Ferndale, MI, United States
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The 2nd. HUGE shipment of great guitars coming in this TUESDAY again! This SALE!$ ends MONDAY night!______________________________________________________________________________________________________*Here at Gordy's Music in Ferndale, Michigan, we are so proud and grateful to receive the REVERB TOP 300 SELLERS Certificate for the second year in a row! A real honor. We want to start by thanking all of you, our customers, my partner wife Marcia, top notch crew, and Reverb.com. We have quite a team and will strive to get this certificate year after year.*_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Here we have a 1985 Taylor 555 (serial number 3498), a renowned jumbo-body 12-string acoustic guitar built at Taylor's original Lemon Grove, California factory. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, and an ebony fingerboard, it is celebrated for its rich, rumbling bass and immense projection.Key Specs & DetailsBody Style: 17-inch Jumbo (Taylor's "X15" shape)Scale Length: 25.5 inchesNut Width: 1 7/8 inchesNeck Material: MahoganyHeritage & Legacy: The 555 holds an important place in Taylor's history, as it famously lured legendary fingerstyle virtuoso Leo Kottke back to playing guitar after a hiatus. Kottke's appreciation for the stock 555 eventually led to his signature Taylor model, which heavily borrowed from the 555's classic jumbo mahogany/spruce design.This guitar plays beautifully and was well cared for (likely purchased from Elderly instruments Lansing, MI). A Fishman under saddle thin line pickup was added. Original Taylor hard case included.Condition: This guitar is in excellent condition. All original except for the added Fishman under saddle pickup, and a tuner has been replaced (but the original is in the case). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________Guitar with case weighs 21 lbs.Ships fast and insured.Shipping box Dimensions 50"x20"x8"Shipping weight 30 lbs.Shop at our Reverb Store for a bunch of vintage and other products at:https://reverb.com/shop/gordys-musicIN BUSINESS for 40 YEARS!!50 YEARS of VINTAGE EXPERIENCE!MICHIGAN GUITAR SHOW PROMOTORS Since 1989!Brick and mortar to the end!__________________________________________________________________________________Visit our new secured still under construction website to see the long list of celebrity musicians and groups we have met and serviced in the past 40 years. NOTE: Too cool. Late last summer we shipped a 1967 MapleGlo Rickenbacker 6-12 Converter 'comb' guitar to Billy Corigan of Smashing Pumpkins! We also then shipped a vintage 50 watt Marshall head to L.A. studio-touring guitarist extraodinaire, Michael Landau, and 2 vintage guitars to Jack White's organization down in Nashville just a few days before his 50th. birthday! mmm? Add 'The Kentucky Head Hunters' to the list, just sold Greg a cool little 50's Valco tube combo amp!Gordy's Music has become a Detroit institution! Our shop was used as a filming location for a few films like "Miracle in Motor City" a Christmas movie on Lifetime (featuring Smoky Robinson). We've supplied gear for movies including "Bill & Ted Face The Music" with Keanu Reeves. We've got decades of celebrity customers, including recent visits from Beck, Eric Johnson, and we recently sold Billy Joel's bassist a cool Gibson SG he is in love with. One day a while back Andre 3000 and his group stopped in to browse as they were playing Masonic Temple that night and right after that we sold an old oil can Morley Wah Vibrato pedal to Credence Clearwater Revival's thee John Fogerty!We are having and have had a lot of fun here at Gordy's Music! I was just remembering about 35 years ago a tour bus pulled up to our little shop, and who rolls right in and hangs out for an hour? Lenny Kravitz and his entire group, right about the same time I was selling many guitars to and chauffeuring around Dee Dee Ramone who had an apartment a block down from my house.
Original Price$1,750
$455 price drop
New Price$1,295
+ $91.63 Shipping to
