The Vintage Tailpiece Collection features tailpieces that are available for your next Slaman guitar. They are priced individually and will add the price of the tailpiece to the guitar in most cases, depending on value of the tailpiece. Please note that these are not for sale without a commissioned guitar ! All tailpieces are original items, no repairs and in perfect working condition.
Tailpieces on the pictures are available unless otherwise indicated.
To get an idea of what is possible, go to the TCBYNG page !
Latest additions April 13, 2010 Visit the Great Tailpiece Show !!
1970's Gibson L5 Archtop Jazz guitar Tailpiece
This is truly a thing of beauty! - in combined Gold and Silver. These tailpieces are incredibly rare. This is a NOS item, and is in totally AS NEW condition.
Very unusual Gibson ES-5 tailpiece........... without the ES-5 engraving !
This tailpiece is nickel plated where the official ones are gold........ maybe a prototype or special order. Perfect for your DS-5 style guitar, a once in a lifetime opportunity probably....................
Perfect patina worn gold to nickel Gibson ES tailpiece, great vibe. Original 1965 Gibson ES-345 Tailpiece in good vintage condition, gold plating shows alot of wear. This was on a guitar owned by the legendary bluesman, Little Milton. It came from a Memphis repairman that worked on Milton's guitars.
This is a vintage Gibson ES-175 tailpiece from the early 1970's in chrome. NOS; perfect for your next project in ES-175 or ES-5 style. No signs of use, has never been mounted on a guitar, as new condition, scratch free.
A slightly downsized Gibson Byrdland tailpiece (left) is now available.
Perfect for a 16 inch Byrdland style guitar ! Some minor scratches, all gold plating intact.
Gibson Byrdland archtop tailpiece, in excellent as-new condition, all gold plating intact, no scratches
Vintage 1950's Gibson tailpiece, perfect condition, nickel plated, great patina
Original Gibson Les Paul tailpiece, 1952 / 1953
This trapeze tailpiece is from a 1952 or early-1953 Gibson Les Paul "goldtop" and is in excellent condition with the original mounting studs. Tailpiece is fully functional with wonderful patina, the nickel plating shows a small area of chipping at the heel that is not at all structural. Has the "PAT. PENDING" engraving.
Available now for your '23 style or other Slaman project guitar is a Gibson Custom Shop reissue clover-leaf gold tailpiece, as on the Gibson reissue 1935 L-5 archtop. Beautiful condition, no scratches, intact plating, new condition....has not been previously mounted. Cloverleaf extension on the hinge part, string bar is the 1930s style. Hex nuts are a Gibson signature. Vintage 1970's era heavy ES 175 tailpiece, chrome finish, shows minor wear and scratches. Chrome plating is perfect, as is the hinge. Nice part for your ES project guitar.
Introducing: a fabulous re-creation of the famous ES-150 tailpiece; brand new nickel and shiny !
1970's Gibson Chrome Tailpiece for ES-175 and other models. This is an original part in excellent as-new condition. Chrome is bright and shiny and is free from scratches (one very slight surface scratch -you have to really look to see it). Hinge is perfect. For your DS-175 or DS-5 style project.
Available now for the 1923 Slaman guitar; handmade tailpiece
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Gibson ES-350 T gold tailpiece from a 1957 to 1959 Gibson guitar, perfect structural condition, wonderful patina. Stramped ES - 350 T on the front, larger hole on the back of the bracket is for the strap holder. Perfect half century old piece. This is a newer Gibson Super 400 tailpiece...mint condition....beautiful piece 2 mint sixties es style tailpieces. Stunnning condition.
Both chrome in perfect condition. Gibson original parts...beautiful hex nuts
Sixties Gibson ES style tailpiece, nickel, perfect patina L5 tailpiece
This guitar is finished; you can see it hereNotes on these tailpieces:
- ES-150 tailpiece completely original, great condition
- wartime L7 / L50 style, completely original, wooden string bar to save metal for war production
- ES 330 and others style, nickel, excellent condition
- sixties clover style, chrome, excellent condition
Completely original ES-150 tailpiece and jack output, very rare
Gibson, with wooden string bar, all metal went to war production
L5 tailpiece with original maple / ebony insetBack to News 2008 Back to News 2009
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