy at all. Excellent condition, a real beauty and a great sounding 355! Price: € 3,190 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original case. Fotos Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

1967 Gibson ES-345 Mono w/ Maestro vibrato, cherry. Rare mono version (no stereo outs, no Varitone switch). Original "waffle back" tuners. Professionally refretted, tailpiece stud bushings installed (under the "Custom Made" plate) for quick and easy installation of a stop tailpiece instead of the Maestro vibrato. Outstanding sound! Price: € 5,990 - comes with original case. Fotos1 Fotos2 In the meantime, I installed an aged gold-plated aluminium tailpiece and disengaged the Maestro. The Custom Made plate comes safely stored in the case. This is what it looks now: Fotos-NEW Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5

1968 Gibson ES-345, sunburst. All original, except converted to stop tailpiece (aged light weight aluminium stop tailpiece) instead of the original trapeze. Excellent condition, amazing sound, all in all a very nice example of a '68 345! Price: € 5,890 - comes with original Victoria case (somewhat beat) Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6

Various Gibsons

1967 Gibson ES-175 w/ Bigsby. From my personal collection, this is not a reissue, this the REAL thing. I am uncertain whether the Bigsby vibrato is original or was installed as an aftermarket feature. In any case, this Bigsby version does NOT require to have extra holes drilled into the top, so it won't hurt the sound! A traditional trapeze tailpiece is included, in case you don't like the Bigsby at all. This is a great, light weight jazz box which can rock out, too. Slim neck, great for players with smaller hands. Listen to the clips and you will understand why I kept this guitar this long Price: € 5,890 - comes with original Lifton case. Fotos  Video1 Video2 Video3

Fender

Telecaster

2009 Fender Custom Shop 1956 Relic Telecaster Masterbuilt John Cruz. The Holy Grail of the Masterbuilt series, the premium league of the the Fender Custom Shop! John Cruz Masterbuilts are in extremely high demind, therefore there are long waiting lists and stiff prices if you want to have one. This one's expensive, too, yet I feel it is a great deal, because with this one you don't need to spend those € 20,000 on an original 56 Telecaster - no kidding, it is that good! Super light weight at only 2.9 kgs (!), super authentic looks, and a fantastic responsive, singing, yet twangy sound - just perfect! Vintage fret size and fretboard radius, yet I feel it is really comfortable due to a perfect neck profile! This is a rather rare opportunity, it is really difficult to find a John Cruz Masterbuilt or any guitar this good, and it will certainly maintain its value. Did you see Vince Gill on the Crossroads Festival DVD? This one's pretty darn close. Price: € 4,890 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2

2005 Fender Telecaster Thinline, Crafted in Japan. As you can hear in the clip, this one produces beatifully refined tele sounds. Condition as new! Price: € 748 - comes with gigbag. Video

2008 Fender Custom Shop Nocaster Ltd Edition Lake Placid Blue. Rare custom colour, an exceptional looker! Moderate neck profile, not as chunky as most Nocasters' U-shape. This guitar's sound has just the right blend of juiciness, twang, and refined top-end! Price: € 2,190 - comes with Fender Custom Shop case, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2005 Fender Custom Shop 1963 Custom Telecaster Relic Ltd. Edition Black. Fantastic lightweight and responsive guitar. Comfortable neck shape that's on the slim slide, not as huge as the Nocaster's U-neck, 9.5" fretboard radius, 6105 frets. Thin skin nitro finish with a nice and authentic aging. I replaced the original threaded steel bridge saddles with proper brass barrel ones since the threads tend to mute the strings (original saddles included). Price: € 2,690 - comes with Ltd Edition case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2011 Fender Telebration Flametop Telecaster, 60th Anniversary Ltd. Edition. Antique burst, flametop, gold hardware, a gorgeous telecaster! Price: € 1,590 - comes with original case, accessories, paperworks. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2010 Fender Custom Shop La Cabronita Especial Ltd Edition. From my personal collection, this is the expensive Ltd Edition Custom Shop model (in sonic blue), not the more affordable newer production line version! I found this one at No. 1 in Hamburg, Germany, the original price was € 3,990, the original price tag is still attached to the case! Nicely reliced, TV Jones Classic pickups, excellent condition, a rather unique Telecaster! Price: € 3,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos1  Video1

2004 Fender Custom Shop 1967 Closet Classic Telecaster. Black, nice thin nitro finish with very authentic and subtle finish cracks. Light weight and resonant, 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, substantial D-shaped neck shape, not as chunky as the U-neck profile. A tele for life! Price: € 2,290 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

1968 Fender Telecaster, blonde. This is the REAL thing, not a reissue! All original (except for a refret), this one's been played for decades, you can see, feel and hear that! Still with the preferable nitro finish - in 1969, the thick polyester finishes were introduced.Price: € 6,990 - comes with original case. Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

2010 Fender Road Worn Custom Telecaster, Ltd. Edition. Aged black, made in Mexico. Lots of great 70s appeal. Price: € 898 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video

1969 Fender Telecaster. This is the REAL thing, not a reissue! Fabulous guitar, but the original frets are pretty low. At your request, I can have it professionally refretted with the fret size of your choice. There is a small faded, cloverleaf-shaped spot on the top, probably from a decoration sticker. Light weight, medium neck, terrific sound! Price: € 5,890 - comes with original case. Video1 Video2 Video3

2010 Fender Custom Shop Closet Classic Thinline Telecaster, sunburst. Now this is just great: Authentic vintage Tele Thinline sound, but without the potential problems of many original 60s/70s Thinlines (vintage fretboard radius, low frets, poor workmanship, chunky necks, heavy weight, thick polyester finishes). This one comes with 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, thin nitro finish, excellent workmanship, and a fantastic sound. Condition as new, unplayed! Price: € 2,390 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Video1 Video2 Video3

2011 Fender Custom Shop John 5 Signature Telecaster NOS. Condition as new - has just arrived from the shop. Price: € 2,190 -  Special Price: € 1990,- comes with original case, accessories, cerificate. Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2

2011 Fender American Deluxe Telecaster. Classic vintage looks with butterscotch finish and black pickguard, but very useful modern features like 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, S-1 switching (push pot for parallel or series pickup combination - sounds like a humbucker), N-3 Noiseless pickups. Brandnew! Price: € 1,348 - comes with original case, all paperworks, accessories. Video1 Video2 (Note:the guitar's colour appears a little too dark or too orange in the clips)

1978 Fender Thinline Telecaster w/ original Fender Wide Range humbucker pickups! All original except for one pickup adjustment screw. These Wide Range humbuckers are legendary and rare. They were developed by Seth Lover, the inventor of the Gibson PAF pickup and have an exceptionally transparent sound. Because of a rather unique magnet alloy which is not available anymore today, there are currently no authentic reproductions of these exceptional pickups available! Price: € 2,990 - comes with original F-logo black tolex case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Fotos3 Video1 Video2

Stratocaster

2011 Fender Custom Shop 1957 Relic Stratocaster, Metallic Purple. Ultra rare custom colour, next to my personal Taos Turquoise, the most far out custom finish on a strat I've had so far! Similar to Candy Apple Red, but with a more psychedelic candy-like hue, just gorgeous! Apart from that, this one is an outstanding instrument, too, light weight and a fantastic sound! Perfect playability featuring 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, comfortable medium neck profile, and a silky smooth back of neck. Brandnew and unplayed! Price: € 2,790 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original center pocket tweed case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

2011 Fender Custom Shop 1957 Relic Stratocaster, Fiesta Red. Rare custom colour. Outstanding instrument, light weight and a fantastic sound! Perfect playability featuring 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, comfortable medium neck profile, and a silky smooth back of neck. Brandnew and unplayed! Price: € 2,690 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original center pocket tweed case, accessories, certificate. Video1 Video2 Video3

2011 Fender Custom Shop 1957 Heavy Relic Stratocaster, Sunburst. Outstanding instrument, light weight and a fantastic sound! Perfect playability featuring 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, comfortable medium neck profile, and a silky smooth back of neck. Brandnew and unplayed! Price: € 2,690 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with original center pocket tweed case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2

2004 Fender Custom Shop Robin Trower Signature Stratocaster. White, light weight and responsive! Price: € 1,948 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

1987 Fender '62 Vintage Reissue Stratocaster Ltd. Edition Mary Kaye Blond. Nice and rare example. This one has been played for many years already, you can tell by its great vintage patina and its refined sound! The original low and narrow vintage frets were worn down, therefore it has been refretted with nice Dunlop 6105 fret wire. Price: 1,790 - comes with orginal tweed case, paperworks. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2009 Fender Custom Shop 1960 Relic Stratocaster. Sunburst, condition as new, terrific Strat! Great looks, terrific sound, excellent playability due to 9.5" fretboard radius and Dunlop 6105 frets. Just the right shade of sunburst and moderate, tasteful aging - this one looks just like an original vintage Strat! Price: € 2,790 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2

2008 Fender Custom Shop 1957 Heavy Relic Stratocaster, Fiesta Red. Exceptional guitar, light weight, fantastic sound, great playability. 9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, silky smooth back of neck, comfortably moderate neck profile. Price: € 2,690 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Video1 Video2

1997 Fender Custom Shop 1958 Stratocaster. ice blue metallic, gold plated hardware! Outstanding guitar, unfortunately the certificate is missing - but all stamps, signatures and inscription prove this guitar's Custom Shop origin. Additionally, I will testify the data on your purchase reciept! Excellent condition, just a small pressure mark on the top (see fotos). Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

2010 Fender Custom Shop 1960 Relic S-1/HSS Stratocaster. Great Michael Landau-style strat. Fantastic looks and terrific sound! Condition as new, excellent playability (9.5" fretboard radius, Dunlop 6105 frets, silky smooth back of neck). Price: € 2,590 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Video-neu  Video1  Video2
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2008 Fender Custom Shop 1968 Relic Stratocaster, teal green metallic. Now this is a real cool strat which sounds just fantastic, as should be evident by the videos. Vintage style 7.5" fretboard radius and small vintage frets might not feel quite as buttery as a more modern 9.5" radius and taller frets, instead it makes for a more wooden and organic sound and feel, which is just as great! Price: € 2,390 - comes with original case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

2000 Fender Custom Shop 1956 Closet Classic Stratocaster. A real nice one with a little playing wear, authentic finish cracks and a minor dent at the back of the headstock - which doesn't matter much, this guitar is supposed to age anyway. Light weight and a neck with vintage radius (7.25") and vintage frets which feels great. If you'd rather like Dunlop 6105 fret wire, I can have a professional refret done for you. Certificate signed by Mike Eldred. Price: € 2,190 - comes with original tweed case, accessories, certificate. Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2 Video3

2000 Fender Custom Shop 1956 Closet Classic Stratocaster. Certified by Mike Eldred. Beautiful strat with very authentic finish cracks, a little playing wear and a very small dent at the back of the headstock - which doesn't hurt a bit, it is an aged guitar, anyway. Light weight and a great feeling neck with vintage-style fretboard radius and frets - if you'd rather prefer slightly taller frets, I can have it refretted with Dunlop 6105 frets for you. € 2,190 - comes with original tweed case, accessories, cerificate. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video-neu-1 Video-neu-2 Video1 Video2 Video3

Haar

Custom-made guitars built by Dutch luthier Eric van der Haar. Excellent instruments. Haar guitars are not assembled from parts like many competitors, but 100% handbuilt from the best tonewoods! Unless noted otherwise, Haar guitars come with fabulous Peter Florance Voodoo pickups!

Haar guitars usually come without a case or a gigbag, but I will include a FREE quality gigbag with every guitar purchase!

NEW: Optional Haar cases. Made by G&G (the makers of Fender Custom Shop cases). Price: € 189 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos Fotos2

T-Style

5 x 2012 Haar Thinline Custom T-Style, each one-of-a-kind coming soon! Price: € 1,749 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos

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sold  Thinline No3

Thinline No4

Thinline No5

2012 Haar T-67, Aged White. 22 frets. This one's currently my favourite of the Haar Teles in stock - you'll be really happy with this one! Price: € 1,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video1 Video In the following clip featuring various guitars, the Haar T-67 shows up fourth in line:Video3

2011 Haar Thinline Tele Custom w/ TV Jones Filtertron pickups. Lace Placid Blue, a stunning guitar with a fantastic, unique sound! Price: € 1,749 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos  Video-NEW-1 In the following clip featuring various guitars, the Haar T-67 shows up last: Video-NEW-2  Video1 Video2

2012 Haar T-63, Sunburst. Deep and lush sunburst, terrific birdseye maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Price: € 1,590 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2012 Haar T-style Custom, Sunburst. Double bindings, non-aged, and a deep and lush sunburst. Matte, yet silky smooth back of neck, fantastic guitar! Price: € 1,690 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video1 Video2

2011 Haar T-style Custom, Gold Sparkle (!). Double bindings, just incredible! Price: € 1,748 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video1

2011 T-63, Shell Pink. One of three truly angelic teles that just came in! Price: € 1,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos Fotos2 Video1

2011 T-63, Surf Green. One of three truly angelic teles that just came in! Price: € 1,490 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos Fotos2 Video2 Video3

2011 Haar T-63, Dakota Red. Birdseye maple neck with a slightly fatter neck profile than the average medium-sized Haar necks. Price: € 1,570 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos Video

2011 Haar T-63, Black. Just gorgeous! Price: € 1,490 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag.  Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2

2011 Haar Custom Blue Sparkle. Absolutely stunning and unique! Price: € 1,890 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video1 Video2 Video3

2011 Haar T-60 Gold Sparkle Special Edition. Light aged, Lindy Fralin pickups extraordinary guitar! Price: € 1,648 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video1 Video2

S-Style

2012 Haar S-63, sunburst. Lightly aged. Price: € 1,590 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Video

2012 Haar S-Style HSS. Black, heavily aged, terrific guitar! Peter Florance Voodoo 59 (bridge) and Peter Florance Voodoo 60 single coils (middle & neck). Price: € 1,690 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) - comes with free gigbag. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

2011 Haar Modern S-Style HH. A boutique guitar in perfection! Absolutely mind-blowing flame maple drop top, natural masked binding, Bareknuckle Mule pickups, push-pull pot with coil-split function, Sperzel tuners. Price: € 1,999 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Now reduced: € 1,790 ! - comes with free gigbag. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

Gretsch

Gretsch Brian Setzer Hot Rod Purple. Unfortunately, the original case and certificate are missing, but I obtained this one from the first owner, so here's your chance to pick up a great Gretsch at a real bargain price! Price: € 1,590. Foto

2007 Gretsch Corvette Electromatic. From my personal collection. I did have an original vintage one, too, but this is the one I kept for myself. Maybe not exactly a beauty, but a great sound! Price: € 648 - comes with EITHER a standard case OR a gigbag (your choice). Fotos Video1 Video2

1970s Gretsch 7680 Super Axe. Mint condition, as if it came straight from the shop!!! A great, if somewhat odd, and truly unique model with tons of left-field appeal. Built in effects that actually sound great, comes with a set of TV Jones pickups, original pickups included. Price: € 1,890 - comes with TV Jones AND original pickups, original case, cables, wrenches, tags. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Here you'll find some info from the Vintage Guitar magazine: Vintage Guitar Magazine Info And here you'll find the official Gretsch website info: Gretsch Info

Acoustics

3 x Martin OM Custom X w/ Fishman Sonitone System. Brandnew and in original packaging. Volume and tone controls at the soundhole edge. Sounds full and balanced, great playability. Price: € 548 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video

Martin DXJ Dreadnaught. A fine sounding original Martin at a very affordable price!! Brand new, original packaging. Price: € 449.(incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos Video

Various

2006 Heritage H-150. Built by former Gibson employees in the former Gibson facility in Kalamazoo - therefore, it sounds and feels just like an original Les Paul. Price: € 1,590 - comes with original case. Video1

Ibanez Pat Metheny Signature PM 100 BK. Black. Very good condition. Sounds like a great Gibson ES-175 with easier access to the upper registers. Original price was € 2,490. Price: € 1,790 - comes with original case. Detailed information: Info Fotos Video1 Video2 (with flatwound strings)

Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Special. Lake Placid Blue, a really charming guitar. Short Scale, 2 Fender Enforcer humbuckers, 18 (!) sound settings, 9.5" fretboard radius, medium jumbo frets. And now it is perfectly set up, too, which it was not when I recieved it! Price: € 648 - comes with original Fender gigbag. Video

B & K (Bingenheimer & Kortmann) ES-335. German handmade boutique guitar - upgraded with the finest aftermarket accessories available: Wolftone pickups w/ aged covers, handmade pickguard, aged reflector knobs aged aluminium tailpiece, nickel-plated ABR-1 bridge, handmade trussrod cover, Gibson tuners. This guitar has a wonderfully dynamic and transparent sound. The neck is on the small side, great for players with smaller hands! Price: € 1,690 - comes with case. Video

Paul Reed Smith

2005 PRS Single Cut Satin, P-90s. Light weight and responsive - a great warm woody look, feel and sound! Price: € 1,490 - comes with original case, paperworks.  Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

Suhr

Suhr Pro Series T2. I traded this one back in from a customer who had it for about a year but hardly ever played it - therefore, the condition is as new. Fantastic Telly with vintage sound, but modern playability. Comes with one of the best soft cases available: light weight, durable, fits like glove! Price: 1,890 - comes with original deluxe soft case, accessories.  Fotos Video1 Video2

Suhr T1. Suhr Classic T pickups, Buzz Feiten Tuning System, PLEK fret-levelling job, Lake Placid Blue alder body, maple neck, Indian rosewood fretboard, 60s "C" standard neck shape, 9-12” compound radius, 1.650" nut width, heavy nickel frets, 3-saddle vintage bridge, Sperzel locking tuners, vintage tint on neck, parchment 3-ply pickguard. Price: 1,890 - comes with original deluxe soft case, accessories. Fotos Video Video2 Video3

Duesenberg

on hold Duesenberg The 49. Black, condition as new. Price: € 1,348 - comes with original case. Video1 Video2  Video3 Video4

Roger TL Thinline (by Duesenberg). Silver sparkle, Little Toaster neck PU, Duesenberg Bigsby-style tremolo, just great! Price: € 1,098 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with EITHER gigbag OR tweed case (your choice!) Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

Epiphone

Epiphone Les Paul Tribute 1960 Outfit. Upgraded with Burstbucker pickups, TonePros bridge, light weight aluminium tailpiece, graphite nut, reflector knobs, pickguard (all original parts included). I was pleasently surprised how well this one could hang with guitars much more expensive (see Video-2!) Price: € 648 - comes with upgrade parts, all original parts, deluxe case. Video1 Video2

1993 Gibson/Epiphone Riviera Ltd. Edition (1 of 250). Built in the Nashville Gibson factory. Great guitar in excellent condition. Nice "large neck", tall jumbo frets, excellent sound! Price: € 1,990 - comes with original Gibson brown case. Fotos1 Fotos2

1966 Epiphone Broadway. Built in the Gibson factory - with just the same quality as an original 60s vintage Gibson guitar! Price: € 2,890 - now reduced: € 2,390! - comes with a new case.  Fotos1 Fotos2  Video1 Video2 Video3

Danelectro

Danelectro Dano 63 Burgundy. Condition as new, except the white rib rim already startet to yellow - which just adds to the guitar's 60s charme in my opinion. This is an outstanding example of a '63 with an exceptionally nice roeswood fretboard. Would make a great slide guitar, too. Price: € 348 - comes with original gigbag. Video1 Video2

Danelectro 56-U2. Comes with an extra pickguard (there's an extra hole for it in the top) and nice Fender brown barrel knobs. Plays and sounds very nice. Price: € 249 - comes with a simple gigbag. Video

Helliver

Helliver Pilot Single Cutaway, 2-PU version. Stunningly unique guitar with a lot of Zemaitis flair, hand built by Helliver guitars, Germany! Excellent condition! The bridge pickup is a Duesenberg Domino (P-90 in a humbucker size), which was especially designed for Carl Carlton. Sounds fantastic and blends perfectly with the original Häussel neck pickup. If you prefer the original looks, you can get the Häussel bridge pickup from Helliver. Price: € 1,990 - comes with case. Foto Video1 Video2 Video3

2010 Helliver "Gregor Hilden Signature Model" This is now the definitive body shape featuring a slightly smaller and more elegant upper bout. This is a version with P-90 pickups, but of course it is still available with PAF-style humbuckers (Leosounds Gregor Hilden Signature PAFs), too! Handbuilt in Germany. This particular guitar is ultra light weight at only 3.3 kgs (!) and is now for sale: Price: € 2,390 (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with Canada case. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Live-Video-1 Live-Video-2

2009 Helliver "Gregor Hilden Signature Model" Handbuilt in Germany - My first signature guitar turned out to be a truly outstanding instrument and I am really proud of it! The body shape is reminiscent of 70ies Zemaitis guitars, but future models will come with a slightly smaller upper bout. The body is made from South American Cedro (cedrala odorata) - similar to korina, cedro is currently the best light weight tone wood from the family of mahogany woods available. The flat top is European flamed maple. The neck is made from Cedro, too and features a stout D-shape, ebony fretboard, abalone dot inlays and medium jumbo frets. The pickups are handwound Leosounds Gregor Hilden Signature PAFs (which are seperately available, too - see "pickups"). This is a light weight guitar at only 3.8 kgs and you can order it direct at Helliver Guitars - individual requests for color, neck shape and other features are welcome! Price: € 2,650 (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with Canada case. Fotos Live-Fotos1 Live-Fotos2 Live-Fotos3 Fotos-Live3 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6 Video7 Video8 Video9

Amps

Fender

1966 Fender Vibrolux Reverb, Blackface. Original Jensen speakers. Has a slightly more refined sound thany my silverface/aluframe Vibrolux. Has been thoroughly checked by my tech, some capacitors have been replaced to ensure reliability on stage (original caps included). Price: € 3,890. Fotos I recorded hundreds of video clips with this one: Videos

Boutique

2008 Fargen Custom Shop Blackbird 30. 1 x 12" Combo handbuilt in the USA. Great amp with comfortable weight and fantastic sound! Price: 1,490 Fotos

Port City Pearl Head. Fantastic amp with a great Fender blackface sound. Handbuilt in the USA. Price: € 1,680 Video

Cream JTA-15 head. Brandnew in original packaging. Great Marshall JTM-45 sounds at much more managable volume levels. Rave review by vintage/boutique expert Udo Pipper in Germany's No. 1 guitar magazine Gitarre & Bass! Price: € 1,098 (incl. 19% turnover tax).

Bad Cat Classic Reverb. 1 x 12" Combo with a fantastic sound and an extremely effective power scaling: You can reduce power wattage in 4 steps to achieve a really nice crunch sound at moderate volume levels! Condition as new! Price: € 1,390. Fotos

Tone King Imperial 1x12" Combo. Fantastic little amp for professional studio recordings, small club gigs, rehearsal or your living room! Price: € 1990.- (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos Videos (featuring various guitars)

Various

Laney Cub 12R. Amazing little British combo with a great sound, 15W, 2xEL84 tubes, 1x12" Celestion speaker, Reverb. Great for your apartment living room/bed room, as you can reduce the power to 1W. Price: € 280,-. Fotos Video

Brunetti

When I first heard the Brunetti Single Man combos, I was so impressed, I decided to permanently offer them on my site. These are straight-forward, compact, leight weight, single-channel all-tube amps which sound fantastic at a very affordable price! Both amps feature a three position power switch to switch from full pentode (35W/16W) to triode (15W/10W) to single-ended triode (2W/1W), so you can dial in just the right amount of power end saturation at just the right volume. Or you run them clean and use pedals for overdrive/distortion, which they just as happily accept. The Single Man 16 is about as loud as a Fender Deluxe. If you need more headroom, the Single Man 35 will cover everything else.

Brunetti Single Man 16 combo. 16W class A, 6V6 power tubes, single channel, 1 x 12" Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, bright switch, fat switch, three position voicing switch (smooth, fat, tweed), three position power switch (full, moderate, quiet), reverb. New, original packaging, full warranty. Price: € 1,098 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with padded cover with pockets, footswitch. Fotos1  Fotos

Brunetti Single Man 35 combo. 35W class AB, 6L6 power tubes, single channel, 1 x 12" Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, bright switch, fat switch, three position voicing switch (smooth, fat, tweed), three position power switch (full, moderate, quiet), reverb. New, original packaging, full warranty. Price: € 1,198 (incl. 19% turnover tax) - comes with padded cover with pockets, footswitch.

Videos: Strat: Video1 Video2 Tele: Video1 Video2 Video3 Les Paul: Video1 Video2 Video3 another Tele: Video1 Video2 Video3 another Les Paul: Video1 Video2 yet another Tele: Video Live gig with fellow guitar player Peter Driessen - Peter plugged his strat straight into the amp, no pedals: Video Live with the Sascha Klaar Rock'n'Roll Show Band: Video1 Video2 Video3

NEW: Brunetti Metropolitan combo. 10W class AB, EL84 power tubes, 1 x 8" Brunetti Custom Speaker by Jensen. Great compact and portable combo w/ footswitchable clean and overdrive channels. Headphone out, recording out, speaker out (with an extension speaker cabinet, this little amp will even work in louder bands!) Unlike the Singleman, the Metropolitan does not come with reverb, but it works great with delay or reverb pedals. And the sound is just fantastic! New, original packaging, full warranty. Price: € 798 - comes with footswitch, paperwoks. Fotos Videos

Speakers & Cabinets

Celestion Gold Alnico Bulldog Speaker. 12", 50W. Brandnew in original packaging. The Gold is the big brother to the legendary Blue Bulldog of Vintage Vox AC 30 fame. It has a larger power handling, more headroom and is a bit clearer with a bit more bass. I can absolutely recommend this top-of-the line speaker for any application! Price: € 279 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Foto

Twinsound Cream Alnico Speaker Affordable Bulldog-style 12" alnico speakers, albeit 60W power handling. Vintage expert Udo Pipper of German guitar magazine Gitarre & Bass was quite impressed when he reviewed a Cream Twinsound amp with these speakers - now they are available seperately! Price: € 118 each (incl. 19% turnover tax) Fotos

Parts

Vintage

1972 Fender Thinline Telecaster pickguard. Pearl, yellowed with age. Slightly contorted, but it will fit and look perfectly authentic on any original or reissue Thinline Tele - just like the real thing because it is the real thing! Price: € 100

1960s and 1970s Gibson ABR-1 Pat.No. bridges. Nickel, chrome, and gold. Prices: Starting at € 150 Fotos

1970s Gibson ES guitar cases. Various black tolex cases with dark red plush interior for ES-335/345/355. Price: € 200 each.

Replacements

NEW: Gibson replacement parts. Note that all "aged" parts are individually handmade. Therefore there will be always some variation in appearance!

Gibson 60s reflector knobs, aged. Gold w/ silver reflector inlay. Price: € 29,90 / Set of 4 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos

Gibson 60s reflector knobs, non-aged. Gold w/ silver reflector inlay. Price: € 29,90 / Set of 4 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos

Gibson "Hat" knobs. Colour options: Normal, dark amber, bright, black. Price: € 9.90 / Set of 4 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos

Gibson Speed knobs. Amber or black. Price: € 10 / Set of 4 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Foto

Gibson non-wire ABR-1 bridge. Nickel plated. Price: € 59. Fotos

Gibson non-wire ABR-1 bridge. Gold plated. Price: € 79. Fotos

PAF pickup cover, aged. Authentically rounded corners, not as angular as on current PU covers. Fantastic aging! Nickel plated German silver. Price: € 44.90 (one piece). Fotos

PAF pickup cover, non-aged. Authentically rounded corners, not as angular as on current PU covers. Nickel plated German silver. Price: € 19.90 (one piece). Fotos

Authentic replica of the Gibson "Custom Made" logo plate. Handmade in the USA, absolutely indistinguishable from original vintage ones. This plate is used to cover the tailpiece stud holes when a Gibson ES is equipped with a Bigsby vibrato. Price: € 59.90 (including 19% turnover tax). Fotos

Authentic replica of the '59 "wide bevel" Gibson trussrod cover. For Les Paul and ES guitars. Handmade in the US, absolutely indistinguishable from original vintage ones. Price: € 39.90 (incl. 19% turnaround tax). Foto

Affordable plain trussrod cover for Gibson guitars. Nice replacement if you - like me - do not like the cluttered look of engraved trussrods. Standard or aged with yellowish edges. Price: € 7.90 Fotos

Monster Relic '59-style knobs, aged. Sets of 4. Price € 24.90 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax). Fotos

Original Fender USA Thinline Telecaster pickguard, pearl. 2 in stock. Price: € 39 Fotos

Original Fender USA Telecaster knobs. Various sets of 2. Price € 9.90 / set Fotos

Stop Tailpiece, light weight aluminium. For Gibson Les Pauls, ES 335, SG, Les Paul Jr, Les Paul Special. A real sound improvment plus it saves a little weight! Comes in various versions: Fotos

• Nickel plated. Standard.Price: € 32 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• Nickel plated. Aged. Price: € 36 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• Gold plated. Standard. Price: 36 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• Gold plated. Lightly aged. Price: € 42 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• Chrome plated. (Rare!). Price: € 36 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• One-piece wrap-around bridge. Nickel plated. For LP Jr, LP Special, SG Jr, SG special, '54 Les Paul Goldtop or Reissue) Price: € 48 (incl. 19% turnaround tax).

• NEW! Compensated one-piece wrap-around bridge. For a more accurate intonation. Same size and shape as a standard tailpiece! Price: € 49 (incl. 19% turnaround tax). Fotos
  

Original Gibson stop tailpieces. Die-cast, various versions: nickel, chrome, gold, new, aged, old. Price: € 15 each. Fotos

ABR-1 bridge. With brass saddles. Perfect sound upgrade for Gibson guitars with Nashville bridges, Epiphones, Tokais, anything with Gotoh bridges etc. Price: € 38 (incl. 19% turnaround tax). Foto1 on Gibson ES-135: Foto 2

Schaller Security Lock pins (pins only!). Sets of 2 in gold, nickel, or chrome - please specify!  Free with a guitar purchase - great if you already have one or more guitar straps equipped with Schaller security locks!

Tuner

Fender tuner sets for American Std. Stratocaster and Telecaster. 6-l. Brand new, original packaging. Price: € 39 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax).

Grover tuner sets. Various sets of tuners in nickel, chrome, gold, and black. Price: € 19,90 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax).

Schaller M-6 tuner sets. 3-l / 3-r for Gibson guitars. Price: € 25 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax).

Accessoires

Darco (by Martin) electric guitar strings, nickel wound. Affordable strings made in USA, just as professional as any other brand - I put them on all my guitars! My own gauge preference is 11-14-18-28-38-49, sets of 10s or 09s are available as well. Since I purchase large quantities, I can offer best prices! Price: € 2.90 / set (minimum purchase 12 sets) Foto

Pickups

LeoSounds

Handwound pickups made in Germany - which give other high priced boutique makers a run for the money! I am proud to introduce my first Gregor Hilden signature pickup (as available in my Helliver Gregor Hilden signature guitar), exclusively produced by LeoSounds!

LeoSounds Vintage Player "Gregor Hilden Signature", calibrated set. This is what a great PAF replica should sound like: Refined, sweet, transparent, and with a great sense of detail. Out-of-phase in the middle position (just like Peter Green's old Les Paul). And yes, of course these are modeled after the sound of the original Gibson PAF and Pat.No. humbuckers in my favourite 1968 Les Paul goldtop (converted to 50s specs)! True to vintage PAF specs, my Signatures are not wax-potted, so watch out for feedback in high gain settings. They come with aged nickel plated German silver (no treble loss!) covers by default. By request, unaged covers and non-out of phase sets are available! Price: € 219 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax). Here is how great these pickups sound in an ordinary production line Les Paul Standard: Video1 Video2 (clean) Video3 Video4 Here they come in a 1997 Custom Shop '58 Les Paul: Video1 Video2 Video3 And here they come in my 2010 Helliver Gregor Hilden Signature guitar: Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6 Video7 Video8 Video9

LeoSounds Vintage Player PAF humbucker pickups. Open coils, black. Calibrated set. Price: € 169 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video

LeoSounds Vintage Player Stratocaster pickups. Calibrated set. Price: € 139 / set (incl. 19 % turnover tax) Video1 Video2 Video3

LeoSounds MudCat Telecaster pickups. Calibrated set. Price: € 99 / set (incl. 19 % turnover tax) Video1 Video2

David Barfuss

Another German maker of fine handwound boutique pickups, David Barfuss is an experienced guitarist himself who is still playing many gigs per year! He definitely knows what a pickup needs to sound and feel like! He started getting into the craft when the pickups of his 73 stratocaster needed to get a rewind. Here are some of his tasteful sets, the Greeny Blues set - patterned after the sound of Peter Green's legendary Les Paul with original PAFs wired out-of-phase - being one of my personal favourites:

David Barfuss Greeny Blues set. Calibrated bridge and neck humbucker pickups with nickel plated German silver covers (note: German silver is the name of an alloy - actually, it is neither German, nor silver! As opposed to regular brass covers, German silver will not alter the sound in any way!) Price: € 210 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax) with nickel plated German silver covers. € 190 with open coils (add € 25 for gold plated covers) Foto Foto2 Video Video1 Video2 Video3 (Here the Greenies rock out in an SG:) Video5 (Another two clips featuring less gain:) Video5 Video6

David Barfuss Patent Applied For set. Calibrated bridge and neck humbucker pickups with nickel plated German silver covers. Price: € 220 / set (including 19% turnover tax) Foto Video1 (clean) und Video2 (overdrive)

David Barfuss '63 S-Style set. Calibrated set of vintage Strat pickups. Price: € 150 / set (including 19% turnover tax) Foto Video1 Video2 Video3

David Barfuss Lemon Son T-Style set. Calibrated set of vintage Tele pickups. Price: € 139 / set (including 19% turnover tax) Foto Video-NEW Video2

David Barfuss P-90 G-Style Mighty Mouse set. Calibrated set of vintage P-90 pickups. Price: € 139 / set (including 19% turnover tax) Video1

Amber

Did you know that the inventor of the P-90-in-humbucker format - later licensed as the Gibson P-94 - is German? After 16 years as product manager for Gibson, Wolfgang Damm returned home to fully commit himself to his new enterprise, Amber pickups. These handwound pickups with an incredible attention to detail set a new standard in the boutique pickup world - pricey, but very, very good!

Amber Gregor Hilden Edition Aged Surf-Style Set. Outstanding handwound, extremely accurate aged vintage-style Stratocaster pickup replicas. First edition of 5 sets. Individually numbered sets. The unique feature of my signature edition is a reduced pole-piece staggering. With modern string gauges, unwound G strings, and flatter 9,5" fretboard radiuses string-to-string balance is much improved! Also, the middle pickup comes non-reversed which makes for more authentic in-between sounds in positions #2 and #4! Covers, magnets, and screws come authentically aged. Price: € 349 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with original certificate. Fotos Here they come in a rather bright sounding Tokai Strat with a 50s style maple neck - in a '60-style Strat with a rosewood fretboard they will sound significantily warmer: Video2 Video3 Video4  

Amber 59 Crosspoint Limited Edition Aged Zebra Set. Outstanding handwound, calibrated, extremely accurate aged PAF replicas in a strictly limited anniversary edition (59 sets only - I have only a few sets left!) with open black and aged white coils. Individually numbered sets. Price: € 379 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with original certificate. Fotos Fotos2 Rocking out: Video1 Slow Blues: Video2 Clean with a looped rhythm backing: Video3 Controlling the amount of overdrive with the guitar's volume pot: Video4 In a 1996 Les Paul Standard: Video1 Video2 In a 1995 Les Paul Classic Premium: Video1 Video2

Amber 1959 PAF Limited Edition Aged Nickel Set. Outstanding handwound, calibrated, extremely accurate aged PAF replicas in a limited edition with aged nickel plated German silver covers. Individually numbered sets. Price: € 398 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with original certificate. Fotos  Video1 Video2 Video3  With my handbuilt LP clone:  Video-NEW Video1 Video2 Video3 Several sets in stock!

Amber Twangtone 50 Aged Set. Outstanding handwound, extremely accurate aged '50s style Telecaster pickup replicas in a limited edition. Individually numbered sets. Price: € 398 / set (incl. 19% turnover tax), comes with original certificate. Fotos In a Fender Custom Shop Tele: Video-NEW1 Video-NEW2 Video1 Video2 

Amber Country Aged Set. Outstanding handwound, calibrated, extremely accurate aged Telecaster pickups. Price: € 149 / set.

Vintage

ca. 1961 Gibson PAFs (set of 2). We are talking the REAL thing here, not some replicas! These pickups came in David Kalish's 1961/63 ES-345 (Kalish was the producer and guitaist for Ricky Lee Jones' famed album "Pirates") The guitar has a 1963 serial No., but the electronics date 1961 (as do the neck shape and the entire appearance of this guitar). Very likely the pickups are from the same year, too. The guitar has been sold with the entire hardware stripped, so here's your rare chance to obtain a set of original 60s PAFs! The gold plating is worn down so much that these pickups would fit any Les Paul or ES-335 with nickel plated hardware just as fine. And the sound is just beyond anything! Price: € 4,890 / Set of 2. Detailfotos  Fotos Video1 Video2 

1967/68/69 Gibson Pat.No. humbucker pickups. T-Tops / black sticker Pat.No., about ten pcs left. Price: € 390 each.

Set of 1969 Gibson mini humbuckers. RARE! Price: € 280 / set. Fotos

Set of Gibson mini humbuckers. Engraved Pat.No. Price: € 150 / set. Fotos

Boutique

Set of Fralin Standard Telecaster pickups. Special edition 2% overwound. Price: € 179/ set (incl. 19% turnover tax).

Various Pickups

Seymour Duncan double blade humbucker pickup. Price: € 75 Fotos

Set of DiMarzio humbuckers. Price: € 100 Fotos

Old Dimarzio Humbucker . Price: € 75,- Fotos

Various Tele neck & bridge pickups. Various models, made in USA with cloth covered wires. Price: € 35 each.

Dozens of various Fender Japan, Fender Mexico, Squier, Epiphone etc. pickups. Humbuckers and single-coils, fully functionable. Cheap!

Effects

OKKO

It is not a secret, my absolute preference in overdrive/distortion pedals is the OKKO Diablo, hand built by German boutique maker OKKO in Leipzig. I use this pedal on every gig I play, you can hear it on my DVD "Live at the Luna Bar" and on hundreds of my YouTube videos. This overdrive is probably the best I ever played - and I think I played them all, including rare and expensive boutique pedals like the Klon Zentaur, Hermida Zen Drive etc. I might try something else every now and then, just for a change - but I'm always coming back to the Diablo! I am so impressed with the quality of the OKKO pedals that I decided to always keep some in stock - so you don't have to wait the usual 2-3 months delivery period!

OKKO Diablo. Standard version, high-gloss powder coated orange only (The earlier custom order hand painted models were too time-consuming to produce. They already are rare collector's items!) True bypass, fully discrete circuitry - no ICs involved! High quality components only - Alpha pots, Neutrik jacks, high performance capacitors and resistors, etc. Switches, pots and jacks are wired point-to-point. The Diablo's sound is reminiscent of old plexi Marshall amps from mild crunch to singing lead sounds. It absolutely retains the sound of your guitar, it is incredibly dynamic and transparent and reacts extremly sensitive to your guitar's volume control or changes of pick attack. "Feed" controls low mids to either fatten up your tone or to reduce mush. "Body" is a bass control, "Gain" lets you dial in the desired amount of overdrive. "Tone" lets covers a wide range from dark to bite, but never harsh. Level is the master volume control. The Headroom switch selects between 9V and 18V - the lower voltage is softer and subtly compressed, the higher one is more dynamic and offers more headroom. Price: € 199 (incl. 19% turnover tax), full manufacturer's warranty. Fotos Here are hundreds of clips with vintage Vibrolux or Vibroverb amps - in most clips the Diablo's gain is set low for a nice blues sound: Videos 

OKKO Diablo Gain+ This version features an extra gain control and an extra footswitch to select between two different gain settings - great to shift up gears in the middle of a solo, for example. Bernie Marsden (former Whitesnake guitarist) bought one after he and I played a couple of gigs together! Price: € 239 (incl. 19% turnover tax), full manufacturer's warranty. Fotos

OKKO TwinSonic. This is a pedal for guitar players who prefer lower gain, Fender or Dumble-style sounds. Like the Diablo Boost+, the TwinSonic features seperate overdrive and clean boost sections, each with their own independent level controls and footswitches. You can either use the boost to achieve a louder clean solo or rhythm sound (if your amp is set clean) - or you can use it to push vintage tube amps that are set on the verge of break-up into saturation. Additionally, you can kick in overdrive section (which produces the most saturation), or use it by itself. The TwinSonic also features a unique Vox-like Cut control to reduce high end. Now if you turn up the Tone control as you turn down the Cut control, the pedal produces a punchy, midrangy Dumble-style sound! Price: € 249 (incl. 19% turnover tax), full manufacturer's warranty. Fotos Videos

OKKO Dominator. The latest OKKO creation will appeal to guitarists in need of something real heavy. The Dominator has tons of gain and can produce even heaviest metal sounds. But it will just as well provide beautiful Dumble-like lead sounds with the gain control turned down! Price: € 209 (incl. 19% turnover tax), full manufacturer's warranty. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3

OKKO CocaComp. Probably the best compressor pedal I know of. The Sing control dials in the amount of compression, while Push handles volume level. If you turn down the Sing control and turn up Push, the CocaComp makes an excellent clean boost pedal, too. Price: € 159 (incl. 19% turnover tax), full manufacturer's warranty. Foto

Vahlbruch

Recently I was approached by a German engineer who was trying to wake my interest in his line of boutique pedals. These things happen more and more often lately, so I was less than enthusiastic at first - until I tried the Jewel Drive overdrive pedal! The decision to market these top quality pedals on my website was quick and easy. And when I got to play the new Chorus pedal, it went straight on my main pedal board. So here are a few of the truly outstanding Vahlbruch pedals:

Vahlbruch Jewel Drive. This overdrive pedal features two independent gain stages („Drive" and „Drive+") with seperate adjustable gain and volume controls. For example, you can dial in a crunchy rhythm sound and a louder, saturated lead sound at just the perfect volume balance. Or how about the opposite? A heavily saturated, but relatively quiet rhythm and a cleaner but louder solo sound? No problem. The Jewel Drive's amazing sound is extremely natural and has a great singing quality - perfect for Joe Bonamassa or Gary Moore-style sounds, for example. Unique to the Jewel drive is the Timbre control which adjusts a specially shaped range of midrange frequencies. In my videos the Timbre control is set to "11", i.e. mids are just slightly scooped, which produces a beautifully juicy attack. All Vahlbruch pedals are completely handbuilt in Germany. Recently, the Jewel Drive recieved a rave review in Germany's No. 1 guitar magazine Gitarre & Bass! Price: € 254 (incl. 19% turnover tax), free shipping! With Les Paul Custom: Video1  Video3 With Fender Tele, S-1 switching: Video1 Video2 With Les Paul Elegant: Video-NEW Video-NEW2 With Tele Custom: Video With Les Paul Std: Video1 Video2 With Custom Shop '54 Tele:  Video1 Video2 With Epiphone Nick Valensi: Video With Custom Shop '58 Strat: Video Video2 With 2001 Gibson Les Paul '58 Reissue: Video1 Video2 Video3 

Vahlbruch Saphhire Drive. Now available. Similar to the Jewel Drive and just as amazing, but with more gain. Price: € 254 (incl. 19% turnover tax), free shipping! Fotos Video1 Video2 Video3 Bluesy: Video Rocking out: Video1 Video2 With a nice old 335: Video2 Video3 

Vahlbruch Chorus. Simply the best chorus pedal I have ever heard - and I have heard them all :) It went straight on my main pedal board, which hasn't seen a chorus pedal in a very long time and doesn't have room for more than 3 or 4 pedals, anyway! Handbuilt, 100% analog, true bypass etc. Like all Vahlbruch pedals, outstanding quality! Price: € 249 (incl. 19% turnover tax), free shipping! Foto Video1 Video2 Video3 Here the chorus comes in later in the clip: Video4

Wampler

Wampler PlexiDrive. As the name suggests, an overdrive pedal reminiscent of old Marshall sounds with a great blend of warmth and clarity. I never stray from my beloved OKKO Diablo for long, but the PlexiDrive actually found its way onto my backup pedal board! After five months of waiting, the pedal is finally available, if only in small quantities - currently 10 left in stock! Price: € 189 (incl. 19% turnover tax). With 59 Les Paul RI: Video1 With ES-335: Video2 Here I demonstrate some of the gain levels and the bass boost switch: Video1 Video2  Video3 And a whole bunch of older clips recorded about half a year ago: Videos

Wampler Black '65. Sounds just like a cranked great old blackface amp. Wow! Finally available. Price: € 185 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video1

Wampler Paisley Drive. Fantastic pedal designed for Brad Paisley. Price: € 199 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Foto

Wampler Faux Spring Reverb. Authentic spring reverb sounds, just like your favourite vintage tube amp. Brand new! Price: € 198 (incl. 19 % turnover tax) Video Video2

Brunetti

Brunetti Cream Vanilla. Successor of the Taxi Drive. Similar sound, now available! Price: € 179 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Fotos

Brunetti Taxi Driver. Great easy-to-use overdrive pedal featuring excellent smooth and transparent sounds. Price: € 179 (incl. 19% turnover tax) With Les Paul: Video1 Video2 Video3 With Strat: Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5

Rockett

Very few Rockett pedals left in stock, one of each model. Made in the US, these come in their original packaging:

Rockett Flex Drive. Fantastic! Price: € 179 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Video1 Video2

Rockett Chicken Soup. Price: € 179 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Video

Rockett Lemon Aid. Price: € 179 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Video

Rocket Blue Note OD. Made in the US. Absolutely refined overdrive sounds, never aggressive. Unique to the Rocket is the Fat control which increases mids to produce a beautiful Dumble-style sounds. Price: € 189 (incl. 19% turnover tax) With Fender amp and Tele: Video1 With Brunetti Single Man 16 amp and Strat: Video1 Video2 With Brunetti and Tele:Video1 Video2 Video3 With Brunetti and Les Paul: Video1 Video2 Video3 With Brunetti and another Tele: Video1 Video2Video3 With Brunetti and another Les Paul: Video1 Video2 With Brunetti and yet another Tele: Video 

Various Effects

JoYo Digital Delay. Authentic analog sound and true bypass. Great price performance! Price: € 39.90 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Fotos Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6

JoYo Vintage Overdrive. Tube Screamer-style pedal with a great sound and true bypass. Great price performance! Price: € 39.90 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Fotos Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6

JoYo Ultimate Drive. Fulltone OCD-style pedal with true bypass and a fantastic quality. Boutique sound at a bargain price! Price: € 38.  Fotos

Providence SOV-2 Stampede OD. Used by Carl Verheyen, Matt Schofield. Price: € 199 (incl. 19% turnover tax). Video

Burriss Boostier. Excellent clean boost pedal with just a hair of overdrive at maximum gain. Price: € 129 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Foto

Burriss Boostiest II Fantastic pedal with an overdrive and a clean boost section which you can use independently or combined. Price: € 169,- (incl. 19% turnover tax) Foto

Barber Half Gainer. Low gain overdrive pedal, two channels. Price: € 189 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Fotos

Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive. Excellent low gain overdrive pedal, made in Finnland! Price: € 229 (incl. 19% turnover tax) Foto Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5 Video6 Video7 Some nice Tele clips: Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4

Love Pedal Echobaby analog delay. New. So tiny, it will fit on the most crowded pedal boards. AC operation only, internal trim pot controls. Price: € 215 (incl. 19 % turnover tax), comes with original card board box, manual. Videos

Second Hand

Diamond Halo Chorus & Phase. Original price was € 399. Price: € 249 - comes with original power supply, paperworks.

Ibanez Tube King TK 999 Overdrive and TC 999 Compressor. Tube driven pedals! Special price for both: € 199. Fotos

MXR Dynacomp Compressor. THE classic pedal for those clean, squashed, sustaining country sounds. Price: € 69. Fotos

Menatone Red Snapper. Super transparent and uncompressed overdrive. Price: € 169. Fotos

Redwitch Empress Chorus. Super lush, yet transparent, and versatile boutique chorus. Price: 198. Fotos Video

Xotic AC Booster. Special edition in copper! Price: € 159. Fotos Video

Xotic RC Booster. Super clean. Price: € 179. Fotos

Fuchs Plush Creme de la Trem Tremolo. Great authentic emulation of Fender brownface vibrato sounds. Fotos Video

Boss DD-6 Digital Delay. Classic! Price: € 99. Fotos

Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive. Older model, made in Korea. Smooth and warm, it doesn't always have to be a Tube Screamer! Price: € 59. Foto

Northwind Ram's Head Era Big Muff Clone. Classic Big Muff Sounds in an MXR sized housing. Price: € 79 Fotos

Electro Harmonix Big Muff. The classic Fuzz pedal. Price: € 59. Foto

Lovepedal Eternity. Comes with a variety of chips for alternative sounds! Price: € Fotos

Danelectro French Fries Auto Wah. Funky cool. Price: 9.90 Foto

Fulltone Fulldrive II Mosfet. Condition as new, comes in original cardboard box and paperworks. Price: € 169 Fotos

Range II Treblebooster. Price: € 79

Electro Hamonix Small Clone Chorus. Legendary pedal, Curt Corbain’s favourite. Preis 49,- Fotos

Rockett 10 Tone Hammer. Price: € 169,- Fotos

MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive/Fuzz. Great combination of retro sounds in a single pedal from the Australian pedal maker! Price: € 99 Fotos

Ibanez Tube King TS-999. Excellent overdrive with a real tube inside! Super warm and smooth tones. Price: € 99 Foto

Ibanez Soundtank CR-5 Crunch. Price: € 18.

Cobra Silvercoin Overdrive.Price: € 120.

Specials

Martin Scorsese, "The Blues" Limited Edition, 7-DVD box. Seven movies about the Blues by seven different directors. 7 DVDs in limited edition guitar-shaped box. Price: € 69, original packaging.

Roy Buchanan, "Live: Amazing Grace", CD (Powerhouse Records, USA). Previously unreleased live performances, very good sound quality. A must-have for fans. Price: € 15

Richie Arndt, Timo Gross, Gregor Hilden, "The Vineyard Sessions", CD. Charming unplugged recording with three acoustic guitars and vocals. Price: € 15

Mighty Flyers, "Live in Memphis", CD. Finally available again. Guitarist Alex Schultz in top form - a must-have for every blues fan! Price: € 12.50

Tom Principato, "Live in Bremen", CD. A great live performance from the 80s! Price: € 12.50

Gregor Hilden, "Guitar Deluxe", CD. Original edition without bonus tracks, non-remastered. Very few left. Price: € 12.50

Manfred Hilden "GuitArt - Gitarren- und Lautenmotive in der bildenden Kunst" (Yep, that's my Dad :) Hardcover, 120 pages, full colour prints, 22 x 23.5 cm, German language. Makes a great gift for guitar players and fans! "GuitArt" presents 51 paintings and sculptures that depict guitars or lutes, thereby taking the reader on a swift fun trip through the history of art - from ancient Egypt to Pop Art. The text comments explain how artists and the music of their time relate in a humorous and entertaining fashion. The author - a former bookseller and art dealer - is a long-time editor of German guitar magazine Akustik Gitarre, which had published excerpts of the text before. Price: € 19.95 (incl. 7% turnover tax). Fotos

My Personal Guitars

1968 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop Converted to 50s Specs w/ PAFs. My personal all-time favourite guitar! This heavily modified battered bastard originally featured P-90 pickups, but was routed out to accommodate humbucker pickups. Now it is the home for an original old PAF in the neck position and an original ’63 Patent Number at the bridge. One previous owner also had weight relief chambers routed into the body – not exactly an example of fine Gibson craftsmanship, but in a rather crude way: holes were drilled into the body from the back and then covered with a thick bottom veneer. However, the veneer work is not easily detectable. Additionally, the headstock has been broken several times (expert luthier Boris Dommenget performed the final bullet-proof headstock restauration); a third pickup cavity had been routed in the middle position and refilled again; a Bigsby vibrato system had been installed and removed again; several refrets have been performed – this guitar has been through it all! The sound is just divine – somewhere in between a Les Paul and an ES-335. The neck shape is perfect, like an original ’59. And the guitar weighs in at only 3.8 kgs! The curious thing about it is that this guitar was part of a trade-in deal when I sold my original 1959 Les Paul Standard (Video) many years ago – the ’59 being the more valuable and revered guitar for most. But as soon as I picked up the goldtop, it immediately felt like “my” guitar – and it took me only 2 seconds to realize that it would be my main guitar for the rest of my life! This gorgeous goldtop has been featured extensively on many of my CDs and on my DVD “Live at the Luna Bar” and it proudly stars the cover of my instrumental CD “Golden Voice Blues” Fotos (by Manfred Pullert – the Nashville bridge has been replaced with an original old ABR-1 bridge since) Video1 (With original Dumble Overdrive Special ODS 100) Video2 (With original 1968 silverface / alu frame Fender Vibrolux Reverb)

2010 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Peter Green / Gary Moore Limited Edition, Tom Murphy Heavy Aged, Collector's Choice 1 – my current No. 2! Amazing guitar! At only 3.8 kgs certainly one of the lightest of the strictly limited edition of 125 only. According to my taste, I performed a few cosmetic changes (turning the neck pickup back to its original position, installing four of the same ‘60s style reflector knobs and adding a pickguard) – but the guitar can be restored to its authentic Peter Green look anytime in only a few minutes! Interesting fact about the neck: I had two non-relic Peter Green / Melvyn Franks guitars before (Video1and Video2), each of which came with a different neck profile, but this is the first Reissue / Historic with the exact dimensions of my original 1959 sunburst I once owned! Fortunately, the back of the neck looks a lot nicer than on the Gibson promotion fotos. However, like all Historics after 2002 and all Gibsons with PLEK machined frets (after 2006), this comes with extremly low frets. Not very comfortable, if you prefer 11 gauge strings like me. But I practice a lot on this guitar and when I pick up a guitar with nice tall frets afterwards, playing is like a breeze ... Fotos1 UPDATE: Recently I replaced the burstbucker pickup covers with super authentic aged DMC covers, which have the proper vintage dimensions, see: Fotos2 Video1 But first of all, the tone of this guitar is just out of sight! Video1 Live-Video1 Live-Video2 (with a cranked Brunetti Single Man 35 combo amp) Live-Video3 (featuring fellow blues player Peter Driessen)

1969 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Natural. Might have been refinished at one time, but it looks perfectly authentic with nice finish cracks. I had purchased this one years ago from fellow guitarist Richie Arndt, sold it later und bought it back recently – now it’s a keeper! Stinger, no volute, Nashville bridge added, original tuners in case. At a gig with Sydney Youngblood: Foto Additional pics: Fotos Video

2001 Gibson Custom Shop ‘54 Les Paul Reissue. Tri-burst. Previously owned by Mick Ralphs (of Bad Company and Mott The Hoople) who wore this guitar in – it actually looks like a real ‘50s guitar! Outstanding sound and light weight at 3.8kgs. Pickups are not original, probably some boutique scene. I don’t care, they sound great and are wired out-of-phase in the middle position. Fotos Video1 Video2

1963 Gibson SG Special Conversion w/ PAFs. Originally an SG Special featuring P-90s, now equipped with Amber PAFs, Bigsby vibrato system, and Schaller replacement tuners. Great guitar with the wide '63 "large neck"-profile, recently refretted. I am absolutely enthusiastic about this guitar – despite the fact that while routing the humbucker pickup cavities, the tech broke through the guitar's bottom. I don't care, this has been fixed professionally since, it doesn't hurt the sound and just made the guitar more affordable. Fotos1 Fotos2 Video

2003 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-335 Historic Collection. This one belonged to "Europe" (the band, not the continent) guitarist, John Norum. I bought it from a Swedish dealer at the 2011 Oldenburg Vintage Show and played at a jam session the very same evening (see Video, demonstrating its unplugged sound.. ;) - and right away three different persons asked if I would care to sell it to them. Well, not for now. Here are some nice clips from a recent gig in my hometown Muenster, Germany: Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5

1967 Gibson ES-355. Refinished black, Bigsby removed, converted to stop tailpiece, the controls cavity was routed out from the back of the body (great idea ...) – a collector’s nightmare, but a true “Player” with an outstanding sound – featured on “Daydream” from my CD “Blue in Red”. Fotos Video1 Video2 Video3

1966 Gibson ES-335. Sunburst, all original except converted to stop tailpiece (original trapez tailpiece in case), new Gibson Deluxe tuners, professional refret.Video

1969 Gibson ES-335 „Flip Flop“. Originally a lefty, flipped for right hand use. Another collector’s nightmare, but the perfect blues guitar with an amazingly dry, woody tone and a stout neck. Video

1966 Epiphone Riviera (made by Gibson USA). All original and absolutely charming. I will have it refretted, though, as these very low profile vintage frets are pretty hard to play. The pickups are wired out-of-phase in the middle position, a feature that can be found on many 60s Rivieras as well as on many 60s ES-345s and 355s. Comes with original case. Video1 Video2

1959 Gibson ES-175. A fantastic "holy grail". Refretted by Gruhn Guitars, Nashville. Equipped with Scatterbrane PAF replica pickups w/ Area 59 aged pickup covers, replacement tuners, replacement pots. This guitar is a dream come true! Comes with brown case. Video1 Video2

2009 PRS Starla X, P-90 Model. Pink, unique looks, fantastic sound and unbelievably light weight at only 2.6 kgs!!! Originally, the guitar looked like this: Fotos-BEFORE With a few hardware changes according to my taste (aluminium stop tailpiece, cream colored P-90 covers, Gibson ’59-style knobs and metal pointers, cream colored switch tip, security locks) the guitar looks a lot more elegant now: Fotos-AFTER All original parts are stored in the case and the guitar can be restored to original state anytime. Great for touring overseas! Video1 Video2

1966 Fender Telecaster. Candy Apple Red. Nobody could tell that this has been expertly refinished by German premium luthier Frank Deimel (of Deimel Guitarworks, Berlin)! At one time a Bigsby had been installed, you can still see the (refilled) stud holes which only adds to the authentic vintage vibe. Featuring handmade Peter Florance Voodoo pickups, this tele sounds fantastic and has a perfect neck profile. Video Video2

1970s Fender Telecaster Deluxe. I found this one in 2002 at No. 1 in Hamburg while on tour. Played it – fell in love with it – purchased it. Nice light weight, obviously the guitar had been played heavily, the frets were completely worn down. I had it refretted with Dunlops 6105. Additionally I had a new bridge pickup made with more output to match the neck humbucker. Built by a custom pickup winder in Berlin – sorry, I forgot his name, I found him on eBay one day. Original pickup and original six-saddle bridge are stored in case. Fotos1 Fotos2

1996 Fender Custom Shop ’50s Telecaster. I purchased this one at Uli Kurtinat’s shop in 1996. It was featured on many of my CDs – the nicest example being “Beale Street Strut” from “Westcoast Blues”. Fotos Live Clip with Tom Principato: Video

2008 Fender Custom Shop 1958 Heavy Relic Telecaster Ltd Edition, Sonic Blue. Terrific Tele with a rare custom colour (Sonic Blue) and a super comfy neck! Fotos1 Fotos2 Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4  detailed specs on the official Fender website: Fender Info

2009 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster, LTD Edition. Fiesta red, rosewood fretboard, and exceptionally light weight at only 3 kgs (!!). That's why the guitar is so resonant. The original wiring featured a four-way switch, which is one slot too many in my book. When I put in a regular three-way switch, something went wrong and the middle position is now out-of-phase. Not the original Fender circuit, but I like the sound and left it that way. The neck is a dream with a perfect C-profile, 9.5" radius, and Dunlop 6105 frets. Comes close to an original vintage tele - almost. In the meantime, I have installed an original 1966 Fender pickup, and I like it a lot (see videos 2 and 3). Foto  Live-Video1 Video2 Video3

2002 Haar 57 T-Style. Handbuilt, light weight Telecaster with an early version oil-finish V-shaped neck and an elegant, woody tone!Video

2005 Fender Custom Shop 1956 Relic Stratocaster Limited Edition. Taos Tourquise – an incredibly light weight guitar and a sharp looker! Perfect V-shaped neck featuring Dunlop 6105 frets. Looks like you’re going to hear me playing a strat a little more often in the near future :) Fotos1 Fotos2 Fotos3

Stagg "Curiosocaster“ – a strange blend of Stratocaster and Jazzmaster features. Great cheesy guitar at only € 129 :) Fotos Video

2007 Ibanez JTK. Butt ugly in a cool way and a surprisingly good sound. Fotos Video

Danelectro Baritone. A great unique sound for rhythm parts or the occasional solo in the studio („Milestones“ or „Baritone Boogaloo“ from „Golden Voice Blues“) Ever since I heard Danny Gatton’s solos on his CD “New York Stories” I wanted a baritone – now I’ve got two of them and one is up for sale or trade-in. Pick the one you like. One: Fotos The other one: Video

50s or 60s Kay Hollowbody guitar. Equipped with Diamond DeArmond pickup. Probably not the best guitar for an AC/DC cover band, but just perfect for afternoon tea dances or old-school blues jams! Fotos Video1 Video2

1967 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean. It seems that the pickups are from the 70s and an aftermarket bridge with six brass saddles has been installed - and exactly because of those mods I like the sound of this guitar. Has been refretted, too, so it plays great, too! Video1

2005 Gibson J-185 EC Jumbo. Features a Fishman Prefix On-Board system. Belonged to Alex Auer once – greetings! Headstock was broken, but after Boris Dommenget’s professional repair it is hardly detectable. Fotos Video Foto

Daisy Acoustic Guitar. Yes, it is all plastic, but isn’t it cute? Sounds like mix of a 20s Stella and an Ovation ... Fotos

18?? Parlour Nylonstring Guitar. In 1992, I found this stunning, richly decorated acoustic guitar in a tiny shop in Praha. After I had played the guitar for a while in the shop, the old owner offered to give it to me as a gift! Of course, I kindly refused and insisted to pay for the guitar. A little later around lunch break on Karl’s Bridge I decided to have another look at the guitar in day light and play it a little – and right away I get arrested for performing street music without a license and taken to one of the stone towers by the end of the bridge! After a lengthy discussion with the officer on duty I was set free again. Fotos

2010 Habanos Home Made. Sounds like a cigar box, because it is a cigar box – with a pickup. This one was given to me as a gift by “Galerie des Wahnsinns” in Ratingen, Germany. Fotos Video

1968 Fender Vibrolux Reverb. Silverface Aluframe. My absolute favourite. 2 x 6L6, 40W, 2 x 10” combo. Oxford speakers, all original, except for a few replaced caps. You can hear it on many of my recordings and my DVD “Live at the Luna Bar”. Video

1967 Fender Vibrolux Reverb. Blackface. 2 x 6L6, 40W, 2 x 10” combo. Sounds just a little more refined than the silverface, but not necessarily better or worse. This one was featured on hundreds of my YouTube clips: Videos

1963 Fender Vibroverb. Brown Tolex, all original. 40W, 2 x 10” combo. The reissues don’t even come close. Amazingly round and musical tone, a little warmer than the Vibrolux amps. Foto Videos

1966 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Blackface, all original. 20W, 1 x 12" combo. This is the one Aspen Pittman would pick for the desert island if he was allowed to keep only one amp. I am happy that I could obtain such a nice clean example. Fantastic sound and comfortable light weight.

1979 Fender Princeton Reverb. Silverface. 2 x 6V6, 15W, 1 x 10“ combo. Portable little classic with an excellent sound – great for studio recordings, duo gigs etc. Fotos

2009 Vox Cabinet w/ 2 x 12 Celestion Blue Alnicos. This cabinet was featured with an original (!) 100W Dumble head on my CD “Blue On Red” as well as on the “Rorymania” tour with Richie Arndt, Alex Conti and Henrik Freischlader – in other words, it was getting loud. The cabinet took it without a problem despite the low wattage rating of the speakers. The cabinet sounds great with other amps, too! By the way, the Dumble has been sold since – actually a pity ... Fotos

Pedal board #1: This is what it is going to stay like for some time – I think: Korg Pitch-Black Tuner, OKKO Diablo Gain+, T-Rex Reptile Delay, Vahlbruch Chorus,T-Rex Fuel Tank Foto

Pedal board #2: This one I like to use for show band and gala gigs: Samson Wireless system, Korg Pitch-Black Tuner, Wampler Plexidrive, TC Electronics Nova Repeater, Tech 21 Boost'n Reverb, T-Rex Fuel Tank. Foto Note: these are not my control settings, when the foto was taken, the pedal has just returned from my tech!

Greg’s Lick of the week - Free Lessons

Part01 Jazz-Blues Lick for Slow Blues and Swing in the key of C
Part02 Soul-Jazz-Funk Lick in Am-7
Part03 Starting a Slow Blues with a Statement - key of C
Part04 Funky Soul Lick in Em
Part05 Jazzy Lick in Am
Part06 Blues Turnaround
Part07 Bluesy Country Lick
Part08 Open-strings in Bm
Part09 Jump Blues / Swing Lick in the key of G 
Part10 Maj-7 Arpeggio and Major Pentatonics
Part11 Myxolydian Blues Lick
Part12 Octaves
Part13 Bo Diddley Groove
Part14 Inside-Outside-Inside
Part15 Melodic Blues Lick
Part16 Funk Rhythm
Part17 Fast Repetetive Lick
Part18 Long Chromatic Run
Part19 Arpeggio
Part20 Chromatics in Minor Blues Lick
Part21 Mike Stern’s Chromatic Blues Style
Part22 Rhythm Guitar Fills in Soul
Part23 More Chromatics
Part24 Funky Gilmour Variations
Part25 More Arpeggios
Special1 20 Signature Licks, TABs available  
Special2 Complete transcription of "Blue Clouds" (TABs and sheet music) available now!
Special3 Guest Starring at Siggi Mertens’
Special4 (Complete transcription of"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Notes & TABs
Special5 (Complete transcription of "OD Special Blues" ( Notes & TABs und Leadgitarre, Akkorde, Fills, Harmonies)