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Main Photo	2002 Bourgeois Vintage OM Bourgeois guitars are known for their light bracing, top-notch tonewoods, traditionally inspired designs, and most importantly - their fine tone. This Vintage OM is a lively and open guitar, with gorgeous overtones and endless sustain. A perfectly balanced fingerstyle instrument, it is one that you won't want to stop playing when dinner is ready. Adirondack spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, one-piece mahogany neck with rosewood headstock overlay and Waverly tuners. Bound ebony fingerboard with slotted diamond inlays, ebony bridge, bone nut and saddle, ivoroid bridge pins. Ivoroid bindings with herringbone top purfling and zigzag back strip. 25.4" Scale and 1-3/4" nut width. The instrument is in showroom condition with no flaws. Set up with fingerstyle action in our shop. With original hard shell case On consignment $2699 (US $2779) $2779 (US $2869) with credit card More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	2006 Collings CW The Collings Winfield model is a reissue of the company's now famous Clarence White models built up until 2000. This 2006 model is an Adirondack / Mahogany guitar, with specifications loosely based on the D-1 except with an enlarged soundhole, 21 frets, no fingerboard brace, bound fingerboard without inlays, and an ebony headstock overlay. Like all good Collings guitars, this CW model is about as loud as they come and has headroom a 'plenty. Definitely a bluegrasser's guitar. We'll include some of our famous X-heavy ivoroid pick with the guitar to get you going. The instrument is in as-new condition, but with a strap button added on the back by the neck heel. 25-1/2" scale length, 1-23/32" nut. With original hard shell case On consignment $3999 (US $4119) $4119 (US $4250) with credit card More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	2005 Sobell Parlor Lefty! There are more than a few things uncommon about this guitar. First off, it's a Sobell. The very respected northern English luthier has been building instruments one at a time for more than 30 years; his instruments are rare (particularly so here in North America), and among the most desirable fingerstyle guitars on earth. Second, it's a Left-handed Sobell - so multiply that rarity by a hundred or more. And third, it's a Brazilian rosewood and European spruce Parlor model - a proportionally scaled-down Model 1 in size and design, but with a full-length scale. The instrument was custom ordered with exquisite old-world Brazilian rosewood, a European Spruce top Stefan Sobell had been saving since the early 1970's for the right instrument, and a Cuban Mahogany neck. Typical of the Model 1 theinstrument features multicolored purflings and stylized herringbone marquetry, all of which are perfectly mitered and inlaid. Like all Sobell "Flat-tops" the top and back have pronounced arches, a design which helps achieve the trademark powerful and rich tone of Sobell's instruments. The instrument has clear and distinct basses and mids robust trebles, and a full voice at any volume. A light touch can coax plenty of subtly out of the small instrument, but dig in hard, and you'll be rewarded with a powerful and strong sound; there is an amazing amount of headroom in this design. This instrument is in showroom new condition. It shows no playwear or markings of any kind. It is fitted with a Highlander pickup, gold Gotoh tuning machines, bone nut and split saddle, ebony bridgepins, and gold strap-button. About the size of a Martin 14 fret 00-28, the guitar's body measures 14 1/4" wide at the lower bout. 25.6" scale length, 1-25/32" nut width, and wide bridge string spacing of 2-1/4". With custom fitted Calton case On Consignment US $7000 ON HOLD US $7200 with credit card More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Rosette Detail Back & Side Detail Case Open Case Closed

Main Photo	1940's Regal A beautiful pre-war Regal parlor guitar, in excellent cosmetic condition and equipped with a perfect set of amber-button Kluson tuners. The guitar is playable, but with high action; and we're assuming that whoever buys this guitar plans of decorating with it more than using it. It's in unused condition, and is without cracks, scratches or wear. Long ago, someone glued some sections of the top/side margin where the top had come loose - it's tough to notice though, and hardly detracts from the guitar's beauty. Ladder-braced, birch body, painted top binding and soundhole edge. Silkscreened rosette, sunburst top, and regal headstock decal. On Consignment $399 More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Tuners Detail 2

Main Photo	2002 Breedlove J15 MAP Lefty Serial # 4649. This left-handed twelve string is a work of art to behold and play. Custom ordered with the most outrageously quilted maple back and sides, the tonewoods are showcased tastefully with simple - yet classy - appointments. Spoked abalone rosette, bound soundhole, ivoroid body and fingerboard bindings and mitered purflings all subtly add to the beauty of this instrument. 17" wide jumbo body with a soft cut-away, and a slightly shallow body depth of 4-1/16". Ebony fingerboard and pinless bridge, ebony tuning machine buttons and bound headstock overlay. 14 fret one piece maple neck with a scale length of 25.5" and a nut width of 1-7/8". Signature-Voiced Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top with scalloped braces and JLD Bridge Truss. Glossy amber-toned finish, satin neck; professionally installed Fishman Matrix under-saddle pickup. The instrument is in near flawless condition and has been set up in our shop. The only fault we're able to find is a very slight separation between two layers of the top's binding on the bass-side waist. A comfortable guitar to play, with excellent upper-fret access. With original hard shell case On Consignment $3495 (US $3495) $3599 (US $3599) with credit card More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Binding detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail

Main Photo	1954 Kay K-22 Artist The K-22 Artist was offered between 1947 and 1956, and unfortunately most of the examples we find haven't survived the years very well. Happily for all of us this one has, though, and it sounds great! With its combination of massive 17" wide jumbo body and ladder-style bracing the voice of this guitar is big, brash, bassy, and bold. The typical unrefined ladder-braced tone is offset - or complimented - by the jumbo body and the result is tonal heaven! There's enough bass response to keep you happy, while the trebles and upper mids have almost resonator-guitar-like fullness and nasality... it's pretty cool, really. The guitar's extra long 25.9" scale length turbo-charges the top, and makes the attack almost as quick as an archtop's, while doing its bit to add power and volume to the equation. The neck is very much like one from a banner-era Gibson, with a substantial C profile and a 1-3/4" nut; very fitting for a guitar of this stature. Mahogany and spruce body with no cracks, rosewood fingerboard with Southern-Jumbo like pearloid inlays and double-layer binding. New bone nut and saddle, compliments of us, and new pickguard and pearl-logo compliments of the last guy. The action is set at 5 to 7 64ths and can be lowered further; however, the not-perfect original frets would need to be dressed or replaced if you wanted lower action than that. As it sits the guitar can get buzzy under a heavy picking hand. Original gold Kluson single line tuners work great and look cool, and pinless Brazilian rosewood bridge adds a bit of class. Without case $999 (US $999) More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	1932 (circa) Regal No serial number. Among the coolest depression-era Chicago flat-tops we've ever offered, this unknown Regal (similar, but much more ornate than a Model 10) is the pinnacle of "Vintage-Chic". From its inlaid gray/green pearloid pickguard and matching headstock to its floral motif top decals, this one has it all. Check out the expertly applied faux-rosewood grained finish. Have a look at the bound white pearloid fingerboard with position dots that match the pickguard and headstock. Heck, even the tailpiece is classy! The icing on the cake is the original "Kant-Krack" hard shell case and case-candy that goes with the guitar - someone loved this guitar, and spent as much on the case as they likely did for the instrument back when it was new. In '32 the case sold for $19.50, whereas a slightly less fancy Regal Model 10 guitar was priced at $10!! Aside from the obvious, the guitar features a solid spruce ladder-braced top, and solid birch sides and back. The action is high at 8/64ths, but still quite useable in the lower positions, however the frets up past the body joint are quite uneven and buzz out at the 12th and 13th frets. With a slide, the guitar plays great and sounds delightfully good; it is rich and open with a warm harmonic resonance and surprising volume. Comfortable V-shaped neck with a definite L-00 feel, 1-3/4 nut, 24" scale length. About the same dimensions as a Size 1 Martin, the Regal is a comfortable couch guitar, too. With original hard shell case $995 (US $995) More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Case Open Case Closed

Main Photo	1932 Washburn 5200 Serial # 1038. The Tonk distributed 5200 model Washburn was the company's base model back in the early 1930's. It featured sides and back of solid mahogany, a red spruce top, ebony bridge and ebonized maple fingerboard. Roughly the size and shape of an 0 sized Martin, the guitar is X-braced as well, and sounds very good. Tonk-Washburns remain the sleepers of the vintage acoustic market, offering some of the best vintage tone available, but at prices much lower than similarly appointed Martins and Gibsons. This particular guitar is very punchy, with a volume that belies its small size. It has a mahogany snap and brightness, and an incredibly open voice and resonance. The guitar is ridiculously lightweight, weighing in at a mere 2.75 pounds, but that doesn't mean you have to be gentle on it. There's enough headroom on this one to flatpick to your heart's content! In our shop the instrument received a neck reset, a leveling of its bar frets, and set up. We filled and re-routed the original saddle-slot for proper intonation, and installed a replacement bone saddle. The guitar now plays perfectly, with fingerstyle action and standard light-gauge strings. Its nut is 1-7/8" wide and the large C-shaped neck has a short 24.25" scale. No cracks or repairs, and completely original. The finish is in good shape, too, but with two small areas on the back and another on the lower treble side where the stain appears not to have taken properly. We suspect this dates back to the manufacture of the guitar, as the finish is uniform throughout; but we'll never know for sure! We'll continue to source out these fine Washbuns as long as we can, but we suspect their affordability won't last forever. With original chipboard case $2750 (US $2750) More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Back Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Side Detail Case Open Case Closed

Main Photo	2006 Maingard 000-12 Serial # 239. Marc Maingard might possibly be the most highly regarded instrument builder in the Southern Hemisphere. A South African luthier with 30 years of experience, Marc has worked with Richard Hoover of the Santa Cruz Guitar Company as well as Jimmy D'Aquisto, and has worked with both Martin and Gibson over the years. His instruments are revered the world over, and Stephen Stills has called him "One of the World's Best guitar makers." Maingard's instruments are very much of his own stylistic design, as there really isn't a guitar-building tradition in his native South Africa. The 000-12 offered here is an exquisitely built instrument, with construction details befitting of a guitar of its class. European spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, arm and rib bevels, perfectly mitered purflings, Brazilian rosewood front and rear headstock overlays, gold Waverly tuning machines with ebony buttons, fossil ivory nut and compensated saddle, intricately handmade rosette and purflings of dyed maple. 12 frets to the body, 25.4" scale length, 1-3/4" nut. The guitar is extremely responsive and agile; it has an openness and resonance that can make a mere den sound like Carnegie Hall. It is the consummate modern fingerstyle guitar for the most discriminating player. This guitar is in absolutely mint / new condition with the exception of added strap buttons on the tail and back. With original Hiscox hard shell case and cover On Consignment $10 325 (US $10 635) $10 635 (US $10 955) with credit card. More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Label Detail Purfling Detail

Main Photo	1948 National 1160 / Gibson LG-3 Serial # V9147. A short history lesson: In 1935 National and Dobro merged to form the National-Dobro Company, and within year moved the company's offices and production to Chicago - the center of musical instrument manufacturing. In Chicago, National-Dobro concentrated on electric instruments and amplification, rather than the resonator guitars for which their names are today synonymous with. In 1941, the Chicago Musical Instrument Company (CMI) gained exclusive distribution rights to National's electric instruments. With the December 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent US Declaration of War, National's guitar production was ceased by government legislation - its workforce re-trained for War-related manufacturing. In 1943 the remaining stock-holders of National-Dobro were bought out by Vic Smith, Al Frost, and Louis Dopyera, who formed the Valco Manufacturing Corporation which involved itself in War-related production (Valco is an acronym for Vic, Al, and Louis). When the War ended, Valco re-vested itself into the musical instrument industry and built instruments and amplifiers throughout the 40's, 50's and most of the 1960's. The War brought a similar fate to Gibson's factory - where as much as 90% of that company's production went toward the war-effort, and gave Gibson a crippling blow. In 1944 CMI bought Gibson, and until the mid 1950's certain National-branded instruments were partially or completely built by Gibson in Kalamazoo. That's it for the history lesson for the moment. The specific guitar discussed below is one of these National-branded, Gibson-built instruments from this period. The National 1160 is, essentially, a Gibson LG-3 with a different headstock, pickguard, and bridge. The model was offered between 1947 and 1951, but it is unknown how many of these were built. Gibson shipping totals do not specify how many instruments were supplied to National. What is known is that the LG-2 out-produced the natural-finish LG-3 by a 3-to-1 ratio, and not very many of them were sent westward to Chicago for branding. The guitar pictured here is nearly 60 years old, and is in remarkably fine condition. It is free of cracks, and is completely intact. Its LG-3 body is built from Sitka Spruce and mahogany, with scalloped bracing, a small rectangular Brazilian rosewood bridge, and 3-ply counter-top faux-mahogany grained pickguard (really quite avant-garde for 1948). Its neck is very obviously a Gibson build, with a war-time Banner shape, and no truss-rod. It's a big neck. It has a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with pearl dots, and a bone nut measuring 1-3/4" wide. The bridge is a replacement built in our shop - the original's saddle was located improperly, and was made from a sub-standard piece of rosewood, but we'll include it with the guitar. The guitar has had a professional neck reset, and plays very comfortably with action of 5 to 7 64ths. Original finish, tuners, nut, frets, and endpin. Loud and punchy, it's an LG-3 after all! With period brown alligator case $2995 (US $2995) More photos: Front Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

NEW Asturias Guitars Asturias Classical guitars are built in Kyushu, southern Japan, in a small workshop that employs some 20 people. Each instrument is carefully constructed using only the finest materials and the sharpest of tools. All guitars feature traditionally fan-braced tops, hand-rubbed thin gloss finishes, Ebony fingerboards, and bone nuts and saddles. At their price-point Asturias guitars are unrivaled in their quality and tone.
Main Photo	Asturias D. Pre-War With the meticulous attention to detail that the Asturias workshop is famous for, the D.Pre-War is a festival-ready take on the venerable Herringbone D-28. The vintage-inspired guitar features not only the herringbone top trim and zig-zag back strip you'd expect to find on such an instrument, but also pearl and abalone headstock inlay, slotted diamond fingerboard inlays, a though-saddle bridge, vintage-style tuners, a Tor-Tis bevel edged pickguard; and - most importantly - scalloped braces, a small bridgeplate, and a forward shifted X-brace under the hood. The guitar sounds great; it's a punchy loud and aggressive bluegrass machine that will hold its own in a jam setting. And, at its price, there's not much out there that can say the same. Solid Sitka top, rosewood back and sides, maple body bindings, gloss finish. Bone nut and saddle. 1-11/16" nut, 25.4" scale. $1499 More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail

Main Photo	Asturias Solo Std, Lefty We custom ordered this Asturias for you lefties because you need to know what these amazing guitars are all about, too! The Standard's esthetic is that of a vintage guitar, but with the addition of a modern Venetian cut-away. The Solo Standard is designed and built the same as the fancier Herringbone model, but features simpler appointments and a laminate back. Solid Sitka Spruce top, rosewood back, Gotoh Kluson tuners, highly polished bone nut and saddle, simple dot fingerboard inlay, maple bindings and purflings, high gloss finish. 25.4" scale length, 1-11/16" nut. A beautiful fingerstyle guitar with an exceptionally comfortable neck carve, vintage appointments, and a wonderful voice $1599 More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail

Main Photo	Asturias Solo Standard Like the Herringbone, the Standard's esthetic is that of a vintage guitar, but with the addition of a modern Venetian cut-away. The Solo Standard is designed and built the same as the Herringbone, but features simpler appointments and a laminate back. A solid Western Red Cedar top offers a warmer and softer voice than the spruce Herringbone, and the neck carve is a little less chunky which might appeal to a fingerstyle player with a lighter touch. Gotoh Kluson tuners, highly polished bone nut and saddle, simple dot fingerboard inlay, maple bindings and purflings, high gloss finish. 25.4" scale length. With Deluxe hard shell case $1599 More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail

Main Photo	Asturias Solo Herringbone The Asturias Solo Herringbone is designed after the Schoenberg Soloist, a guitar designed by Eric Schoenberg and built by luthiers Dana Bourgeois, T.J. Thompson, Julius Borges and John Slobod (in succession). The instrument was designed with a vintage esthetic, but with the addition of a Venetian cut away of offer the upper-fret access that modern fingerstylists are looking for. The Solo Herringbone has a top of European spruce, and back and sides of Indian Rosewood. The top and back are solid, the sides are laminate. The body is bound in Maple, and features herringbone top trim and soundhole purfling. Its bound rosewood fingerboard is inlayed with abalone slotted diamonds, and the bridge is fitted with a vintage-style bone through-saddle. A highly polished bone nut, Gotoh SD700 open geared tuners and Martin-esque decal logo adorn the instrument's headstock. Asturias is famous for their precision and workmanship, and with one look at this guitar we're sure you'll agree. It is absolutely flawless and completely stunning. The neck is marvelously comfortable with a 50's vintage feel and a 1-11/16" nut, and it even has a dart headstock volute. Scale length of 25.4". A very fine sounding guitar, with strong basses and well balanced trebles. With deluxe hard shell case $2099 More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail


Main Photo	1942 Harmony Wizard Were not sure if the brand "Wizard" refers to the farmer tilling his land in the left foreground, or what kind of looks like the yellow (or orange) brick road to OZ. I guess it doesn't really matter all that much. What does matter is that this super-cool Wartime Harmony plays easily, looks awesome, and sounds great - in that ladder-braced-birch-body harmony kind of way. Someone down the road spent the time to reset the neck on this guitar, and then we spent a bit more time setting it up and cleaning off the dust. It buzzes out up past the 9th fret, but you were never meant to play so high up the neck on these guitars anyway! If you're into the blues, you'll love this guitar. 24" scale, 1-3/4" nut, chunky V-shaped neck with a flat fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle. No case. SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	1995 Merrill OM Rosewood Those of you who have followed our website over the years will have noticed the instruments we offer from time to time by Charles Merrill. We're always very excited to get our hands on the latest creation from this very talented Ontario luthier, and its very seldom that a pre-owned Merrill shows up. This particular instrument is dated May 1995, and was Merrill's personal instrument until we sold it some six years ago. I remember thinking very highly of the guitar back in 2001, and I guess my ear (or this guitar) hasn't much changed since! It's a rosewood and Sitka OM model, with vintage styling and appointments, and a warm, open, and punchy voice. Tasteful in its simplicity, the guitar features a pink abalone rosette and matching headstock logo and position markers. It is bound in maple, and purfled in multiple layers of ebony and maple veneer. Nickel Waverly tuners with gold bushings (one of Merrill's signature design elements) adorn the headstock, while a hand-cut bevel edge celluloid pickguard accents the top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, Maccasar ebony headstock overlay, bone nut and saddle, gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish with vintage-toned top. The guitar's one-piece neck has a rounded-V profile, with a pronounced center line. 1-11/16" nut, 25.4" scale length. With original hard shell case On Consignment SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	NEW Charles Merrill 00-Mahogany Our latest acquisition from Luthier Charles Merrill's shop is this tastefully simple and sonically complex Mahogany 00. Like all of Merrill's instruments this guitar's inspiration is clearly vintage Martin, and the luthier has done an excellent job of capturing the essence of his inspiration and building it into this 00. It has a well developed voice, with big and round trebles, punchy mids, and compact - but well balanced - basses. Tonally akin to a good early 1950's 00-18. Its neck carve is a sharp V with a nut width of 1-11/16ths, and an oil-finish to feel just right. It has back and sides of Mahogany and a finely braced Sitka top with a small maple bridgeplate. The body is bound in rosewood and purfled with five very fine layers of alternating light and dark wood. Merrill's signature soundhole rosette is a modification of Martin's Style 18, with a 1-7-1 ring arrangement and a centermost ring of genuine abalone. One piece mahogany 24.9" scale neck, with ebony fingerboard and simple pearl position markers; rosewood headstock overlay and Gotoh open-geared tuning machines. Ebony bridge and pins, bone nut and compensated saddle, and a tortoise-shell celluloid bevel-edge pickguard. This instrument is a classy take on a classic model, and a beautifully constructed guitar. With deluxe hard-shell case and lifetime warranty SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail

Main Photo	1932 Washburn Tonk 5235 Serial # 1349. The Tonk Bros. distributed Washburns are - amazingly - still sleepers on the vintage guitar market. Those of us who spend our days surrounded by vintage instruments know all about these fine guitars, but as relatively few of them exist (compared to Martins and Gibsons) they have not garnered their due reputation amongst the general public. Easily comparable to a late 1920's Martin 00-18 or Early 1930's Gibson L-0 or L-1, this Tonk Washburn features a 14-1/4" wide Mahogany body with an X-braced Red Spruce top, scalloped bracing and small maple bridge plate. It is a lightweight and very cleanly built guitar, with a thin finish and classy accents. It is in remarkably fine well-preserved condition, with no cracks or issues other than some minor pickwear below the soundhole. We have replaced the bridge with an exact-footprint replica that is properly slotted for correct intonation, and slightly thinner than the very-tall original to allow for a comfortable action. The original bridge (as pictured) can be re-installed at any point without any evidence of its removal, should you desire. With the combination of its original tall bar frets, easy action (4 to 7 64ths) and wide nut and bridge pin spacing (1-7/8" nut, 2-3/8" bridge pin), this guitar is perfectly suited for a fingerstylist who likes a lot of room to move. The neck profile is pretty beefy, too; so you've got to like a big neck if you're going to take this one home. It's one of the best sounding guitars we've all played in some time, too - it has lots of punchiness and headroom which allows melody lines on the treble strings to shine in the foreground of whatever you're playing, and enough warmth and woodiness to keep you well satiated. 24.75" scale length. With original soft case, and case candy (as pictured) SOLD More photos: Front Detail Back Detail Headstock Detail Full Front Detail Full Back Detail Tuners Detail Bridge Detail Case Open Case Closed Catalog Detail

Main Photo	New Charles Merrill OM Charles Merrill is one of those "hidden gem" kind of luthiers. His guitars, made one at a time, are consistently among the best sounding acoustics available - at any price. He has extensively studied many great vintage Martin 000's and 00's and quite definitely has figured out what makes them sound the way they do. This rosewood OM is no exception. It is loud, full, even, and articulate - in every position along the neck, and oozes with warm and woody overtones. Merrill's neck design is a vintage inspired mild "V" shape with a definite center line; it is comfortable in the hand, and neither too large or small. The body is constructed of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce, and accentuated with black cherry binding, and a tasteful abalone soundhole rosette (in a 1-7-1 style 18 arrangement). Ebony fingerboard, bridge, and bridge pins; Paua fingerboard dot inlays, bone nut and fully compensated saddle. Tortoise-shell celluloid bevel-edged and polished pickguard, and Gotoh open geared tuning machines. 1 11/16 inch nut width. Infinitely responsive, this guitar is a fingerstylist's dream. With deluxe hard shell case SOLD More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail

Main Photo	1939 Harmony Gene Autry Round-Up, Exc In 1939, no entertainer in the world was more popular than Gene Autry. Movie star, radio star, recording star, Academy Award-nominated song writer, he set attendance records at rodeos and other personal appearances in four countries. Gene always preferred his sponsor's product, Wrigley's Doublemint Gum, to smoking. Autry made 635 recordings, including more than 300 songs written or co-written by him. His records sold more than 100 million copies and he has more than a dozen gold and platinum records, including the first record ever certified gold. Known as 'America's Favorite Singing Cowboy', he is the only entertainer to have five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one each for radio, records, film, television and live theatrical performance (including rodeo). This guitar was every boy's dream (and more than a few girls', too we suspect!) Made by Harmony in the Fall of '39, this guitar features a small Jumbo-style body of Adirondack spruce and maple with a firestripe pickguard and a 14 fret neck with "Gene Autry" and a lariat stenciled up the fingerboard. Too cool. It has had the neck professionally reset and a new rosewood bridge made. The action is a little high up the neck but it still pumps out those cowboy chords just fine! This is a ladder-braced guitar, with a fine tone, and that flame is painted on the back and sides. It is in exceptional collecting condition. 2007 will be the centennial of Mr Autry's birth; beat the rush and buy it now, before it's too late at any price! On consignment, no case. SOLD More photos: Front detail Back detail Headstock detail Neck detail Full Front detail Full Back detail Tuners detail Gene Autry's Cowboy Code

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