maxguitars
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I have been very fortunate to own 4 Lipse guitars. Two of those have the exotic Mango wood top -a Virtuoso and this gorgeous Soldato. I love Mango for it's tone -I find the tone similar to Koa which is woodsy and warm yet clearly defined and articulate. Handmade by legendary luthier Michael Lipe. He custom made this guitar for for the original owner in 2009 (I am owner #2). His guitars are absolutely world class. Mike was the master builder for the Ibanez Artist Custom Shop for years. He has built guitars for Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, Reb Beach, Andy Timmons -I could go on and on. All Lipe guitars and made one at a time, by hand, in his custom shop in California. I encourage you to check out his website at - you can see him making guitars literally "from scratch." He carves and shapes the bodies from choice pieces of wood. Same with the necks - carved completely by hand. There are simply VERY FEW builders still building this way in the US today.
As you can see in the pics, this is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL guitar, and it plays like a dream. Truly incredible. The guitar is in great condition. The only issues to speak of are a few tiny nicks that I have tried to show in the pics, and tiny hairline cracks at the neck joint that have NO impact on playability and can only be seen under very close inspection. From any distance, the guitar looks brand new.
This particular guitar is one-of-a-kind...built to spec
Mahogany body
Exotic Bookmatched Mango Top
Dark Cherryburst
Matching Mango overlaid headstock -Signed
Gorgeous Flamed Maple fretboard
Kluson inline tuners
Butter smooth slim "D" neck profile
Ruby Fret markers in Ziggy Saggy
Amalfitano custom, hand-wound pickups
Slanted 3 saddle bridge
For trades I am looking for a LPS PREMIUM + or a Tom Anderson Cobra HH or DT HH or PRS Artist CU22 or a Sweet DGT or HBII. -Really looking for guitars with Humbuckers so hit me up with what you have and we can discuss terms.
$2250
As you can see in the pics, this is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL guitar, and it plays like a dream. Truly incredible. The guitar is in great condition. The only issues to speak of are a few tiny nicks that I have tried to show in the pics, and tiny hairline cracks at the neck joint that have NO impact on playability and can only be seen under very close inspection. From any distance, the guitar looks brand new.
This particular guitar is one-of-a-kind...built to spec
Mahogany body
Exotic Bookmatched Mango Top
Dark Cherryburst
Matching Mango overlaid headstock -Signed
Gorgeous Flamed Maple fretboard
Kluson inline tuners
Butter smooth slim "D" neck profile
Ruby Fret markers in Ziggy Saggy
Amalfitano custom, hand-wound pickups
Slanted 3 saddle bridge
For trades I am looking for a LPS PREMIUM + or a Tom Anderson Cobra HH or DT HH or PRS Artist CU22 or a Sweet DGT or HBII. -Really looking for guitars with Humbuckers so hit me up with what you have and we can discuss terms.
$2250