Independent dealer since the early days of the web
Vintage Guitars and Hard to Find Guitar Parts
Looking for the part that nobody stocks any more, or the instrument that never turns up locally? That search is what this shop is for.
Stevie's Guitars is an independent online dealer that helps players and collectors find vintage instruments and discontinued guitar parts, including Rickenbacker hardware, by working a network built over decades rather than a warehouse. It is best used when a part or model has stopped turning up through normal retail channels. Every sale is handled directly by Steve De Franco.
What Steve Can Help You With
Guitars for sale
Vintage, collectible and unusual instruments, listed one at a time with real detail rather than a stock photo and a model number.
Browse the shopHard to find parts
Pickups, hardware, cases and the small pieces that stop a good instrument being playable. Rickenbacker parts are a particular speciality.
Browse partsSelling or trading
Got something interesting sitting in a closet? Steve buys and trades, including across state lines when the instrument warrants it.
Start a conversationAvailable Now
Four instruments currently looking for the right player. Inventory moves, so anything sold comes off this page.
1987 – Twelve string – Rickenbacker
1987 Rickenbacker 370/12 Byrd Model
Twelve string, three pickup 370 in the Byrd specification, from the height of Rickenbacker’s late eighties run.
$6,500.00 + S&H
Martin – Acoustic – Collectible
Martin Louvin Brothers
A Martin tied to the Louvin Brothers, one of the most quietly influential acts in close harmony country music.
$3,700.00 + S&H
2018 – Eastwood – Limited edition
2018 Eastwood RD Artist, Limited Edition 3
A modern Eastwood reissue in a numbered limited run, built after an offbeat original that has become hard to find.
$750.00 + S&H
1960s – Teisco – Vintage import
1960s Vintage Teisco Del Rey
Japanese sixties build with the switch plates and sparkle that made Teisco a cult favourite among players who want something different.
$500.00 + S&H
How Buying Here Works
There is no shopping cart on this site, and that is deliberate. Instruments at this level are worth a conversation before money changes hands, so every sale starts with a message and ends with a person.
- You send a message. Use the form on any page. It reaches Steve's inbox directly.
- Steve answers your questions. Condition, history, extra photos, whatever you need to make the call.
- You agree the details. Price, payment and shipping to your address, quoted at current carrier rates.
- It ships, packed properly. Or you arrange a viewing by appointment.
An Online Shop, Not a Storefront
People sometimes assume there is a shop floor to browse. There is not. Stevie's Guitars runs online, out of Johnston County, North Carolina, and that keeps the overhead off the price of the instruments.
If you want to see something in person before you buy, that can be arranged by appointment through the contact form. Turning up unannounced will not work, and neither will shopping for straps and picks.