SonicF guitars are exclusive in Australia to Just Guitars, and we’re absolutely stoked to present the latest pair of custom built offerings from Seattle builder Sean Folan*. First up is the Z15 – a guitar with such out there styling it’s thirty minutes into the gig before you’ve even plugged it in! Sometimes building from scratch, sometimes recycling bodies and parts from vintage instruments, every SonicF guitar is a complete one-off. The model number is also the serial number; the Z15 is therefore just the fifteenth of Folan’s SonicF production models. Featuring a hand-carve...

Taylor Baby, (Model 305-GB), 2003 – new old stock! This is where your search for a modern ¾ size acoustic dreadnaught finishes. You’ve possibly read the reviews, along the lines of, “Left my trusty Martin for dead.” Or, “Taylor might call it a travel guitar, but I have no hesitation whatsoever in using my Baby on stage, night after night…” Of course, you can use it as a travel guitar, but Taylor’s incredible build quality makes this a guitar that you're able to take directly from the tour van or hotel room to the venue. This is what Taylor themselves have to say about the Baby:...

This fabulous rock machine was custom ordered by a young, up-and-coming player back as the eighties were turning into the nineties. He obviously fancied himself as a potential rock legend, so who could possibly have seen that today he’d be one of America’s top country acts! (Sorry, we can’t reveal his name) Based on the Kramer Vanguard and Striker series, the guitar features a plain blackface headstock, the Kramer name appearing only on the neckplate, (see pic # 8). The headstock itself belongs to the 1985/86 Focus 4000 models; the controls layout is that of the 1987 Striker 400...

Introduced in 1965 as the J-54, two years later Eko changed this model’s name to the Ranger VI, under which moniker it went on to become part of the biggest selling European guitar series of all time. With their incredibly robust construction, Rangers came to be known as “the busker’s friend” – their rock-solid construction will withstand just about anything. Many UK and European artists relied on the Italian-built Eko guitars throughout the sixties and seventies, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page being one of the best known names, owning both Ranger six and twelve string models. (The r...

This guitar is the only one in existence. Built in the Gibson Custom Shop in 2000, as a one-off model for a Gibson staff member, this is a P-90 powered stunner like no other. The Mahogany body and Mahogany neck are finished in a deep, rich Strawberry Red with Gold Sparkle. All Gold hardware absolutely gleams against the finish, making for one of the most striking Les Pauls you will ever set eyes on. Just check out how the Custom Shop logo shines against the Gold Sparkle finish, (see pic # 6). Other than the finish and all Gold plated hardware, this is the same model as the limit...

Well this is just insanely nice! Brand new, still in its original PRS shipping carton, a 2011 model Custom 24 with one of the most amazing one-piece tops you've ever seen. We've done the best we can with the photos, but the digital images simply cannot reproduce the unbelievable 3D depth and richness of color of the Back Cherry finished quilted Maple. It's a pity the PRS rating system doesn't go higher than 10, because although indicated as a prestige '10 Top' on the back of the headstock, (see pic # 8), this example is more like a 30! It really is that nice. Paul Reed Smith him...

OK, this may well be the guitar that satisfies every “dream guitar” guitar dream you’ve ever had! Custom built for one of the legends of the New York music scene by one of the world’s most famous luthiers, every single aspect of this fantastic guitar is absolutely, one-hundred percent, brilliantly perfect… Starting out with a hand crafted Telecaster neck from the Fender Custom Shop and a Tele Thinline-style body built in the manner of a Danelectro, New York musician Artie Smith visited the workshop of Flip Scipio and asked him to work some of the magic that’s made him the go-to ...

It doesn’t matter what sort of music you or your band play, the Fender Precision Bass is the world’s # 1 most used bass guitar – therefore this terrifically cool Candy Apple Red P-Bass is just what the doctor ordered. Featuring Fender’s highly desirable S-1 switching, this P-Bass is 100% original, including its original hard shell case and all case candy and paperwork. One owner from new, this 2003 American Standard P-Bass is in great condition and fully ready to plug in and play straight out of the case. Perfectly weighted, at bang on 9lb, (a smidge over 4kg), the Alder body...

THE name in the history of bluegrass music is Bill Monroe. Taking elements from the jigs and reels of Scottish, Irish, English and German settlers of the southern United States’ Appalachian backwoods regions, along with the negro musicians’ banjo and hefty doses of murder ballads and gospel, Monroe melded it all into a new form of country music that came to be called Bluegrass. Monroe’s brother, Charlie, while not quite as famous as Bill, carved out a respectable country and bluegrass career of his own, and one player the pair had in common – especially in their early days – was fi...

The Hofner 172 is one of those guitars that’s permanently on the Just Guitars want list. Unfortunately we run across them only very infrequently, so when we do spot one, we pounce! These are one of the great vintage guitars, and this example is the cleanest and coolest we’ve ever seen. A brief historical note before we tell you all about this amazingly cool guitar… With the huge impact of the Beatles and other beat groups in Britain and Europe in the early sixties, suddenly everyone wanted to play guitar and put a band together, and everyone wanted Hofner guitars because that’s ...

There’s just no other way to say it – this guitar is in absolutely extraordinary condition! It’s like someone broke into the Fender museum and made off with one of the prize exhibits. One owner from new, we’re confident this is the nicest vintage Jazzmaster currently on the market in all of Australia. A major contributor to its incredible condition is that it comes complete with its original – and beyond rare – ‘Jazzmaster Protector’. Admittedly one of Fender’s genuine oddball moments, the sculpted plastic back protector, (kept in place by the strap buttons), has ensured the back ...

First we saw it and wanted it… then we heard it and had to have it! This is one of those guitars that careers and legends are built on, a guitar that will get into your very soul and become one with you and your music. Just Guitars is proud to present a superb 1966 Jaguar, finished in Fender’s most desirable custom color, Lake Placid Blue – WITH MATCHING HEADSTOCK. One selector switch replaced, otherwise this amazing guitar is completely original, including its original hard shell case, shown in the photos. Built right as the original Jaguar underwent a couple of cosmetic cha...

Racking up scads of solid 4½ and 5 star reviews, right from its introduction, the Martin DM is one of the best value dreadnought size guitars a player could wish for! And other than just some light playwear on the scratchplate, this great-sounding example is in total MINT condition – and comes complete with its original hard shell case. The natural satin-finished DM boasts a solid Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, Mahogany neck and East Indian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge – all just as shiny new as when it was shipped from the Martin plant in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in ...

Almost perversely, Dan Smith’s second variation of the Stratocaster was probably an improvement over his 1981–83 version. Despite another batch of cost-cutting moves for his CBS bosses, the model that came of the lines later in 1983, running through to ’84 was far more in keeping with Leo Fender’s fifties designs, including the smaller, more accurate headstock shape, proper 4-bolt neckplate and the truss-rod adjustment shifted back to the headstock. It’s doubtful that before he shifted across to Fender from Yamaha USA, at the behest of CBS, whether Smith could ever have imagined...

Here’s another Australian exclusive from Just Guitars… one of the guitars that’s rapidly seen the Paul Reed Smith reputation outstrip that of the “big boys”. The BRAND NEW PRS 305 features a more conventional five pickup combinations, rather than the thirteen offered by its big brother, the PRS 513, making it more Strat-like in use, but with a sonic palette all its own. This guitar was part of a pilot run of 25 instruments built last year, finished in Metallic Light Blue, to gauge the popularity of the color – we think it’s sensational! (The color has subsequently become an offi...