Moserite Clone
$500
Baritone JizzBlaster
Surfin' Turquoise Vibramode
P-90s. Fatdog Mod. Locking gear and roller bridge for satisfying wanking.A custom creation by the Kennicutter. $450
Red fiberglass Supro $400
Goofey Sitar
A $400 goofy sitar -- out for a ride. Note the no-grapes and UFW image on one ofFatdog's favorites that he's been cruising in for over 30 years.
Goofey Sitar
Three Baritones
Three Baritones (Closeup)
Vibramode
Surf and rock guitar. Fender scale length. Jumbo frets with humbuckings or soapbars. Could be a 12 string or a baritone.
Kay-Kastor
I've been upgrading these for years. It's a hollow tele-thing. We also call them "The Crop" because we've sold this to Steve Cropper and other blues guys. This one is like wearing a white tux to a deli for a pastrami sandwich. Its funky, bad and a little greasy. $250-$325
Full-size electric sitar
Custom-made at Lee's Custom Valley Shop.
Pair of Kays
This winning-card hand is da shit I love -- the real blues guitars from the 50s. The hollow les paul-style, with two pickups, normally goes for $250; the bigger, archtop jazz guitar, similar to an ES-125, goes for $375. These instruments -- and we have plenty of them -- come in all different permutations of pickups, pegheads and necks. One-, two- or three-pickup models. Six-in-line pegeheads or 3X3 pegheads. This is the stuff that the blues musicians in the 50s used. Most of them weren't playing no L-5s or Jaguars. This stuff has that real authentic blues sound. Another feature: Kay generally uses a 26" scale length. The appointments need to be upgraded to stay in tune and play in tune, so we install better gears and a metal, tunamatic bridge.
SURF WITH THE VIBRAMODE! $400
($450 with whammy)
Kay Family Portrait
This is a result of too much in-breeding. Ridiculously short-scale bass -- I'll probably make it into a guitar $250. The Kay Copper les paul -- these are cool. $350. Dormanmu with flame peghead and old P-90 pickup. Great blues guitar $250. Goldtone curley maple lounge lizard drekstick. $400. The hollow Kay les paul shape. We call this model "The Crop" -- a great blues guitar. Steve Cropper got one from us. Recently, we saw Jackson Browne and Shawn Calvin playing one of these. We probably have a dozen of 'em in stock in all different permutations of pickups and pickguards. $250.
Dormanmu
The Dormanmu with flame peghead and old P-90 pickup. Great blues guitar $250. The lounge lizard $400.
Harmony Jizzcaster
We sell 'em for $200-$300, depending on what's happening with them (pickup type, etc.).
Harmony Jizzcaster and Stratotone*
These were the really cool proletarian guitars. We have dozens of 'em -- in various states. The Stratotone* is like a hollow les paul and the Jizzcasters are similar to a Jaguar or Mustang* with a 24" scale length. We used to call these "substangs.". They go for $200 - $300, depending on the appointments (pickups, gears, bridge) . We dress them with sealed Gotoh gears and have found some GREAT narrow-spaced metal tunamatic bridges. We usually use assorted pickups from strat*, Ric toaster, or Firebird, depending on what the technician feels like and what voicing the customer might be after. They're from the 50s and 60s and are of good quality.
Larivee
Beautiful Canadian pud-puller's guitar. It was so well-made, I couldn't resist, even though we don't generally allow stuff like this in the store. These were a closeout: carved flame maple top, ebony fretboard. All the high-tech wanking accoutrements. Neck through. We've got 5 of these: metallic charcoal, white, red, black and rubyburst (shown). We might de-wankify them by losing the locking stuff and adding a Wilkinson bridge. $400.
Wedge-Freak
Pull 'em up tight and ride the space wedge! From Lee's Custom Valley shop. Gold hammertone finish with matching peghead. Toaster-style pickups. Zen styling. $450.
Vibramode
This guitar can't decide if it want to have a whammy or not. $450.
Rocket to the Moon!
Three pickup, Bigsby. 60s Harmony Rocket. Cherryburst. $400
Two Pickup Harmony Rocket
One of 15 in stock. Two-tone burst. Dual pickups, great for blues and rockabilly. $325
Harmony Jizzcaster
Short-scale with many pickup configuration possibilities. Shown with 3 Firebird pickups.
Grungerite and Vibramode
Ozark
EKO Trio: (from left) FD-10, Cobra-12 and the Florentine
Here is a trio of new/old stock EKOs. Its a sampling of the hundreds of EKOs that we've sold over the years. The EKO fiddle bass has the faux abstract scroll in the peghead. One of the first ones went to Les Claypool, who flipped over it. He's stilling flipping over it. We sold about 40 of them after Les made it famous. Anyway, its time for these EKOs to emerge from their premature grave in our warehouse and move into the hands of those desiring demented, bizarre and weird instruments. I pictured these three, since we have quite a stock of them. I'll be adding more models of EKOs as soon as we can fix 'em up.The FD-10 (left), mini-single cutaway jazz guitar, is usually dressed up with P-90s, good gears and bridge. Its a great mini-jazz guitar, similar to the Ibanez "George Benson" model -- or similar to the Guild BluesBird -- but has a more 50's tone. It's actually a very high quality instrument; this one has a five-piece neck. Simple and compact. One time "The King"-- who's actually a real king -- Sonny Adé, was visiting with us and spotted an FD-10, got that look in his eye and proclaimed: "That was my first guitar when I was a boy!" I remembered seeing in the old 60s EKO catalogues that they had a big distribution in Africa. I have some great photos of King Sonny Adé with his FD-10; maybe I'll put them up soon. Many players have bought these from us, and love 'em. $350
The Cobra-12 (middle), showing off its new/old stock hang-tag in Italian, really has that 60s Vox 12-string sound. Its offered at a very reasonable price of $350. It has a fairly wide flat neck and is very lightweight, reminiscent of those 60s Voxes.
The award-winning, most demented guitar of the year -- the Florentine (right) -- is an inflated hollow SG with psychedelic styling that never made it in the 60s. This one was a loser. It even lost trying to look somewhat "satanic" -- with its horns. For you dudes who are concerned and think length matters, you'll be thrilled with this. It has one of the longest whammy bars in the universe. It has a haunting, great blues tone and (finally) cool looks. It took the neo-psychedelic revolution for it to come into its own age.
We were down in the dark, dingy bowels of the EKO warehouse and there were these big heater ducts that we had to climb around. I came upon these giant coffin-like cardboard boxes and plunged my hands into them -- not knowing what was down there. It was a little scary. To my great surprise, I pulled up white toiletseat-covered EKO stratoid* bodies, brand new. They'd been lingering there for 30 years. Maybe 25 of them. I was heaving them across the room in darkness -- almost like frisbees. On some other floors of the warehouse we found the necks and the really colorful mother-of-jackknife pickguards that were loaded with a bunch of sliding accordian switches. We're gonna bring these up and start assembling them soon.
These were the real "treasures" of the EKO excavation. Alot of the L.A. guys -- like Jackson Browne -- used to play these. We call them "Jackson Browne" guitars today. You've all heard of double cutaway stratoid* things -- some of these are triple cutaway -- like some big monster down in those boxes took a big bite out of a guitar around where the jack would normally go.
Univox Grunge-Rite Sunburst Moserite copy with the deadman's pickups. Clean. $325
Binding Kings of Kent say: "Three layers is not enough!" Wine-red, big, bizarre, thin, hollow, SG electric 12. $350
60s Supro Jizzcaster with two ivory soapbar pickups. Rocks! $300
Baby art deco Supro three-quarter size Les Paul. $275
67 Blonde Ric 360. Toasters, original case. $1800
Wacky Capa-Continental Strat. Three pickups. Really tripped out tortoiseshell pickguard. 1960's. Gotoh gears and tunamatic bridge. $300
Funky Subway Bluescaster. Telecaster* neck on old Kay body with 1 original pickup PLUS added Tele* pickup and bridge. Sounds great! $225
Bizarre Supro 12-string. 60s sunburst, 2 humbuckers, ugly pickguard. Gotoh gears. $325
60s Kay blues guitar. Goofy Strat* shape. White toiletseat pickguard. Two pickups. Good gears and bridge, great blues tone. $200
68 Ric 360, lefty $1400
68 Ric 360 12-string, teal $1400
69 Ric 360, blonde $1400
Rhinestone dreckstick 60s Aria 330 copy $175
50s Supro Les Paul art deco $350
Ric 360 high-grade replica $400
Red Kay big hollow SG $325
Weird Tiesco Tulip chrome 3-piece pickguard. $200
60s Japanese Mustang* copy. $150
Gunmetal grey Phantom three mini-humbuckers and a Bigsby. $400
60s EKO Cobra Italian beveled Mustang*-style. New/old stock. $350
Wine-colored thinline Trini Lopez Japanese replica. Elongated diamond 4 f-holes, 6-in-line peghead, two chrome soapbars and Bigsby. $350
Mother-of-attache-case red naughahide upholstered Hofner. German. 60s. Stratoid* V. $400
Krapa Continental 12-string metallic red, 60s, USA-made solid body. $350
Early Tiesco electric. 4X2 peghead, striated pickguard. $200
Sunburst Tiesco Phantom copy. Tunamatic and Gotoh gears. $250
Early 60s Houndog Taylor-style Tiesco. Thumbwheels, rocker switches, raised chrome pickguard, tunamatic bridge. $125
Blonde Reverware Kay Thinline. Hammered copper pickguard, three pickups -- like Les Paul. $300
Candy-apple red Tiesco Spectrum V. $1200
EKO new/old stock solid body 12-string. Beveled stratoid * body. $350
Candy-apple-red Tiesco May Queen. Really bizarre boat paddle. Hollow with goofy f-hole. $500
Hofner Switch King three pickup stratoid* with whammy, loaded with thumbwheels, slide switches and rotary switch. Fancy inlays in neck. 60s. $400
Fame strat* 12-string. Lake Placid blue. two humbuckers and mini-Grovers. $325
High-end Framus Les Paul. Fancy ebony fretboard. Gold glitter pickguard, natural finisih, two mini-humbuckers. $350
Weird Tiesco MusicLander two pickups, tunamatic, Gotohs, raised chrome pickguard. $175
60s Ken sunburst Coronado copy. Fancy chrome control plate and tailpiece. Asymetrical cutaways, hinline hollow body. $200
50s Harmony hollow body Les Paul. All black. Gotoh gears and tunamatic bridge; Ric toaster-style pickups. $300
Green and black crackle Tiesco Phantom iridescent green pickguard with 2 Ric toaster-style pickups. $250
Retro Vox Teardrop guitar. Spoon peghead. Doofus f-hole, two strat*-style pickups. $350
Halloween: D'Scala scary orange and black sunburst. 60s Vox family Italian nightmare. 60s. $300
Gold ThunderDuck Bizarre-shaped 60s Japanese guitar by Lee's Valley custom shop. Gold glitter peghead, orange swirl pickguard and a Bigsby. Three mini humbuckers. $350
Metallic blue Dylanesque Tiesco Sharkfin with three pickups. $375
Tiesco Tulip two pickup guitar with good gears and a tunamatic. $150
Clean Sunburst Hagstrom II $325
Japanese copy of a Kalamazoo SG -- very cool. Tunamatic Schaller humbucker. $150
Weird Tiesco Tulip chrome 3-piece pickguard. $200
60s Japanese Mustang* copy. $150
Gunmetal grey Phantom three mini-humbuckers and a Bigsby. $400
60s EKO Cobra Italian beveled Mustang*-style. New/old stock. $350
Wine-colored thinline Trini Lopez Japanese replica. Elongated diamond 4 f-holes, 6-in-line peghead, two chrome soapbars and Bigsby. $350
Mother-of-attache-case red naughahide upholstered Hofner. German. 60s. Stratoid* V. $400
Krapa Continental 12-string metallic red, 60s, USA-made solid body. $350
Early Tiesco electric. 4X2 peghead, striated pickguard. $200
Sunburst Tiesco Phantom copy. Tunamatic and Gotoh gears. $250
Early 60s Houndog Taylor-style Tiesco. Thumbwheels, rocker switches, raised chrome pickguard, tunamatic bridge. $125
Blonde Reverware Kay Thinline. Hammered copper pickguard, three pickups -- like Les Paul. $300
Candy-apple red Tiesco Spectrum V. $1200
EKO new/old stock solid body 12-string. Beveled stratoid* body. $350
Candy-apple-red Tiesco May Queen. Really bizarre boat paddle. Hollow with goofy f-hole. $500
Hofner Switch King three pickup stratoid* with whammy, loaded with thumbwheels, slide switches and rotary switch. Fancy inlays in neck. 60s. $400
Weird Tiesco MusicLander two pickups, tunamatic, Gotohs, raised chrome pickguard. $175
60s Ken sunburst Coronado copy. Fancy chrome control plate and tailpiece. Asymetrical cutaways, hinline hollow body. $200
Fame strat* 12-string. Lake Placid blue. two humbuckers and mini-Grovers. $325
High-end Framus Les Paul. Fancy ebony fretboard. Gold glitter pickguard, natural finish. two mini-humbuckers. $350
50s Harmony hollow body Les Paul. All black. Gotoh gears and tunamatic bridge; Ric toaster-style pickups. $300
Tiesco Del Ray Phantom. copy. Blue with matching headstock and brown woodgrain p-guard. Tunamatic bridge and sealed gears. Look-out! $225
Kay Kraftsman. L.P. body shape, blonde, checkered binding. 3 p-ups. Tunamatic bridge and sealed gears. Maple Tele* neck. $250
Kustom Kraft exaggerated Mosrite body. 2 humbuckers. Sunburst sealed gears. Tunamatic bridge. $275
Supro-sunburst. 6 in line sealed gears; 2 soapbar p-ups, tunamatic bridge. $325
50s Jimmy Reed Kay blonde curley bad blues git-tar. Iceburg pickups. Block inlays, Tunamatic, sealed gears. $400
Attack of the binding gods! Triple-bound Kent. Like hollow SG on acid. Bizarre 60s thing. Rodin 335. $300
The most unique stratotone* I've seen. Early 60s hollow body Les Paul by Harmony with a blonde spruce top and sunburst. Flame maple neck. Fancy tortoiseshell pickup rings and pickguard. Two D'Armond pickups. $350
The Holy Grail: Tiesco Spectrum bass 3+1 tuners, so much for MusicMan's innovation and lawsuits. Weird dual magnet pickups. $800
Goofey Tiesco Moserite copy bass, solid body, two great sounding humbuckers. $200
Gunmetal grey 8-string Hagstrom bass. 1960s. Bitchin'. $700
Metal Geeks! Washburn Rudy Sarzo Explorer. B+w Dartboard finish neck thru, big humbuckers active w/parametric EQ w/anvil case. Fatdog smoked a bunch before he allowed this in the store. $600
ACOUSTIC
Voss 60s f-hole with toiletseat and floating pickup $350High-quality full-size Ferrington acoustic with goofy triangular sound hole and cutaway. Built in pickup. Solid spruce top $500
Elmo 50s Kay D-18 rosewood bridge patch and shaved braces $350
Ultra-deluxe F-5 style Gibson copy. All carved. $500
Old production Blueridge D-28 copy. Solid top. $275
Harmony 000-18. Reset neck, pin bridge, Gotoh gears $250
Ugly Hohner triangular sound hole cutaway acoustic with pickup $350
Bernardo Rico 1972 herringbone D-28 replica $1200
50s Kay cutaway L-7 with Bigsby and two soapbars $600
Suziki blonde 60s solid top jazz guitar with cutaway. Fancy $600
FatDog's solid top D-28 replica $250
Martin butt-packers $125
Harmony BIG Leadbelly size 12-string $400
7-string jazz guitar. cutaway, floating pickup $500
ELECTRIC
The Pelvis-castor: gold sparkle glitter Telecaster* with toiletseat
pickguard. Should be a tribute to Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup $350French racing-blue Tiesco Phantom (Vox) $250
60s fiesta red Hofner Strat* stang $325
50s Supro Les Paul art deco $350
Coral Firefly NOS parts $400
Stealth Strat* all black with graphite neck $400
Harmony Rocket with mini-humbuckers $350
Lavender Yamaha butt-ugly strat*. Vox-style retro teardrop with goofy f-hole $375
Univox Strat* with 3 humbuckers -- enough to wake a dead man! $300
Ric 360 high-grade replica $400
FD-30. Soapbar ES-330-style made from 60s parts $400
Two pickup Tiesco tulip guitar $125
3-pickup Hofner Strat* with enough switches and thumbwheels for a NASA launch $375
Dorky Dean Cadillac (USA) Les Paul style $450
Danelectro Jizzcaster solid body $400
3 pickup SG Custom copy. Good quality $300
Hollow body Kent. Triple sidebound electric 12. Big hollow SG $325
Harmony Rocket with D'Armonds, humbucking size, six-in-line peghead double cutaway $350
Red Kay big hollow SG $325
Rhinestone dreckstick 60s Aria 330 copy $175
Heritage TV Les Paul with humbuckers $550
Danelectro baritone $425
Emerald green Danelectro Les Paul USA $475
Copper Danelectro Jimmy Page 2 pickup USA $500
Black Daneleectro Jimmy Page 2-pickup $500
Red Harmony Rocket with Ric-style toaster pickups $350
Subway Tele* Deluxe with two Fender® humbuckings $450
Weird Tiesco basses
BASS
Les Claypool Eko fiddle bass $350FatDog acoustic bass with pickup $350
50s baby-blue Danelectro longhorn $800
70s Epiphone Genesis bass, neck-through $375
Weird Beatle-bass copy with solid spruce top $325
Subway Baritone Tele* with graphite neck EMG pickups $800
Yamaha neck-through P-bass with 3-band EQ $450
Hideous Kramer with aluminum neck. $400
Rickenbacker 4001 ivory bass. $600
The only longscale fiddle bass with J-pickup $350
Stackpot 1960 replica jazz bass* in black. $400
The S-bass Deluxe. Warmoth body, Bartolini pickups Fender® neck (USA) active tone $600
The Subray like stingray with Bartolini MME and active tone. $500
Thinline Tele* baritone. Moses graphite neck, toiletseat pickguard. $1000
Left-handed 5-string Warmoth/Bartolini fretless. $800
PARTS
Schaller 3X3 low mass nickle gears $35 per set
Black Gotoh 4-in-line bass gears $25/set
Good jazz bass* pickups $30/set
Budget Strat* pickups $8 each
Budget humbuckers $12 each
* Fender® Stratocaster, Telecaster, Mustang and Jazz Bass are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instrument Corporation.
Ordering Merchandise
I understand your concerns about buying a guitar over the Internet. You
can't put your hands on it. You don't know what it'll look like, what it'll
sound like, how it will feel. Then there are the issues surrounding shipping
anxiety: "Will it arrive undamaged?" "When will it arrive?"
"WILL it arrive?" The concerns go on and on: "What's the
tracking number?" "Will you ship it today?" "When will
you ship it?" "Can I get it tomorrow?"
Here are five key points to put your mind at ease:
- Your purchase will definitely arrive in good, undamaged condition
AND in a timely manner.
- Your purchase is insured against damage in transit.
- If you don't like what you've ordered, you can return it within two
weeks of purchase.
- You have the option of a full CASH refund or a trade-in for something
else you like. All you pay is the return shipping, which amounts to about
$10 within the Continental United States.
- You just can't lose.
Policy
"Experience Ecstacy" for a week with your new guitar. If the
instrument
is not what you expected, then expect a full refund on merchandise returned
in the condition of purchase. Fatdog considers this the backbone of good
biz (and happy customers). Trade-ins are seriously considered at a high value.
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