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S9910110019   Austrian     Guitar Lute            1925                        $699
Unusually shaped high quality instrument with spruce top, multi piece maple
sides and back, rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Some older repaired cracks
and 1 replaced tuning gear. Headstock designed like a violin headstock with
an avante garde scroll to compliment the asymetrical bridge and 
almost lightbulb shaped body. Fancy carved rosette  in the soundhole. 
Designed for nylon strings but sounds much better with the silk and steels
currently installed. V.G-. 

S9910110001  Bacon   Belmont         5 String Banjo       1960          $599
Cool sunburst US made (Gretsch) 5 string banjo. Maple pot, resonator,
and neck with bound dot inlaid ebony fingerboard. Freshly set up and ready
to go. Looks almost unplayed. Price includes a correct era plush lined hard 
case that's probably worth as much as the banjo. EXC. 

C2012100008  B&D        Silver Bell Sultana # 1 Tenor Banjo    1940       $1800
Super clean all original tenor with engraved and painted pearloid fingerboard,
headstock, and resonator. Sunburst maple neck with little wear except for
1st position. Optional knee mute and pick holder. Still has it's original head. 
EXC-. Orig. H/C.

C2509070007  Dragon            Mandolin           2006           $349
Super fancy natural finished frying pan shaped mandolin with spruce top, 
double walled resonator flamed sycamore sides and flamed sycamore back.
Extensively inlaid with engraved  pearl and dragons up the fingerboard and 
on the back. Sounds, plays and looks great. EXC. H/C.

S9902100005        Dobro       Style 37  / Broman  Ace      1935       $1199
Round neck 12 fret slot head sunburst dobro with the desirable screen
holes and sound well. Bound birch body.  Set up and ready to play.V.G.. S/C.

C2010090006    Epiphone       FT85 Serenader 12     1965           $1000
Small bodied Epi 12 String with a natural finished spruce top, mahogany back,
sides, and neck.  Plays and sounds perfect, fresh neck set and repaired 
back cracks. Comes with original fiber case.  VG 

S9910110016  Epiphone           Banjo Uke            1925                    $599
Super rare high quality banjo uke. Two piece maple neck with dot inlaid ebony
fingerboard. 8.5" head. Original resonator replaced with a custom one 
made of bell brass that was plated and engraved. This uke barks like a scared 
dog! Freshly set up. Comes with an original h/c that's worth the price of admis
sion. EXC. 

S9903100005  Framus Texan 12 String Acoustic/Electric     1969          $399
Sunburst jumbo body acoustic 12 string with factory installed sound hole
pickup. Spruce top, maple sides and back, bolt on neck with dot inlaid rose-
wood fingerboard. Fresh set up and strings. Finish checking but no cracks.
Great value in a cool old guitar. V.G.+. S/C.

C2009070008   Geisha Girl    Fancy Cutaway  Flat top     2006      $399
Blueburst with rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Abalone trimmed fretboard
with fancy pearl inlays. Ablone trimmed spruce top top and flame maple sides
and back with fancy engraverd pearl and abalone geisha girl inlay. Sounds,
plays, and looks great. EXC. H/C.

S9911110001  Gibson / Kalamazoo        KG-16        1938                     $799
Sunburst 15" wide archtop with spruce top, mahogany sides and arched
mahogany back. Dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard and adjustable rosewood
bridge. Minor repaired top crack. Sounds and plays excellent. VG. S/C.

S9901120005  Gibson / Kalamazoo    KG-11  Flat Top      1938             $1100
Sunburst squat body verson of a Gibson L-00. 14 3/4 wide body with spruce
top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Crack free
example that shows some minor wear. Fresh set up. Plays and sounds great.
V.G.+. Orig. S/C

C2507110015   Harmony / Wurlitzer   Koa Parlor Guitar     1925              $399
Cute little guitar in great cosmetic condition that needs some structural repair.
Crack free body with checkerboard/herringbone bound spruce top, koa sides
and back. Mahogany neck with bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with mother of
pearl diamonds and dots. Needs heal crack repaired, cracked bridge replaced,
and neck re-set. Sold as is or we can repair. A worthy project. 

S9911110002  Kay / Old Kraftsman   K-6100 Country Model    1958          $399
An X braced US made solid top dreadnought from the 50s!  Mahogany sides
and back, bound dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. No cracks. Fresh set up.
sounds and plays great. V.G.+. S/C.

S9905060022     Kay/ Stromberg    Model 600 Florintine Mandolin   1928         $349
Beautiful little archtop mandolin with natural finished spruce top, sunburst
birch body, and nice engraving on the back of the headstock. In remarkable
condition with no cracks and little wear. Plays and sounds great.  EXC. 

S9901060014  Kay          Model 68 Mandolin           1938             $349
Beautiful blond f hole arched top mandolin with solid spruce top, highly figured
checkerboard bound flame maple body, and dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard.
No cracks and little wear. Replacement tuning gears. Plays and sounds great.
V.G.+. S/C.

S9911050033  Kay / Concertone       Plectrum Banjo         1935    $499
Fancy top of the line instrument with carved heal and engraved pearloid
fingerboard. Tubular tone ring and fancy resonater. Replacement flange.
Overall V.G.+. S/C.

S9912070005   Kay    Plains Special model K5113      1962            $279
Solid sprcue top, mahogany sides and back, rosewood fingerboard and 
bridge. Small ding on face. Otherwise crack free. Set up and ready to go. 
Plays and sounds fine. A vintage American guitar at a budget price. V.G. S/C

T9906060002  Kay           K-1 Archtop            1962           $550
Cutaway sunburst 17" archtop with solid spruce top and mildly figured maple
sides and back. Bound dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. Late enough to have
an adjustable truss rod. Plays and sounds great. V.G.+

S9904110005  Larson/Bruno    Rosewood Flat Back Mandolin    1912         $899
As would be expected of a Larson made instrument, this is a great sounding, 
great playing instrument with no cracks and little wear. It has typical Larson
attributes for an instrument of this period like bar frets and spruce supporting
the bottom edge of the sound hole binding. Beautiful Brazilian rosewood 
fingerboard and body. The only unfortunate issue is that sometime in the past
the top had been non professionally refinished. We have resprayed the top to
make it look right. On the positive side, other than replacement
tuner buttons, the instrument is very clean and comes with a super rare
original hard case. V.G+

S9901120006  Martin Replica     0-18        circa    1930                       $899
Super high quality scalloped X braced instrument with spruce top, mahogany
sides and back, ebony fingerboard and bridge. Clean internal workmanship
and small maple bridge plate with bridge plate patch. Rosewood headstock 
veneer and bindings. V shaped mahogany neck. Very lightly braced. Back and
sides oversprayed and rubbed out. One minor repaired back crack. Obviously
factory made but bears no serial number or manufacturers name. Plays and 
sounds amazing. V.G.. S/C.

C2007110001  Martin        0-21                  1929                          $5500
Beautiful little Brazilian Rosewood guitar from Martin's best era. Factory
set up for steel strings. Sent back to Martin several times for repairs including
repair to case latch top damage and side crack. A 1985 receipt for Martin 
repairs includes gluing loose braces, bridge, repairing loose frets, and installing a larger maple bridge plate. Neck reset just compleated in our shop. Possible
1980's era Martin neck refinish. Plays and sounds like a dream. EXC- H/C.

C2507110019   No Name        Banjo Uke                  1924                    $99
Catalog grade instrument with maple shell and maple neck with ebonized
fingerboard. Mother of pearl star in headstock. Original skin head with some
inscriptions from the owner dated to 1924. Ivrorid friction pegs. Plays fine.
V.G.+.

S9911100002  Oahu     Model 66 K Jumbo Square Neck       1937           $599
Big deep jumbo sunburst all mahogany guitar with b/w checkerboard binding.
Rosewood bridge and checkerboard bound dot inlaid fingerboard. No cracks.
Sounds great. Great candidate for a conversion V.G.+

S9910110020   Otwin  Cabinet     Fancy Carved Archtop    1953         $1299
Beautiful sunburst 16 3/4" wide fully carved German archtop from one of 
the most respected yet somewhat obscure manufacturers. Otwin supplied
wood to many of Germany's guitar markers, and always kept the best for use
in his own guitars. Solid carved spruce top with bound curved lightening bolt
shaped sound holes. Mildly figured fame maple sides and carved flame maple 
back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with rectangles of alternating black and 
and white plastic that matches the wide multi layered top binding. Fresh 
neck reset and heal crack repair. Two small tight cracks extend from each
soundhole. Guitar sounds and plays like a good L-7. Price includes
a correct era German made Ideal pickup mounted on the pickguard and a 60's 
17" Gibson archtop H/C. V.G.+

S9904080008   Paramount       Style B Plectrum Banjo         1929    $1500
Rare high quality natural finished fancy walnut banjo with pearl inlaid headstock
and rosewood fingerboard. Repaired heal crack and replacement tuners. Plays
and sounds great. V.G.. Orig. H/C.

S9911110004  Regal        Style 102 S Parlor Guitar         1900              $899
Beautiful little 12 5/8" wide guitar with bookmatched crack free Brazilian 
Rosewood sides and back. Spruce top with a few well repaired cracks. Dot
inlaid ebony fingerboard and ebony pyramid bridge. Fresh set up and strings.
Priced at less than the value of the wood. V.G.+. 

S9911110006   Regal         Model 71 K Hawaiian         1939                 $799
Beautiful square neck jumbo with soild spruce top with gold leaf designs 
across the lower bout, mahogany sides and back, and bound ebonized
fingerboard. Crack free with little wear. All orignal except for tuner buttons.
Sounds amazing. Great candidate for a conversion. EXC. orig lined s/c.

S9907100004   Regal Custom Shop    Metro Style C       1934           $1499
Fancy sunburst 16" archtop with spruce top and highly figured flame maple
sides and back. Bound ebony fingerboard with beautiful pearl inlays. Crack 
free but shows play wear. Section of neck binding replaced and 1 replace-
ment tuner. Fresh set up and strings. Plays and sounds great. V.G.. Orig. H/C.

T9910110018   Regal    Model 1145  Fancy Parlor Guitar       1935        $1250
Super rare Regal Custom Shop grade L-00 size flat top with X braced spruce
top, mahogany back and sides, and silver sparkle fingerboard with contrasting
black and silver position markers. Top is decorated by the same artist who 
did the Gibson Kel Kroyden guitars, with a scene depicting snow capped 
volcanos and palm trees. I replaced back brace and repaired back crack. 
Freshly set up. V.G.+. S/C.

T9909080008   Roca          Classical Guitar           1965              $199
Spanish made student grade classical guitar. Solid spruce top, mahogany 
body, olive fingerboard, rosewood bridge. Repaired top center seam crack. 
Overall very clean. Freshly set up with new strings and tuning gears.
Beautiful label. EXC-.  Original h/c. 

S9911100018  Stella   Sovereign       Grand Concert      1935              $1995
Super rare 15 3/8" wide Oscar Schmidt guitar with a 14th fret neck joint. 
Sunburst spruce top, mahogany sides and back, rosewood fingerboard and
repro rosewood bridge. 25 1/2" scale. A couple of tightly repaired top cracks.
Fresh set up. Plays and sounds great. V.G. +. H/C.

S9910110012  Stradolin     A Style Mandolin          1939                     $399
Natural finished solid spruce top with F Holes. Black finished maple sides and
back. Dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard and adjustable bridge. Clean and 
crack free. Fresly set up. Sounds and plays great. V.G.+. Original S/C.

S9911110005  Turturro      Turnover Uke Mandolin          1925              $699
Super rare teardrop shaped mahogany instrument with a fingerboard and 
soundhole on the front and back of the instrument. One side is set up as a 
mandolin, the other as a uke. Dot inlaid rosewood fingerboards. Both sides
play perfectly and sound better than one would expect. A great playable
conversation piece. V.G. +. 

C2009080013  Vega   Tubaphone #9    5 String Banjo        1920           $6850
Super fancy factory original 5 string banjo. 10 15/16 head, 27" scale length.
Kershner Unique tailpiece. Bound ebony fingerboard with fancy unworn 
engraved pearl inlays. Fancy engraved pearl inlays in the face of the head-
stock, back of the headstock, and heal cap. Highly figured flame maple neck
with fancy heal carving. Replacement 20's era Grover tuners that use the 
pearl buttons from the original tuners that are in the case. Added flat Vega
pie plate resonator that has been refinished. Come with an original wire arm 
rest, 2 original era Vega catalogs and an eddition of the Voice of Vega 
magazine, and an original Vega key. Little wear. Plays and sounds great. exc-. H/C. 

S9911100007  Washburn   Style 175                  1911                      $4500
Super rare top of the line presentation grade parlor size flat top with a 
fingerboard made entirely of engraved mother of pearl. Albalone trimmed 
spruce top, ebony brigge with peal and abalone inlays in the feet, abalone
trimmed Brazilian Rosewood sides and back, and engraved pearl button 
tuning gears. A couple of minor repaired top and back cracks. Finish shows 
some wear and oxidation. Fresh neck set in progress. Sounds, looks, and will play great. A spectacular addition to any collection. V.G.-. S/C.
 
 

 


 
 
 

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