The American Showster company first debuted the tailfin-bodied AS-57 solid body guitar at the NAMM show in the late 1980s. In addition to the original model, Bill Meeker, David Seal, and Richard Haines introduced other exciting guitar designs. American Showster guitars were also available with custom graphics. In 1997, they introduced the Standard Series of guitars that were produced in Czechoslovokia.
Instruments previously built in Bayville, NJ, between 1987 and 2004 and in Czechoslovakia between 1997 and 2004.

AMERICAN SHOWSTER Electric Guitars Models

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57 CLASSIC (MODEL AS-57-FX) Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57 CLASSIC (MODEL AS-57-FX)

- alder body shaped like the tailfin of a ยด57 Chevy, operational chromed tailfin brake-light assembly, six-bolt maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or maple fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side Schaller tuners, tune-o-matic bridge/custom t...

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57 Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57

- alder body shaped like the tailfin of a '57 Chevy, operational chromed tailfin brake-light assembly, six-bolt maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side Schaller tuners, Schaller tune-o-matic bridge/V-shaped...

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57 BASS (MODEL AS-57-B) Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER AS-57 BASS (MODEL AS-57-B)

- alder body shaped like the tailfin of a '57 Chevy, operational chromed tailfin brake-light assembly, six-bolt maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or maple fingerboard with dot inlays, four-on-one-side Schaller tuners, BadAss II bridge, chrome ha...

AMERICAN SHOWSTER BIKER Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER BIKER

- alder body shaped like a gas tank on a motorcycle, six-bolt maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or maple fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side Schaller tuners, Wilkinson VSV tremolo, three Lace Sensor single coil pickups, master volume/ma...

AMERICAN SHOWSTER BIKER-FM Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER BIKER-FM

- alder body shaped like a gas tank on a motorcycle, six-bolt maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side Schaller tuners, Schaller tune-o-matic bridge/V-shaped stop tailpiece, three Showster single coil pickup...

AMERICAN SHOWSTER HOT ROD 327 Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER HOT ROD 327

- alder body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, chrome hardware, volume/tone controls, five-way selector, three DiMarzio single coil pickups, Wilkinson VSV tremolo, available in Flame Fade finish, mfg. 1997-2004.

AMERICAN SHOWSTER ICE PICK Image

AMERICAN SHOWSTER ICE PICK

- offset double cutaway alder body, bolt-on neck, 22-fret fingerboard with dot inlays, Schaller tune-o-matic bridge/V-shaped stop tailpiece, six-on-one-side Schaller tuners, three Showster single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, five-way...