Rare as Rubies
Julian Marsh
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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1960 Dallas Scala 5414 Twin Combo

$1,200
Super rare Dallas Scala 5414 Twin Combo from 1960. These are from the early days of the British Music scene and few remain extant. See page 53 and 54 of Dave Hunter's British Amp Invasion. Shipping to the US included in the price.
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2023 Flynn Amps Hawk Rory Gallaher Treble Boost

$280
Rory’s original booster was well used but otherwise functioning as it should. Very carefully it was deconstructed and each component measured and recorded. The circuit was redrawn exactly but we upgraded the design with more reliable rotary pots instead of the original sliders. The original booster also had a two way volume switch which we changed to a variable rotary pot control. C&K switch’s,...
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2021 Hook Wizard Automated Half Stack

$3,000
The WIZARD is a revolutionary new guitar amp and may be the last amp you will ever buy. This statement by the makers is right on the money. This is an amazing amp with extraordinary possibilities. It is in mint original condition with covers and sounds fantastic! You can play it with or without a speaker cab thanks to its integrated reactive speaker load. It is a big step up sonically from...
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Kittyhawk Standard

$7,500
This is a very rare Kitty Hawk 50 watt Standard Combo. Much sought after as the best Kittyhawk the Roy Brothers produced. This one is from 1980, so in the first run after Howard Dumble stopped working with them. Sonically it is mixture between a Dumble and Boogie and sounds cracking. It is currently fitted with a Celestion Creamback Neo to reduce the weight, but is sold with the original EVM12L....
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1959 Fender Super 5G4 Centre Volume

$6,750
This is an incredibly rare 'centre volume' amp – written up in Dave Hunter’s Book and in an article as 'the amp that doesn’t exist'. It is a very very early brown face fender, thought to be a prototype sent out to promote the transition between tweed amps and brownface amps. They were not officially released until 1960 and the very early ones like this didn’t even have a tube chart. The neat...
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Marshall Katrina Leskanich's Tour Amp

$900
This is the tour amp of Katrina from Katrina and the Waves, the band that brought us Walking On Sunshine and Shine a Light. It is fully working but showing the knocks and tears from years of touring. The band split in 1999 but this and the other amp on our site has been kept at the still functioning Waves Studio in Cambridge owned by Kimberley Rew and Alex Cooper. A letter of Provenance from...
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Skrydstrup R&D Super Drive SD-50

$4,500
This is a super rare amp these days and is an absolute joy in terms of tone and dynamics. It's probably the closest you can get to the Robben Ford sound without splashing out on a Dumble. It is a two channel design – ranging from fat warm clean tones to singing overdrive, with a built-in switchable boost function. This is not a high gain amp, but an amplifier for the guitar bluesy player who...
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Fender Telecaster Thinline

$2,600
Completely mint guitar 1 of 200 Combining premium appointments and classic colours, the Limited Edition Two-Tone Telecaster® creates a truly inspiring playing experience. Beautiful light body and '59 neck shape to die for with an ebony board. The price includes shipping to the US. Fender says: The Thinline body has a beautifully black-bound top in either Surf Green, Daphne Blue, or...
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Lazy J J35

$3,750
Hand-wired tweed Lazy J J35 amplifier in mint condition Fully specced out with footswitch controlled spring reverb and tremolo. Includes a half-power switch that brings wattage down to 17.5W. 3x Eminence Legend 1028K speakers These are superb, high quality boutique amps now being used by all the top guitarists. Check out the Lazy J website to see the list of enthusiastic users like David...
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Two Rock Kimock

$12,000
Two Rock Kustom Kimock Signature Serial #18 and matching 2 x 12 Signature Cab in Tan Suede Finish Two Rock Steve Kimock Signature Amplifier Serial number 18. Features handwritten "Kimock" on faceplate and Steve Kimock's signature on the back. Only 25 of these were ever made. These amps were crafted by Two-Rock designer and co-founder Bill Krenard and Steve Kimock himself. This amp is...
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1982 Fender JV '62 Stratocaster

$3,200
This a very early 1982 Fender JV ST62-85 Stratocaster with a low serial number, rare grey bottom Fullerton USA pickups and a nitro finish. With a Fender logo, it is road worn through 40 years of gigging and has some loss of colour on the rear as shown in the photos. It’s in a custom black finish with a rosewood board. The neck is straight and the fingerboard radius is 7.25 inches. It weighs 8lbs....
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1955 Selmer TV10

$950
This is an incredibly rare amp – from the first range of Selmer Guitar amps Two tone Crocodile Skin with 10 inch Goodmans speaker. 10 watt amp set in base. Bakelite handle. Amp has been recapped by John Chambers the UK’s leading expert on vintage valve amp repairs – see photos. Uses 19AQ5 Output Tubes. Same DC Design as the TV15 with the same requirements to use with an isolating transformer...
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~1981 Kittyhawk .Custom Standard 50

$3,500
This is a chance to pick up a really rare piece. Based on Dumble amps and originally made in Germany under license from Howard Dumble, the early 80’s Kittyhawk combo’s (which also give a nod to the early Mesa Boogie’s) have the same characteristics of wonderful powerful cleans and an excellent rich footswitcheable drive channel. The amp features a rich reverb and effects loop. This model is a...
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1973 Guild D55 Special Order

$3,800
Rare top of the range Guild Acoustic, only available as a special order in 1973. Complete with internal pickup, this guitar is in excellent condition. There are a few marks on the back/neck and one on the side as photographed, but it is generally in excellent condition for a fifty year old guitar. Comes with the original case which has one broken catch and shows wear.
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2000 GIbson Gary Moore Les Paul

$5,100
2000 Gibson Les Paul Gary Moore Signature in excellent + condition. This is the first Gary Moore Signature model Gibson USA did back in 2000. based on the legendary Peter Green's 1959 Les Paul "Greeny" guitar. It was built to Gary's specs with no binding on neck and top in Lemon finish and features the then absolutely new Gibson Burstbucker pickups and a unique "59 neck profile". These...
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1997 Fender Hellecaster 3 guitar set

$8,250
This is the complete set of Limited Edition Fender Hellecaster Guitars This is a rare chance to acquire the complete set of Fender Limited Edition CIJ Hellecaster Guitars in great condition. Released in 1997 as three signature guitars for the members of the Hellecasters - Jerry Donahue, Will Ray and John Jorgenson with a limited run of 400 guitars, these iconic pieces make a wonderful set. They...
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Marshall Kimberley Rew Owned JTM 30 Tour Amp

$900
Kimberley Rew is the writer of Walking on Sunshine and was the guitarist of Katrina and the Waves and Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys. This JTM30 is one of K&W's tour amps belonging to Kim and it comes with a written provenance from Kim. The price includes shipping to the US.
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1980 GIbson Bicentennial Firebird

$5,000
Made in Gibson's renowned Kalamazoo factory in 1979/80, this Firebird is a beautiful example of both the level of craftsmanship contained within the factory and the quality of design displayed in the classic Firebird. At the tail end of Bicentennial issue production, this non-reverse Firebird features a three-piece body - Mahogany through-neck with mahogany wings - and mini 'PAT Number'...
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2015 Kelton Swade 1952 Blackguard Blonde 'Vinny' AVRT Telecaster1

$4,000
An superb guitar by the celebrated luthier Kelton Swade who
made some of the most accurate replica vintage guitars available until his sad death this year. A preferred builder for Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Roy Buchanan and many other well-known players, his guitars authentically replicate not only the look, but the sound of an original 1950's era vintage Telecaster guitar. They are lightweight...
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2020 Macmull Heartbreaker Neo Private Stock Superlight 2020

$4,300
Beautiful Macmull Heartbreaker Neo Private stock in great condition. It's not mint with a few very small dings and a finish crack below the E strings at the neck, but otherwise very clean and a great player. Check out this fantastic sounding guitar on the Macmull U Tube video. Shipping to the US included in the price. This is Macmull's description: Heartbreaker NEO RB (Ringless Buckers) As...
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1950 Selmer TV15

$1,200
Very rare Selmer TV15 from 1950. In very good condition for its age. Original Goodmans Speaker. Because of its early design it needs to be used with an isolating step up transformer as it is 240v. Shipping to the US included in the price. Email rargrail@gmail.com to discuss purchase
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Revelator Super KIng Custom Shop Relic

$2,500
Custom built Revelator Super King Relic Stratocaster. These are fantastic guitars equivalent in quality to Fender Custom Shop and Danocaster. Beautifully reliced, light (7.4ibs), great sounding with a perfect action. Check out the Revelator Website -Home (revelatorguitars.com). Ash body, maple neck with a lovely dark rosewood fingerboard. Virtually no fretwear. Comes with a Revelator guitars...
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1973 Marshall JMP 50 Lead Head

$4,125
Marshall JMP 50 lead head from 1973, the last year that featured hand wired tag board construction. Great sounding amp in nice condition. Some restoration to the cab, a recovered back panel and a slightly later date, correct spec mains transformer replacement. Otherwise all original. Shipping to the US included in the price. Contact rargrail@gmail.com to discuss purchase.
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2013 Ruokangas Mojo KIng

$4,500
Absolutely stunning orange/tangerine Ruokangas Mojo King in Mint Condition. Fabulous playing guitar with Custom wiring option giving series and parallel options as well as the regular telecaster combinations. Has the 42mm fast C neck with stainless steel frets. This guitar has hardly been played and shows no wear. Comes with original Certificate of Authenticity, all case candy and...
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2013 Danocaster 3TSB Double Cut

$5,100
2013 Danocaster Double Cut with original Danocaster gigbag. Fabulous instrument! Weighs only 6lbs 13oz with an alder body! Rocketfire pickups are a perfect match for this guitar. Danocaster hang tags have only been available for about the last 5 years. This one is "pre hang tag" era. Comes with both the original gig bag and a Hiscox hard case Slab rosewood board 3 Tone Sunburst 2 Piece alder...
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1959 Dallas Rangemaster Popular

$1,200
Extremely rare and virtually unknown amplifier from the company that became Sound City. Only web record is the catalogue illustration from the Vintage Hofner Website (see illustration). Very good condition and a very nice sounding amp. 12 watts. Original Goodmans elliptical speakers, original handle, knobs, feet etc. Some restoration to the back and rear grilles . Some slight scuffs and wear on...
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1989 Fender MB JWB Esquire

$9,150
This is a unique early master-built guitar by J W Black. It was commissioned by Fender to present to their A&R man Tom Nolan in recognition of him persuading Jeff Beck to endorse his signature stratocaster released in 1991. It is in superb near mint condition (see photos for the few small dings) and has a neck to die for. It comes with a signed Custom Shop Provenance telling its story and a...
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Lentz HSL

$3,500
Lentz HSL in Seafoam Green These are extremely highly regarded and sought after, luthier built, US guitars of which there are few around. This example is not mint (see photos) but in great shape It has a lovely rich rosewood fretboard with no fret wear and a fantastic sound and playability. Buddy Whittington's favourite guitar. Check out Buddy Whittington's solo on So Many Roads! Comes with...
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1963 Selmer Futurama Caravelle Type 1

$1,400
Extremely Rare early model Futurama Caravelle - only made in 1963. Completely original apart from replaced caps. Complete with original Goodmans speaker and footswitch and in excellent condition. 15 watts with tremelo. Great sounding and rare collectors piece. Serviced by Dave Hunter of Classic Valve Amps UK. Please email rargrail@gmail.com to discuss purchase. Comes with free shipping to the...
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