Electric Guitars · Models

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Fano Alt de Facto JM6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto JM6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a contoured alder body and a curvy, vintage-inspired outline. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and is often loaded with hot Lollar P-90 pickups, though pickups, woods, hardware, and finishes are all chosen to order. Like the rest of Fano's Alt de Facto line, each JM6 is built one at a time in the USA.

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PRS Custom 24

Electric guitar · United States

The guitar that launched Paul Reed Smith in 1985 and remains the company's flagship, the Custom 24 features a carved figured-maple top on a mahogany body, 24 frets, and a versatile pickup-switching system. Its blend of Fender- and Gibson-like qualities, fine craftsmanship, and bird inlays define the PRS identity.

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Parker Fly Deluxe

Electric guitar · United States

The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.

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Rickenbacker 360

Electric guitar · United States

A deluxe semi-hollow with rounded, bound body edges, the 360 is one of Rickenbacker's best-known guitars and is especially famous in its twelve-string form. Its shimmering tone helped shape the sound of the Beatles and the Byrds.

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Silvertone 1448

Electric guitar · United States

An entry-level electric sold by Sears under the Silvertone name and built by Danelectro, famous for shipping in a carrying case with a built-in tube amplifier and speaker. It introduced countless American teenagers to electric guitar in the early 1960s.

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Supro Dual Tone

Electric guitar · United States

A 1950s and 1960s electric from Valco's Supro brand, fitted with two pickups and known for its raw, gritty tone. Associated with players from Link Wray to Jimmy Page, it has become a sought-after vintage instrument.

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Kiesel Aries

Electric guitar · United States

The Aries is a Kiesel Guitars build-to-order superstrat-style electric guitar with a bolt-on neck and radiused neck heel. It features dual direct-mount passive Kiesel Lithium humbuckers, 24 stainless-steel frets, a 25.5-inch scale on the standard six-string, and a Hipshot fixed bridge, and is offered in 6-, 7-, 8- and 9-string and multiscale configurations.

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Suhr Classic S

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Classic S is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Suhr in Lake Elsinore, California. It combines an alder body and a bolt-on tinted maple neck with Suhr V60LP single-coil pickups and a two-post vintage-style tremolo, and is offered in both SSS and HSS pickup configurations, the latter adding an SSV bridge humbucker.

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Nash S-63

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash S-63 is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It pairs a standard alder body and rosewood-fingerboard neck with three single-coil pickups and a vintage-style tremolo, paying homage to the early-1960s S-body design while updating playability and sound.

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Novo Serus T

Electric guitar · United States

The Serus T is a Novo Guitars retro-modern solid-body electric guitar handbuilt in Nashville. It features a tempered pine body, a tempered maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, two single-coil pickups (a Fralin high-output Tele in the bridge and a Fralin P-45 in the neck), and a Telecaster-style bridge plate with compensated brass saddles.

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Parker Fly

Electric guitar · United States

The Parker Fly series, designed by luthier Ken Parker and built from 1993, is a family of ultralight electric guitars whose wooden body and neck are wrapped in a stiff carbon-glass exoskeleton. Flys combine a thin, resonant body with stainless steel frets, a Fishman piezo system blendable with magnetic pickups, and a flat-mount vibrato. The series spans models such as the Fly Deluxe, Fly Classic, Fly Mojo, Fly Supreme and Fly Artist.

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Anderson Drop Top

Electric guitar · United States

The Drop Top is Tom Anderson Guitarworks' signature S-style electric guitar, introduced in 1990. It features a book-matched exotic tonewood top (flame or quilted maple, walnut, or koa) 'dropped' over a tonewood back of alder, mahogany, swamp ash, or basswood to create a contoured forearm bevel, paired with a bolt-on Anderson neck.

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Knaggs Severn

Electric guitar · United States

The Severn is the flagship of Knaggs Guitars' Chesapeake Series, a double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar with a flat body, a set rock-maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in a wide range of pickup layouts (including SSS, T-style, HSH, HH, P90 and Firebird) with Knaggs Chesapeake hardtail or tremolo bridges.

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Steinberger Spirit GT-PRO

Electric guitar · United States

The Spirit GT-PRO is Steinberger's headless, ultra-compact 6-string electric guitar on a 25.5 in scale, with a basswood body, three-piece maple neck, and an HSH pickup configuration. It features the R-Trem locking tremolo, 40:1 Direct-Pull tuners, and a zero fret.

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Fano Alt de Facto GF6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto GF6 is a hand-built, offset semi-hollow electric guitar with a carved top, a center block, and F-holes. It uses a 25.5-inch scale and an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck, and can be ordered with a range of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato hardware. Each one is built individually in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

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Fano Alt de Facto RB6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto RB6 is a hand-built solid-body electric guitar whose look blends 1960s British-invasion styling with a German-carve top. It has a 24.75-inch scale and a late-'50s round-back neck profile, and is offered with a choice of woods, pickups, and bridge or vibrato options. Fano builds each RB6 individually in the USA with an aged nitrocellulose finish.

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Fano Alt de Facto TC6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto TC6 is a hand-built electric guitar with a single-cutaway shape that echoes a classic string-through solid body. It is typically fitted with a pair of hot TV Jones Supertron Filter'Tron-style humbucking pickups, uses a 25.5-inch scale, and has an early-'60s 'C'-shaped neck. Each TC6 is made one at a time in the USA and offered with custom woods, hardware, and aged nitrocellulose finishes.

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Fano Alt de Facto SP6

United States

The Fano Alt de Facto SP6 is a hand-built electric guitar that pairs the body shape and neck feel of a classic 'Junior'-style solid body with the electronics, bolt-on neck, and string-through layout of a vintage solid body. It has a 24.75-inch scale and a late-'50s round-back neck profile, and can be ordered with a choice of woods, pickups, and bridges. Each one is made one at a time in the USA and finished in aged nitrocellulose lacquer.

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Friedman Cali

United States

The Friedman Cali is a hot-rodded S-style electric guitar designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in Southern California. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with two Friedman humbuckers and an Original Floyd Rose tremolo, finished in thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius fingerboard and Plek-finished frets give it the fast, modern feel of the classic San Dimas performance guitars.

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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Electric guitar · United States

The benchmark Les Paul, with a carved maple top, two humbuckers, and a sunburst finish. Original 1958–1960 "Bursts" are among the most coveted electric guitars ever made, and the model defines the classic Les Paul sound.

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Collings 290

Electric guitar · United States

The Collings 290 is a single-cutaway mahogany solid-body electric guitar inspired by the Les Paul Junior, with a solid mahogany body and neck, an East Indian rosewood fingerboard, a hand-set mortise-and-tenon neck joint, and P-90 pickups. It is hand-built in Austin, Texas.

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Rickenbacker 330

Electric guitar · United States

A thinline semi-hollow electric and one of Rickenbacker's signature models, the 330 is known for its chiming, jangly tone and distinctive looks. It has been a defining instrument of jangle pop and folk rock.

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Gibson SG Standard

Electric guitar · United States

The core version of the SG, with a slim mahogany double-cutaway body and two humbucking pickups. Light and aggressive, it is the model most players picture when they think of the SG.

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Gibson ES-335

Electric guitar · United States

Introduced in 1958, the ES-335 was the first commercially successful semi-hollow electric, pairing hollow wings with a solid maple center block. That design blends the warmth and resonance of a hollow body with the sustain and feedback resistance of a solid, making it one of the most versatile electrics ever built.

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Parker Fly Mojo

Electric guitar · United States

A Parker Fly model with a solid mahogany body and neck and Seymour Duncan humbuckers, giving more low-end weight and warmth than the standard Fly while keeping the carbon-glass exoskeleton, Fishman piezo and Parker vibrato.

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PRS Hollowbody II

Electric guitar · United States

A fully hollow, double-cutaway electric introduced in the late 1990s, the Hollowbody II uses a carved maple top and back with a mahogany center block-free hollow construction for an airy, acoustic-tinged voice. It carries two PRS humbuckers and is offered with an optional LR Baggs/PRS piezo system that adds amplified acoustic tones alongside the magnetic pickups.

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Supro Belmont

Electric guitar · United States

A single-pickup solid-body electric guitar from the American Valco-era brand Supro. Later examples used Valco's distinctive moulded 'Res-O-Glas' fibreglass body, giving the Belmont a light, resonant character and the mid-focused Supro tone prized by slide and blues players.

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Friedman Vintage-T

United States

The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

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Supro Ozark

Electric guitar · United States

One of the first solid-body electric guitars from the American Valco-era brand Supro, dating to the early 1950s. A compact single-cutaway solidbody with a single pickup, the Ozark is famous as the model on which a teenage Jimi Hendrix is said to have started, and its midrange-forward voice suited slide playing.

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Silvertone 1457

Electric guitar · United States

A two-pickup version of Sears' famous 'amp-in-case' electric guitar set, sold under the Silvertone house brand and built by Danelectro. Introduced in 1964 to succeed the single-pickup 1448, it pairs a short-scale 18-fret slab body and twin lipstick pickups with a carrying case containing a built-in tube amplifier and speaker.

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Silvertone 1303

Electric guitar · United States

A Danelectro-built electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand, based on Danelectro's 'U2' design with a Masonite body and a pair of lipstick pickups. The 1303/U2 was reissued in 2013 as part of the Silvertone Classic series.

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Music Man Axis

Electric guitar · United States

A high-performance solid-body that grew out of Ernie Ball Music Man's Eddie Van Halen signature guitar. It features a basswood body with a figured maple top, two humbuckers, and a locking tremolo, delivering a fast, hot-rodded rock instrument.

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Friedman NoHo 24

United States

The Friedman NoHo 24 is a double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar built in the USA. It combines a resonant alder body and a quilted maple top with a 24-fret hard-maple neck and an ebony fingerboard, and is loaded with two Friedman Triple D humbuckers for a clear, high-output voice. A 24.75-inch scale, stainless Jescar frets, and a full Plek setup support fast, stable playability.

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Friedman Metro-D

United States

The Friedman Metro-D is Friedman's set-neck, single-cutaway solidbody electric guitar, designed by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson and built in the USA. It uses a mahogany body with a figured maple top and a long-tenon mahogany neck, carrying two Friedman humbuckers (a Classic in the neck and a hotter Classic+ in the bridge) with coil-splitting, routed to a TonePros tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar. A compound-radius fingerboard, 25.5-inch scale, and full Plek setup make it a modern take on the classic set-neck single-cut.

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Gibson Flying V

Electric guitar · United States

Launched in 1958 as part of Gibson's futuristic line, the Flying V's striking V-shaped body was initially a commercial flop but later became an icon. Built of mahogany with two humbuckers, it found a home with blues, rock, and metal players drawn to its aggressive look and clear sustain.

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Rickenbacker 620

Electric guitar · United States

The six-string anchor of Rickenbacker's 600 Series, the 620 is a maple 'cresting wave' solid-body with neck-through construction and twin single-coil Hi-gain pickups. It pairs an R-style tailpiece with a six-saddle bridge, triangular inlays, and standard stereo output, giving the bright, chiming Rickenbacker voice in a solid-body format.

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PRS McCarty 594

Electric guitar · United States

Named for its 24.594-inch scale length, the McCarty 594 is a Core vintage-leaning model designed with Ted McCarty-era Gibson voicing in mind. It pairs a mahogany body and figured maple top with two PRS 58/15 LT (McCarty III) humbuckers, a two-piece bridge with brass saddles, and dual volume and push/pull tone controls for a warm, classic humbucker sound.

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Gibson Explorer

Electric guitar · United States

Unveiled in 1958, the Explorer features a radical angular body that was far ahead of its time and sold poorly at first. Built from mahogany with two humbuckers, it was later embraced by hard rock and heavy metal players who prized its bold look and powerful tone.

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Friedman Vintage-S

United States

The Friedman Vintage-S is a double-cutaway, S-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. It pairs an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with an HSS pickup set: a Friedman Classic+ humbucker at the bridge plus reverse-wound middle and neck single-coils that give hum-cancelling in-between positions, all routed through a two-point vibrato bridge. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard, 22 frets, and thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer round out the specification.

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PRS Custom 22

Electric guitar · United States

Introduced in 1993, the Custom 22 is the 22-fret counterpart to the Custom 24, trading two frets for a neck-pickup position closer to vintage humbucker placement. It shares the Core platform's figured maple top, mahogany body and neck, bird inlays, and PRS tremolo, delivering a warmer, more vocal voice prized for blues and rock.

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PRS Silver Sky

Electric guitar · United States

Designed with John Mayer and released in 2018, the Silver Sky is PRS's vintage-inspired, Stratocaster-influenced bolt-on model. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with three 635JM single-coil pickups, a 25.5-inch scale, a 2-point steel tremolo, and a reverse PRS headstock, delivering classic single-coil tones with PRS fit and finish.

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Silvertone 1478

Electric guitar · United States

A double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand and built by Harmony. Its 'Silhouette' body - also sold by Harmony as the Bobkat - and twin pickups made it a popular 1960s student and garage-rock guitar.

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Knaggs Kenai

Electric guitar · United States

The Kenai is a Knaggs Guitars Influence Series single-cutaway electric guitar with a carved top and back, a set mahogany neck, a 24.75-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in HH, HSS, H/P90 and single-humbucker layouts with the Knaggs Influence 2-in-1 bridge and string holder.

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Music Man Cutlass

Electric guitar · United States

Ernie Ball Music Man's take on the classic double-cutaway bolt-on, the Cutlass pairs a lightweight alder body with three mid-60s-style Music Man single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, an asymmetric roasted-maple neck, and a smooth modern tremolo. It offers familiar vintage single-coil tones with Music Man playability.

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Anderson Guardian Angel

Electric guitar · United States

The Guardian Angel is a Tom Anderson Guitarworks electric guitar built on the Angel body silhouette with a pickguard and an exotic wood drop top. It offers a 24-fret, two-octave fingerboard with deep cutaways and extended horns for upper-fret access, and accepts the full range of Anderson pickups and switching layouts.

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Kiesel Vader

Electric guitar · United States

The Vader is Kiesel Guitars' headless build-to-order electric guitar. It features dual direct-mount passive Kiesel Lithium humbuckers, 24 stainless-steel frets, a 25.5-inch scale on the standard six-string, and a Hipshot fixed headless bridge, and is offered in 6-, 7- and 8-string and multiscale configurations.

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Music Man Majesty

Electric guitar · United States

John Petrucci's signature Ernie Ball Music Man guitar, the Majesty is a modern high-performance instrument with a sculpted, shield-shaped double-cutaway body, two DiMarzio humbuckers, piezo-equipped saddles for acoustic tones, a floating Petrucci tremolo, and 24 stainless-steel frets on a 25.5-inch scale. It is built for technical, high-gain progressive playing.

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Novo Miris J

Electric guitar · United States

The Miris J is a Novo Guitars retro-modern solid-body electric guitar handbuilt in Nashville. It features a swamp ash body with white binding, a tempered maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, two Lollar P-90 pickups, and a Mastery M1 bridge with an NV vibrato tailpiece.

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Suhr Modern

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Modern is a superstrat-style solid-body electric guitar from Suhr. The model features a contoured double-cutaway body, a bolt-on maple neck with a compound-radius fingerboard and stainless-steel frets, an HSH pickup configuration, and a Suhr two-post tremolo bridge.

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Nash T-63

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash T-63 is a T-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It features an ash or alder body with a rosewood fingerboard, two single-coil pickups, a hardtail bridge, and a three-ply pickguard, following the classic American single-coil solid-body design.