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1987 Ralph Bown OM-42 Dlx
Ralph Bown is a highly regarded British luthier whose beautifully crafted
guitars are played by such high profile musicians as John Renbourn, Martin
Simpson and Clive Carroll. A few moments with this guitar and you will
understand why Bown's guitars attract premier fingerstylists. With punchy
mids and sparkling trebles, it is easy to get lost in the articulate tone of
this OM style guitar. The sonic character works in confluence with the
ornate Style 42 glimmer of pearl, and OM Deluxe pearl inlaid pickguard.
With an even grained spruce top, maple binding, beautiful Ziracote back and
sides, and Gotoh 510 tuning machines, this guitar is visually complex to say
the least. The virtually flat fingerboard and wide nutwidth (1-7/8") will
appeal to the classically trained fingerstylist; the tone will appeal to
anyone who appreciates fine tone.
With Calton hard shell case
On Consignment
$5999 (US $5399)
$6180 (US $5560) with credit card
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1995 Larrivee L-09 Maple
Serial # 17502. With its highly flamed and quartersawn Rock Maple back and sides this isn't your run-of-the-mill L-09. It's a hoppy, lively, and rich guitar; with a great midrange and a well-developed woody and opened-up voice. A Larrivee with a good dose of Gibson undertone. A perfect strummer or picker, this guitar is as versatile as they come. Great looks, excellent playability and set up, and killer tone. There's not much left to want. Crack-free, scratch-free, almost-new condition.
With original hard shell case
$1699 (US $1499)
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1981 Ovation Legend
Serial # 254160. Now here's something you don't see everyday - a 30 year old ovation that's in perfect condition! This guitar looks new, but is actually completely original and in great shape. No lacquer crazing, no top warpage or distortion, no bridge or neck issues; it's nice to see. Set up at Folkway, the guitar plays perfectly and sounds just like you want it to. Factory original electronics work well, too.
With original hard shell case
On Consignment
$799 (US $599)
$825 (US $620) with credit card
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1995 Goodall Walnut Grand Concert
James Goodall is widely respected as one of the best luthiers in the game today. Combining stunning tonewoods with meticulous craftsmanship, Goodall builds instruments that have a quality of tone a vintage guitar nut would love. His guitars are deep, warm, woody, and rich; with complexities and overtones measurable throughout the tonal pallet. Considering the smallish size of this Walnut Grand Concert, the instrument produces a huge tone with ample bottom end response. And it does so in style; with curly walnut back and sides, silky-quartered Englemann spruce top, maple bindings abalone rosette and headstock inlay, gold hardware, and - of course - a Florentine cutaway. The neck is wide and fast, with a 1-3/4" nut, and 25.5" scale. The instrument is in excellent condition with no dings or dents, scratches or cracks. The top's finish has developed an exceptionally fine spider-webbing of crazing that's only noticeable at certain angles; I'm not sure if it will show up in our photos. Excellent in-shop set up. This one is hard to put down.
With original hard shell case
On Consignment
$3999 (US $3599)
$4120 (US $3720) with credit card
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2008 Larrivee B-03RE
Larrivee's popular 03 rosewood series but this time with an LJ body, and a 34" scale bass neck. We're happy to be able to offer a high quality acoustic bass that's built here in Canada. Like all 03 series Larrivees the B-03 features a body of solid rosewood and spruce, with a one-piece mahogany neck, bound ebony fingerboard and ebony bridge, maple body bindings, and satin finish. Factory standard LR Baggs on-board pickup system. This one has a pair of small scratches on the back that were generously donated by a less-than-careful customer. Our loss is your gain... With full warranty at a significantly reduced price.
Fitted hard shell case included.
$1299 (US $1099)
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1930's Hensel Artist
Far and away the best kept secret in vintage guitars are the instruments built for Toronto-based R.S. Williams & Co. by the enigmatic Canadian builder Arthur Hensel during the 1920's though 1940's. We really know very little about Hensel, but come across his instruments semi-regularly around here. As a Canadian builder, Hensel's guitars have really not garnered much attention in the vintage guitar world; but that's a good thing in our books - and Hensel branded instruments continue to fall on the affordable side of the price spectrum. This one, like most Hensels, is an X-braced 12 fretter, built of solid Canadian Spruce and Maple. It has a big mahogany neck, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bound body and neck, screwed-on pickguard, cool sunburst finish, and Hensel's idiosyncratic bas-relief carved headstock face. A good sounding guitar thanks to it's X bracing, the tone of this guitar is warm, rich, and unrefined. Something of cross between a harmony and Gibson L-00. It plays well with average action, but will get a bit buzzy up past the 10th fret. About the size and shape of an L-00, but with a bigger neck (1-27/32" at the nut) this is a great ragtime and country blues picker with a nice mid range, punchy fat trebles, and not so much bass response.. Its uppermost back brace is missing, but it doesn't seem to matter. New bone saddle, and set up in our shop.
$899 (US $799)
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2003 Santa Cruz Vintage Jumbo
Serial #4217. The SCGC Vintage Jumbo is a slope-shouldered dreadnaught inspired by the great Gibson jumbos of the 1930's. This is a very lightly built guitar, with the wide-X bracing that helped make those early guitars sound like they do. Tapered X bracing, a small maple bridge plate, mahogany and Stika tone woods, and a very resonant back all work together to create a guitar that offers the player a colorful palette of overtones, mid-range punchiness, and a sweet woodiness. The one piece mahogany neck has a low C profile, with a nut width of 1-3/4" and a scale length of 25.4". There are a few craze-lines in the lacquer finish, but apart from that the guitar is in excellent condition and nicely set up.
With original deluxe hard shell case
On Consignment
$2999 (US $2699)
$3099 (US $2799) with credit card
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1930's Regal Diamond Head
If the warm breezes and endless sunsets of Honolulu are not in the cards for this winter, perhaps we can offer this guitar as an able substitute. Likely built by Regal during the mid 1930's, this instrument's top features a stenciled and hand-painted scene labeled "Diamond Head Honolulu". The paint job is eerily reminiscent of the famous Kel Kroyden Volcanos (which we've encountered on other Regal branded guitars) and might be the work of the same artist or shop. Ladder-braced, this guitar is roughly 00 sized, and is made from solid mahogany and spruce. The bridge is a semi-professional replacement, and the neck has been semi-professionally reset. The guitar plays OK with semi-high and semi-useable action. Big V neck, 1-13/16" bone nut. It's a good sounding guitar, in a ladder-braced kind of way, which will appeal to the country-blues players in our audience and that sparkly celluloid fingerboard should appeal to those of you who dig these cool-as-heck-but-quite-rustic vintage beasts.
$699 (US $599)
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1930's Stahl Style 8.
Serial # 83526. A one of a kind Larson-built Stahl, most likely from the early 1930's. The instrument is documented in both editions of Robert Carl Hartman's book "The Larson's Creations". 13.5" wide Concert-sized body of Brazilian rosewood and White spruce, this guitar features the Larson's laminated X brace - an invention patented in 1904 designed to strengthen the top for steel stringing. The instrument is quite fancy, with pearl and herringbone bordering the top and soundhole, ivoroid bindings, torch-style headstock inlay and bridge and fingerboard inlays typical of higher-end Larsons. The distinctive pickguards on this guitar are purported to be original to the instrument, but with no way to confirm this we can't say so for certain. Larson pickguards were generally inlaid in the tops of their instruments, while those on this Style 8 are applied to the top, over the finish. There is no question at all that they're old, but how old we really cannot say. The balance of the guitar is intact and original; from the engraved Waverly tuners to the ivory end pin. We've fitted new slotted bone bridge pins as part of the set up work to this guitar; but will provide the original unslotted ivory pins with the guitar. The bridge saddle slot has been moved for proper intonation, and a new bone saddle fitted. There are a number of old repaired cracks on the back, and a few on the guitar's top. The finish is mostly original, but there is a small touch-up in the upper center of the instrument's back, and we have just recently French-polished sections of the back as well as the area around the top's center-seam. There are no side cracks or neck issues. The guitar's original frets are in fine condition and have ample height, allowing us to set this guitar up with a low fingerstyle action. 1-7/8" wide nut, 2-5/16" bridge string spacing, and 25" scale length. One-piece mahogany neck, round C shaped neck profile, 12" radiused ebony fingerboard. The tone of this guitar belies its small size; while it doesn't power the bass notes out like a D-28, it does still have warmth in the lower register with trebles that are wonderfully round and fat - making for an exceptional fingerpicker. This guitar is perfectly suited for ragtime to classical, and everything in between.
With original case and key
US $9995
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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
$999 (US $899)
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1930's Tonk Regal
Tonk-era Regal 0-Size X-braced flat top. Original finish, tuners, nut Repairs needed: Reglue numerous loose braces, top seam separation, single tight top crack, re-attach top and back to sides at the bottom of guitar; flatten back warpage, repair two associated back cracks, fix loose binding. Reset neck, make and install new bridge and bridge plate, dress original frets. D string tuner is missing gear and screw.
$399 (US $349)
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1920's L&H Parlor
Likely built by Lyon & Healy in the 1920's, and more recently completely rebuilt / restored (we're not sure by who). Top has been X-braced,
instrument refinished, new bridge, nut, tuners, fingerboard, and frets.
B-Band bridgeplate pickup installed, gold Waverly tuning machines. Solid
Indian Rosewood back and sides, solid spruce top, V-neck, 12 frets clear of
the body; 24.7" scale, 1-13/16" nutwidth, 13.5" wide at the lower bout.
Sold AS-IS; the neck heel is pulling away from the body, but the instrument
remains playable. It could use a setup, and the frets are not particularly
level. Apart from the neck joint, the instrument is structurally solid.
With case
SOLD
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1932c. Kay Kraft Model B
Stromberg-Voisenet (Kay) introduced their Venetian body shape in the late 1920's, and offered the fancy archtop Kay Kraft versions between circa 1932 and 1937. With its curvy asymmetrical body, pearloid headstock, fancy gold decals and Cremona sunburst finish, the Kay Kraft looks like a million bucks - which was the magic ingredient to surviving the Great Depression; something that Kay did quite well. These guitars have a plunky lo-fi sweetness that lends itself well to old-time blues and figerpicked rags. Apart from the period-correct vintage replacement tuners this guitar is 100% original in excellent condition. Like every one of these we've ever seen, the ebonized maple fingerboard is cracked in a few places and the fretwork is not fabulous; but the guitar plays well after having been set up in our shop. Have a peek at the very cool original Bakelite bridge - it's got a compensated top on one side for Spanish style playing, and a straight top on the underside for lap-style!
With original case, strap.
SOLD
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1899 Larson "Regal" Style 6
Serial # 3491. The Regal trademark was coined in the 1880's by Indianapolis businessman Emil Wulschner who applied the brand to instruments distributed and/or by his company. Wulschner died in 1900, and his son sold the company, brands, and assets to Lyon & Healy of Chicago in 1904. Wulschner & Son appear to have been a full line distributor, and commissioned manufacturers to build instruments of all kinds under their branding. The Larson Brothers were among those who supplied Wulschner, and although such instruments are uncommonly rare, a small handful are known to exist. We have labeled the instrument pictured here a Style 6, which is the closest Stahl equivalent we could suggest.
Built prior to April 1900, the Regal is fitted with a wooden heat-stamped label that reads "Regal, Trademark; Wulschner & Son, Indianapolis, Ind.", and a paper guarantee label signed by Emil (See page 95 of the 2007 edition of Hartman's The Larson Creations). It is a 14" wide Grand Concert sized instrument, roughly the size of a Martin 00-28, but with significantly deeper sides (4-1/4" deep at the waist). Built of Brazilian Rosewood and tight-grained Red Spruce, this regal is a fairly ornate guitar. The guitar's top is bordered with multicolored wooden purflings and has a matching rosette; pearl inlay grace the fingerboard, headstock, and bridge; the back's center-strip is of the same purfling stock that decorates the top, and the entire instrument is bound in white celluloid. The guitar's neck is carved into a satisfyingly big but-not-too-big C shape; it has a fingerboard radius of about 10" (similar to a Gibson), a scale length of 25", and a nut width of 1-3/4. For a turn of the century instrument, this guitar has a quite modern feel. The frets are original, and although quite small, the guitar is well set up and plays very nicely with low action. The combination of a deep body and transverse bracing make for an instrument with a throaty bark and distinct trebles, and the Larson radiused top adds power and headroom. Yes, it's a fine sounding guitar. Most century old guitars have seen some amount of repairwork, and this Larson has had its share. Most importantly, its top is in excellent shape, the finish is original, and the neck angle is good. The back has two long spliced cracks down the center, and the sides show repaired hairline cracks on either side of the endpin. The top has a well repaired crack about 3" long from the bottom towards the bridge, another similar and barely visible crack is located 1.5" away from the treble side of the fingerboard extension; and a third crack is ½" off the bass side of the fingerboard. The top's bracing, bridge, and plate are all intact and in fine shape, and extra support has been added under the fingerboard to create extra stability to that area. Two back braces have been reglued, the neck was at some point reset, and - most recently (by Folkway) - the saddle slot was repositioned for correct intonation, new bone saddle and bridge pins were installed, the frets were dressed, and the original nut was adjusted. The guitar is once again happy and healthy, and is quite well suited for stringing with standard light-gauge steel strings.
If you've managed to wade through all these words about this guitar, we offer you our thanks. It's a great instrument, there's just a bit of a story behind it...
With 1930's chipboard case
SOLD
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1910's Bruno Style E
This beautiful instrument is among the classiest and most tasteful parlor guitars we've ever seen. Roughly the dimensions of a Martin size 1, This Bruno features gorgeous Brazilian rosewood back and sides and an Adirondack top. The body, fingerboard and headstock are bound with real ivory, the rosette is hand inlaid mother-of-pearl in a beautiful Celtic-chain pattern, the German-silver engraved tuning machines with ivoroid buttons are in perfect working order, the ebony pyramid bridge is full height and meticulously carved, and the shellac finish has crazed magnificently all over the instrument.
It is original down to the endpin, except for a 1" section binding that has been replaced near the neck. Set up with extra-light steel strings or silk and steels this guitar has a voice much deeper and warmer that you'd expect from a ladder-braced top. Playability, frets, action, and set up are all perfect. A few tight back cracks have been expertly repaired, as well as a small section of back binding at the lower treble bout. The instrument's neck is a comfortable V profile, with a scale length of 25" and has an ivory nut that measures 1-7/8".
With recent hard shell case.
On Consignment
SOLD
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