Vintage guitars for sale: 1952

Up for sale, a 1952 Les Paul Standard MAX '59 Burst Conversion in excellent condition and in perfect working order. The name Peter "Max" Baranet reigns supreme in many Burst circles, revered for crafting a limited number of the world's finest replicas for players including Slash, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Jeff Beck, and dozens of additional truly legendary names responsible for shaping the last four decades of popular music
And while the Peter Baranet's Burst replicas are in a ... more

Up for sale is a beautiful 1952 es5 in natural finish. This guitar has a beautiful flame neck and body, original pickups and pots. It has the early peg head taper and wonderful low action and a very straight neck. It sounds amazing. At some point it was refinished in lacquer possible only the top lacquer coat. It also has had a heal repair where a hairline crack was near the middle of the heal. . The repair does not effect the integrity of the guitar nor playability. The guitar was ... more

This listing is for a 1952 Fender Custom model control plate with serial number. Pot dates were 1952, so that is where I am getting the date from. Lots of wear and oxidation. Sold as is.
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Used in very good condition

Speaker has been tested and works great and sounds amazing

Few things could be done to it to make it safer to play (see last photo)

Close to a museum piece with only one tube being replaced but still period correct


HANDLE IS BROKEN OFF BUT INCLUDED
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1952 was a good year at Fender Fullerton. Blackguard Telecasters were being pumped out alongside this tweed Champ. Matter of fact a Blackguard Telecaster was probably used to test this out after Esper wired this thing up. If these things could talk??

Anyway, here??s another tweed Champ from yours truly. This is a 5B1 circuit and actually called a Champion 600. These wide panel Champs really all sound the same to my ears. Gets that nice gritty tweed overdrive at bedroom friendly ... more

Vintage 1952 Fender Telecaster Single ply Black Pickguard original 5 Hole super rare! No cracks or modifications it was taken off a 1953 Telecaster. It is in great shape! no repairs extra holes or gouges Super had to find. 72 Hour approval. Buyer pays all shipping. No Reserve
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1952 Gibson ES-140, ¾ size, Tobacco Sunburst, Full bodydepth, P-90 pickup, Smooth playing, Fine little instrument! VG++, NHSC
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Metronome Music inspects and test all used gear before listing and again before shipping. Photographs are of the product that will ship and accurately represent condition and appearance.
SERIAL / FACTORY ORDER NUMBER: Z1240 15 WEIGHT: 4LBS 12OZ Very Good Condition: This guitar is in very good condition overall with cosmetic wear typical of an instrument this age. The finish has nice even checking with no flaking or large areas of missing finish. The binding is in very nice shape ... more

Vintage Correct Parts is proud to offer, for your consideration,
A completely original and fantastic
Vintage 1982 Fender "52" Reissue Telecaster!
Those that know vintage 1980's Fender know that these first-year "Blackguard" reissues are now becoming legendary guitars in their own right. This one is a great player with a very comfortable neck profile and excellent sounding pickups.
Fender had struggled to re-gain it's foothold as the premier solidbody guitar maker in the USA and... more

Fender- 1952 Dual Pro. Walnut, 2 x 8 string necks. Non-pedal steel guitar
Tuners on the inside neck have been professionally restored with new gears, and original buttons were magically re-installed; (Steel Guitars of North County). This is an unseen fix for a common gear slipping failure in the stock soldered tuners. That won't happen again
The outside neck has the original key head, in very good condition. Both trapezoid pickups were rewound and rebuilt by ... more

Hard working vintage 1952 Gretsch synchromatic with piezo pickup.
Love this guitar. Plays well. Low action. No buzzes. You can see some stress cracking in the heel and a touch in the headstock but everything is sound. Great tone. Tight tuners. Classic.
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This working amp has plenty of MOJO!!
This is a 1952 DANELECTRO tube amplifier in exceptional original condition for its age. Special Model. True point-to-point hand wired. It has been tested and works as it should. No scratchy pots, idles quiet. Volume and tone controls. Working Vibrato Speed and Strength controls. Vibrato is strong and the amp SOUNDS GREAT! With a single coil guitar, the tone is clean until you get past 9 on the volume dial. It breaks up a bit earlier with a humbucker or ... more

Uncle Lou here, and you are viewing a nice set of thumb-wheels & posts for a Gibson trapeze tailpiece as used on 1952 Goldtop Les Pauls. These are not easy to find and they??re fully operational. I haven??t been very active on eBay in a few years, but I assure it??s me, my account has not been hijacked. Please ask all questions before you bid, I do not accept returns. Domestic shipping is free for ?Buy it Now?? bidders, $10 flat-rate shipping for lower offers; international buyers must ... more

1952 EPIPHONE TRIUMPH REGENT ACOUSTIC ARCHTOP GUITAR. This is a factory cutaway, 17 3 / 8 " , carved acoustic Archtop. Condition is quite nice with finish checking, original parts, some paint chipping and the typical binding shrinkage
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For Sale we have a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Control Plate. I bought a 1953 Les Paul PAF conversion in 1975 (see picture) from the original owner. This control plate is from that guitar. I scratched out the owners name (engraved on the inside of the control plate) and added my name (I was 17 years old, what can I say?). I have since properly converted this guitar to gold top with dark back 57 spec (with black plastic backplates) and have no need for this original control plate, so it is time to ... more

Up for auction is the pictured Martin guitar. As you can see, in great shape. This guitar was purchased in 1964 by a friend of mine, he took great care of it and stopped playing it decades ago. It's sat in the case in a closet all this time and looks and sounds great. The case itself is NOT marked 'Martin', it is marked "Coast- Los Angeles"

Please examine the photos and video and bid accordingly. More photos can be provided if needed, just let me know, but with a low starting bid... more

This is a Fender American Vintage 1952 Telecaster - Butterscotch Blond Maple with Tweed hardshell case (crushed red interior). It is an exact duplicate of the 1952 tele - material, hardware, wiring - everything identical. Body is Ash with gloss lacquer finish - neck is one - piece maple with "U" radius - 21 frets (vintage tall) - black dot inlays. Nut is bone - 1 65 " . Tuning - pure vintage single line. Scale length 25 5 " . Bridge - 3 saddle with brass barrels. Pickguard - one ply ... more

DESCRIPTION: Vintage RICKENBACKER Electro Model NS LAP STEEL GUITAR. PURCHASED FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS ESTATE. BEAUTIFUL GRAY SUNBURST PAINT. HAS KLUSON DELUXE ENCLOSED TUNERS. THIS MODEL WAS MADE FROM 1946-1952.
CONDITION: COMPLETE ORIGINAL CONDITION. I DID NOT CHANGE STRINGS OR DISASSEMBLE FOR CLEANING, JUST CLEANED AROUND THE PICKUPS ETC . I TUNED IT (GBDGBD) AND PLUGGED IT IN AND IT SOUNDS GREAT. THE POTS NEED CLEANING, SOME STATIC AND SOUND CUT-OUT THAT IS TOTALLY SUPERFICIAL. ... more

Here's an amp I said I'd never sell, but I'm just getting old, barely playing out and it really needs to be in someone else hands. That said I still enjoy owning it and so no lower offers please
Obviously an iconic design, maybe one of the best ever, but this is a very rare amp made for a short period in 1952. There were 2 versions of this amp made in the same skin, this is the earlier and better one. It is a 2x6L6G amp (can use any 6L6), and has 2x6Y6 that pump oscillating voltages into ... more

1 pot ONLY
250 K LIN
dated 21st week of 52
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1952 FENDER TELECASTER BODY - made in USA :
* refinished
* uneven drilled body ferrules as usual for early Teles
* some oversanding around neck pocket
* neck pickup rout was made larger for a pedal steel pickup
* extra screw holes at jack input
* 52 date partially visible in neck pocket=check last pics
* SOLD AS IS - NO RETURNS
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1952 FENDER TELECASTER - made in USA :
* body has oversanding, extra screw holes, cracks at neck pocket, neck pickup cavity slightly routed and filled
* neck has a new trussrod and BIGGER frets installed, cracks around skunk stripe=check pic 11 & 12 had a bigger nut installed(now repaired), also 4 small holes in fingerboard at 17th & 21st fret =check pic 8, neck was sanded down a bit=overall about 1 mm is missing from nut to the neck end, NOT a baseball neck profile anymore but ... more

1952 FENDER TELECASTER - made in USA :
* body has oversanding, extra screw holes, cracks at neck pocket, neck pickup cavity slightly routed and filled
* neck has a new trussrod and BIGGER frets installed, cracks around skunk stripe=check pic 11 & 12 had a bigger nut installed(now repaired), also 4 small holes in fingerboard at 17th & 21st fret =check pic 8, neck was sanded down a bit=overall about 1 mm is missing from nut to the neck end, NOT a baseball neck profile anymore ... more

Gibson LG1 6 String Acoustic Guitar 1952 Reg Z 880 32 With Tatty Gibson Case!. I am starting to sell a few of my collection of musical instruments, mainly Acoustic Guitars My hands are giving up the ghost and it is time to pass the instruments on to someone that will enjoy playing these wonderful guitars I have had the Gibson for a long time and it has only been out the house once. The case was bought in the condition as seen in the photo's and I was told it was an original Gibson Case. It has ... more

Über 70 Jahre alte Gretsch New Yorker Jazzmodell mit reichlich abgeplatzten Bindings und Lack (s. Fotos)
Ein tolles Sammlergerät, was absolut bespielbar ist
Keine Holzschäden
Mit Seriennummer von 1952
Alter US-Import
Wegen Sammlungsauflösung zu verkaufen
Festpreis weit unter Sammlerpreis
Gerne Abholung in Berlin
Privatkauf, daher keine Rücknahme.... more

1952 FENDER TELECASTER BODY - made in USA :
* refinished
* uneven drilled body ferrules as usual for early Teles
* some oversanding around neck pocket
* neck pickup rout was made larger for a pedal steel pickup
* extra screw holes at jack input
* 52 date partially visible in neck pocket=check last pics
* SOLD AS IS - NO RETURNS... more

1952 FENDER TELECASTER - made in USA :
* body has oversanding, extra screw holes, cracks at neck pocket, neck pickup cavity slightly routed and filled
* neck has a new trussrod and BIGGER frets installed, cracks around skunk stripe=check pic 11 & 12 had a bigger nut installed(now repaired), also 4 small holes in fingerboard at 17th & 21st fret =check pic 8, neck was sanded down a bit=overall about 1 mm is missing from nut to the neck end, NOT a baseball neck profile anymore but ... more

Incredible 1952 Fender Dual 6 Professional lap steel guitar finished in butterscotch nitro. Electrics are working, and it comes in its original tweed hard case! These are impossible to find in this condition at 70 years of age! 50's Fenders are skyrocketing in value and are sound investment from this golden era of its early days. This is an instrument that will set you apart on stage and in the studio

This rare vintage Fender guitar is part of the world famous instrument ... more