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Found 19 matches
1937 Gibson AC Century
$4,500
1937 Gibson AC Century Mandolin
Excellent Original Condition
Factory Order number 1336 C-3 places its manufacture date to 1937
This one has a good strong balanced pleasant sound. Plays Easy
Some lacquer crazing here and there
Pearloid galore with rosewood insets with pearl inset into them.
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1936 Recording King Tenor Guitar with 6 strings !
$2,250
ca. 1936 Recording King Tenor guitar with 6 strings! EXC - I've never seen another tenor guitar with double course treble strings and single course bass strings, thus a 6 string tenor guitar! A nice chimey strong sound results. A video link is below. This one is in excellent condition with some finish wear but no big scratches and no cracks anywhere. Sunburst spruce top with the fabulous...
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1953 Guild M-75 Aristocrat (Bluesbird)
$5,000
1953 Guild M-75 (Aristocrat) Electric Guitar EXC This guitar is identical to the one that was presented to Banana by Mark Dronge at the Guild Factory in 1966 that was later modified by Rick Turner at Alembic with abalone trim, extended head stock, new fingerboard with fancy inlays, etc...
It is in excellent original condition with mild play wear. Suburst top and mahogany back and sides....
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1936 ViviTone Top Of The Line
$4,500
1936 Vivitone Acousti Guitar EXC+ Well, I never thought I'd part with this gem from the "Loar Collection" but here goes. I've seen and owned a number of these but this is not only the nicest but also the only one I've run across with triple WBW binding on both the top and the back. These 'brainchildren' of Lloyd Loar did not prove commercially successful but have unique innovations. The...
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1915 Dayton The Dayton Mandolin Banjo
$1,750
mid teens "The Dayton" Banjo Mandolin" EXC ++ We have another gem here in museum quality that is not only rare but a great sounding instrument. Made by Charles Rauch in (guess where) Dayton, Ohio known for his high quality and innovative instruments. Unique horizontally laminated thick rim of maple and walnut with a metal tone ring. Pearl inlaid "The Dayton" on the headstock with metal...
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1935 Kay Kraft Venetian Gold Leaf
$1,850
mid 30's Kay Kraft Venetian Gold Leaf guitar EXC You can find a lot of beat up models like this but I have not seen one in as fine condition as this example. No cracks and hardly any scratches or blemishes. Sunburst top with the gold leaf in fine shape and the Indian Heads clean and crisp. Straight neck and adjustable action via the large wingnut inside and the sliding adjuster pad at the...
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~1935 KayKraft Flat Top Jumbo Gold Leaf Tenor Guitar
$1,750
ca. 1935 Kay Kraft Flat Top Tenor Guitar EXC - This is the only one of these Indian Head Gold Leaf motif flat top tenors I've ever run across and it is a hoss. Big bold sound from the almost 15" wide ladder braced spruce top and mahogany back and sides will hold up just fine in an ensemble situation. All originalfrom the end pin to the Grover tuning pegs. Lovely MOTS headstock. A pickup was...
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~1935 KayKraft Flat Top Jumbo
$1,750
ca. 1935 Kay Kraft Flat Top Tenor Guitar EXC - This is the only one of these Indian Head Gold Leaf motif flat top tenors I've ever run across and it is a hoss. Big bold sound from the almost 15" wide ladder braced spruce top and mahogany back and sides will hold up just fine in an ensemble situation. All originalfrom the end pin to the Grover tuning pegs. Lovely MOTS headstock. A pickup was...
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1928 Vega Style N 5 string conversion
$1,350
1928 Vega Style N 5 String Conversion EXC - This is a wonderful player as well as a beautiful piece of art. The 10 15/16" head is graced with a lovely, whimsical art deco illustration of two frolicking nudes. It has the simple "rolled over" tone ring. The bottom of the metal pot cladding sits in a ledge that locates the cladding precisely on the pot. The rolled-over tone ring doesn't sit on...
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~1934 Rafaele Tieri Flat Top Cutaway Plectrum Guitar
$3,500
Rafaele Tieri Plectrum Guitar ca. 1925 - 35 VG+ I've probably seen as many Tieri instruments as anyone but this is the first plectrum guitar I've seen and with it's 15 3/4" body it's one of the largest Tieri instruments I've seen. And it is a strong instrument with plenty of meat in the lower range (I've got it tuned to G D A E with beefy bronze strings) and in the upper ranges as well. (to...
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~1895 Howe-Orme Style 3 Mandoliin (Mandolinetto)
$2,995
ca. 1895 Howe Orme Style 3 Mandolin (Mandolinetto) EXC +++ This is a museum quality condition example of this cylinder top design but it also plays and sounds terrific with fine volume. Classic aged Adirondak spruce top is crack free as are the brazilian rosewood back and sides. Simple rosewood peghead overlay and original tuning pegs that work just fine. The label is in fine shape and the...
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1905 Larson Brothers - Stahl Stahl Style 8 Mandolin
$1,295
ca. 1905 Stahl Style 8 Mandolin EXC but for one very hard to see (and even harder to photograph) crack in the bowl back that has been expertly repaired. Email for a large picture that shows it better if interested. It does not affect structural integrity nor playability. The rest of the instrument is splendid with the abalone trimmed top with it's ornate inlaid tortoise shell pickguard...
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~1928 Epiphone Recording Model A Tenor Guitar
$3,850
ca. 1928 Epiphone Recording "A" Tenor Guitar VG++ These Epiphone Recording guitars are some of the best sounding tenors around and they take a low G D A E tuning really well. This one, unlike the blonde one in the museum has a sunburst top that has been refinished and original finish dark stained birch back and sides. All original with the possible exception of the end pin and just two...
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1939 Regal Le Domino Big Boy
$1,950
ca. 1939 Le Domino "Big Boy" by Regal VG + This Big Boy has a 15 1/4" lower bout and a scale length of 25 1/2 " with a nut width of 1 7/8" and it is a great fingerpicking guitar. Sorta like an archtop, sorta like a flat top. The top appears to be solid spruce and the back looks like birch. It is all original from the tuning pegs to the tailpiece, bridge and pickguard. The script on the...
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~1935 John Grey $ Sons Banjo Uke
$795
BU - 0004 ca. 1935 John Grey Banjo Uke EXC Very nice little banjo uke from the esteemed English maker John Grey. Birds eye maple back and blue striped maple sides. 10 1/4" head and 13 1/4" scale length. Maple rim and mahogany neck and dowel. Resonator attaches with a single thumb knob. There is a dark grain line that definitely is not a crack in the heel of which we have large pictures....
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~1937 Vega Flat Top Concert Size
$3,350
VF - 00011 ca. 1937 Vega Flat Top Guitar EXC + It is unusual to find a Vega flat top in this large size ... a shade under 14 3/4" at the lower bout and a maximum body depth of 4 1/2 inches. Combined with the 25" scale length this yields a big strong sound. It is ladder braced and was built for steel strings with a long bridge plate and two tone bars below the plate. The nut width is 1...
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~1915 Clifford Essex Essex 5 String Banjo
$1,395
EB - 0007 Mid teens Clifford Essex 5 String Banjo EXC With its 11 inch rim spunover what looks like mahogany and a simple hoop tonering and nice skin head, this old feller gets a mighty sweet old timey sound. Scale Length is 26 3/4" and the nut width is 3/16 and the mahogany neck shows wear on the back and is very comfortable to play. Ebony fingerboard has lovely abalone and pearl ...
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1928 Gibson A Model Blackface
$2,850
GM - 00089 1928 Gibson A Model Blackface EXC A little wear on the black top and a bit as well on the birch back and sides which like the rest of the mandolin are crack free. This is a real good player with a good strong sound. Silver stenciled "The Gibson" on the truss rodded headstock and original tuning pegs. Adjustable bridge with 1921 patent stamp and nice engraved tailpiece....
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~1929 Oscar Schmidt - Sovereign Sovereign Flat Back Mandolin
$895
SM - 0008 Oscar Schmidt "Sovereign" Mandolin EXC From the mid to late twenties, this rare little beauty plays just great and has a really nice full mellow sound. Pearloid fingerboard and headstock and beautifully grained book matched mahogany (or maybe it's koa) back and sides. The wide grain spruce top is crack free as is the rest of the mando and has an inlaid pearloid pickguard,...
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