Here's a rare gem for the most discerning player. We've seen a few of these but wow does this Birdfish look sharp with it's Aubergine finished flame maple neck and tone bars, mixed with its ebony board and pickup covers. (Extra mahogany tone bars & single coil pickups in case) Typically 16.5k and up + shipping and import dutties to the US brand new w/ a 2-3 year waiting list. Get this beauty now. 

The feel and setup on this guitar are spot-on and the tone is rich and surprisingly robust. As for now this Birdfish has it's three Teuffel-wound humbucking pickups installed. However you can feel free to change one or two of them out with the included single coils for a brighter more P-90-like single-coil tone. In our opinion the single coils excel in the neck and or middle positions for an HSS configuration. The craftsmanship as well as the research and development that went into this instrument go beyond what words can describe. Ulrich Teuffel's guitars are masterpieces which include a mixture of old world craftsmanship and modern procedures, in order to create some of the finest instruments to ever be built.

Here's what Ulrich Teuffel says about the design:

"In the Spring of 1995 I presented the birdfish for the first time at the Frankfurt MusikMesse. Mil Garofalo from Luxemburg was the first person to purchase a birdfish back then. Since then this guitar has become widely recognized. It has appeared in many books and has become a part of many private guitar collections. The British magazine „Guitarist“ picked it as one of the most important guitars of the 20th century. The birdfish has won three design awards and is on display in several museums. It is played by musicians such as David Torn, Henry Kaiser, Hans Zimmer, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Page Hamilton, Kirk Hammett, Amir Derakh and many others.

My original idea was to build a guitar which is constructed so that the fundamental elements, the tonewoods and the pickups, are put together in a modular fashion. This design not only allows unlimited tonal possibilities, but also results in a very lively and percussive tone. Billy Gibbons said about it: “It really shines on Mescalero because of that dirty, raunchy tone. I defy any other instrument, besides these odd-ball things, to get that crazy.“ (Guitar World 6/03)

Since 1995 I have overhauled the birdfish in four stages. In doing so, I have been very careful not to alter the identity of the birdfish. The birdfish series is limited to 500 instruments."

"The main elements, bird and fish, are made of aluminum. This material has the property of transferring vibrations almost without any filtering influence. What you hear with the birdfish is the tone of the neck and the tone bars.- Ulrich Teuffel.

All in all this is the cleanest example of a pre-owned Teuffel Birdfish we have ever seen. It can honestly pass for new. It has had very little play time as it is collector owned and the frets have their full life ahead of them. Setup w/ 10’s and a nice low action of 3 1/2 64ths & 4 64ths of an inch High E to Low E measured at the 12th fret.

Specs:
Color: Aubergine & Ebony
Scale length: 25 1/2"
Nut width: 1 11/16"
3 Humbuckers w/ Ebony covers (in guitar)
2 single coils w/ Ebony covers (in case)
Selector switch: 5-Way Neck, N+M, Middle, N+B, Bridge.
Neck: Rock Maple w/ exhibition grade Flame Figure
Truss Rod: 2-way
Frets: 22 Dunlop 6105 stainless steel
Teuffell std Soft V Profile: .082" - .094"
Fingerboard Radius: Compound 13"-17"
1 set of tonebars, mahogany
1 set of tonebars, alpine flame maple
Comes in original high-quality flight case, made to fit this guitar model.
2 extra pickups are included (single coils) as are all tools needed to adjust the instrument.
Weight: 7lbs 6oz

(On consignment & cannot be returned. Please ask all questions)