Arch Tops and Electrics

We now have a major portion of Ted Greene's collection, finally being made available to the public. Ted was, in my mind, as well as many others, the greatest fingerstyle guitarist. His one album, recorded in the 1970's, remains a beautiful document to the breadth of his knowledge and skill, but especially to his musicality, encompassing the heart and soul of a pure musical being.
In his earlier years, Ted's instrument of choice was the Telecaster, which he altered extensively to obtain an amazing, orchestral tone. In his later years, he discovered the Hoboken Guild hollow bodies which seem to have his sound without doctoring. We will soon list here the available Guilds, as well as a few oyther special items:
• 1957 Guild SB X150, Single P-90 style pickup with white cover, Venetian cutaway, sunburst, replaced pickguard, good sounding, exc cond., moustache pghd., mother-of-toilet seat fretboard markers are deteriorated, buckling to the point of hitting the strings. They'll need to be replaced! $1250
• 1971 Guild Thinline T100 SB, single cut. $1200
• 1962 Guild Thinline T100 DP SB, $1200
• 1961 Guild Thinline Walnut, Early Starfire, transition model from T-100. $1750
• 1957 Guild X50 SB, one pu (white P-90 style), $900
• 1956 Guild X550, Natural, two pu, Sold
• 1977 Guild M75, Dark cherry "Les Paul", $1100
• 1964 Guild CE 100 SB, Excellent original condition, two humbucking pickups. $1400
• 1970 Guild T100D, Cherry Sunburst, $1100
• 1977 Guild Artist Award, Natural, one small excellently repaired crack in top, otherwise excellent condition. $3800
• 1963 Gretsch Tennessian, Walnut, pickups changed to humbuckers, otherwise orig. $2K
• 1972 Guild T100D Thinline, Blonde, single cut. $900
• 1978 Guild X175 SB, two pu, $1600
• recent Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Natural, Prototype? unfilled label, gold plate at top. $675
• 1976 Guild X500, Natural, spruce top, beautifully figured curly maple b&s. There are photos of Ted playing this one. Sold
• 1958 Guild X175 SB, two pick-ups (white P-90 style), one is detached, as well as the toggle switch. I think Ted was in the process of working on the wiring. Condition is quite good, with pickguard missing and some shrinking binding. $2K
• 1958 Guild X350 SB, 3 P-90 style pickups, six button "Switchmaster" style pickup selector, shrunken binding, repl TP, missing "B" button, very snazzy guitar! $2985
• 1964-1965 Fender Jazzmaster, Sunburst, played a lot, replaced knobs, big leather shim in heel, everything else orig, including black case. $4.5K
• 1959 Fender Jazzmaster, Sunburst, refin. to natural, orig. anodized guard, replaced saddle (from musicmaster?), neck refin, replaced tuners. $3950

Fritz Brothers Eddie Duran Model, The first prototype made for Eddie. This is a unique semi-hollow body with mini humbucker neck pickup and bridge piezo, top of highly figured old growth redwood, Indian rosewood back & sides, trapeze tp with tunamatic bridge, patented "internal truss" bracing, nitro finish. Eddie is a fabulous fingerstyle jazz guitarist and incredible person, and has put together his ultimate instrument. The Fritz Bros. are in Mendocino, CA and cover a broad spectrum of guitar styles, all of the utra highest quality.
• Cash price, $4500

1936 Gibson L-4, A continuation of the early 16" L-5, the only difference being cosmetics. Same scale, ƒ-holes, fingerboard dimensions, and bracing. This guitar is in excellent condition, with hand carved top & back. Tone is open, clear and transparent, with brilliance and balance. This is a sunburst finish 16” archtop with a bound spruce top, and a fully bound maple body in a dark brown finish.   It has a black finish deep V neck with Thirties Nick Lucas pearl inlays starting on the 1st fret with a truss rod.  The bound headstock features a horizontal pearl script logo, a pearl fleur-de-lis inlay and new open back Grover tuners.  Trapeze tailpiece with no raised diamond, unbound suspended tortoise guard, carved rosewood compensated bridge.
• Cash price, $3445

1962 SG/Les Paul Standard, Cherry, excellent condition, original except for tuners and knobs, and toggle switch cover, which have all received the proper new replacements; patented humbuckers, short vibrola with pearl-inlaid ebony tailpiece, Les Paul Truss-Rod cover, original black hard-shell case. Price will go up if we find original parts! A brief statement from the owner:
"The few, the proud, the 1962 Les Paul SG. This instrument has done it's duty all over the world, literally! It has played in venues from Europe to Asia, Australia and North America, from beer bars to arenas and many a wild gathering. One of 1449 Les Paul SG's produced by Gibson that year, this particular model, with the mother of pearl inlaid ebony tail-piece, was one of less than only 200 produced.(It's anybody's guess how many exist today) Gibson produced the Les Paul SG for only two years, 1961 and 1962. Truly a rare bird, it has seen action with some quite famous San Francisco area bands of the 1960's and 70's. The current owner has had this guitar since 1965 and it has never let him down nor failed to plug directly into the cosmos. A classic in every sense of the word, this is a piece of history and one of the few remaining instruments of it's kind left in the world."
• Motivated Seller, make offer

1963 Gibson L7C, Sunburst, excellent condition with the original McCarty pick-up/pickguard with single P-90 built into the pickguard, also comes with a high-quality replacement pickguard; finish has typical Gibson checking and a few small dings, otherwise it has excellent gloss. A perfect example!
• Sold

1967 Epiphone Broadway, Rare beautiful Tobacco Burst, two mini humbuckers, excellent all original condition, with nice 60's Gretsch hard shell case.
• Cash price, $3500

Eastman T184MX, Maple ES-335 style with double cutaway, semi-hollow construction with solid carved tops and backs, central solid mahogany tone block, double humbucking pickups with 2 tone and 2 volume controls, 3-way selector switch, stop tailpiece & fixed tuneable bridge.
• Sold

Eastman El Ray Standard Jazz, Incredible new completely handcarved 14” electric hollow body, Spruce top and Mahogany back, sides, and neck. This guitar has a single Kent Armstrong humbucking pickup in the neck position and 2 control knobs (volume and tone). The bridge is a tune-o-matic style, mounted on a standard archtop bridge base, gold plated Gotoh hardware and a 25” scale length. Lightweight and versatile hollow body, no soundhole.
• Cash price, $1295

Eastman El Ray Deluxe Jazz, Fully hand carved hollow body, Spruce top and Maple back, sides, neck. This guitar has two Kent Armstrong humbucking pickups, a 3-way pickup selector switch and 4 control knobs (2 volume and 2 tone). The bridge is a tune-o-matic style, mounted on a standard archtop bridge base. A short tailpiece is fastened to the end block like a standard jazz guitar. This series was designed by Otto D’Ambrosio, and has a remarkably bell-like singing, sparkely tone with a 1 3/4" nut width, great for fingerstyle players.
• Sold

Eastman T145SM, 15" Spruce top/Maple body, Single cutaway, hollow body with parallel bracing, one built-in humbucking pickup with 1 tone and 1 volume control, tuneable archtop bridge & ebony archtop tailpiece. 1 3/4” deep instruments come with a choice of solid, hand-carved mahogany or maple backs with solid spruce or maple tops. The maple body guitars sport handsome gold hardware, 7-ply binding on the body, split block inlays and maple necks with ebony fingerboards, with powerful Kent Armstrong Humbucking pickups that can slip effortlessly from a rich, woody jazz sound to a satisfying, crunchy, vintage rock tone that explodes out of your amp. These versatile guitars neatly span the distance between a fine hollow body archtop and the classic center block thinline model guitar.
• Two available, one with Eastman's Classic Varnish, the other all Natural.
• Cash price, $1885

Renaissance "Ampli-Acoustic" RS6 Fingerstyle, Gloss flame maple top, satin flame maple body, with wider nut and bridge spacing made specially for us, the Fingerstyle Guitar Capitol Of The World.' We are nuts about wider spacing; now that acoustic guitars are fully available, our next mountain to climb is electric, a much steeper slope. Next step will be Rick's Model One, a solid body with the fingerstyle spacing. I've literally been looking for this for years, and Turner Guitars is the perfect small shop with the ability to adjust not only the neck specs, but also, since they make their own high-fidelity electronics with the same custom-ability, the pick-ups will match the spacing perfectly.
• Nut width, 1 3/4", bridge spacing 2 5/16"
• Thinline body built like a fine acoustic, but with an added mahogany center block to cut feedback
• A Turner piezo bridge pick-up feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Turner pre-amp
• Low-noise volume and tone controls
• Designed from scratch to produce premium acoustic tone as an amplifiable, recordable electronic signal.
• Cash price, $1755

"High" Renaissance RF6 Nylon Hybrid, Cedar top, fancy claro walnut body, All Gloss finish, beautiful colored wood purfling, this guitar is the perfect classical electric, capable of loud volumes with technique as delicate as you like, the best of both worlds.
• The thinline body is built like a fine acoustic guitar, but with an additional mahogany center block to cut feedback.
• Nut width, 1 7/8"; spacing at bridge, 2 5/16"
• A Turner piezo bridge pick-up feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Turner pre-amp
• Low-noise volume and tone controls
• Designed from scratch to produce premium acoustic tone as an amplifiable, recordable electronic signal.
• Cash price, $1854
• see http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/renac.html for more detailed info.

Eastman AR803CE, 15" ƒ-Hole with Cutaway and Single Set (built-in) Pickup, top and back are carved entirely by hand. The solid maple back and sides and solid aged spruce top are complimented by a 3-piece maple neck with a solid ebony fingerboard. All Eastman guitars feature X-style bracing, a classically designed tailpiece, and a J.W. Eastman fiberglass case.
• Cash price, $2065

Eastman AR804CE, Modeled after the classic oval-hole guitars of the 1920's, this 16" 6-string archtop is a truly elegant instrument. Whether you are playing Gypsy, jazz, blues, or country, the Uptown 800 delivers a sound like no other available today. Each carved entirely by hand. The solid maple back and sides and solid aged spruce top are complimented by a 3-piece maple neck with a solid ebony fingerboard. All Eastman guitars feature X-style bracing. Heavy-duty tuners, a classically designed tailpiece, and a J.W. Eastman fiberglass case all come standard.
• Cash price, $2155

Eastman AR805CE, 16" ƒ-hole cutaway with Kent Armstrong floating pickup, maple and spruce, beautiful sunburst hand-applied varnish finish, ebony pickguard and tailpiece. Top-class workmanship, playability and tone. Single Cutaway with X bracing, fully carved spruce top and maple (flamed) back and sides - all solid woods-15" lower bout, 1 13/16" thick 25" scale- 1 3/4" at nut, ebony tailpiece, based on the early 16" Gibson L-5 body. Great clarity and note separation and clean crisp tone.
• Cash price, $2149

Eastman Uptown AR810CE, This is the 17" model, with cutaway, floating Kent Armstrong humbucking pick-up and Eastman's beautiful Classic spirit varnish finish (with a very thin clear coat of laquer on top). Top is spruce, back & sides are flame maple, remarkably loud and clear tone with sustain and response. This is a fully hand-carved (solid wood of course) instrument that could easily cost five times as much if it were made in the US. Partly based on Bennedetto's body style, extremely handsome and remarkably great full-on jazz box.
• Cash Price, $2149

Eastman Uptown AR810CE Blond, 17" body, flame maple back, sides and neck, remarkably loud and clear tone with sustain and response. This is a fully hand-carved instrument that could easily cost 5 times as much if it were made in the US. Rare natural finish (means higher grade wood) and Kent Armstrong pickup.
• Cash price, $2149

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AMPLIFIERS

1964 Fender Princeton Reverb, Mint, as new condition, with cover. This is "Production #1", the earliest iteration of the model and shows no sign of ever being used, sounds great!
• Sold

We carry the Ultrasound line of acoustic amplifiers. They are priced very nicely, and seem to sound better than anything else we've tried in their range. Steven Stone's column in the latest Vintage Guitar Magazine reviews them very highly.

• UltraSound AG-30, The almighty 30 watt practice amp, actually some feel it's the best sounding of all. Has one 8" coaxial speaker and 2" tweeter. This one has the 'lean-to' stand installed.
• Cash Price, $199

• UltraSound AG-50 DS4: 50 watts RMS, with the Alesis 16 progam chip, stereo effects, two 8" coaxial speakers with two 2" tweeters. Can be combined with the 50E for 100 watts of pure sound, spread throughout the room. This one has the 'lean-to' stand installed.
• Sold

• UltraSound CP-100, The newest model, a very compact (smaller than the AG-50s) full-featured 100 watt amp, with two 8" coaxial speakers and a 2" tweeter, with Alesis 16 program effects chip and active eq. The notch filter is a sweepable 18db cut, the shape filter is a mid dip control with boosted high & low frequencies.. UltraSound minimizes the number of external adjustments needed by effective design of the internal electronics.
• EQ Section-bass and Treble Balance, Notch Filter- Eliminates Feedback, Shape-Controls.
• The EFX allows the player to input any special effects they want and this automatically overrides the reverb.
• The Line Out reproduces the signal; with effects/reverb, while Direct out eliminates the reverb effect.
• They have also designed-in short circuit and thermal overload protection, as well as sampling the speaker signal to eliminate unwanted power amp distortion. When you first turn on the UltraSound you will not hear the "popping noise" made by most amps and neither will you hear any "white noise". This kind of attention to details only enhances the UltraSound amps. • UltraSound designs a unit that is lightweight but still has a big sound. Read the CP-100 Review in Acoustic Guitar Magazine
• This one has the 'lean-to' stand installed.
• Cash Price, $735

Fishman Loudbox 100, 100 powerful watts, two channels, dedicated drivers, and weighing under 25 lbs., with all the features a performer needs: compact, lightweight and ultra-flexible, with three bands of EQ, feedback-fighting controls, giving you incredible control over your tone This amp is very clear and pure sounding; our '53 Tele actually sounds better through it than through a customer's black-face Princeton.
• Cash price, $599

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Gypsy Jazz Guitars

1993 Michael Dunn Mystery Pacific, Cedar and Indian rosewood, possibly Michael's most esteemed model: large "D" soundole, fitted with an internal soundbox and resonator, the model was developed from the original 1930 patented design by Mario Maccaferri. A lead guitarist's dream, this guitar has unsurpassed top-end projection. The higher up the neck you play, the more the volume increases. Scale length is 25 3/16". Visually stunning!
• Cash price, $3725

Moustache Selmer, From Dutch luthier, Thijs van der Harst, one of the finer builders of Maccaferri style guitars. He sticks very close to the originals, and does a fine job; his guitars are being played by a number of European Gypsy guitar masters.
• Top is European spruce with bracing in Selmer/Maccaferri tradition
• Back & sides are Indian rosewood
• Neck is Walnut with aluminium adjustable trussrod
• Headstock: Walnut with ebony layer
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Scale length: 26.5"
• Tuning machines: Schaller, open
• Tailpiece: Brass/ebony, ball-end/loop-end possible
• Finish: Nitrocellulose
• http://www.moustache-guitars.nl
• Cash Price: $2290 w/hsc

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CLASSICAL GUITARS

"High" Renaissance RF6 Nylon Hybrid, Cedar top, fancy claro walnut body, All Gloss finish, beautiful colored wood purfling, this guitar is the perfect classical electric, capable of loud volumes with technique as delicate as you like, the best of both worlds.
• The thinline body is built like a fine acoustic guitar, but with an additional mahogany center block to cut feedback.
• Nut width, 1 7/8"; spacing at bridge, 2 5/16"
• A Turner piezo bridge pick-up feeds full-spectrum signals to an 18-volt Turner pre-amp
• Low-noise volume and tone controls
• Designed from scratch to produce premium acoustic tone as an amplifiable, recordable electronic signal.
• Cash price, $1854
• see http://www.renaissanceguitars.com/renac.html for more detailed info.

1996 Richard Prenkert, Cedar and EI rosewood, excellent condition and sound, very well known local builder, stdent of John Gilbert. Excellent condition, clear, strong trebles, nice bass—a concert quality instrument.
• Cash price, $3500

2004 Jesús Bellido, Model 5, cedar and EI rosewood, French polish finish. Jesús is the son of Manuel Bellido, and a fine builder in his own right. They share his fathers shop at Paseo de las Palmas, 1 in Granada. The guitar is in excellent condition, the tone is explosive, full and balanced: strong across its whole range. Scale is 650, nut width 50 mm (2").
• Cash price, $3000

We also have a full selection of high-quality student grade classicals, from $205-$600 by La Patrie (Godin/Seagull), as well as sized guitars for children. We start at 5 years old, which we feel is the youngest age for 6-string learning, with a 1/8 size, then we have 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4.
• Call for more information.

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INDEPENDENT LUTHIER GUITARS

Robert Anderson 00.5 Brazilian, A beautiful new guitar from Victoria, B.C. Back & sides are gorgeous fancy Brazilian rosewood; top is Sitka Spruce that was salvaged from pilings and air dried for about 25 years.  Robert split the billets from 5 foot long quarters of the actual logs. These particular tops are uncommonly rich in tone and much warmer than other Sitka. The bindings are flame maple with a tastefully thin abalone rosette. Tonally, it is loud and clear with a full frequency range: a true concert solo guitar. String spacing is 1.75" x 2.25".
• Cash Price, $6750

John How XC, X Braced Concert, Curly maple & Lutz spruce, with a subtle vintage looking hand-rubbed sunburst under nitro. A very sweet small guitar with a gigantic vintage vibe. 13 5/8" wide, 1 3/4" x 1 5/16" string spacing.
• Sold

John How XGC, Based on the Stella guitars of the 1920's, this one differs in that it is X-Braced. The idea came from a very nice Stella we had that had been rebraced, with very successful results—it sounds amazing! This Grand Concert from John is 14 5/8" wide, with very enticing flame mahogany—it glistens, some would even say it glows—and Lutz spruce, a mating of Sitka and Engelmann. Other features are bone pins, upgraded colored wood purflings & nitro finish. Must be played to be believed (you could say that about all guitars;) it's a very light guitar with quick response, and a delicate yet full tone. All in all, a delicious guitar to play and hear. 1 3/4" x 1 5/16".
• Cash price, $4800

Howard Klepper GFKL, Adirondack top, East Indian rosewood back and sides, three-piece neck, sound ports. This is a long-scale 16" guitar built for Alan Smithline to demonstrate at the 2005 Healdsburg show, recently converted for right-handed play. The tone is crisp and balanced, and Howard's guitars get louder faster than anyone else's, so the tone seems to burst from the depths of the guitar. This one could make anyone looking for a modern or vintage rosewood guitar very happy.
• Cash price, $3750

Howard Klepper HRW Multiscale, Port Orford cedar top, Honduras Rosewood back and sides, with the exquisite design and details Howard is known for, like a five-piece neck, double sides, a sound port and an elevated fingerboard. This one has the openness of a great vintage parlor guitar, but it's a parlor on steroids--sheer power in the piano-like bass combines with a ringing treble so it can go from a purr to a roar instantly and beautifully. Tonally, it's a rare match of delicacy and muscle.
• Cash price, $7250

Kramer Prairie Grass 12-Fret Cutaway, A mini Dreadnought shape, 12-frets to the body with cutaway, out of European spruce and quartersawn Madegascar rosewood, maple purfling and koa bindingThis is another example of Sparky's outstanding workmanship, eye for beauty, ear for sound and understanding of the subtleties that make an instrument feel so right.
• Cash price, $6800

Kramer Big Skye, Another strikingly beautiful 14 5/8 wide 14-Fret guitar from this wonderful craftsman from Truckee, CA, out of Ziricote and European spruce. As we've come to expect from Sparky, this guitar is a tonal wonder—powerful across the board—and a dream to play. The headplate, back headplate and rosette are matching ziricote, scale length is 25 1/2", nut width is 1 3/4, bridge is 2 1/4", tuners are Gotoh open/butterbean style.
• Cash price, $5895

1996 Grit Laskin, Brazilian rosewood 12-Fret 14 5/8" body, 25 1/2" scale, with Grit's built in ebony armrest. One of Grit's more tasteful inlay patterns, though still very ornate, the peghead and fingerboard subtlely depict a natural shore scene, with the sun or moon low on the horizon, light glinting in the water accompanied by shore birds and seals. Based on a classical shape, with elaborate pearl and wood rosette, 1 7/8" x 2 3/16" string spacing Current cost of this instrument today would be approx. $19K.,
• Cash price, $13.6K

2003 McCollum Grand Auditorium, Walnut (extremely gorgeous flamed) and Italian spruce, B-Band AST p-up, Whitman tuner, koa binding, abalone rosette, and a five-piece mahogany/koa/walnut neck. A beautifylly made 16" small jumbo, this box has a lot of bass in it, while the walnut adds a punchy quality; it's particularly suited to open tunings. The very snazzy tight grain, silky top is finished with a gentle toner which is perfectly matched with the koa binding and the incredible walnut. This is a subtley beautifull guitar, though the walnut is way too beautiful to be called subtle! String spacing is traditional OM, my favorite: 1 3/4 x 2 3/8.
• Cash price, $4950

Merrill OM-18, A straight-forward purebred reproduction, built as close to original specs as is possible today, with the exception of a drop-in saddle slot—a special request from us, of a 1930 Martin OM-18, except, thankfully, for the banjo pegs (this one has the vintage style nickel Gotohs). On top of that, this one is incredibly light, and has a sound that you wouldn't believe. When a mahogany box comes along with this much bass, you have the best of both worlds: that clean, sweet bottom end, and the beautiful fat treble. There is no reason to own an original anymore! Mahogany back & sides, Adirondack sides, belly bridge, OM-style teardrop pickguard, slim 1930 style neck shape.
• Sold

Merrill OM-28, Adirondack/Brazilian (AAA Grade), Another stunning OM from Jim Merrill. This guitar is perfect in every detail, with an incredible powerfull yet sweet tone. The Brazilian rosewood, supplied by us, is vintage quality quartersawn AAA grade. A unique instrument of the highest quality!
• Cash price, $9490

1988 Schoenberg Soloist, Made at the Martin factory under the unique arrangement between Eric, Dana Bourgeois and Martin that started off Schoenberg Guitars just a couple years before this guitar was made. It has Brazilian rosewood back & sides and Engelmann spruce top and is in almost perfect like new condition. Teardrop pickguard, pyramid bridge, beautiful woods; Waverly tuners and pickup endpin have been added. The sound of this guitar is very clean, with a soaring treble with a full compliment of overtones—one of the characteristics of a great OM—matched by a moderately crisp bass that balances very nicely in volume.
• Nut: 1 3/4"', bridge: 2 3/8"
• Cash price, $8650

1998 Schoenberg 000 Standard, Indian/Engelmann, pyramid bridge, 12-Fret 000, solid peghead, excellent condition. This was the first Schoenberg to arrive here in CA from MA, and sold in 15 minutes. The owner has treasured it all these years, but just traded it in against a new Schoenberg 'O'.
• Cash price, $6250

2003 Schoenberg 00 Soloist, We call this model our 00-OM, in that it is an OM in all respects except it's a 00 box instead of 000. This means a couple of things: the neck dimensions are wider, and the scale is longer; thus we have a superlative concert-quality instrument in every way, just a different balance than the standard 000-size OM. This one is Italian spruce, also called European, Alpine, or German, and drop-dead gorgeous AAAA grade Brazilian rosewood. It very even, rich, pure toned with sparkle in the treble and open, smooth bass. Other attributes include pyramid bridge, ivoroid binding with herringbone inlay around the body, inlaid ivoroid logo in peghead veneer, long pattern diamond-and-squares in fingerboard, OM-style vintage brown pickguard, varnish fingerboard. Strap buttons have been added.
• Cash price, $9450

2006 Schoenberg Soloist 000C, About two years old, out of top-grade Brazilian rosewood and aged European spruce (from Sweden, uncovered by Martin when they bought Levin Guitars), pyramid bridge, snakewood binding with flamed maple purflings, inlaid ivoroid logo, one small repaired ding in top, otherwise as new, construction by Bruce Sexauer. We feel this guitar outshines most Soloists.
• Cash price, $8425

2005 Schoenberg Standard 00, Brazilian rosewood, exotic and quartersawn, and Italian spruce, both the highest grade woods. This 12-fret 00 has pearl rosette and inlay on the top, koa binding, and no backstripe, to show off the fine figure of the Brazilian rosewood. Exceptionally responsive, the lightest touch brings out bass notes from a velvet black background and trebles that threaten to float off the fingerboard, so bell-like do they become up the neck. It's more sweet than dark overall, this guitar, but you can push the darkness if you like or let the sweetness predominate. It's a rare combination -- it's clear and loud but it can be intimate, very intimate. If you ordered a custom Schoenberg, you might want it to be like this one.
• By Robert Anderson & Eric Schoenberg
• Cash Price, $8985

Schoenberg 0C Standard, Carpatian spruce from Eastern Europe and AAAA grade Brazilian rosewood. As in all our 12-Fret 0's, this is an exceptionally superb guitar, very rich and full, proving that size doesn't really matter. The nut width is 1 13/16" it has a pyramid bridge, abalone rosette, snakewood binding, traditional short pattern diamond & square inlays, inlaid ivoroid logo. I cannot emphasize the quality of this instrument enough. Some other guitar dealers can use super flowery language to descibe the qualities of not-always-truly superb instruments; I don't know how to do that, or don't want to. All I can say is, "I wish you could play and hear this box, it's beautiful!"
• By Bruce Sexauer & Eric Schoenberg
• Cash price, $11,400

Schoenberg 13-Fret 00C, Carpatian spruce and super rare black cocobolo, more info soon...

Schoenberg 00C Soloist, Sunburst, Carpathian spruce, quartersawn Brazilian, what we like to call our Cutaway 00-OM. Martin's 14-fret 00s were all short scale and mahogany; we believe that changing the specs to long scale produces an instrument with all the power and complexity of a standard 15" OM, with possibly a different eq and a smaller body for comfort. This instrument is very large sounding, with plenty of the sparkly treble that comes out of the smaller boxes.
• By Bruce Sexauer & Eric Schoenberg
• Cash price, $11,850

Schoenberg 000C Standard, Koa and Adirondack 12-fret 000 cutaway. This is an exemplary guitar, very clean & pristine tone, beautifully crisp, perfect craftmanship with wonderfully curly koa. Pyramid bridge, colored purfling rosette—a very nice and unusual touch, subtle laminated peghead veneer, Brazilian rosewood peghead veneer, binding, heelcap and end plate.
• By Alan Perlman & Eric Schoenberg
• Cash price, $8450

Schoenberg Soloist 000C, Curly mahogany, fancy Adirondack spruce, beautiful detailing with vintage style tortoiseshell appointments (binding and peghead veneer). The Soloist is our name for the OM model: 14 frets to the body, 1 13/16" at the nut. This guitar is truly alive—intense, deep bass, with an overlay of luster in the treble, totally alive, giving out seemingly way more than you put into it. An unbelievable mahogany guitar!
• By James Russell & Eric Schoenberg
• Cash price, $7250

Schoenberg 000 Standard, Rich, deep red cocobolo back & sides, Carpathian spruce top, body bound in ebony, structurally patterned strongly on Martin's 1929 12-fret 000, with thin pearl border and rosette, pyramid bridge, solid peghead. The tone is nothing short of explosive, though not edgy at all. The Coco/Carpathian combination is turning out to be very successful, since the cocobolo is bright and powerful, while the Carpathian is bassy and devoid of attack (edge). The nut width is 1 13/16" though because of the neck shape it feels narrow, and traditional early Martin string spacing at the bridge. One of the best sounding Schoenbergs ever!
• By James Russell & Eric Schoenberg
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Bruce Sexauer FT-16 'Penngrove', A new 16" cutaway by Bruce out of Honduran rosewood and Italian spruce, with snakewood binding, 1-3/4" at the nut and 2-14" at the saddle. Bruce sees this as his 'troubador' guitar—it is light and responsive, and great for finger-picking, but it also takes well to a flat-pick. Overall, it has the balance of a superb OM, but with more power in the lows & the mids; the highs are a cascade of light and shimmer. There is power without harshness, and surprising sustain. The Penngrove is long-scale and has inlaid egrets for fret markers.
• Cash price, $6885

Bruce Sexauer Companion, A Sunburst 'Single 0' Stant-Fret out of Carpathian spruce and rare black Cocabolo Negra. Bruce's 0's have been coming out as some of the best sounding guitars ever!
• Cash price, $8820

Stewball Leadbelly 12-String, Made by Stewart Port, as a non-copy of the original long scale Stella 12-strings, with refinements from Stewart's vast experience with vintage instruments and beyond. Pin bridge, 26" scale, mahogany and spurce and tuned to a low 'B'. The tone is quite intense, and needs to be played to be believed!
• Cash price, $3845

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NEW STEEL STRINGS

Art & Lutherie Ami, Parlor size, by Godin, available in steel and nylon stringed versions, super as travel or student instruments, hopefully always in stock.
• Always in Stock

Art & Lutherie Folk Cedar, By Godin, a solid spruce top makes this one of the great price/quality successes.
• Always in Stock

Asturias Solo Deluxe, A Schoenberg Soloist copy produced by Asturias, the former Schopenberg distributor for Japan, it is slightly smaller than an OM, with cutaway and all solod spruce and rosewood. The Deluxe body is bound in abalone a la Martin style 40, with the style-45 neck inlays—torch on peghead, white binding all around. The nut width is 1 3/4", and the tone is remarkably big.
• Cash Price, $2496

Asturias Standard Spruce, A Schoenberg Soloist copy produced by Asturias, the former Schopenberg distributor for Japan, it is slightly smaller than an OM, with cutaway and all solid spruce and rosewood. Body is beautifully bound in maple with nut width of 1 11/16".
• Cash Price, $1440

Asturias Standard C, A Schoenberg Soloist copy produced by Asturias, the former Schopenberg distributor for Japan, it is slightly smaller than an OM, with cutaway and all solid cedar and rosewood. Body is beautifully bound in maple with nut width of 1 11/16".
• Cash Price, $1240

Blueridge Guitars, A branch of Saga Musical Instruments. These are phenomenal values, with tone unheard of at these price levels, indicative of the great strides being made by Chinese musical instrument manufacturers. Patterned after true vintage models, these boxes get an amazingly good sound quality. These are the long-awaited (by us) Blueridge 000 size: more comfortable, more healthy for nerves and tendons, and more balanced tone of the smaller bodies. Solid spruce top with forward-shifted, pre-war style scalloped X braces. We carry the ooo size Blueridges since they have plenty of power and volume, so who needs a dreadnought. And being smaller, they are far superior ergonomically, especially for student instruments.
• Our full set-up, custom for each buyer
• BR-43, 000-size. Solid top, mahogany b & s, $369
• BR-63, 000-size. Solid top, rosewood b & s, $419
• BR-73, 000-size. Solid top, Brazilian rosewood (laminate) b & s, the traditional "42" style inlay. $639
• BR-143, All solid, long scale, the right size (000), mahogany back & sides. Remarkable tone, coming from the unbeatable concept of repeating the traditional styles that work instead of always trying to reinvent the wheel. $565
• BR-163, All solid, long scale, the right size (000), rosewood back & sides. Dreadnoughts have been foisted on us for years—finally we have great choices in real guitar sizes. $669
• BG-40, solid spruce top, mahogany back & sides, Blueridge slope-shouldered box patterned on the great Gibson Jumbo design. Remarkable quality to cost ratio, possibly the best in the industry for many decades. $429
• BG-140, beautiful rendition of the old Gibson J-45 style slope shoulder box, sunburst and nicely inlaid. What a great sounding guitar! Very flatpick-able as well as fingerpick-able. All solid spruce and mahogany....$595 .. Sold.

• BR-143 Custom, 000 box, Special custom order: All solid mahogany & spruce, custom 1 3/4" nut, no pickguard, no yellow stain on the top, simpler peghead inlay and drop-in saddle, $575

• BR-341, At last a small bodied high-quality guitar at an affordable price. Based on a specific Martin 0-18 from 1906, this one, at 14", is between a '0' and a '00' and offers a wider neck and slotted peghead. The tone is surprisingly strong and rich—these have been possibly the most popular model here lately. $749

• BR-361, Same as the 341 except rosewood body, herringbone rosette and ivoroid tuner buttons. Modelled on a 1906 Martin, these guitars offer qualities never before found in this price range. We've been selling them to owners of great vintage instruments, to be used for gigging, travelling etc. The tone is surprisingly strong and rich—these have been possibly the most popular model here lately. $975

Eastman AJ616C, Cutaway model, hand carved back of heavily flamed maple with Eastman's spectacular stained varnish finish. The body is a small jumbo (16") similar to the Gibson J-185 or early L-5. The flat top, carved back concept is extremely rare in itself, as almost all arched-back flat tops previously have been plywood or pressed backs. We feel that the concept is successful, as evidenced by the big, rich and unique tone of this guitar. This model is no longer being produced.
• Nut width is 1 3/4".
• $1139

Goodall Grand Concert Cutaway, Rosewood/Adirondack, smallest (15") jumbo from Goodall, sort of a jumbo-shaped OM. This is a powerful, yet balanced guitar; lots of bass, yet treble that fights back! Curly koa binding, 1 3/4" nut width, 25.5" scale.
• Cash price, $4985

Goodall Trad OM Cutaway, A beautiful OM with a gentle cutaway, Adirondack spruce and curly mahogany. Features include herringbone around the body and rosette, slotted diamond pearl inlays, Waverly tuners with ivoroid knobs, white maple body and peghead binding, boxwood pins and bone nut & saddle. Scale is 25.5", spacing is 1 3/4 x 2 5/16"
• Cash Price, $4944

Goodall Concert Jumbo Cutaway Custom Koa/Ad, AAA grade curly koa with AAA Adirondack top, abalone rosette, diamond fretboard inlay. The body, peghead and fingerboard binding are E.I. rosewood; the peghead veneer, fretfoard and bridge are ebony. I like this jumbo body because it is smaller than any others, 15 3/4" at the bottom bout and only 4 1/4" deep. I ordered it custom with the scalloped bracing that is found in Goodall's traditional models. The nut width is 1 3/4" with 2 5/16" spacing at the bridge, also specs from traditional models that I'm particularly fond of.
• Cash Price, $5649

Guild GAD-30, Orchestra body, based on the original Guild F-30 (actually based specifically on a 1957 F-30 that Fender purchased from us), solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, mahogany neck, wood binding. One feature that differs from the '57 is wider string spacing: 1 3/4" x 2 3/8.
• We have two finishes available: Natural, and a very nice vintage amber Sunburst.
• Cash Price, $680, w/hsc

Guild GAD-30R, Orchestra body, based on the original Guild F-30 (actually based specifically on a 1957 F-30 that Fender purchased from us), solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, mahogany neck, wood binding. One feature that differs from the '57 is wider string spacing: 1 3/4" x 2 3/8. Available in Natural and Sunburst.
• Cash Price, $717, w/hsc

New US-Made Guilds:

Guild F-30 Aragon, In stock in both natural finish and iced-tea sunburst. This is Guild's reincarnation of their best model (in our biased opinion, since it's very close to an OM) from the early days when they were made in Hoboken, NJ. One major difference: Red Spruce top and braces. The quality is exceedingly good, with a warm, full, balanced and open tone.
• Cash price, $1495

Guild F-40, Similar to above except 16" at the lower bout, Iced Tea Sunburst (nicest sunburst available anywhere!), Adirondack spruce top and mahogany back and sides. This is one hell of a guitar! Congratulations to Guild for bringing the brand back to its best quality.
• Sold

Larrivée Parlor-05, Mahogany and spruce, similar in size to a Martin size 1, just a hair wider and half an inch shorter in body length; this is a very appealing travel guitar or comfy, sit-and--play-on-the-couch guitar. The tone is surprisingly full, even as a new guitar; a little breaking-in will go a long ways. Nut width is 1 3/4", scale length 24".
• Cash Price, $985, w/hard shell case

Larrivée Parlor-09, Rosewood and spruce, similar in size to a Martin size 1, just a hair wider and half an inch shorter in body length; this is a very appealing travel guitar or comfy, sit-and--play-on-the-couch guitar. The tone is surprisingly full, even as a new guitar; a little breaking-in will go a long ways. Nut width is 1 3/4", scale length 24".
• Cash price, $1224, w/hard shell case

Larrivée OM-03, Wonderful student grade OM with 1 3/4" nut width, which we recommend for new guitarists; it gives enough room to get chords with every note clear, without having to do digital calisthenics.
• Satin finish with clear pickguard.
• Mahogany back & sides
• Cash Price: $915

Larrivée OM-03R, Same as the OM-03 with a rosewood back & sides instead of mahogany, therefore somewhat warmer, deeper sounding. Both of these models are an exciting addition to the shop in that they offer a very special value not available in any other line.
• Nut width 1 3/4"
• Cash price, $1038

Larrivée OM-05, Custom with the large soundhole, non-cutaway mahogany and spruce OM with 1 3/4" nut width. Same as below, the OMV-05 except without the cutaway. Pearl rosette, first rate construction, lots of sustain and volume, an exceptional instrument, and highly recommended!
• Sold

Larrivée OMV-05, A lovely, close to perfect instrument, 000 size with cutaway, mahogany back & sides, nut width of 1 3/4, maple-bound, and pearl rosette. Full sound with lots of sustain and plenty of volume.
• Sold

Larrivée OMV-09, The rosewood version of the above OMV-05. they are 1/4" wider and 1/4" deeper than the traditional OM, scale length is 25.5", a tenth of an inch longer than the Martin spec, nut width is 1 3/4". These are beautifully made, full and clear and very musical sounding boxes. We are very pleased to have added this wonderful line to the shop.
• Cash Price: $2029

Martin Back Packer, It's been to outer space! With padded carrying bag, now in nylon and steel string version. New & improved with larger body for fuller sound.
• Includes gig bag
• Price: $195

Martin LXM, LXME, LX!, LX1E and LXM2 the LXMB (Black) Has Fishman Mini Q pick-up, the LXM2 is faux koa. Martin's brand new travel guitar, out of HPL and Stratabond, sounds great; the best travel guitar on the made today for the $, as well as a great 3/4 size steel string for kids.
• Includes nice gig bag
• Our full set-up, custom for each buyer
• MAP Price: LXM, LXK2 & LXMB, $279; LX1, $299; LXME, $339; LX1E, $359

Martin 5-16GT, All solid, size 5 body. In the 19th Cent. they called this a Terz Guitar, meaning it's tuned a third higher, though these work very nicely tuned standard. Wonderful travel-sized instrument. They are wonderful tuned up (we do a minor third, which is accurate to their scale length), and it sparkles with extra lights.
• Our full set-up, custom for each buyer
• Includes hard shell case
• Last one; these are out of production now.
• Cash price, $865

Martin 00-15, All mahogany. Not many 00 size guitars are being made these days (which is totally ridiculous!) while they are the perfect student guitar size. This is one of the highest quality ones.
• List price, $1249; MAP, $949

MARTIN 000-15S, This all-solid mahogany model, is a 000 size 12-fret body style. This means that the body is quite a bit longer than the more common 14-fret body, thus giving it a fuller, deeper tone. Another advantage (for some) is the slightly wider neck. part of a long tradition of economically priced but high quality instruments, often being more popular than expected because of the sweet warm tone of the mahogany.
• List price, $1629; MAP, $1249

Martin D-15, We have a used one in stock. Check the Used List above.

Martin OMC-16RE Aura, Rosewood & spruce, this instrument features the magic of the OM model with the Schoenberg cutaway, all solid spruce and rosewood. On top of all that, you have the new Fishman Aura system, possibly the height of technology in acoustic guitar pick-ups today.
• List price, $2999; MAP, $2199

Martin OM-21, How wonderful it is that the Martin company has created this model and kept it as a standard catalogued item. As you may know, we're maniacs for OMs, and remember very well when they were an exclusive item, only available as a rare vintage guitar. This model helped make the OM a people's fingerpicking guitar! This one has particularly nice wood, especially the Indian rosewood, which may be the nicest set I've seen.
• List price, $2599; MAP, $1949

Martin OM-21 Special, A new OM, with vintage features including the pyramid bridge with drop-in saddle (yeah!), custom ordered with no toner on the top, full scalloped 1/4" braces, Low Profile neck, spacing of 1 3/4" x 2 1/4". We love OMs, and now we have another with which to enrich the world.
• On Order

Martin M-38, A brand new old model. A wonderful new model in the mid-Seventies, these have been rare and sought after. Now the model has been reintroduced. It was based on a particular instrument that ended up in David Bromberg's hands, an arched-top Martin from the Thirties that had the top replaced with a flat top by Marc Silber. Basically a bigger 000—we called it a quadruple-0— still the same depth as a 000 but 16" wide, long scale, it works much like an OM with more bass. It's success came from it's versatility as both fingerstyle and flatpicker, with the cleaner bass that comes from the thinner body. Standard X Scalloped Braces, forward shifted, abalone style 45 rosette, Sitka spruce top, IE rosewood back & sides, 1 11/16" nut width, Low Profile neck, Vintage toner finish.
• List price, $4199; MAP, $3199

Martin 00-18H GM Custom Edition, For many years, a friend of mine has owned a beautiful 00-18H from around 1940, one of an unusual run of sunburst Hawaiian (lap style) mahogany 00s that Martin made for about 5 years back then. This friend of mine is also a friend of Geoff Muldaur's, and Geoff recently ended up with the 00 to use as a back-up for his 00-40H—no guitar could replace the 00-40H, since it's one of the most beautiful sounding guitars. When Martin approached Geoff to do an endorsee model, he chose to emulate the 18, with the sunburst finish, Adirondack spruce, mahogany as well as other smaller details. These have been selling extremely well because of their wonderful, unique tone. A very successful model, all around!
• Nut width 1 13/16"
• List price, $4,999; MAP, $3,999

Martin OMC-18 Laurence Juber, A fabulous instrument, mahogany back & sides, Adirondack top. Essentially Martin's & Laurence's version of a Schoenberg Soloist with the Schoenberg cutaway and specs.
• Light construction
• 1 3/4" x 2 5/16"
• List price, $4599; MAP, $3699

Martin 00-21 Custom, There was only one 14-fret 00-21 made in the 30s, and here it is again. Adirondack spruce, IE rosewood, OM neck spacing, 21 appointments such as herringbone rosette and tortoiseshell binding. An OM pickguard is a perfect touch for this smaller body. We had a used Custom with these features a couple years ago, and it was so successful we decided to order another one.
• Sold, replacement on order.

Martin 000-18 KS, #74, Kenny Sultan's beautiful sunburst 000-18 model, based on his mid-Thirties favorite. Adirondack top, flamed mahogany back and sides, scalloped braces, Pearl Martin logo in peghead, single-ring rosette of pearl herringbone, 1 3/4" x 2 5/16", bone nut and saddle, Waverly tuners. A very open, big and rich sounding box, similar to the 000-18 GE.
• Sold

Martin 00-28 Cutaway Custom, 12-Fret Cutaway, slot-head, Adirondack/Indian, herringbone purfling, long scale, pyramid bridge, Low Oval neck. We love to order customs from Martin which combine our favorite qualities. The idea of a Cutaway 12-Fret is intriquing in that it offers full access (better than a 14-Fretter) with the very appealing tone of a 12-Fret body. The 00 size has been grossly under-represented in the catalogues of modern guitar manufactures, unfortunately so, since they seem to offer a perfect balanced tone and ultimate comfort of playing.
• Now available "pre-sold", cash price, $3450

Martin Ditson lll, 12-Fret Dreadnought, Adirondack/mahogany, absolutely incredible! A couple years ago, we had what I felt was one of the rarest and finest of vintage Martins, a 1929 Ditson lll dreadnought. I'm not a dreadnought person, but I've always had a weakness for the 12-fret ones; to me, they're more like 12-fret 000s on steroids. The first D, it has 12 frets to the body and is as light as a feather. Martin has been very wise to build a replica, and this one is perfect. Adirondack top, mahogany b & s, pyramid bridge (the originals had flat wings), great old-style neck shape, with nut width of 1 7/8", unbelievable tone. This one is a total winner.
• Back in stock! List price, $6499; MAP $5199

Martin D-18 Authentic; The furthest step so far by Martin in their vintage reproduction series, the Authentic incorporates many more of those features that have created the "old Martin" mystique, such as hide glue construction, old style "T" bar, truer vintage specs and materials, as well as cosmetic vintage touches. On top of all this, it's gratifying to note that the model chosen is the high-X braced D-18, which has been one of the true standouts from the 1930s. The bassiest of the bracing patterns with the light construction of the time combined with the clarity of mahogany and Adirondack seems to be one of those magical yin-yang connections. Now that the originals have reached the financial stratosphere, mere mortals can have the Authentic. Our third D-18 A - this has been an extremely popular model!
• List price, $8499; MAP $6799

Martin 000-18 Authentic 1937, OOO sized version of the above, like having a time machine to go back to 1937, buy a new 000-18, hop back on the time bus and get off at 'now', with your brand-new 1937 000-18. This one is natural finish, mahogany and Adirondack, and custom set-up to wherever you want it.
• List, $8499; MAP $6799

Merrill OM-18, A straight-forward purebred reproduction, built as close to original specs as is possible today, with the exception of a drop-in saddle slot—a special request from us, of a 1930 Martin OM-18, except, thankfully, for the banjo pegs (this one has the vintage style nickel Gotohs). On top of that, this one is incredibly light, and has a sound that you wouldn't believe. When a mahogany box comes along with this much bass, you have the best of both worlds: that clean, sweet bottom end, and the beautiful fat treble. There is no reason to own an original anymore! Mahogany back & sides, Adirondack sides, belly bridge, OM-style teardrop pickguard, slim 1930 style neck shape.
• Sold

Merrill OM-28, Adirondack/Brazilian (AAA Grade), Another stunning OM from Jim Merrill. This guitar is perfect in every detail, with an incredible powerfull yet sweet tone, an unusually rich bottom end. The Brazilian rosewood, supplied by us, is vintage quality quartersawn AAA grade. A unique instrument of the highest quality!
• Cash price, $9490

Norman B-20 Folk, by Godin, a fabulous favorite for years here, better than the Seagull Folk to our ears because it has a spruce top instead of the cedar. The size is that of a classical guitar with a little extra depth. We've been selling them for years!
• Always in stock.

Recording King RO-26, 000 size,e, all solid, African mahogany and Engelmann spruce, with classy vintage features and a big, full sound. The nut is 1 3/4" wide, a great advantage especially for learners.
• Out of Stock

Recording King RO-27, 000 size, all solid, Indian rosewood and Engelmann spruce, with classy vintage features and a big, full sound. The nut is 1 3/4" wide, a great advantage especially for learners.
• Out of Stock

Seagull Grand, by Godin, a perennial favorite of ours, parlor size, solid cedar top, steel string,
• Almost always in stock.

Simon and Patrick Parlor, by Godin, an absolutely wonderful small-bodied inexpensive guitar that sounds as good as many bigger, more expensive guitars. Solid spruce top, mahogany sides and back.
• Almost always in stock

Trinity College TG-100, A surprisingly good sounding version of Saga's new Trinity College Schoenberg clone, All solid cedar and mahogany make a smooth, rich toned instrument, and of course we like the wider spacing and cutaway. It is 12 frets to the body, 25 3/4" scale, just a little bit larger than the traditional OM and our Soloist.
• Nut width 1 3/4"
• Cash price, $969

Trinity College TG-120, This is the 14-fret version of the TC-100, cedar and mahogany, just like the TC-202 and 222 are 12 & 14-fret versions of otherwise similar boxes. The unusual way that Saga has designed this is that the 12-fret and 14-fret bodies are the same; the 2 fret difference is accomodated for solely by moving the bridge 1.5" lower on the twelve fretter.
• Nut width 1 3/4"
• Out of stock

Trinity College TG-202, The 12-fret model of this sort-of Schoenberg Soloist clone by Saga. It's all solid rosewood and spruce with rosewood/maple binding and scalloped braces. The Schoenberg cutaway is, in my view (obviously) ideal. Body is 15 5/16" wide, depth is 4 1/8", neck width is 1 3/4 x 2 3/8", copied off of a Schoenberg Soloist.
• Out of Stock

Trinity College TG-222, The 14-fret model of this part Schoenberg Soloist clone by Saga. It's all solid rosewood and spruce with rosewood/maple binding and scalloped braces. The Schoenberg cutaway is, in my view (obviously) ideal. Body is 15 5/16" wide, depth is 4 1/8", neck width is 1 3/4 x 2 3/8", copied off of a Schoenberg Soloist.•
• Cash price, $1125

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MANDOLINS

The Wade 1923 Loar, By Yoichi Ueda, an extremely detailed work of art, among the finest of current Loar-style instruments being built today. Top is Adirondack spruce, back & sides are beautiful flamed maple, finish is hand-rubbed spirit varnish with hand-rubbed sunburst, the Loar flower pot on the peghead, solid pearl nut. Great projection and volume, very accurately patterned after the Monroe F-5.
• Cash Price, $6150

1911 Gibson A, Excellent condition, loud and clear toned A model, all original except for missing pickguard and better-than-forgery grade bridge.
• Cash price, $1795.

1917 Gibson A #34121, excellent condition, all original pumpkin top. This one is as nice as you'll ever find! Sounds great, plays great, looks great.
• Cash price, $1685

1919 Martin Style B, In excellent original condition, quarter-sawn, dead straight grain Brazilian rosewood and Adirondack spruce. The workmanship is the same perfection and grace as Martin's pre-1940's guitars.
• Cash Price, $1225, w/ orig. hsc

Late Teens F-4, lots of mojo and great vibes, with an unknown heel repair (covered in black). All original, including a very nice original hard shell case.
• Cash price, $4950

1932 Gibson C-1, Very rare (first I've seen!) post Army-Navy model, these were made for Kel Kroyden. We think the pickguard has been added—it looks right except it looks too new.
Cash price, $1150

1937 Gibson A-00, We're not sure—this might be called an A-1; it's a rare ƒ-hole model, wider body than standard for A models, excellent condition.
• Cash price, $2350

1937 Gibson A-00, We're not sure—this might be called an A-1; it's a rare ƒ-hole model, excellent condition. Yes, we have two of them. Actually three—look at the next item...
• Cash price, $2350

1937 Gibson A-1, We're not sure—this might be called an A-50; it's a rare ƒ-hole model, wider body than standard for A models, excellent condition, Nick Lucas styly fingerboard and peghead inlays, fabulous curly maple and sunburst finish. The serial number dates it as 1937, but included with the mandolin is the original American Railway Express Co. Shippers Collect Receipt from 225 Parsons St. to Lismore, Minn, declared value of $50 and dated Oct. 1, 1936.
• Cash price, $2750

Regal Arch-Top, Monkey Wards by Regal, the flat top/back version is pretty common and not all that interesting. I'd never seen this snazzy arched top/back version; definitely the deluxe model. Very loud!
• Cash price, $625

2001 Gibson A5L, As new condition, Highly figured maple back and sides are among the outstanding features in the overall appearance of this teardrop shaped instrument. The metal components are gold plated, and it does include the Gibson pickguard. Above all, the tone quality from this mandolin is exquisite. It rings like a bell up the neck, has a deep and full overall timbre, and the chops have the desireable "bark" produced from an excellent mandolin.
• Cash price, $2995

National RM-1 Antique Brass, A new concept for National, they were inspired by a rare pre-war wood bodied National mandolin, this new mandolin has traditional features like the biscuit bridge combined with modern touches such as an intonated saddle and a comfortably radiused fingerboard. The art deco cast tailpiece is a National exclusive. With the best modern gears, this new mandolin stays and plays in tune better than any mandolins in National’s history. The musical tone and sheer versatility of this instrument will impress many musicians. While it has all the power and projection that you would expect from a resonator instrument, it also has a sweet, woody sound with terrific tonal balance. The most common musician’s reaction is that it sounds like a fine wooden mandolin played through an excellent PA system. The new National mandolin is the perfect instrument for both the serious mandolinist and for guitarists looking for a second instrument. Sweet, yet loud; lyrical, yet powerful. The Antique Brass resonator plate is beautiful! Check out http://www.nationalguitars.com/index_ie.html for more info, photo and sound clip of Rich Del Grosso playing one
• Cash price, $1775

Kentucky KM-162, New model, natural finish, all solid and carved, adjustable truss rod, absolutely amazing at this price!
• Price, $246

Kentucky KM-250, Saga has recently upgraded these mandos: they are all solid (maple & spruce,) hand-carved and graduated, radiused fingerboard, high-quality nickel-plated tuners. And they sound great!.
• Price, $369

Kentucky KM-675, Saga has recently upgraded these mandos: they are all solid (maple & spruce,) hand-carved and graduated, radiused fingerboard, high-quality nickel-plated tuners. And they sound great!
• Cash price, $689

Kentucky KM-1000, Only the finest American spruce and maple is hand-carved and graduated for the tops and backs of this newly redesigned top-of-the-line Loar F-5. Now made in a five-man shop under exacting standards.
• Cash price, $1495

Eastman MD-505, A-5 style (A body with elevated fingerboard and ƒ-holes), same construction as the fancier models and a fabulous price-point; a student-priced instrument with professional quality function.
• Cash Price, $549

Eastman MD-515, Eastman's newest line, the 500 series, is fully in their tradition of releasing less expensive models that are just as good, if not better, than the higher models. Same woods: spruce anbd maple, a little plainer in decoration...but not much, the metal parts aren't gold plated, Sunburst Varnish; loud, clear, plenty of bark; a top quality professional instrument. A nice touch is the curved fingerboard.
• Cash Price, $995

Eastman MD-614, The venerable Gibson F-4, Gibson's highest grade round-hole mandolin, has a sweeter tone than the ƒ-hole mandos of otherwise similar design, fully hand-carved of the best materials.
• Cash Price, $1295

Eastman MD-615, Eastman's great mid-level F-5 style mandolin, hand-carved back with sunburst top and beautiful antique red finish on back & sides. Other than the nickel tailpiece and the finish, it's exactly the same as the MD815!
• Cash Price, $1239

Eastman MD-805, A-5 style, an extra-fine hand carved, rich varnish sunburst finish; very alive and full sounding, excellent neck shape. From the first batch of this new line made by China's leading maker of violin family instruments.
• Cash Price, $1125

Eastman MD-814, ƒ-style roundhole, Eastman's version of the old Gibson F-4, a brilliant, loud, clear sounding mandolin. It is fully hand-carved by expert violin builders in Beijing, China. The finish is hand-applied violin varnish
• Cash Price, $1649

Eastman MD-814, Golden Age finish—an extremely beautiful natural finish with a honey-colored stain. F style roundhole, Eastman's version of the old Gibson F-4, a brilliant, loud, clear sounding mandolin. It is fully hand-carved by expert violin builders in Beijing, China.
• Cash Price, $1575

Eastman MD-815, Classic finish, which is a reddish brown spirit varnish vintage style finish, F-model with ƒ-holes and elevated fingerboard. The top and back are hand carved and top-of-the-line quality, giving the instrument a rich, bright, loud sound with plenty of bark. These Eastman mandos compare favorable with hand-made and vintage instruments and therefore are remarkable quality for a lot less dollars. There are finish cracks, visible on close inspection.
• Cash Price, $1449

Eastman MDA-615 Mandola, Beautiful, deep, rich, throaty, H-5 style, meaning ƒ-hole & F-style, elevated fingerboard. Beautiful hand-applied varnish with thin laquer over-coat, hard shell case.
• Cash price, $1695

Eastman MDC-805 Mandocello, A marvelous, heretofore unavailable instrument, fully hand-carved 16" Mandocello based on the Gibson Loar mandocello of the early '20s. We've waited a long time for this one, and lo-and-behold, it's a cutaway!
• Cash price, $2035

Rover RM-75, by Saga (Kentucky), a copy of the Lloyd Loar F-5, this mandolin is all solid spruce and maple, hand-carved, nitro-cellulose laquer finish, scalloped fingerboard extension to eliminate pick noise. For it's price, it is extremely successful—you'll be shocked at how good it sounds and feels.
• Price, $479

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BANJOS

1891 Fairbanks, Double Stamp (Fairbanks and F & C), 11" head, exc. cond. 26.25" scale. Beautiful sounding classic open back, original ivoroid tail piece & hardware. Built by Fairbanks right after the F & C era, thus the double stamp. High quality skin head.
• Cash Price, $985

1900 S.S. Stewart Special Thoroughbred, This instrument plays and sounds fantastic! It is complete with all original or very-early upgraded parts. Rim measures: 11” diameter. Patent-marked neck-adjuster. The dowel Stick has an old-style Stewart stamp partially covered by a metal plaque, the metal plaque bears no markings except the letters “PAT” on one end. New high grade calfskin head, Nyl-Gut Strings, Blue-Star Mahogany bridge. Carved heel, ebony fingerboard, 3-layer, multi-color fingerboard underlay. Original Waverly friction tuners w/ grained ivoroid buttons. Original finish in excellent condition. One small inlay missing in headstock; scale: 27 7/16”.
• Cash Price, $1785

1929 Vegaphone Professional, Early individual flanges, superb 19-Fret tenor, in great shape and all original condition, including case.
• Cash price, $1200

Gibson GB-1, Guitar Banjos this playable are extremely rare, and a pleasure to play. This is probably a late '20's, early '30's instrument that has been "improved" with peghead & fingerboard inlays.
• Cash price, $2775

• Gold Tone CC-50, The finest student-grade banjo I've ever seen. Used to be, you'd spend more for one from Korea that was half as good. This one is made in Florida by some folks who run a music store. Includes gig bag. Sold

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UKULELES

Martin Style 5K, New, reintroduction of possibly the best ukulele ever made, koa top, sides and back, '45' style pearl inlay (the uke version) around top, back, rosette, fingerboard and peghead, beautifully finished. The tone rings loud and clear—a very successful reproduction.
• List price, $5199; MAP price, $4199.

1920s-1930s Kumalae Soprano, Made by Jonah Kumalae, a former ivory carver and later politician, one of the most prolific uke makers in Hawaii. Excellent condition, possible style 2 or 3, nicely flamed koa, three ring rosette, no binding.
• Cash price, $375

Circa 1950's-1965 Martin 1-C Concert, in fine condition except for a glue job on the back corner of the peghead. Martin made the best sounding ukes. The repair has been redone since the photos and looks a lot better.
• Cash Price, $1385

1940's Martin T-1 Tenor, Reglued top seam, otherwise in fine condition, tortoise-shell binding. Peghead has decal with no stamp on the back, black button (Champion?) tuners.
• Cash Price, $1595

1928 Martin 5-17T, A small tenor guitar that was converted, probably around 50 years ago, to a baritone ukulele. The work looks to have been done by Vega, but that's just a guess.
• Cash price, $1725

Kala Ukes, A great line of student grade and beyond ukes. Our favorite feature is g