Vintage & 2nd Hand

Reduced from £4995 to £4699 This stunning Gibson L4 Archtop, was made in America in the Kalamazoo factory, in 1953. It was bought in Liverpool in the 50's by a Guitarist who played in the House band of the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool in the 50's and 60's. We are now selling it for Tom English the drummer from Maximo Park.It has been restored by...

This Left Handed Gibson Les Paul Deluxe is a rather special Guitar ! It was made in 1981on September 23rd, production number 3 in the Kalamazoo Factory in the USA, in 1981.It is a beautifully made Guitar of such high quality, with  amazing care and thought put into the details. The two mini Humbucker pickups are suspended in cradles,and the surrounds are above a...

This stunning Fender Vintage Custom 1955 Stratocaster was made in America in 2020.It is in excellent condition and has been checked over by our Curvy Sounds Luthier and is playing beautifully!Comes with custom shop case , strap and certificate of authenticity! What Fender say about this Guitar: "In the formative years following the Stratocaster's...

This Stunning Archtop F - style Mandolin has been made by Local Mandolin Luthier Moonshine Jay.He has hand carved it, with exceptional skill, with a top of Solid Spruce and back and sides of Curly Maple. Its fingerboard,adjustable bridge and Headstock Veneer are  fashioned from Rosewood with a Rosewood Veneer on the headstock, inset with green Abalone from New...

This Juan Estruch Classical Guitar was made in Spain in 1972 and it is an exceptionally gorgeous Guitar to play!The Estruch family established as makers in Barcelona in the late 1800's and have been making excellent quality guitars ever since. It has a solid Spruce top,Indian Rosewood back and sides, Ebony fingerboard and bridge, and a bone nut and saddle. It has a...

This Electric 5 string Mandolin has been hand crafted by local and highly talented, Luthier and musician, Alex Kirtley. He was inspired to make it when he saw Tiny Moore playing with Bob Willis on an electric 5 string Mandolin,look it up if you can and you can hear what a fantastic instrument it is!I will also be putting a demonstration video of Alex playing it on...

This Full size Gewa Violin, is a high end Violin suitable for an intermediate to advanced level player, grade 5 to diploma standard.Great for session playing folk and classical an dany other style you feel like playing!It has a lush bright tone , with  lovely rounded bass notes , and excellent levels of volume. It has been recently set up by high end Violin Luthier Sophie Ball.the...

£30 off if you buy in the shop! This Gorgeous,super rare Vox VG4, semi-acoustic bass was ,made in 1969 in Japan. The 1970 Vox catalog described the V.G.4 as follows:  "The bass guitar for the professional with a semi-acoustic, double cutaway body and fast action neck. Fully compensating bridge, tailpiece and adjustable built-in truss rod gives you a full...

Reduced from £990 to £875! This Rare Washburn J6 Archtop was made in Japan in the 1988 , this model of guitar was only made for 1 year which is why it is so rare!The model is unique in the shape of the  tail piece ,the split block inlay and the 5 piece neck.  It's Maple back and sides ,and double humbuckers it has a luminous, sweet, warm...

This 4/4 full size,Vintage  Violin was made in France in the workshops of Jerome Thibouville-Lamy,   around 1900.It has been restored and set up by Curvy sounds `and is playing beautifully with a lovely, rich, tone.

This Sheraton Epiphone was made in the Samick plant in Korea, in 1997.It has been modified with a Bigsby Tremelo and bridge. A beautiful guitar with Tobacco burst finish that glows against the gold hardware and Bigsby TremI! It's double humbucker pickups ,amplify and accentuate its lush, rich, luminous warm tone, which has a wide variety of shades, given by the...

This Hohner E custom XII electric 12 string is a rare and groovey guitar! Made in Korea in the 90's,its black on black Telecaster body ,with 12 strings looks super cool! Built to with stand the pressure of all those strings , it's a seriously well built  guitar! And the double Hohner  EMG humbucker pickups give the strings an amazing warm , glimmering tone!...

This Electric upright Double bass was designed and handcrafted by local Luthier Brian Dixon. It's side arm is designed to keep the instrument balanced and in place as you play, but it also unscrews making this bass easily portable and allows it to take up very little room in your home.  It is made with a Sycamore neck,Ash body, Maple bridge and Mahogany...

This rare Vox was produced between 1970-71 and made in Japan. The Les Paul shaped semi-solid body V.G.2 electric guitar, was the most popular from Vox’s catalogue at the time. This particular guitar is all original bar our installation of a new nut. It has had a full re-fret, Curvy Sounds set up and is freshly restrung ready for it’s new owner! 

This Fender Stratocaster was made in the Ensenada plant Mexico in 1995 to 1996. Serial number:MN5164548 Specifications: Finish:Sunburst Pickups:3 Single coil  Controls: 5 way Switch, 1 Volume, 1 Tone

This hand crafted Telecaster was made by Michael Kennedy in 2010. It has a Solid Ash with a Maple neck. 2 Seymour Duncan single coil pick ups,with a 5 way switch and a bridge pick up setting that gives you a Jerry Donahue sound! You can also get into the back of the guitar to adjust the 2 capacitors and 2 resistors to your taste. Specifications:...

This Godin Strat style Session guitar has been beautifully crafted in Canada,with the care and craftmanship always shown in Godin Guitars .With 2 single coil Godin neck and middle pickups, and 1 humbucker pickup at the bridge, and a 5 way switch, it is an incredibly versatile guitar, with a huge range of different tones from the crisp, clear sound of the single coil, to the fat...

This Antoria Jazzstar EG-794 is a beautiful ,Archtop Semi Acoustic Guitar.Made in Korea between 1985-1989, as a copy of the L5's made by Gibson. Its Deep Maple Body and set Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard gives it a warm, lucious, luminous tone,amplified beautifully with two full fat humbucker pickups. Its been given a full set up by one of our Luthier team...

Newly Restored by Curvy Sounds this Zenon was made in Japan in the early 60's .With a Curvy sounds set up, on super low brass microfrets, it feels amazing to play! Its extreemly rare Vintage Blue Pearloid pickups, give it an incredible tone ,bright yet warm and microphonic, simlilar to that of gold foil pickups! Its had a upgrade of bridge with a...

This Zenith Model 21 Deluxe Archtop ,was made by Framus in Germany the 1956.It was commissioned by the talented guitar player Ivor Mairants and distrubuted by Boosey and Hawkes. Ivor was banjo and guitar player for many British Dance bands inthe 1930's.In the 1950's he devoted alot of his energy to writing  music and instructional method books for...

This Classic, Silver Series Squier, Fender Stratocaster, was Made in the Fuji - jen Japan between 1993 and 1994.It is an absolute doozie and a very sought after guitar , so get your self down here and give it a try before its gets snapped up!

£16 off if you buy direct in the shop as we dont have to contend with paypal fees.Makes it £399 in shop This Top Twenty Guitar was made by Guyatone in Japan in 1967.It has been restored  and set up by Curvy Sounds ,and it now plays like an absolute beauty, with a lovely low action.Curvy Sounds Luthier, Andrew Mills, has fashioned a new whammy bar out of scrap...

£15 off if you buy direct in the shop. This 1/2 size Companion Violin was made in France in the  JTL (Jerome Thibouville-Lamy) factory in the early 1900's. It is a beautiful little Violin ,with Spruce top and Maple back and sides and a lovely bright, warm tone. An excellent violin for the excelling young player.

£15 off if you buy in the shop. This beautiful Spanish Classsical Guitar was made by V Sanchis, in Valencia, in 1988. It is the Torres 1900 Model ,with a Spruce soild top and Mahogany back and sides , giving it a lovely warm , balanced tone.It's small body size and shorter scale (640mm) make it very comfortable to play .Its also very pretty to look at with...

This Samick Archtop Semi acoustic was made in Korea in the mid 90's!  It looks beautiful with its Pearloid/Abalone split block inlays and ornate Mother of Pearl Artist Logo inlays on the headstock It's Laminate Maple, top , back and sides ,with Rosewood finger board and  two ceramic Humbucker pickups give it a gorgeous, warm luminous tone . This...

This Roland FP1 is a professional Grade Digital Piano ,full 88 note scale, with weighted keys. It has 2 different Grand piano voices, electric piano, strings,Syn strings, Chorus & Reverb.It also allows you to layer two of the sounds over each other You can also transpose the tuning of the key board or tune it to another instrument you are playing with. Comes with...

This Hofner Senator Archtop has been played hard, and is considerably battered,but has oodles of character ! It has been given a total set up, its brass frets are gleaming and smooth and it plays really well. The piezo pick up at the moment has its socket coming out of the F-hole, but this can be altered and put through the strap socket, if you would rather....

This Crafter Semi Acoustic Jazz Archtop is an absolute beauty with its blonde Spruce top and Maple back and sides and pearloid inlaid fret markers, tailpiece and Headstock.Its quality Grover Gold Tuners keep it nicely in tune and its Double humbucker pickups ,amplify the lush, warm resonanace of the hollow body, with a full fat humbucker tone! Depth 8cm at the 'hips'...

This Unusual, Triangular shaped, Tenor Ukulele, was designed and hand crafted by, talented local Luthier, Kieth Stephens in 2020.  Kieth makes his instruments from reclaimed wood from old furniture. He often finds beautiful hardwoods, in table tops, drawers and banisters and uses these to make his instruments . The body of this Tenor is made...

This Triangular, Tenor, Ukulele was designed and hand crafted by talented local Luthier Kieth Stephens.He made it of reclaimed wood from old furniture,saving precious hardwood from landfill. The  Cedar Top is made from an old board,the Hondurus Mahogany Back and sides, from old drawer fronts.The long scale, Mahogany neck, is made from a Banister.The Maple Veneer on...

We are selling this Beautiful 1930's Savannah Tenor Banjo for Guitarist and Luthier Kieth Stephen! It has a 23 inch scale , orginal ebony 1930's fingerboard , ebony veneer on the headstock, an Ash hoop, a Walut V neck,and a beautifully engraved metal resonator It needed extensive work to get it playing well and Kieth restored this Banjo.He reset and...

This Samick Formual FA-2 Telecaster is beautiful guitar, designed by Greg Bennett . The goal of his Formula designs was to'exaggerate the character of the original guitar'.With the Formula FA-2 he has made the cutaway more extreeme, giving added dynamism to the shape of the solid Alder body! The through body bridge gives extra attack and sustain to...

Seagull guitars are handed crafted in the Village Patrie in Quebec.Robert Godwin the Founder of Seagull guitars is an absolute perfectionist.Every S6 is pressure tested for rigidity and stiffness to give it maximum harmonic vibration and the compound curved top allows for thinner bracing.The integrated set neck,gives it stable and consistent action and reduces any chance of warping or...

This Alhambra classical Guitar was made in Spain in 1973. This Guitar is something special, one of our favourites in the shop at the moment.When you play it, it feels embued with the Spanish Sun it was made under, with  beautifully warm and full bass and middles notes and with a sparkling clarity in its top tones! It has been played and loved and has many...

This Black Dean Resonator is a great Slide Guitar! It looks fantastic with its black matt finish and gold Resonator and  Hardware, and it sounds lush, with a bold,full,rich resonating tone, which is amplified beautifully with the warmth of the Humbucker Pickup, with tone and volume control. 

 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 lovely even tone,with rich resonance and is really  responsive to play! Serial...

This Alvarez ABT60E is an Electro Acoustic Baritone 6 string Guitar. It looks beautiful with its Abalone Rosette, set into the pale Solid A+ Sitika Spruce Top. Its long Baritone Scale tuned from B to B, gives you a sound that is tonally between acoustic and Bass. It's Spruce Top and Mahogany back and sides give it the most beautiful balanced sound, with rich, round Bassey...

Reduced in the Curvy Sounds Sale from £300 to £275 Raimundo model B This Raimundo has been restored by Curvy Sounds.It is a quality Spanish made Classical guitar with Cedar top and Bubinga back and sides, Mahognay Neck and Rosewood Fingerboard. It has a lovely warm tone and with a Curvy sounds set up , has a lovely low action and is really easy to play.

This Tanglewood TB18MG Union Series 5 String Banjo has a Maple Resonator and Maple neck with Rosewood Fingerboard.It is preloved but has been looked after well and is in great condition and plays really well, with a bright, bold tone with bags of volume. Specifications: Type: 5 String G Banjo Resonator:Maple Sides :Maple Neck :22 Fret Maple Neck...

This Stunning Windsor Pixie Model 1 Banjolin , was made in London in the early 1920's, and was the first Model of their range. It has been restored by talented  local Luthier Kieth Stephen, he replaced the vellum skin on the drum, leveled the fingerboard, gave it a total refret , reset the neck and put side dots along the edge,and touched up the shellac finish, and polished...

This Tangle wood Union Series TB24D LX-6 is a excellent quality 6 string Banjo, a good Banjo for a Guitarist to play.

This Lovely Primavera Loreato 15.5" Viola , is an excellent, high quality,hand crafted, student Viola ,"the perfect instrument for an advancing and committed student towards their higher grades". Hand carved figured Maple and Spruce with inlaid purfling,with a shaded antiqued satin finish .It is a handsome looking instrument with a lovely warm rich...

This Japanese 60's Jedson Telecaster is in Mint condition . It's slim lightweight body and Curvy Sounds set up makes it easy, comfortable and a joy to play! Specifiactions:   original single coil pick up. adjustable bridge. 1 Volume, 1 Tone Control. Sunburst finish.

This Vintage Soprano Ukulele is unnamed, but our friend and Ukulele expertand renowned Luthier  Kevin Parsons is absloutely clear that it has all the hallmarks of a Harmony.

Made in America in the 50's to 60's,it is all made of Mahogany and has a gorgeous warm tone.

This beautiful little Keech Banjulele was made in 1923.The Keech brothers patented the word 'Banjulele' and made it their mission to create a whole batalion of these plucky little instruments to brighten up the world.This early model has a wooden tension hoop with plate ( a Keech invension) and wooden resonator.It has a mahogany neck with Ash rim.     It has...

This pretty little Banjolele was made by John Grey and sons in London in the 1920's.

With a steel rim and a brass back plate it has great projection and a fabulous bright, bold sound.

 

This 'Whirle'Banjolele was made by the Windsor company in Birmingham in the 1920's .

Its a beautiful little Banjolele with Steel rim with slim lightweight Wooden back and sides to the Resonator- set up to play beautifully with a lovely mellow, sweet tone.

This Line 6 Variax is multiple guitars in one! It is basiclly a synth within a guitar, with 25 digital preset guitar voices ,taking you through all the classic sounds from a 1960's Fender Telecaster custom to a 1968 Rickenbacker 360 to a Danelectro and more- see the list below. LINE 6 began making the VARIAX 500 in 2002 and it was discontinued around 2005. The bridge of...

This Left Handed Fender DG-14SLB Steel String Acoustic ,Dreadnought is a very good quality Guitar for the money .

It is in excellent condition and plays beautifully, with a bright, warm, well balanced tone and bags of Volume.

Reduced from £200 to £179 in the Curvy Sounds Winter Sale! This Aria Pro II Sub Bass 2 was made in Korea in the 1990's.  It is preowned and has some scratching and a chip on the side, but it would make an excellent work horse of a bass, that you don't need to be too precious with !

  Tanglewood TW28483 Dreadnought .This is an excellent value Guitar, with solid Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, giving it a well balanced tone, warm but bright with loads of volume. In excellent condition, barely played! Specifications: Finish :Natural Satin Top :Solid Spruce Back: Mahogany Sides: Mahogany Neck :Mahogany, One-Piece...

This Potuguese made Classica Flamenco  F1 is a great Classicial Guitar for the price.With a solid Spruce Top and Maple back and sides it has a lovely bright tone, perfect for bold Flamenco playing, a great quality guitar to start out on! This is a preloved Guitar but has hardly been played and is in excellent condition. Specifications: Top: Solid Spruce...

This Marlin Sidewinder K34 KT07 was made in Korea in the 80's and it was the workhorse for most 80's bands starting out and It was the best selling budget guitar of 1986 and 1987. The reason for its popularity was the pick ups all had wax pots , making the electrics much more solid and relaible when gigging , and cutting out any unwanted feedback! It is also...

This Session Pro Bass is an excellent work horse of a bass, or an excellent bass to start out on!

Made as a copy of a Fender Precision bass, it has the same split coil middle pickup with tone and volume control. Simple and straight forward - but does just what you need as a bass player!

Reduced  from £160  to £130.                                                  Tanglewood Left Handed Bass Guitar-Warrior II Specifications: Dark natural finish. 2 EMC Electronics Pick ups. 2 Volume controls. 1...

This Mandolin would make a great instrument to get started on. It is without a brand name, but is the typical basic model of Mandolin, made in China and sold under many brand names.But this one is a instrument with a difference in that it has been upgraded and set up by local Mandolin Luthier, Moonshine Jay, with a bone nut and ebony bridge, so it is playing a 100%...

This Lanakai 0-8E is a beautiful 8 string Tenor Ukulele.Its sold Spruce top and Laminate beautifully striped, Ovangkol sides, gives it a bright yet warm tone, allowing the 8 strings to sparkle in all their depth and breadth of sound!  Its UK2000 active pickup, gives excellent amplification with a clear , real sound and minimal feedback! It has been played a lot and has a...

This Marlin Sidewinder is a foxy little Stratocaster Copy!With two single coil pickups and a bridge humbucker, a coil splitter and a 3 way switch, it is a versatile guitar, producing a great range of sounds.  For a low cost Guitar, it packs a punch, a great starter guitar or a workhorse you can lug around to gigs that looks great , sounds great,plays great...

We have a range of budget preloved Violin Outfits with case and bow.We have both Stentors and Primavera.Our Violins have been set up to play as well as possible with low action on the strings.

We have 1/4 size, 1/2 size, 3/4 size and full size- ring or email for further details of what we have available.

This Squier Fender Mini Stratocaster is a little beauty , with 3 single coil pickups and 5 way switch it is an incredibly versatile little guitar.It's thin, small, lightweight body make it really easy on the back and shoulders! Its preloved but in great condition!Great for kids as a first electric or for adults wanting a small bodied Guitar. Fender says " The...

This little Rajao 5 string Guitar originates from Portuguese Madeira  and is played in traditional Madeiran folk dance music . It is also known as the "grandmother" of the Ukulele as along with the Braguinha ( the grandfather of the Uke), it was brought to Hawai in the late 1800's when Madeiran workers were invited by the Hawaian King to come and live and...

This left Handed Stagg Stratocaster copy.Is a good starter guitar for a lefty or for a player on a budget! .

With its 3 single coil pickups and 5 way switch ,it has can deliver the full range of different of classic stratocaster sounds. Cheap and cheerful but a good workhorse of a guitar!