Phil's Guitars -
Selected Vintage Parts
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| c1939 | Gibson "Charlie Christian" Pickup The fanciest version, with multi-bound edge around the bobbin, and individual magnets (very rare). Comes with the complete original wiring harness, volume pot, tone pot, cap, output jack. Extra fine all-original condition, impossible to find now, sell complete for... View full assembly front close-up back close-up side close-up |
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$1,200.00 |
| c1939 | Gibson L-5 Tailpiece Very early example wiht "Patent Applied For" stamped on the end of the tailpiece. Extra fine condition, sell for... |  |
$500.00 |
| c1950 | Gibson Ted McCarty Pickguard/Pickup Assembly For non-cut guitar, extra fine condition, all original, has that old "Grant Green" sound. Very rare version (for not-cutaways). Sell complete for... |  |
$700.00 |
| c1948/49 | Kluson Tailpiece For deep-bodied guitars, came off an ES-350, but was also used on Switchmasters, etc., and some D'Angelico's. Extra fine condition, rare, sell for... |  |
$350.00 |
| c1950 | Epiphone Double Floating Pickup/Pickguard Assembly Cam off a non-cut Emperor, extremely rare item, Epiphone's version of Gibson's "Ted McCarty" assembly. All-original and in extra fine condition, two "New York" pickups, no rot or warping (these usually turn to dust, or warp). The only example we've ever found, sell for... View front too underside controls/jack |
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$800.00 |
| c1963 | Epiphone Deluxe Archtop Pickups 2 pickups with complete wiring harness, all 4 pots, shielding cans, switch, all caps, wiring - even has the grounding wire. Very early mini humbucker pickups with early aged "squared corner" covers, one has Patent # sticker, one ho sticker and looks like a transitional PAF. All mounting screws, springs, etc. Incredibly hard to find, sell all as one complete set for... View pots pickups pickup_underside pots undersides |
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$895.00 |
| c1982 | Fender U.S.A. Vintage pickups for Stratocaster Very rare earliest versions with red/brown pickup base with 1982 dates, earliest smooth black and white wires, neck and middle pickups, neck pickup 5.82k, middle pickup 5.45k, both have the original pickup covers - ambering nicely. Not many made before they changed everything, fair market value $400, sell the pair for... View undersides |  | inquire |
| c1950s | Gibson Les Paul Junior P-90 pickup With dog ear cover, output it a perfect 8.2k, 3-1/2" long lead (just long enough to reach the volume pot). Fair market value $500, sell with pickup cover for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1968 | Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Stoptailpiece Chrome, feather-light weight (like 1950s), nice condition. Fair market value $400 - $500, sell for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1973 | Fender Stratocaster pickup Dated 1973, staggered poles, with original pickup cover. Output 5.58k, the output leads indicate middle position, original windings. Fair market value $500, sell with cover for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1963/64 | Gibson ABR-1 Tunematic bridge Gold, very nice condition with no "sag" (still straight under tension), gentle wear and aging - looks great, original nylon saddles. Fair market value $800, sell for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1963/64 | Gibson SG Special/Junior compensated wrap-over bridge Nickel plated, clean, with a perfect "patina" - looks old, but works well. Fair market value $300 - $350, we have 3 available, sell each for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1969 | Gibson Les Paul Deluxe mini humbucker pickups The earliest version with c60s Pat# sticker on back of pickup. Excellent condition with original creme mount ring, adjustment screws, springs, etc. Fair market price $350 - $400 each, outputs are 5.79k to 6.26k. We have 5 available, sell each for... View underside view more |  | inquire |
| c1966 | Gibson humbucking pickup Original chrome cover, earlier type with phillips head screws, not slot head holding bobbins to plate, has Pat.# sticker, cover has been off and on again - and is original to the pickup. It's a very sweet sounding 7.14k output, has original lenght output lead. Fair market value $400 - $500, sell for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1969/70 | Gibson Les Paul Goldtop creme pickguard For P-90 or mini humbucker size, has a perfect eged dark amber color with enough dings/scrapes to look really old, but has no cracks (hard to find now). Fair market price $250 - $300, sell for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1964 | Gibson ES-345 gold trapeze tailpiece Aged to perfection - the wear and aging really has the "cool" look, not the "ugly" look. Fair market price $300. sell for... View underside |  | inquire |
| c1958 | Gibson ES-225T pickguard Single pickup version, five--ply with wide bevel, excellent condition with no warping (also fits ES-330T single pickup version). Fair market value $400, sell for... |  | inquire |
| c1948 | Gibson early P-90 pickup With original wiring harness, pots, cap, etc., in near mint condition. Early not adjustable screw pole pieces, very rare. No pickup cover, but all else is there, fair market value $500 - $600, sell for... View close-up view underside |  | inquire |
| c1962-64 | Gibson compensated stoptailpieces We have four nickel ones, excellent condition, fair market value $250 each, sell each for... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1959 | Gibson ES-125TDC pickguard Tortoise shell, for 2 pickup deep-bodied version (like an ES-175D). Excellent condition - no rot, warping, etc. Rare, fair market value $400 - $450, sell for... View color |  | inquire |
| c1962 | Gibson ES-345 Kluson tuners Gold, single row, single-ring, set of 6 with collars and screws. Excellent condition, very rare. Fair market value $1,400, sell for... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1960s | DeArmond archtop pickup Model 1100 "Super Chief", chrome, adjusment screws, extra-fine condition. Has long rod and clamp, rare, fair market value $700 - $750, sell for... |  | inquire |
| c1954 |
Gibson “Les Paul Special” Pickguard Single-cut type, excellent condition, five-ply (of course) with nice wide beveled edge. These are impossible to get now, sell for...
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| c1960s | DeArmond model 1000 “Rhythm Chief” archtop pickup Red insert, chrome, comes with long connecting rod and volume box... |
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| c1950s | DeArmond model 1000 “Rhythm Chief” archtop pickup Red insert, mounted on an early ‘50s L7C five-ply pickguard with volume/tone box also attached. It would drop right on any old L-7C, L-5C, etc. Excellent condition, very rare, sell as a complete set only...
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c1954
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Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Wrap-over bridge With studs, nice condition - not perfect, shows normal wear, but looks, works, sounds fine. Very hard to find and going up fast, sell complete with studs for...
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| c1954 | Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Wrap-over bridge With studs, extra-fine condition - as clean as you’ll ever see, exceptional example. Now just about impossible to find, sell complete with studs for... View back |
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| c1965 | Fender Stratocaster parts Extremely rare original gold plated parts - Kluson tuners - double-row stamped (complete with collars), “F” neck plate with low six digit serial number, output cup/jack plate - all in real nice condition. Just in...
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| c1962 | Gibson “Byrdland” tailpiece Original 3-loop design with “Byrdland” etched on the crosspiece -- has all the usual wear and aging, but looks cool and is the real deal. Sell for...
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| cOld | Gibson Charlie Christian Pickup Don’t know what year, but old, very sweet sound - the pickup is 7.2K - those are the really good-sounding ones. Original magnets have gotten rusty, but the pickup is in excellent condition with no problems. Rare, sell for... |  |
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| c1950s | Kluson Tailpiece Very rare type with long hinge for deep-bodied jazz guitars - used on D’Angelicos, Gretsches, etc. The owner said this was on a D’Angelico that got destroyed (ouch). Super clean condition, beautiful patina, rare... |  | inquire |
| c1959 | Gibson Les Paul Junior Kluson tuners 3 on a strip type, "single line" stamp, very nice patina, have ambered, but are perfectly stable with no rot. Rare tuners (no collars or screws)...
View backs |  | inquire |
| c1959 | Gibson Les Paul Junior Kluson tuners 3 on a strip, same as above except extra fine very clean condition, very rare, set...
View backs |  | inquire |
| c1964 | Gibson ES-345 Tuners Kluson, gold plated early "double row/double stamp "type, plastic "keystone "button are in excellent condition with beautiful ambering patina. Complete with collars and screws, a rare find... View backs |  | inquire |
| c1964 | Gibson ES-335/SG Standard Kluson tuners Early double ring/double row, nickel plated, plastic "keystone "buttons are in excellent condition with beautiful ambering patina, complete with collars and screws, very rare... View undersides |  | inquire |
| c1970s?/80s? | Gibson Johnny Smith pickguard Very rare example with the "crushed marble "plastic - kind of like the early 1950s ones, multi-bound, excellent condition, single pickup version. Only seen a few made of this plastic, sell for the price of a new boring tortoise shell type... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1968 | Gibson Johnny Smith pickguard multi-bound tortoise shell type, single pickup version, stable and in excellent condition, rare, sell for...
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| c1962 | Gibson Johnny Smith pickguard Multi-bound old style thick tortoise shell with spike that goes in the side of the neck, single pickup version, has a wonderful look, perfectly stable (no rot), very rare... View color |  | inquire |
| c1958 | Epiphone Archtop Electric pickguard Tortoise shell (in perfect condition - most have rotted now), correct for the "Broadway" electric or the John Lee Hooker thinline roundcut electric. Very hard to find this clean... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1949-53 | Gibson Tuners Single ring keystone buttons on single row stamped nickel tuners, "open "end where button shaft goes through other end of housing - used on L-7s, early Les Paul Goldtops, etc. Excellent condition and buttons are in extra fine all-original condition - very rare - the late '50s versions bring $3,000 - $4,000 now (getting silly), these are 99% close to those - even have the single stamp on the back, sell the set for... View undersides |  | inquire |
| cLate 1950s | Grover Rotomatic Tuners Nickel, early type with deep embossed "Pat Applied For" stamped on backs, wonderful aged patina, work great, rare. Set... | photo to follow | inquire |
| cMid 1960s | Grover Rotomatic Tuners Nickel, early type with deep embossed "Pat Applied For" stamps on backs, look old and work great, perfect for those old Gibsons that had the tuners changed - these will make them look great (and worn well). Set... | photo to follow | inquire |
| cLate 1960s/Early 1970s | Grover Rotomatic Tuners Nickel and chrome sets, late "Pat Applied For "types, used on Gibsons, Martins, Guilds, etc., nice examples. Set... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1977 | Fender Stratocaster Neck Maple 3-bolt type, not a lot of wear - finish is excpetionally intact, if I remember right (we've had this for years). I didn't use this neck because it had a slight hump, or dip, and needed to be lightly leveled on the fretboard, refretted, and finish redone on the fretboard. Truss rod works, original tuner holes and screw holes (never had replacement tuners - still stock). These bring $800 now, when they do show up - sell this one for.. View back |  | inquire |
| c1967 | Fender Coronado Bass II Neck Extremely rare original "Sonic Blue "custom color on face of headstock with original decals, logo, etc. Has bound fretboard with block pearloid inlays, excellent condition - Phil's been keeping this for decades, wanting to make a cool "Sonic Blue "handmade bass out of it, but one: he never will, and two: he sounds like a guitar player playing the bass (really not happening), so, out it goes. Sell for... View back view headstock |  | inquire |
| c1961 | Gibson ES-335 Pickguard Early short guard with the wide beveled edge that reveals the 5-ply (the real cool looking one), has a slight "dishing "but isn't all that warped like so many. Very hard to find now (since the guitars are going for $20,000 - $30,000), sell for... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1960 | Fender metal flat logo New old stock still in the box (have 20 of them), used on all the amps of the period - these are original, not reproductions, perfect for those old Twins, Bassmans, etc. Sell them until they're gone, each one... |  | inquire |
| c1940s | Gretsch "Stairstep "archtop bridge Top and base, nicely grained rosewood, excellent condition, very rare, sell for... | photo to follow | inquire |
| c1950s | Gibson ES-125 Pickguard Tortoise shell, all original and very clean (most have rotted now), notched for one P-90 pickup, now very rare, sell for... | photo to follow | inquire |
| cEarly 1950s | Keisel flat-top roundhole pickup Rare early version with 1st, 2nd, 5th + 6th adjustable pole pieces, no 3rd or 4th. Creme bobbin, excellent condition - these have a killer totally authentic sound for fingerpicking, blues, folk, etc. - there isn't a modern pickup out there that gets this sound. Rare version, complete...
View back |  | inquire |
| c1964 | Guild "narrow size" humbucking pickups Original set of two (from a Guild Duane Eddy DE-400), all-original and in excellent condition, includes original mounting bezels and screws, springs, etc. Both pickups are 6.41k output, these were used on early X-500s, Starfires, etc. These are the earliest examples of Guild's humbuckers, sounds amazing, now getting rare. Sell complete set of 2 for...
View backs |  | inquire |
| c1950s | DeArmond flat-top roundhole pickup The classic version with no second string magnet showing, creme bobbin with chrome surround with volume wheel. Excellent condition, shows 9.5k (hot!) Classic blues, fingerpicking sound, sell for...
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| cLate 1960s | Guild HB-1 humbucking pickups Set of two, chrome covers, 3 screws to adjust pickup, pickup pole pieces are rusty, otherwise clean, 6.67k and 6.18k output. Classic 1960s tone, getting hard to find now, sell the set of 2 for...
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| c1968 | Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Standard stoptailpiece Feather-light weight version, chrome, nice condition - looks old, but clean. Sell for...
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| c1968 | Gibson feather-light weight stoptailpiece Chrome, excellent condition, but was carefully "aged" (shine was de-glossed and aged "patina" added), original plating and in excellent condition, just looks more 1950s nickel now... Sell for...
View underside |  | inquire |
| c1964 or 1968 | Gibson feather-light weight stoptailpiece Gold plated, worn (nicely) on top of tailpiece and is in nice condition. It either came off of a 1964 ES 345 or a 1968 Les Paul Custom (can't remember now) but it's the early one that sounds so good (Tone City with these). Rare, sell with studs for...
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| c1966 | Gibson SG Special stoptailpiece bridge With "compensated ridge" chrome with original intonation adjustment screws, nice condition, cool patina but clean, sell for...
View underside |  | inquire |
| c1968 | Gibson Les Paul Goldtop feather-light weight stoptailpiece Chrome, very cool patina - really looks like a 1950s example - doesn't have that typical chrome/blue bright reflection - aged into a real nice look...
View underside |  | inquire |
| c1967 | Gibson ES-335 Tunematic bridge Chrome with original factory nylon saddles, extra-fine condition - saddles are in very clean (and rare) condition. Early patent number version...
View underside |  | inquire |
| c1967 | Gibson ES345/355 Tunematic bridge Gold with original brass saddles, very nice example - perfect aging and patina, saddles in excellent condition. Hard to find this nice, sell for...
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