Jim's guitars
 

   Gibson

J1509060050  Gibson          G 30 Combo                 1967                          $200 
Black tolex solid state 20 watt amp with 12"speaker, tremolo and reverb. With footswitch. EXC. 

J1509060056  Recording King               M-5                    1937                     $1800
Sunburst non cutaway 16" carved archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, bound rosewood fingerboard and headstock with fancy pearl inlays. L-10 grade and appointments. No cracks and little wear. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060080    Old Kraftsman           L -10           1936                     $1,800
Sunburst non cutaway 16" carved archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, bound rosewood fingerboard and headstock with fancy pearl inlays. L-10 grade and appointments. No cracks and little wear. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 
 

J1509060020  Vega         C-65 Archtop          1936                      $1800
Beautiful sunburst non cutaway 16"archtop with highly figured flame maple sides and back and solid spruce top. Bound ebony fingerboard with varied pearl inlays. Pearl inlaid headstock. No crack and little wear. Older pro re-fret. Plays and sounds amazing. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060046  Vega          C-86                  1939                      $4000
Stunning blond 17" wide non cutaway archtop with multi bound spruce top and georgus flame maple sides and back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with varied pearl inlays. Bound headstock with fancy pearl inlays. Amazing Kluson tuners with gold lucite triangular buttons. Heavy gold plated tailpiece. No cracks and little wear. Replacement back binding.  Older pro refret. Plays and sounds amazing. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060063  Vega        Style B Cylinder Top Guitar         1934          $2,800
Unique design with cylinder arched spruce top, mahogany sides, and cylindar arched mahogany back. Natural finish. Sounds like a cross between a good archtop and a good flat top. No cracks and little wear. Replacement tuning gears. V.G.+. H/C. 

J1509060081  Vega              C-66             1939                  $2500
Super clean fancy sunburst 17" carved archtop with spruce top and highly figured flame maple sides and back. Bound ebony fingerboard with large pearl diamond inlays. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060118  Vega          C-56                        1944                   $1500 
Sunburst 16" non cutaway archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, and bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl dots and blocks. Super clean with no cracks and little wear. EXC-. S/c. 
 

J1509060044  Gretsch      Town and Country           1948              $1700 
Rare translucent cream finished jumbo body flat top with spruce top, maple sides and  back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. Light bulb headstock. Adjustable rosewood bridge. Finish checking, wear, and splinted top crack. Actually plays and very nice. V.G.. H/C. 

J1509060045  Gretsch / Orpheum     Synchromatic 300       1945         $2500 
Orpheum labeled Gretsch made 17" sunburst non cutaway archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back. Fancy gold sparkle bindings and fancy pearl/ gold sparkle humped inlays in a bound rosewood fingerboard. Outer layer of white binding replaced.  Fresh set up and strings. No cracks. Plays and sounds great. V.G.. H/C. 
 

J1509060055  Bacon and Day       Ramona Model 2R     1937           $1200 
Sunburst 16" archtop with solid spruce top, laminated rosewood sides and back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. No cracks and little wear. Fresh neck re-set and set up. Made by Regal/Kay. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. S/C.
 

J1509060107  Kay    Jumbo cutaway flat top         1955                     $800 
Huge 17" wide natural finished guitar with solid spruce top, flame maple sides and back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. Adjustable rosewood bridge. Older sloppy but functional neck re-set. No cracks. Sounds as big as it looks.  V.G.. S/C 
 
 

J1509060026  Antonio Cerrito        16" Archtop    1936                    $3000 
A rare Cerrito labeled instrument by a designer of instruments for Oscar Schmidt. Sunburst 16" carved archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, bound block inlaid ebony fingerboard. Very much like an early Gibson L-5 or D Angelico. Pro headstock repair. Plays and sounds great. V.G.+. H/C. 

JJ1509060085  Paramount       Style B           1937                    $1800 
All black 16 non cutaway archtop with carved spruce top, maple sides and back, bound rosewood fingerboard with large diamond shaped pearl inlays. Unique neck attachment via a banjo style compensating rod with build in angle adjustments. No cracks and little wear. From the Tsmura collection. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060086  Paramount            Leader             1938                  $2500
Sunburst 16" archtop with abalone trimmed spruce top, flame maple sides, back and neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard with large diamond inlays. Gold Kluson tuners and tailpiece. Rosewood pickguard with inlaid P. Like new. D365 Exc. H/C. 

J1509060110   Porrazzo           Archtop            1935                   $600
Interesting sunburst 16" archtop with spruce top, mahogany sides and back, diamond inlaid bound rosewood fingerboard. Looks like it came out of the Epiphone or Gretsch. Minor open top seam crack but little wear. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. S/C. 
 

J1509060057  Sovereian     Violin body Archtop      1945                 $1200 
16" wide sunburst archtop with a violin shaped body. Solid spruce top, faux flame maple  sides and back, dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Looks like it was made by Harmony. Minor repaired side crack near heal.  Plays and sounds great. V.G.+. S/C. 

J1509060088  Slingerland              Fancy Archtop      1937              $2000
High quality sunburst 16" archtop with carved spruce top, flame maple sides and back and bound rosewood fingerboard with block pearl inlays. Fancy pearl inlaid headstock. No cracks and little wear. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060093  S. S. Stewart      16" archtop         1938                     $1300
Sunburst non cutaway guitar with spruce top, maple sides and back, and bound rosewood fingerboard with large pearl diamnd inlays. Fancy pearl headstock inlays. No cracks and little wear. Plays great. EXC- 

J1509060111  Oahu        K-66  Square Neck Jumbo      1936              $600 
Sunburst checkerboard bound mahogany bodied instrument with checkerboard bound dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. No cracks and little wear. Sounds great. EXC- 
 

J1510060122  Regent           Baritone Uke         1965                      $80
Inexpensive student grade instrument made in Japan. All mahogany with dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. EXC- 

J1510060146  Teisco           EP-3 Pick Guitar           1958            $600 
Sunburst 15" wide cutaway single pickup electric archtop with spruce top and back, maple sides, and bound dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. All solid woods. A few minor top and back cracks. Plays and sounds great. V.G.+. S/C. 
 

All of the listed Easman guitars are new and unplayed. Some are prototypes and pre production instruments. Eastman guitars are hand made in China. All of the guitars are made of solid tone woods, with no plywood used anywhere. All of the archtop guitars and mandolins are hand carved, and all of the maple used is highly figured. Eastman instruments are exceptional values.
 

J1510060165  Eastamn           MD 604             2004                    $600 
Gibson A-4 copy. Fancy Cremona brown A style mandolin with teardrop highly figured flame maple body and carved spruce top. Bound dot inlaid ebonyfingerboard. H/C.