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Thursday:-9.30-6.30
We are closed Sunday and Monday
We buy and sell second hand instruments.
We offer a lovely range of second hand guitars, all of which have unique characters and stories and each sounds and feels so different. All of them are given a Curvy Sounds service when they arrive,so they are fixed and set up to play like a dream.
If you can, come in and test them out,see what suits you!
If you are from further afield and can't come to the shop,but are interested in a second hand guitar,email us at curvysounds@yahoo.com and we will give you an in depth, description of the instrument .
Second Hand Instruments
Novo Copy Elderwood Guitar
( Elderwood Novo copy )
Hand crafted by Barrie Anderson of Elderwood Guitars.
This Beautiful Novo copy is made from Salvaged pine,which gives it a airytone when plugged in and a acoustic brightness when unplugged.Its red satin finish,allows the beautiful grain of the wood to shine through.The lightness of the wood improves sustain and is easy on the shoulders and back of the player.
It has a booster...
£360.00
Aria A554 Black Label 1967
( Aria A554 BlackLabel )
Reduced in Our Purple wednesday Sale from £620 to £550.Sale ends on Wednesday the 28th of November.
Aria A554 Black label
This rare, vintage, classical guitar was made in Japan in the late 60's in the Matsuoka factory.The Matsuoka factory was a family business led by chief Luthier Ryoji Matsuoka in Nagoya Japan ,who was later suceeded by his...
£550.00
Audition 1969 Japanese Semi-acoustic
( Audition 1969 )
Audition Semi acoustic Made in Japan in 1969. ...
£330.00
Bandurria
( Bandurria )
Reduced in Purple Wednesday Sale from £186 to £160.Sale ends on Wednesday the 28th of November.
The Bandurria or Spanish Mandolin is a musical instrument which crosses a Mandolin with a Guitar.Small and tear dropped in shape- it has six double strings and so is accessible both to Mandolin and Guitar players
Beautifully, hand crafted ,in Spain....
£160.00
Bandurria
( Bandurria )
Reduced in Purple Wednesday Sale from £186 to £160.Sale ends on Wednesday the 28th of November.
The Bandurria or Spanish Mandolin is a musical instrument which crosses a Mandolin with a Guitar.Small and tear dropped in shape- it has six double strings and so is accessible both to Mandolin and Guitar players
Beautifully, hand crafted ,in Spain....
£160.00
Bazouki
( Bazouki )
Electro Acoustic Bazouki.
Celtic Star,designed in Germany.
Comes with Strap and Hard Case.
£310.50
Cort 5 string Bass
( Cort 5string Bass )
Cort 5 String Bass. GB35
Tuned to a low B-great sub base frequencies .Stonking Fat Sound! Well balanced to hold and it's Curvy sounds set up, with low action makes it really easy to play.
Made in Indonesia
Serial number:021114215
Body:Agathis
Neck :Canadian Maple
Fretboard:Rosewood
Frets:22
Sclae :34"
Inlay:...
£259.00
Crafter TM035/N
( Crafter TM035/N )
Reduced from £250 to £225 until Wednesday the 28th of November Crafter TM035/N
This is a beautifully crafted and gorgeous looking guitar,with exquisite inlay- mother of pearl ,snowdops on the headstock,geometric shapes down the fretboard and abalone pearl around the rosette and binding. It has a...
£225.00
Deville Telecaster
( Deville Telecaster )
Reduced from £150 to £140 until November28th. Deville Telecaster
Classic Telecaster just set up by Curvy Sounds,playing beautifully.
Made in Korea
Specifications:
2 Single coil pick ups
3 way switch.
Volume control.
Tone control.
£140.00
Dooge Rat Rod Bass
( Dooge Rat Rod Bass )
This Dooge Bass is designed and hand built in Newcastle
by Ian Dugini of Rat Rod Relic Guitars and Basses
He has given this Bass an alternative Strat style body shape , finished it with pistachio green and reliced it ,to give it a driftwood feel.
A totally unique Bass. If you want a Guitar,Bass or cigar box guitar made to your own...
£408.00
Dooge Rat Rod Guitar
( Dooge Rat Rod Guitar )
These Dooge Guitars are designed and hand built in Newcastle
by Ian Dugini of Rat Rod Relic Guitars and Basses
He has given this Guitar an alternative Telecaster look , finished it with beach hut green and reliced it ,to give it a driftwood feel.
A totally unique Guitar. If you want a Guitar made to your own specifications ring Ian on 07563720897 ...
£393.00
Douglas
( Douglas )
Reduced from £360 to £340 until November 28th Douglas Guitar
Made In Japan in the 60's.
One of the hotest guitars we have ever clapped eyes on! With it's melted chrome scratch plate and crackling, worn, sunburst finish ,it has a volcanic, molten look.
Lovingly restored by...
£340.00
Eko Acoustic Bass BA4CEQ
( Eko Acoustic Bass )
Reduced from £360 to £330 until November the 28th Eko Acoustic Bass- BA4CEQ
This is a beautifully designed acoustic bass with a lovely rich deep ,tone.Its been given a Curvy Sounds set up and now plays so easiy.
Specifications:
Top;Solid Spruce.
Back and...
£330.00
Midnight Special Elderwood
( Elderwood MidnightSp )
Midnight Special .
Handcrafted by Barrie Anderson of Elderwood Guitars.
Made from Salvaged pine,giving it an airy electric and a bright acoustic tone.The lightness of the wood improves sustain and is easy on the shoulders and back of the player.
This unique Guitar has a a coil spliter switch that allows you to split the Filtatron Toasterhumbucker style...
£275.00
Elderwood Telecaster OST1
( Elderwood Telecaster )
Elderwood OST1 Telecaster
Designed and handcrafted by Barrie Anderson .
Made from Salvaged Pine ,with Rosewood fingerboard and Maple neck and finished in a reliced Duck egg Blue.
The pine makes this a very light guitar to play,with an airy classic tele tone ,a bright acoustic sound and lovely ,long resonance.
Specifications:
Salvaged Pine...
£285.00
Epiphone Dot
( Epiphone dot )
Reduced in the Curvy Sounds sale from £311.00 to £280.Sale ends Wednesday the 28th
Epiphone Dot ,Semi-acoustic.
Caramel Sunburst,beautiful grain.
Serial no:UO3014429
Made in Korea.
Specifications:
2 humbucker pickups.
2 volume controls.
2 tone controls.
3 way switch.
£280.00
Epiphone EJ-200CE /BK
( Epiphone EJ200 )
Reduced from £250to £230 until November the 28th. Epiphone EJ-200CE/BK
Serial no: 12072302847
The original ancestor of this guitar- the J200, was introduced to the world in 1937 .It became the guitar of choice for many of the great rythmn guitar players of the 20th century,including Bob Dylan,Don Everly,Elvis...
£230.00
Epiphone Thunderbird Bass
( Epiphone Thunderbird )
The Epiphone Thunderbird Bass was first made in the Kalmazoo factory by Gibson in 1963 ,designed by the automotive designer Ray Dietrich.And its iconic body shape and headstock, giving the dynamic look of a hawk in flight,has remained the same to the present day.
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This IV Thunderbird was made in the Unsung factory in Korea in 2006.
Specifications:...
£310.00
Faith Jupiter Super Jumbo FJ
( Faith Jupiter )
Faith Jupiter Super Jumbo FJ
This guitar is beautifully made and feels lovely to play.It has a gorgeous,and balanced tone which is mellow yet bright and has a rich, resonance to it's bass notes.
Made of Solid Spruce and Mahogany.
Specifications:
Top: Solid Spruce.
Back & Sides: Solid Mahogany.
Binding: Solid Rosewood.
Neck:...
£520.00
Favilla/Harmony-Parsons
( Favilla/Harmony Pars )
This Guitar has been restored by Kevin Parsons renowned Luthier of 'The Burke and Hare Guitar Company'. Kevin restores broken Vintage Guitars but as the name of his company suggests if they are beyond repair as a whole ,he takes the parts and makes a new guitar out of them.
So,this is a hybrid of two classics a Favilla and a Harmony.The back and sides are of a...
£375.00
Fender Paramount Parlour PM 2-AM -NE Nat
( Fender PM 2-AM-NE )
Fender Paramount PM-2-AM -NE. NAT
All Mahogany parlour Guitar ,beautiful to look at with its checker binging andRosette, comfortable to play ,and soundsgreat with a well balanced,earthy tone.
Specifications:
Top ,Back & Sides&Neck:Solid Mahogany.
Finger Board:Ovangkol wood.
Frets:20
Scale length:25.75
Finger board...
£385.00
Fender Paramount Parlour PM 2-AM -NE Nat
( Fender PM 2-AM-NE )
Fender Paramount PM-2-AM -NE. NAT
All Mahogany parlour Guitar ,beautiful to look at with its checker binging andRosette, comfortable to play ,and soundsgreat with a well balanced,earthy tone.
Specifications:
Top ,Back & Sides&Neck:Solid Mahogany.
Finger Board:Ovangkol wood.
Frets:20
Scale length:25.75
Finger board...
£385.00
Flame Maple Top Fender Telecaster
( FEnder tele FMT )
Flame Maple TopFender Telecaster.
Made in Indonesia
Serial number:ICF16000494
This FMT special edition Telecaster,looks fantastic with its carved Flame Maple Top ,with black cherry finish and cream body binding. And it’s two Seymour Duncan Humbucking pickups give it a scorching sound!
This FMT is going for a song because it has a buckle shaped...
£415.00
Fender Dreadnought DG-4/TS
( FenderDG-4/TS )
Reduced from £180 to £170 until November the 28th. Fender DG-4/TS
Dreadnought, Steel String .
Caramel sunburst finish.
Great quality guitar,for a good price.
£170.00
Gio Ibanez Bass GSR180
( Gio Ibanez Bass )
Gio Ibanez Bass Guitar. GSR180
This is a very versatile bass.Its Nato body,maple neck`and rosewood fingerboard give a great range of well balanced tones with a brightness and warmth to suit any style of playing.The master tone control can give you anything from warm jazz tones to blasting rock bass.
serial number I140907598
Specifications:
2...
£140.00
~Gretsch New Yorker
( Gretsch New Yorker )
Gretsch New Yorker G9555
Serial number:CAXR163414
This beautiful archtop acoustic was created in homage to the classic Gretsch 6050 New Yorker, made in the 1940s.The G9555 has all the qualities of the original archtop, with its stylish design and its woody ,roostsy tone . The Dearmond single coil pick up,perfectly amplifies its full range of tones from the...
£500.00
Guild Bass 1973
( Guild Bass 1973 )
Guild Bass made in 1973. Reduced from £1000 to £900
Restored by renowned Luthier Kevin Parsons, who replaced the dead pickups with new Bartalini pickups (worth £150 each),which gives the bass a great bright,sparkling,clear tone and great attack.
Specification:
2 J1 Bartalini pickups
3 way switch.
1 volume control....
£900.00
Italia Mondial
( Italia Mondial )
Reduced in the Sale from£680 to £550.
This incredible,stylish Mondial,Italia is a very unusual guitar. It has 2 mono outputs enabling the guitar to make an acoustic and an electric sound simultaneously.
Unique tones abound,courtesy of the special design 'Acousti-Glas' top and Italia Piezo jazz-style bridge,which combine with the Wilkinson double coils to...
£550.00
Kala KA UTAR Guitarlele
( Kala Guitarlele )
Kala "U-Tar" -Rare Baritone Scale Guitarlele....
£300.00
Lakewood M14
( Lakewood M14 )
Reduced from £830 to £ 760 until November the 28th . Lakewood M14
serial number:358365 Made in 1990.
Lakewoods are beautiful, high end guitars made in Giessen in Germany.As they say about themselves...
£760.00
Left Handed Tanglewood Bass Guitar Warrior II
( Left hand Tanglewood )
Tanglewood Left Handed Bass Guitar-Warrior II
Specifications:
Dark natural finish.
2 EMC Electronics Pick ups.
2 Volume controls.
1 Tone Control.
£130.00
Left Handed Chord Telecaster
( Left hand Tele Chord )
Left Handed Chord Telecaster
Plays well- 2 scuffs on the bottom edge and a few smal niks on the back but in good overall condition.
Specifications:
Pick ups: 2 Single coil
3 way Switch
1 Volume control
1 Tone control
Finish: Butterscotch
£100.00
Levin W32
( Levin W32 )
Levin W32
Levin was a Swedish company that made such exquisite guitars with such quality wood,that when a Martin had their factory and their supply of Guitars destroyed by a fire ,they turned to Levin .They bought up Levin as a company and incorporated them into a Martin
This Guitar came to us at CurvySounds with the front panel totally destroyed.We passed it on to renowned...
£535.00
Mastertone
( Mastertone )
Mastertone Steel String made in the 1920's-30's
This beautiful instrument made by Gibson, predates the Kalamazoo!
It has been restored by renowned Luthier Kevin Parsons,who has given it a new neck and bridge.The tuning pegs are original as is the body.
Specifications:
Body-Mahogany,-original Gibson Mastertone body.
Neck-Cedar-made by...
£620.00
Parsons Resonator Baritone Ukulele
( Parsons Res Bari uke )
This Resonator Baritone Ukulele is an exquisite and unique instrument.
Designed and handcrafted by renowned Luthier Kevin Parsons,out of solid Mahogany .It is an incredibly beautiful piece of work,with such finely sculpted edges to it’s body, that it gives the impression of having been carved out a single piece of wood.
The sound that the mahogany gives it...
£485.00
Spector Performer Bass Guitar
( Spector Bass Guitar )
Spector Performer Bass Guitar.
Bling Sparkle Gold finish!
It's Spector NS body shape makes it extreemly comfortable to play.It is a well made and versatile bass.
Specifications:
Emg-hz pick up.
One piece Rock Maple set neck.
Rosewood fingerboard.
1 volume control.
1 tone control.
£260.00
SX VTG series Bass
( SX Bass )
This SX VTG series bass is an excellent Starter Precision Bass or a good Work horse ,that isnt too precious to play in a rowdy pub.
Specification:
1 volume control.
1 tone control.
Maple Neck.
Rosewood fingerboard.
Ash body.
Sunburst finish.
£150.00
Takamine G series acoustic Bass E/A EG5120
( Takamine Bass EG5120 )
Takamine G series Acoustic Bass EG5120
Electro Acoustic.
Specifications:
Top: Solid Spruce.
Back and Sides:Flame Maple .
Neck: Mahogany.
Fingerboard:Bound Rosewood with 16" radius.
TK-40B preamp with tuner,3 band EQ & gain controls,mid-shift control,bass boost switch and EQ bypass switch- giving great versatilty and sound quality....
£400.00
Tokai SG
( Tokai SG )
Tokai SG.
This is a great guitar,Chinese made but a fantastic player with great mischevious, squalling tone!
Specifications:
Body:Mahogany
Neck:Maple-set Neck.
Fingerboard: Rosewood.
£414.00
Silvertone Soprano Ukulele
( Uke Silvertone Sop )
Silvertone Soprano Ukulele
This stunning Vintage,1940’s Silvertone Ukulele ,was restored by renowned Luthier Kevin Parsons.
These Ukes we’re sold by Sears and Roebuck in America in the 40’s, most Ukes made by the same company were branded Harmony from the 50’s onwards.
All crafted in solid Mahogany, with beautiful 1940’s tuning...
£155.00
Ukulele,Soprano-Favilla
( Uke,Sop Favilla )
This Favilla Soprano Ukulele is something seriously special.
It is a Vintage instrument crafted by Favilla in the 1940’s-50’s.No Favilla uses except Baritones were made after 1960.
It is crafted out of solid Mahogany and has a beautiful rich tone.
Comes with soft case
£200.00
Ukulele Aloha 1920’s
( Ukelele Aloha )
Aloha Soprano Ukulele
This is a super rare ,much sought after,Aloha Ukulele made in Hawaii in the 1920’s.
As the craze for a Ukes swept America,many American companies sprang up making Ukuleles and a lot of them pretended to be Hawaiian .
The Hawaiian Uke making fraternity were incensed and it was made law that all Hawaii made Ukuleles had to have...
£255.00
Ukulele Tanglewood Union Series
( Ukulele Tanglewood )
Soprano Ukulele Tanglewood,Union Series,TU1
Specifications:
Top,Back,Sides& Neck:Mahogany
Fretboard & Bridge:Rosewood
Saddle:ABS Ivory.
Nut:ABS Ivory (34mm)
Scale length: 345mm
Machine heads: Open gear ,Black buttons
Finish:Natural Satin
£89.00
Vintage Bass
( Vintage Bass )
'Vintage' Bass Guitar This is a lovely bass that seem to have been discontinued by John Hornby Skewes ,the company that makes Vintage Guitars.It's pick up configuration ,means it combines the quality of a Jazz bass and and a Precision Bass ,giving it a great versatility of sound. ...
£150.00
Vintage Viator
( Vintage Viator )
Vintage Viator Travel Guitar This lttle guitar is just perfect to sling on your back and take where ever you want to go.and it has a lovely luminous bright tone and an exceptional...
£207.00
Vox Phantom
( Vox Phantom )
T his Vox Phantom is both vintage and new at the same time .It's body and most of it's parts are vintage 60's Vox parts which were found unused, in a warehouse in Italy.The Fella who bought them has then had the enviable task of creating guitars out of the vintage parts and then giving them new pick ups, electrics and a new paint job and finish.
This Guitar...
£725.00
Watkins Rapier
( Watkins Rapier )
Watkins Rapier 33.Designed by Reg Watkins in 1957 ,the Watkins brothers raced to make the first solid body electric Guitars in Britain for the UK market .They were beatedn by a week by the Dallas Tuxedo.But with Fenders exclusive and expensive and unavailable in Britain the Watkins Rapier became a key guitar to the explosion of rock and Roll in Britain...
£450.00
Yamaha AES 500
( Yamaha AES 500 )
Yamaha AES 500
The stylish retro design of this Guitar,makes it stand out in a crowd of guitars and it's fat humbuckers give it a great powerful,punchy sound.
Set up by Curvy Sounds it plays like a dream!
Specifications:
kes Body:Nato
Neck:Maple
Fretboard:Rosewood
Pick ups :2 Humbuckers
Hardware: Chrome
Controls:3...
£200.00
