Electric Guitars
Sold2019 Gibson SG HP - Blueberry Fade
This near-mint Blueberry Fade Gibson SG Standard HP is a classic SG with a AA figured maple top added to the traditional solid-mahogany body and neck. This High Performance model features include a titanium adjustable zero fret nut and bridge saddles for improved performance, next-gen Grover locking tuners, frets over binding, soloist neck width, and fast-access heel. Tone is courtesy of two 57 Classic pickups with DIP switch and 2 push-pull pots. W/original carbon fiber case and case candy.
SoldFender Player Plus Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
Fusing classic Fender® design with player-centric features and exciting new finishes, the Player Plus Stratocaster® delivers superb playability and unmistakable style. At the heart of this Strat® is a trio of Player Plus Noiseless™ pickups – bright and touch sensitive, they offer classic Strat tone without hum. A push-pull pot on the tone control adds the neck pickup to switch positions 1 and 2 for two sounds not usually found on a Strat®. The silky satin Modern “C” Player Plus Strat® neck fits your hand like a glove, with smooth rolled edges for supreme comfort. The 12” radius fingerboard and 22 medium jumbo frets facilitate fluid leads and choke free bends. Smooth and responsive, the 2-point tremolo provides classic vibrato effects, while the locking tuners provide rock-solid tuning and make string changes quick and easy. With classic Fender style, advanced features and stunning new finishes, the Player Plus Stratocaster is the perfect tool to spark your creativity and stand out from the crowd.
Sold2022 Fender American Professional II Stratocaster® HSS, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
The American Professional II Stratocaster® HSS draws from more than sixty years of innovation, inspiration and evolution to meet the demands of today’s working player. Fenders popular Deep “C” neck now sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. New V-Mod II Stratocaster single-coil pickups are more articulate than ever while retaining bell-like chime and warmth, while the Double Tap™ bridge pickup delivers punchy humbucking tones as well as calibrated single-coil sounds at the push of a button. An upgraded 2-point tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block increases sustain, clarity and high-end sparkle. The American Pro II Stratocaster HSS delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments. This is new old stock being sold as clearance and is sold as-described.
Sold2022 Fender American Professional II Telecaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
Our popular Deep "C” neck now sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. New V-Mod II Telecaster single-coil pickups are more articulate than ever while delivering the twang, snap and snarl that made the Tele famous. The new top-load/string-through bridge with compensated “bullet” saddles is our most comfortable, flexible Tele bridge yet – retaining classic brass-saddle tone and providing excellent intonation and flexible setup options, allowing you to tailor the tension and tone of each string to your liking. The American Pro II Telecaster delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments. This is new old stock being sold as clearance and is sold as-described.
SoldTaylor T5z-12 Classic
The deep color and rich grain of a mahogany top give the T5z-12 Classic a vintage, earthy character. Electric-friendly features include a compact body, a 12-inch fretboard radius, and jumbo frets, which add up to a fast, fluid playing experience. Like its six-string sibling, the 12-string incorporates a three-pickup configuration with an acoustic body sensor, a concealed neck humbucker, and a visible bridge humbucker, plus five-way switching and onboard tone controls, giving players an incredibly versatile electric/acoustic 12-string. Appointments include Small Diamond inlays and nickel hardware, an unbound body, and satin classic mahogany finish. The guitar ships in a T5z gig bag.
SoldAlembic Darling Guitar - 5A Quilted Maple
Thanks to neck through construction, lasting sustain is in your future. Rich low end response and crystalline highs are also a credit to the neck construction. The body is carved with tummy and elbow contours for an incredibly comfortable fit. The elbow carving also exposes the layers of accent laminates under the top. Electronics include a volume and filter for each pickup. Pickup selection is logical with an off/on/bright switch for each pickup. The amount of brightness in the "bright" setting can be adjusted to your personal preferences with a screwdriver-adjusted trimpot in the electronics cavity. The output jack is side-mounted and features welded palladium contacts for durability. Features Long scale 5 A Quilted Maple top Purple heart accent laminate, Maple pinstripe, Mahogany back Bevel peghead front and back 5 A Quilted Maple front and back of peghead EVO gold frets Birds Eye Maple fingerboard Tulip end of fingerboard Abalone ovals Darling neck pack Maple / Purpleheart / Maple pinstripe / Vermillion / Maple pinstripe / Purpleheart / Maple Side LEDs Amber bezel set in sterling silver Heart Omega for model Tummy & elbow contours for model 2 Alembic HGR pickups Alembic electronics, volume, filter, off/on/bright for each pickup Mono output Continuous wood backplates (3) Inlaid sterling silver logo with mother of pearl and abalone Alembic solid brass hardware, nut, bridge Bird tailpiece Gold straplocks Gold plated hardware Alembic Gotoh Gold tuning keys Gloss Body, Satin neck Case Included
Sold1955 Gretsch 6189 Streamliner and 6161 Electromatic Amp Package
Here is a rare, vintage, one-owner, matched Gretsch guitar/amp set that is perfect for the collector or the player looking for a super-cool gigging rig. It looks and sounds great and is dripping with vintage vibe and is a really fun and versatile rig to play! It sounds great clean and it’s easy to dial up the tone you want the amp and guitar's tone control, from warm to bright. You can turn the amp all the way up and it’s not too loud but breaks it up with a rich, warm old-school tube distortion that will inspire you to dig deep...and the tremolo effect is great too! The 1955 6189 Gretsch Streamliner Guitar is in excellent condition, has been given a neck reset and is fully serviced, set up and ready to play and enjoy for years to come. It comes with a gorgeous tweed case that matches the Electromatic amplifier's tweed. The accompanying Tweed 1955 6161 Electromatic amplifier is very clean, sounds great, a grounded power cords was installed and it is fully functional and comes with its original cover, instrument cable, polishing cloth, case key and footswitch. This set was owned by bandleader Gladys Newell who bought it new in 1955. She ran the Newell String Ensemble in Vermont from the 1930’s on. She was also a music teacher in Vermont before moving to New Mexico. She passed in the mid-1980s and the guitar and amp sat dormant in a closet until now. We’ve shown a few photos from her collection. 1.) Owner, Gladys Newell playing accordion 2.) Her official orchestra photo 3.) Band correspondence 4.) Her 1930’s orchestra Note: This instrument is set up with D’Addario EXL115W (011-049)strings.
SoldCollings City Limits - Dark Cherry Burst
The Collings City Limits single-cut guitar is legendary for it's feel, tone and quality. It is crafted with the finest seasoned maple and Honduran Mahogany and is built for tone in spades! Lightweight, resonant mahogany combined with a carefully hand-set mortise and tenon neck joint bring tonal complexity and sustain to the table. It is sleekly contoured for comfort and style and brings new life to an American classic. This one weighs in at 8 lbs 2.8 oz . A hard shell case is included.
SoldFender American Professional II Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
The American Professional II Stratocaster® draws from more than sixty years of innovation, inspiration and evolution to meet the demands of today’s working player. Our popular Deep “C” neck now sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. New V-Mod II Stratocaster single-coil pickups are more articulate than ever while retaining bell-like chime and warmth. An upgraded 2-point tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block increases sustain, clarity and high-end sparkle. The American Pro II Stratocaster delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments.
Sold2007 Collings 290 TV Yellow
This early example of this model is the 66th built and has excellent feel, tone and soul. It shows some normal signs of playing that you would expect from a well loved 15 year old guitar and weighs in at a comfortable 7 lb 8 oz. It comes with its original hard shell case. The 290® is a modern day tribute to the original working man's rock'n roll guitar. A solid mahogany body and neck are complemented by two Lollar Soap Bar P90 pickups for a tone that shows off the amazing harmonic range and dynamics of this classic configuration.
SoldFender American Professional II Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Black
The American Professional II Stratocaster® draws from more than sixty years of innovation, inspiration and evolution to meet the demands of today’s working player. Our popular Deep “C” neck now sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. New V-Mod II Stratocaster single-coil pickups are more articulate than ever while retaining bell-like chime and warmth. An upgraded 2-point tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block increases sustain, clarity and high-end sparkle. The American Pro II Stratocaster delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments. With hard shell case.
Sold2022 Fender Player Plus Stratocaster® Maple Fingerboard, Tequila Sunrise
Fusing classic Fender® design with player-centric features and exciting new finishes, the Player Plus Stratocaster® delivers superb playability and unmistakable style. At the heart of this Strat® is a trio of Player Plus Noiseless™ pickups – bright and touch sensitive, they offer classic Strat tone without hum. A push-pull pot on the tone control adds the neck pickup to switch positions 1 and 2 for two sounds not usually found on a Strat®. The silky satin Modern “C” Player Plus Strat® neck fits your hand like a glove, with smooth rolled edges for supreme comfort. The 12” radius fingerboard and 22 medium jumbo frets facilitate fluid leads and choke free bends. Smooth and responsive, the 2-point tremolo provides classic vibrato effects, while the locking tuners provide rock-solid tuning and make string changes quick and easy. With classic Fender style, advanced features and stunning new finishes, the Player Plus Stratocaster is the perfect tool to spark your creativity and stand out from the crowd.
SoldFender VINTERA® '60S MUSTANG® Pau Ferro Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
For players who crave the style and sound of Fender’s golden era, we created the Vintera® ‘60s Mustang®. Equipped with the coveted features that defined the decade—including period-accurate neck profile and playing feel, along with re-voiced pickups—this guitar has all of the punch and style that made the Mustang a legend. For authentic, vintage-style tone we re-voiced the pair of single-coil Mustang pickups to sound more like the originals. Crystalline and bell-like, they have the crisp, articulate tone that put Fender on the map. For classic playing feel, we added 22 vintage-style frets to the that sits atop The “’'60s C”-shaped neck has a 7.25”-radius fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets for classic playing feel. A vintage-style Mustang bridge, tremolo and tuning machines provide original-era aesthetics, rock-solid performance and tuning stability. Other features include the classic pickup slider switches, chrome hardware and four-bolt neck plate. Includes
SoldFender Player Jazz Bass®, Pau Ferro Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
With its dual single-coil pickups and smooth playing feel, the Player Jazz Bass is an inspiring instrument with classic, elevated style and authentic Fender bass tone. It’s powerful, rumbling sound is punchy and tight; a growling voice that’s matched with fast, smooth playing feel for a shot of creative inspiration. Ready for action in the studio, or on the stage, the Player Jazz Bass can take anything you can think of—and everything you haven’t yet.
SoldAlembic "Starry Night" Further Guitar - Buckeye w/turquoise/red resin top
This individual guitar is named "Starry Night" as the turquoise and red Buckeye top resembles Van Gogh's masterpiece! Modeled after one of Alembic early guitar experiments (later known as "Wolf"), the Further guitar is quite simply one of the best guitars around. Features: Long scale Buckeye Resin top Flame Maple back Purpleheart core Front peghead veneer Buckeye Resin Back peghead veneer Flame Maple Beveled front and back of peghead Further neck: Flame Maple/ Purpleheart/ Cherry/Purpleheart/ Flame Maple Ebony fingerboard Side LEDs red bezel set in Sterling Silver Abalone ovals Inlaid Alembic Logo gold with mother of pearl Continuous wood backplates Alembic Gotoh gold tuners Gold straplocks Alembic brass height adjustable nut, concealed hardware bridge, compound brass/Ebony Bird tailpiece Gold Plated hardware Polyester gloss finish with satin finish neck Alembic pickups ST-HB-HB Alembic electronics: master volume, filter for each pickup, off/on/bright for each pickup, mono output, TRS effects loop, on/off for effects loop Black knobs case included
Sold2022 Fender American Professional II Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Olympic White
The American Professional II Stratocaster® draws from more than sixty years of innovation, inspiration and evolution to meet the demands of today’s working player. Fender's popular Deep “C” neck now sports smooth rolled fingerboard edges, a “Super-Natural” satin finish and a newly sculpted neck heel for a supremely comfortable feel and easy access to the upper register. New V-Mod II Stratocaster single-coil pickups are more articulate than ever while retaining bell-like chime and warmth. An upgraded 2-point tremolo with a cold-rolled steel block increases sustain, clarity and high-end sparkle. The American Pro II Stratocaster delivers instant familiarity and sonic versatility you’ll feel and hear right away, with broad ranging improvements that add up to nothing less than a new standard for professional instruments. This is new old stock being sold as clearance and is sold as-described.
SoldHeritage Custom Shop Core Collection H-150
This guitar has it all, Tobacco Sunburst, Flame Maple top, killer feel and tone! The folks at Heritage in Kalamazoo really know what they’re doing! It comes in at a light 8 lbs 12 oz and it’s hard shell case is included.
SoldAlembic Further 6-String Guitar Ziricote
It just doesn't get any better than this! The lightest change of touch and the smallest adjustment of knobs yields deep and inspirational tonal variations. This is a great guitar for any style of playing! The Further has it all...history, beautiful craftsmanship, great feel and versatile sound thanks to individual low pass filters, one for each of the three pickups. Modelled after one of Alembic's early guitar experiments (later known as "Wolf"), the Further guitar is quite simply one of the coolest little guitars around. featuring: Ziricote top Book to center top Ziricote back Beveled Peghead Ebony Peghead front Ziricote Peghead back Option Inlaid Logo in Sterling Silver with Mother of Pearl and Abalone Option Ebony center neck laminate with maple pinstripes Ebony fingerboard Side LEDs violet Birds eye maple fingerboard binding with ebony veneer Ludwig white MOP inlays Cosmos Alembic Gotoh tuners with Mother of Pearl buttons Flame Maple core neck, Flame Maple, Purpleheart, Ebony Continuous wood back plates Ruthenium hardware Interior peghead veneers are purple/ maple Further guitar case
Sold2004 Cayenne Red Les Paul Standard
This is one sweet Les Paul with nice low action and great, classic tone. It features a ‘60’s slim neck profile, Cayenne finish, nickel hardware and Burstbucker Pro humbucking pick-ups. The gears are changed to Grovers. It is in excellent condition. Our close-up photo of the back of the neck show two light indentation from years of resting on the neck support in the guitar's case. With hard shell case.
Sold2022 Fender Player Jazzmaster®, Pau Ferro Fingerboard, Polar White
With a fat, thick sound all its own and sleek, elegant style, the Player Jazzmaster stands out under the spotlight. It’s an inspiring instrument with a flexible, authentic Fender tone—a voice that works with any kind of music. The Jazzmaster keeps turning up in the hands of musical visionaries and rebels; it’s the ideal foundation for your sound. Rugged, raw and powerful, this guitar is ready to throw down. This is new old stock being sold as clearance and is sold as-described.
Sold2019 Collings I-30 LC Jet Black w/ Aged Finish
This I-30 Jet Black w/ Aged Finish is in excellent condition and plays and sounds like a dream. It features fully hollow construction with parallel trestle braces and a maple laminate top and body that offers incredible tone. It features a 1 11/16" width nut and a 24 7/8" scale length. The high gloss nitro Jet Black finish looks great and the Lollar P90 dog-ear pickups sound great! This guitar came from a single owner and never gigged. There is the lightest sign of pinkie-planting on the pick guard, light fret wear at the A minor pentatonic position and a hardly noticeable teeny-tiny nick in the back of the neck at the 5th fret. It comes with an Ameritage hard shell case.
Sold2013 Gibson Kirk Douglas Signature SG Vintage Cherry
Featuring non-locking Keystone tuners, a mahogany neck and body, rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and large block acrylic inlays, a Graph Tech® nut, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and Kirk Douglas signature "Captain" Lyre Tail Vibrola tailpiece, black Top Hat knobs with metal inserts, and three BurstBucker™ humbucking pickups. In excellent condition with no issues. Original hard shell case is included. The pickups and controls on this SG are incredibly versatile. On a basic level, they operate somewhat similarly to a two-pickup SG, but with significant added capabilities. The three-way toggle switch selects the bridge pickup, neck pickup, or both. Each of these pickups has its own volume control, and each is equipped with a push/pull pot that switches the pickup from humbucker to single coil when the switch is pulled out. A single master tone knob, located in the usual lead tone control position, is provided, and where you’d normally expect to find the second tone control, an additional volume control (again, with a push/pull switch for coil splitting) is installed. This controls the middle pickup, and can be used to blend its signal in with the other (one or two) pickups, regardless of how the three-way pickup selector switch is positioned. This means you can run the neck and/or bridge pickups alone or together, the neck and middle, bridge and middle, or all three pickups simultaneously, and at any relative volume amounts desired. And even better - once you have dialed up the exact balance you want, you can adjust the overall output level of the entire guitar with the pickguard-mounted master volume control. Kirk Douglas Signature SG Specifications Body Material: Mahogany Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Material: Mahogany Profile: SlimTaper™ Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm Fingerboard Material: Rosewood with White binding Fingerboard Radius: 12" Number Of Frets: 22 Frets: Medium Jumbo Nut Material: Graph Tech® Nut Width: 1.7” / 43.053mm Electronics: Neck Pickup: BurstBucker™ 1 Middle Pickup: BurstBucker™ 2 Bridge Pickup: BurstBucker™ 3 Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, plus individual Volume controls with push/pull coil splitting for each of the three pickups Pickup Selector 3-way toggle More at legacy.gibson.com
Sold2021 Fender PLAYER LEAD II Maple Fingerboard, Neon Green
In response to high-quality, low-priced import guitars, Fender created the Lead Series in 1979, featuring a new solid-body design, hard-tail bridges and cool new wiring options. Appealing to a wide variety of players, the sleek new Lead models kicked off a fresh creative era in Fender’s history. The Player Lead II is an homage to those late 70's models, featuring dual-slanted Player series single coil pickups, a modern "C" neck shape with medium jumbo frets, dual-toggle switches (one for pickup selection, one for phase-reverse), and of course that unique Lead double-cutaway shape. The Player Lead Series offers style, power and versatility in a comfortable, easy-to-play package.
Electric Guitars for Sale at Northern Lights Music. Shop electric guitars now. We are proud to offer a wide selection of top guitar brands. We offer for sale a wide range of new and used electric guitars from leading brands including Fender, Collings, Taylor and more. As authorized dealers, we have many high-quality electric guitars in stock and ready to ship.
Why are electric guitars great for beginners?
Electric guitars are perfect for beginners because electric guitars have smaller necks and lighter strings compared to acoustic guitars, making them easier to play. However, they do require amplification through guitar amps to produce a louder sound. For the actual technique of playing guitar Berklee is a great resource.
What is the history of electric guitars?
The Inception of Electric Guitars: A Brief History The invention of electric guitars dates back to the 1930s, when guitar players needed louder instruments to keep up with larger bands and eventually rock and roll. Electric guitars work on the principle of magnetism, where a magnetic pickup detects the vibration of the metal strings and converts it into an electric signal that is amplified through a guitar amplifier.
Iconic Electric Guitar Designs from the 1950s and 1960s The history of electric guitars took off in the 1950s with the introduction of iconic models from brands like Leo Fender and Gibson. The popular Fender Telecaster was one of the earliest electric guitar designs and featured a solid maple neck and two pickups. The Fender Stratocaster, introduced later, had a contoured body and three single coil pickups. The Gibson Les Paul, another classic design, featured humbucking pickups and a solid mahogany body and neck, making it a favorite for driving amplifiers into distortion in rock and roll and later, metal. These iconic designs, the Les Paul, Telecaster, and Stratocaster, remain popular to this day and are replicated by numerous brands with their own twists on headstock design, color options, and pickups.
You can learn more about guitar history here.
How Much Do Electric Guitars Cost?
The cost of electric guitars varies widely, ranging from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars for rare vintage models.
Why Choose a Small Independent Guitar Store?
Support local economies and family-owned businesses by choosing to buy from a small independent guitar store like Northern Lights Music. Unlike big chain stores like Guitar Center, Sweetwater, and Musicians Friend, which are owned by hedge funds and other investors, small independent stores offer a more personalized experience, individual attention, and lasting relationships.
How do I find my unique sound on the electric guitar?
Finding Your Sound and Choosing Your Tone Start by exploring the music of your favorite artists to find the right electric guitar for your style. Pay attention to the style of guitar they play and the pedals and amplifiers they use, as these are key to their signature sound.
What is the difference between Solidbody electric guitars and ones that are chambered or hollow?
Solidbody vs. Chambered Body Guitars Solid body guitars, such as the Stratocaster and Telecaster, are made from solid chunks of wood and have little acoustic tone. Les Pauls can also be solid, but sometimes, guitarists prefer chambered body guitars to reduce weight during long gigs or extended playing. Chambered body guitars have pockets of wood removed from inside the body, such as the Thin-line telecaster, which features a visible chambered body.