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 For 14 years as the dealer for Roy Noble, we have enjoyed a steady supply of these professional studio grade guitars. Mr Noble has a long history of building the highest quality guitars used in numerous recordings spanning over forty years. Mr Noble works alone, and creates approximately 20 fine guitars per year. How many other builders can you name with almost FIFTY YEARS experience? 100% of all experienced guitarists that play or hear a Noble comment on the wonderful tone, and it is not unusual for someone hearing them for the first time to buy one immediately.
      While it is wonderful to experience the tones from a Noble Brazilian Rosewood Custom guitar, the fact remains that even the much lower cost Standard models will also win you over with equally amazing tonality.
       * Myth dispelled: Do you realize that there are ALMOST NO RECORDINGS of Clarence White playing the "large soundhole D-28" in the studio? There are some shots of him playing it on the Andy Griffith Show...
Yet there are extensive recordings of Clarence White playing Roy Noble Guitars, "live" and in studio, and almost all film footage has him playing his Noble.

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Roy Noble Classical 1 Buy Roy Noble Classical 1 1965 Roy Noble Classical Guitar 'In Stock'

This is a fine example of Roy Noble's early work. Excellent tone, excellent materials, and great attention to detail. Very beautiful, expressive tone. Center seam reglued below bridge.
Price Reduced...
$3,250.00 w/ HC
 
Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom Buy Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'In Stock'

     Beautiful guitar! Coco Bolo back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top, and Amazon Mahogany neck. Outer bindings of flamed maple on top, back, along fingerboard and around headstock. Handmade wooden herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Waverly tuners. Bone saddle and nut. 1 3/4" nut width.
     Typical of Noble guitars this guitar arrived sounding great, but is already opening up fast. Beautiful sound, with power mixed with elegance, nuance and refinement not easily found in acoustic guitars.
$4,350.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1 Buy Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1 New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom Guitar 'In Stock'

     Coco Bolo sides and back with fabulously figured Western Red Cedar top. Roy built this Coco Bolo guitar without the usual wide triangular Maple wedge in back. Instead he used a narrower strip of Maple for the back strip.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony pins. Bone saddle and nut. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Multiple wood body bindings with flamed Maple outer binding. Hand made wood herringbone purflings on top edge and around soundhole. Flamed Maple binding on fingerboard and headstock.
     Not only does this guitar have a great "look" to it, but it sounds huge... Brisk attack with huge presence and projection. A joy to play and to hear.
$4,250.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut 1 Buy Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut 1 New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut w/ Red Spruce top Guitar 'On Hold'

     Beautiful Coco Bolo back and sides with high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone saddle and nut. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Cut diamond pearl inlays in fingerboard. Handmade herringbone top edge purfling inside flamed Maple outer body bindings. Fingerboard and headstock bound with Flamed Maple. Herringbone soundhole rosette.
     The Coco Bolo has especially nice figure and color...
     Very great sound. Quick response, big voice, and clarity and expression that are hard to find in most guitars but are expected in these handmade Roy Noble guitars.
     Roy Noble has been hand-building fine acoustic guitars since 1959. He is a one-man shop. He has no helpers, no apprentices and truly hand-builds guitars of his own design on his own handmade jigs - no CnC machinery.
     These guitars 'mic' especially well in live situations, record exceedingly well in the studio, and present beautiful tone whenever played... no fooling...
$4,350.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble Concert Brazilian Custom Top Buy Roy Noble Concert Brazilian Custom Top New Roy Noble Concert Brazilian Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'In Stock'

     Here it is... top of the line Concert guitar from Mr Roy Noble. Basically it is an "OM" guitar, but slightly different curves to the body than historic "OM's" have. High grade AAA Brazilian Rosewood back and sides show a lot of character and color, but still quartersawn. Select creamy Adirondack Red Spruce top with some "bearclaw" figure. Mahogany neck. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Pearl "cut diamond" inlays in fingerboard. Ivory nut and saddle. Ebony pins. Gold Waverly open back tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut. 25.25" scale length.
     Hand-cut flamed Maple outer body bindings, with Roy Noble's handmade "spiral" wood purflings inside top edge and at soundhole roaette. Neck and peghead bound with ivoroid.
     Even as a "new" guitar, this one has a rich and lyrical sound with great balance and depth of tone. The "purity" of the sound is quite amazing... nothing quite replaces the sound of a handmade guitar by a luthier who has 50 years experience.
$8,450.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble HD-100 1 Buy Roy Noble HD-100 1 New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian / Red Spruce Guitar 'In Stock'

     Master grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony pins. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Hand made herringbone purflings with outer Maple bindings. Back is multiple with Maple and Ebony strips. Bound fingerboard and headstock.
     Anyone who tells you that they can't tell the difference between Brazilian Rosewood and other Rosewoods has obviously never played one of these. Roy Noble has extensive experience in building great Brazilian Rosewood guitars for 50 years.
     Microphones love Roy Noble guitars - whether live on-stage, or in the studio. Many players have recognized this fact over the years. One of our largest groups of customers over the years have been recording studios, who tend to buy them as 'house guitars' for use on recordings. Noble's tone power seems to emanate from the guitar. In a 'guitar jam' you'll notice that the Noble is heard clearly 15 feet away from the jam circle. All of these above sound qualities are due to the Noble guitar voicing, which produces a very 'pure' tone that is sure of itself as it travels through the air to a microphone, or to a listener's ears. And... this happens because Mr Noble uses great tonewoods and has voiced every guitar for 50 years, with no helpers and no CnC machinery.
     
$8,450.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble HD-100 BK Buy Roy Noble HD-100 BK New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian / Red Spruce Guitar 'In Stock'

     "AAA" quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood and master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Flamed Maple outer body bindings, with handmade herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard and headstock bound with Ivoroid. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Bone nut and saddle, Ebony bridge pins and endpin.
     1 47/64" width at nut. 25.25" scale length. This scale length, which is right between 'standard' long scale of 25.4" and 'standard' short scale of 24.9", makes a more relaxed feel when playing and makes light gauge strings feel 'correct', instead of feeling 'too light'...
     The sound is great - great attack, and lots of expressive, colorful tone that isn't muddy at all. Great tonal balance from end-to-end of the fingerboard and side-to-side of the fingerboard.
     This guitar has one slight repaired "dot" in the finish just under the low E-string, at the bridge front. This is a very small blemish that was repaired by Mr Noble while the guitar was being built. It is hard to spot unless you look for it.
$8,250.00 w/ OHC
 
Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Buy Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut 2006 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Guitar 'In Stock'

     Exceptionally Fine condition. This guitar was very much appreciated by previous owner and shows no player wear or dings.
     Select Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. I think it is a German Spruce top, but not 100% positive. Ebony fingerboard with no inlays. Ebony bridge, bridge pins and end pin. Bone nut and saddle. 1 3/4 width at nut. Multiple wood bindings with Rosewood outer bindings on top and back. Nickel Gotoh tuners.
     This is a great guitar! Anytime you can find a 3 or 4 year old Noble to play you are treated to wonderful open sound - quick response, power, and smoothness. These Noble guitars are known for their carrying power... in other words they cleanly and clearly project sound quite a ways out from the player. This is a very high level studio or performance guitar.
$3,300.00 w/ OHC