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05.02.10 - '57 ESQUIRE IN GUITAR BUYER
Richard Henry Guitars have the front cover of 'Guitar Buyer' for the 2nd time in a few months with a superb 1957 Fender Esquire that is currently in stock. As well as being on the front cover the guitar features in a 6 page article. On sale at good newsagents now.
08.01.10 - JEFF BECK'S BLACKGUARD FOR SALE
Back in 2003 while on business in Tokyo, Richard discovered a cool old blackguard Fender Telecaster guitar that turned out to be one of Jeff Beck's old famous guitars.
The guitar was purchased by a British collector and we are happy to announce that it is now back on the market. A very cool artist associated guitar that was also owned by Roy Buchanan and Seymour Duncan and comes with full provenance and documentation.
Serious enquiries only please.
21.12.09 - NEW YEAR TOURING & PEAR STUDIOS
Next year is looking like a busy year with new touring commitments and the opening of our new offices and rehearsal studios in stockport. Pear Studios is set to be South Manchester's premier rehearsal space. More info at www.pearstudios.co.uk
24.11.09 - LOSTPROPHETS USE LIQUID METAL GUITARS
We are happy to announce that Lostprophets lead guitarist Lee Gaze will be playing Liquid Metal Guitars on the bands forthcoming world tour. Lee used the guitar at last Saturday's sell out Lincoln show and was so impressed that he immediately asked for one for next year.
Lostprophets kick off their UK tour in February 2010.
04.11.09 - LIQUID METAL GUITARS MERSEYSIDE GUITAR SHOW
Richard Henry Guitars will be displaying the full range of Liquid Metal Guitars at the Merseyside Guitar Show on November 29th at the Aintree Racecourse Exhibition Centre in Liverpool.
Email peter@guitarshows.co.uk for more information.
17.10.09 - LOSTPROPHETS
Richard will be on the road with Lostprophets as a guitar and backline technician for Lee Gaze & Stuart Richardson next week when the band play three uk shows in Sheffield, London and Liverpool. The bands new album 'The Betrayed' is due for release in the new year with a world tour currently being planned for early 2010.
Visit www.lostprophets.com for more info
16.10.09 - JIMMY PAGE HAND SIGNED SIGNATURE GUITARS
We are offering for sale two Gibson Jimmy Page Signature guitars that have been hand signed and played by Jimmy Page himself. we have a Les Paul Custom and an EDS-1275 Twin neck which is the guitar that Jimmy made famous. Both guitars are brand new highly rare collectors items and the must for any serious Jimmy Page fan.
13.10.09 - GUITAR BUYER FRONT COVER
The front cover of November's issue of Guitar Buyer Magazine features the new LMGTB imported exclusively by Richard Henry Guitars. As well as being front page news the guitar gets a 5 star review and is featured on the editors page and the table of contents. Available at all good newsagents and will be the magazine on display at Novembers Music Live Show in London.
Phil Cook of LMG took a LMGT down to the Rascal Flatts gig in Vancouver for the guys to try out during their show in front of 20,000 ecstatic fans.(see pic)
24.09.09 - LIQUID METAL GUITARS PRESS RELEASE
Liquid Metal Guitars (LMG) is pleased to announce that Richard Henry Guitars, based in the UK, will be offering LMG’s product line.
“For us it is fantastic to have someone of Richard's stature taking us on. He is very well known in the guitar world as someone with exceptional knowledge and integrity. His experience and guidance will make our presence in the UK market significant. Richard has worked with many of the best in the business.” says Phil Cook.
LMG builds a line of metal bodied electric guitars with a proprietary precision machining process that takes advantage of the exceptional tonal qualities of dense block of aluminum. Each product line has a custom pick up set made exclusively for that guitar by some of the best boutique pickup men in the business – Seymour Duncan, T.V. Jones and Lindy Fralin.
LMG guitars are visually stunning. The company mandate is to finish the guitars in a process unique to metal, nothing that can be duplicated in wood or plastic is done. The offered finishes are: Chrome, 18k Gold, Harley Davidson baked on motorcycle paint or industrial machine markings.
The guitars are metal – machined, hard, cool metal - with soothing curves and sinful cuts, whose luminescence sizzles and shimmers as only metal can. LMG is a celebration of noise, cars and rock and roll.
Email or call for pricing and availablility
21.09.09 - 1957 ESQUIRE & 1968 TELECASTER
The latest guitars to come into stock are a fantastic '57 Esquire in Blonde and a '68 maple cap Tele also in Blonde. Both guitars are exceptionally lightweight guitars with great tone and killer looks. Email or call for more info.
1.09.09 - NEW CRINSON GUITARS IN STOCK
The Penrith Guitar Show held this weekend showcased the latest batch of the fantastic handmade Crinson Replica guitars. We are please to be able to offer these guitars again and we expect interest to be high so please get your order in now.
Email or call for pics and details.
18:08:09 - VINTAGE FENDER GUITARS JUST IN
We are pleased to be offering for sale a fantastic ultra light 1955 Esquire and a 1963 fender Jaguar. Both are well played guitars with original vintage cases and well priced in the current market place. Email for details.
10.08.09 - 1952 GIBSON LES PAUL & MATCHING AMP
Ladies & Gentlemen we are please to offer for sale a lovely all original issue free '52 Goldtop from the first year of production in stunning investment grade condition complete with hang tags, owners paperwork, leather shoulder strap, clean original brown case and matching BR6 amplifier. One for the collectors.
08.08.09 - 1955 FENDER DELUXE AMP
An outstanding near mint narrow panel Fender Deluxe Amp from 1955 has just arrived complete with it's original Victoria Luggage Co dust cover. One of the cleanest examples we've seen and totally original. A wonderful sounding investment grade collectors piece and scarcely available in the U.K.
25.07.09 - FENDER JOHN ENGLISH MASTERBUILT STEALTH ESQUIRE
We are pleased to offer an outstanding Masterbuilt Heavy Relic Custom Shop Fender Stealth Esquire made by the late great Senior Masterbuilder John English. Featuring a lightweight swamp ash body with a superb grain pattern and authentic 50's Butterscotch finish - this guitar is one of the nicest Custom Shop guitars we have had in ages. The two hidden 'stealth' pickups under the pickguard make it a superb versatile instrument.
23.07.09 - 1952 GIBSON J-185 FEATURE
This months GUITAR BUYER magazine features an in depth article and a review of the 1952 Gibson J-185 we are currently offering for sale at a heavily reduced price of only £7500. Please email for details and pictures or call for an in hand description of this ultra rare Gibson classic.
14.07.09 - HARD-FI IN THE FAR EAST
Richard is away with Hard-Fi who are playing two festival dates in Yokohama Japan this next week. There are two days rehearsals in west London then the band and crew fly out to Tokyo on Thursday. Hopefully there will be some great guitar finds while out there.
07.07.09 - RARE NARROW PANEL CHAMP
We have just taken delivery of a rare black Fender champ from 1964. This is a narrow panel late 50's 5F1 circuit from the last year of production before Fender changed the design to the front facing control panel.
02.07.09 - THE FRATELLIS
Richard is currently on the road with UK band The Fratellis who are headlining the Hop Farm Festival this weekend.
18.06.09 - 1959 VOX AC2
This is our latest find - an ultra rare original '59 VOX AC2 amplifier in fawn with a very early black control panel and bakelite knobs. These amps were produced in very low numbers and is a VOX collectors dream.
09.06.09 - 1958 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD
We are currently offering an outstanding 1958 sunburst Les Paul Standard at an extremely attractive price. This guitar is a near mint all original investment grade example that features some nice flame in the maple top and is complete with it's original five latch brown case.
Please email for details.
03.06.09 - JOHNNY MARR'S AMPLIFIERS
We are currently offering two of Johnny Marr's vintage Fender amplifers he has used since his days with legendary band The Smiths.
A fantastic sounding 1959 Bassman Amp and a rare 3x10 Bandmaster Amp are currently up for grabs.
Johnny has just finished recording a new album with The Cribs.
Many thanks again to Tom Sheehan for use of his awesome monochrome photographs.
Please email for details.
20.04.09 - CRINSON RELIC GUITARS
We have just taken delivery of two of the most outstanding relic guitars we've ever seen. Crinson Guitars are made by Nigel Crinson who is a renown violin maker and luthier.
Combining artisan woodworking and violin restoration skills, age old seasoned woods and a genuine love and respect for American vintage guitars, these instruments are without a doubt the closest thing we've found next to the vibe and feel of an original 50's vintage guitar and have the most authentic looking body finishes we've ever seen.
Please email for pricing and availability.
28.02.09 - METALLICA & KORINA EXPLORER
Richard got to check out Kirk Hammet's original 1958 Gibson Explorer after the recent Metallica show in Manchester. The guitar is one of a very few Korina Explorers that were shipped in the early 60's with nickel parts. Kirk used the guitar for the first time during the show and invited Richard to check it out afterwards. How cool is that?
05.02.09 - 2009 REBEL RELIC GUITARS IN STOCK
The first shipment of 2009 Rebel Relic Guitarshas jsut landed. The shipment includes an fantastic Korina Holy Grail Custom, A Sherwood Green Thinline RAW and a TG Special with Bigsby and Filtertron pickups. A review in'Guitarist' magazine is scheduled for April.
09.11.08 - BILLY F GIBBONS ZZ TOP
Billy F Gibbons purchase one of our fantastic hand made Replica Blackguard Esquires and wrote us saying:
"Rich, Thanks mucho...! The Esquire, which we received and have in service by the way, is superb...! Please feel free to forward the good word with our satisfaction of the instrument. Kindest Personal Regards, Billy F Gibbons"
Pics and info via the 'Guitars' link above in the 'Telecaster' section.
BIO
Richard Henry has been in the business of buying and selling guitars for over twenty years beginning in the late 80s in Manchester, England.
Over the years he has managed various successful specialist guitar stores and worked as senior vintage salesman for Europe's largest vintage guitar specialists.
Richard spent the last few years pioneering a successful vintage guitar brokering business but in June 2009 he set up 'Richard Henry Guitars Limited' giving him the freedom to conduct business under his own name.
Richard offers an unrivaled selection of high end vintage guitars as well as generic new and used American guitars along with some very unique and exclusive boutique instruments.
With a reputation for honesty and integrity, Richard's knowledge and expertise in the field of American guitars is recognized worldwide and he is respected for his ethics and reliability.
Richard believes that a person's greatest asset is their name, so every client can be assured that every deal will always be conducted with the preservation of that name in mind.
As well as being a guitar dealer, Richard has toured the world for well over a decade as an experienced guitar technician, most notably with The Charlatans, Hard-Fi, The Alarm, Buzzcocks and is currently in the service of L.A. rockers, Lostprophets.
Many thanks to rock photographer Tom Sheehan for the use of the b&w images of Richard with The Charlatans.
Visit www.tomsheehan.co.uk for more info and exclusive prints.