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Ibanez GB10 George Benson Model Sunburst, 2005

On April 21, 2023   /    
Ibanez GB10 George Benson Model Sunburst, 2005

This Ibanez GB10 George Benson model was built during 2005 for Ibanez by FujiGen Gakki at Matsumoto in the Nagano province of Japan. While most of the GB10’s have been built by FujiGen, during the 1980’s some were built by Terada. The Ibanez George Benson GB10 has been in production since 1977 along with other versions of the model, and they are as practical as when introduced.

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Heritage H-575 Archtop Electric Antique Natural, 1989

On March 31, 2023   /    
Heritage H-575 Archtop Electric Antique Natural, 1989

The Heritage H-575, built at the historic Parsons Street plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan takes visual cues from the classic Gibson ES-175, but there are major differences in construction and materials. When Gibson introduced the ‘ES’ or ‘Electric Spanish’ designation, archtops were the most commonly used models on bandstands because of their superior volume and projection.

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Guild X170 Archtop Electric Sunburst, 2002

On March 15, 2023   /    
Guild X170 Archtop Electric Sunburst, 2002

Guild archtop guitars, like this beautiful, original condition Guild X170 Archtop built during 2002 in Westerly Rhode Island, have been popular with jazz and blues players for decades. The Guild X170, also sometimes identified as the X-170 on the same guitar (here the truss rod cover reads X-170, the label X170), was introduced in 1985 and produced until 2002.

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Paquet Esperanto 18 Cedar Top Archtop Guitar, 2018

On March 13, 2023   /    
Paquet Esperanto 18 Cedar Top Archtop Guitar, 2018

Built in Montreal, the Paquet Esperanto 18 Archtop guitar is a full size model with hand carved top and back, large soundholes in the upper bouts and a Kent Armstrong pickup. This example was built during 2018 at Paquet’s shop in a suburb of Montreal. It is in very good condition, with one small finish chip to the back of the neck.

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Gibson Le Grand Archtop Electric Sunburst, 2005

On March 8, 2023   /    
Gibson Le Grand Archtop Electric Sunburst, 2005

Here is a rare beauty – a Gibson Le Grand archtop electric model from 2005, the successor to the classic Johnny Smith model built from 1961 to 1989. The Le Grande made its debut in 1993 and while it hasn’t appeared on Gibson’s website or catalog since around 2010, is has been available on special order from the Custom Shop.

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