Handcrafted in Chicago by Benny Monson (Serek Basses) and an era-inspired standby for a growing number of touring artists, the Zipper’s great granddaddy on its mother’s side was a Harmony Stratotone. Its fraternal grandparents were both (unrelated) Fender Telecaster Thinlines. Talk in town is that it’s got a great uncle that might have been a Gibson Melody Maker. It hangs out with Danelectros on the weekends.

The Zipper’s heart came from the Sears Roebuck catalog for Christmas morning. Its guts are sturdy and persistent. Like the Hoover Dam.

It’s the Hydrox or Oreo cookie of electric guitars. A hollowed-out wood center block and walls are the white stuff. Top and back plates of a complimentary wood are the cookie. It strings through the body over a tailpiece that came to me in a dream. The tailpiece and string-through-edness are what make this sucker ring. “Zip” if you will. Includes deluxe padded gig bag.

Zipper #18 Specs:

Scale length: 25.5"
Nut width: 1 3/4"

Maple Top & Back Plates
Basswood Body
Maple Neck
Wenge Fingerboard

Jescar 51100 .100 x .051 Frets
Grover Tuners
Gotoh Bridge
Lockhorn Tailpiece & String Block

CTS Pots
Vintage Hofner pickups rebuilt by Gemini Pickups (NY)
"5 Course Supper" Switch with Neck, Series, Parallel, Out of Phase, and Bridge positions

Notes:

This 2023 Lockhorn (Chicago) Zipper #18 Semi-hollow Electric Guitar is in Excellent condition, part of a single-owner, climate controlled collection, with extremely light surface wear (pictured) consistent with age and appropriate use. Includes Reunion Blues padded gig bag and specs handwritten by builder.

All instruments from the Old Town School Music Store are professionally inspected and set-up before shipping, and directly support the missions, programs, and continued growth of the Old Town School of Folk Music.

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