1993 Takamine Santa Fe #539 Model ESF-93From the Howard Leese collection. This guitar was a NAMM Show prototype that Howard saw at the 1993 NAMM Show, when Nancy Wilson was Playing Takamine's. It was given to Howard by the Takamine rep, and Howard used it extensively..
Soldano SLO Stack #453 Turquoise SnakeskinThis stack went on several world tours with Howard Leese and Heart. The turquoise snakeskin was a special covering that Howard asked for. The amp is a replacement that Mike Soldano made for me. Howard kept the..
1958 Fender Precision Bass #215 CleanA one owner virgin. Spectacular condition. As clean as the 58 P Bass Ltd.Ed. Relic I bought. This thing still has the original foam mute under the bridge cover. And the fret wear (not fret ware, God I hate that) is virtually..
2004 Fender TeleStrat #371 Stunning Ebony Transparent that turns purple when the light hits it. Ash body, AAA maple top, one piece birdseye maple neck and fretboard. 2004 Summer NAMM display guitar. ..
2007 Fender 1956 Stratocaster Relic #506 I acquired this guitar from Howard Leese, formerly of Heart, and now with the Paul Rodgers Band. Howard was asked by Paul to join the reunion of Bad Company in Florida last year. Howard was taken by this Strat, and got it from Mick Ralphs..
2007 Masterbuilt Telestrat #207 This is far and away the most beautiful Fender guitar I have ever seen. It was on display in the Fender booth at the winter NAMM show in 2007. It knocked my socks off, but not being a dealer, there was no way I could possibly obtain..
Fender Jazz Bass #504 What a special Jazz Bass! This was built in the Fender Custom Shop for the Fender VP of Quality Assurance. I wish my pictures did justice to the stunning quilt maple and sunburst. The outer edges are more red than the pictures show. And..
Vintage Hot Rod '62 Stratocaster #226 Definitely got the vibe going. From Fender:Great classic features include vintage styling and a thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish; modern features include three American Vintage Strat® single-coil pickups (with..
1962 Gibson Les Paul Junior #531 As Clean As They ComePurchased by a gentlleman from Bandstand Music in Bellevue Washington new, in 1962. He unfortunately passed away around a year later. In the late 1970's, his wife took it back to Bandstand to sell it. They called a..
1983 Gibson #232 In the early eighties, US made instruments were not at their peak in quality. Japanese guitars were flooding the market, and American workmanship and work ethics were being seriously maligned. As a response and in an effort to promote..
1988 Gibson ES 175 #509 Built in October of '88 for Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses. Note the "Not For Resale" on the back of the headstock. Izzy wasn't suppose to sell it. ..
2004 Gibson Les Paul Standard #380 This one is going to be gutted, have a 2Tek bridge installed, and given to Vince Gill as a gift. Very light weight, a paltry seven pounds, 14 ounces. ..
2007 Flying V #233 It seems that most of the Gibson '67 style V's are painted a solid color or have some kind of graphics on them. This natural mahogany piece spoke to me, and I had to have it. For me, Gibson Pointy guitars just need to be natural..
Flying V #234 Around the turn of the Millennium, the Gibson Custom Shop did a very small run of natural mahogany pointies, using the split headstock design first drawn for the Gibson Futura in 1958. According to Gibson Customer Service, they only made a..
Gibson Futura By Bacchus #411 Beautiful all Korina Japanese built Futura. Bacchus builds some fabulous instruments, and this is one for sure. The Futura was the original Gibson design that was tamed down a bit and became the Explorer. No original Futuras were..
Moderne Heritage Reissue #235 In 1982 Gibson did the first semi-accurate reissues on the famed 1958 Ted McCarty designs, the Flying V, the Explorer, and the Moderne. No one is sure how many if any real 1958 Modernes exist if indeed any ever did. Built of Korina,..
