Type
Used solid-body guitars
A solid slab of wood, or a solid-looking chambered one, with the pickups bolted or set into it. Fender got there first with the Broadcaster in late 1950, which became the Telecaster and the Esquire, then the Stratocaster in 1954. Gibson answered with the Les Paul family, the SG from 1961 and the Firebird, and Gretsch built its Duo Jet on a chambered mahogany body. Mosrite's Joe Maphis double-neck lives here too.
15 guitars we cover.
Fender · Stratocaster
Solid bodyPre-CBS Fender Stratocaster
Stratocaster
- Years made
- 1954–1965
- Era
- 1950s
$23,200–$46,925 typical ask
38 on eBay
Fender · Stratocaster
Solid bodyCBS-Era Fender Stratocaster
Stratocaster
- Years made
- 1965–1971 (large headstock, four-bolt neck)
- Era
- 1960s
$18,800–$30,075 typical ask
19 on eBay
Fender · Telecaster
Solid bodyFender Telecaster Blackguard
Telecaster
- Years made
- 1950–1954
- Era
- 1950s
$59,500–$110,300 typical ask
4 on eBay
Fender · Telecaster
Solid bodyFender Telecaster Whiteguard
Telecaster
- Years made
- 1954–1965
- Era
- 1950s
$19,325–$38,850 typical ask
8 on eBay
Fender · Telecaster
Solid bodyFender Custom Telecaster
Telecaster Custom
- Years made
- 1959–1972 (bound-body version)
- Era
- 1950s
$13,475–$18,675 typical ask
6 on eBay
Fender · Telecaster
Solid bodyFender Esquire
Esquire
- Years made
- 1950–1969
- Era
- 1950s
$20,725–$66,750 typical ask
9 on eBay
Gibson · Les Paul
Solid bodyGibson Les Paul Burst
Les Paul Standard
- Years made
- 1958–1960
- Era
- 1950s
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Gibson · Les Paul
Solid bodyGibson 1968 Les Paul Goldtop
1968 Les Paul Standard
- Years made
- 1968–1969
- Era
- 1960s
$20,700–$33,000 typical ask
13 on eBay
Gibson · Les Paul
Solid bodyGibson Les Paul Custom
Les Paul Custom
- Years made
- 1954–1961, then 1968 on
- Era
- 1950s
$10,650–$19,675 typical ask
31 on eBay
Gibson · Les Paul
Solid bodyGibson Les Paul Junior
Les Paul Junior
- Years made
- 1954–1958
- Era
- 1950s
$12,200–$16,850 typical ask
13 on eBay
Gibson · SG
Solid bodyGibson SG Standard
SG Standard
- Years made
- 1961–1969
- Era
- 1960s
$10,750–$17,350 typical ask
23 on eBay
Gibson · SG
Solid bodyGibson SG Special
SG Special
- Years made
- 1961–1971 (the P-90 years)
- Era
- 1960s
$5,025–$8,750 typical ask
14 on eBay
Gibson · Firebird
Solid bodyGibson Firebird
Firebird
- Years made
- 1963–1969 (reverse to mid-1965, then non-reverse)
- Era
- 1960s
$9,475–$22,725 typical ask
21 on eBay
Gretsch · Jet
Solid bodyGretsch Duo Jet
6128
- Years made
- 1953–1971
- Era
- 1950s
$6,550–$10,000 typical ask
6 on eBay
Mosrite · Joe Maphis
Solid bodyMosrite Maphis Double-Neck
Joe Maphis double neck
- Years made
- 1966–1969 at Bakersfield, offered again in the early 1970s; custom double-necks from the 1950s
- Era
- 1960s
$15,175–$15,200 typical ask
1 on eBay