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 Arrow 00 by Paul Lestock 1
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Recent Arrow 00 by Paul Lestock Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Light as a feather! 12-fret neck joint. Mahogany back, sides and neck, Englemann spruce top. Very cool Ebony pyramid bridge. Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay. Neck and peghead are bound with ivoroid. Body has ivoroid bindings top and back and heelcap, with herringbone purflings on top edge of body and soundhole rosette. Only a slight bit of finish checking on spruce top. NO fret wear. This guitar is a fine fingerstyle guitar that also responds well to a pick. Very good "open" sound.
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 Casey Kent 1
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New Casey Kent Guitar 'Sold'

Montana builder, Casey Kent, is beginning to get good attention. This is a very nice Mahogany Dreadnaut, with select Sitka Spruce top and tasteful appointments. Multiple rosewood bindings on top and back of guitar and along fingerboard. Rosewood wedge inlaid at endpin. Abalone soundhole rosette. We were impressed by Casey Kent's earlier guitars a few years ago... But now anyone can see the great craftsmanship and hear the maturity in the tone. Very well-balanced, and very expressive.
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 Crafters of Tennesse Flattop 1
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2003 Crafters of Tennesse Flattop Guitar 'Sold'

Recent Crafters of Tennesse Flattop Guitar Rosewood model. Solid sitka spruce top, rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck. Foward X bracing. Minor checking in lacquer on the top of the guitar. If you are looking for a guitar that will "get er done" for under two thousand dollars, look no further. On Sale
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 Ervin Somogy Brazilian Rosewood Nylon String 1
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1979 Ervin Somogy Brazilian Rosewood Nylon String Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. High grade tonewoods, incredible workmanship, incredible tone. Smaller body size than a normal classical guitar, more like a 12-fret "0" guitar. Perfect tone for nylon jazz playing. Action is slightly high and could use a neck reset, otherwise this guitar would sell easily over $5000. Please call for more details.
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 Esteve Classical GR-09 1
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1997 Esteve Classical GR-09 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc Condition. Select Rosewood back and sides cedar top. Excellent tone. Hand-built in Spain.
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 Gallagher "Doc Watson" 1
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1990s Gallagher "Doc Watson" Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. (+) condition. Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides. This guitar is in really great condition no visible signs of player wear.  
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 Guild D-4 1
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1997 Guild D-4 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. condition. No real issues with this guitar. Just a few stray pick trails on the top. Dreadnought body, satin natural finish, solid spruce top, mahogany sides and arched back,  1-11/16" nut width, rosewood bridge,  chrome Grover Rotomatic tuners, made in the USA. On Sale
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 Harmony "Monterey" 1
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1960's Harmony "Monterey" Guitar 'Sold'

F-hole archtop with tone bar bracing. 16-inch body, 25.4-inch scale length, 1 11/16-inch fingerboard width at nut. Original 3-on-a-plate tuners, rosewood adjustable bridge and tailpiece. Pickguard missing. The action is nice and low, making for easy playability. Exc. Condition.
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 Harmony 1/4 Size 1
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1950's Harmony 1/4 Size Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent condition. This is a "real" guitar. The perfect thing to start off a young person in guitar lessons. 100% original. Great tuners.
Original softshell case

 
 Michael Keller 12-String 1
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1988 Michael Keller 12-String Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. Rosewood dreadnaut body, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Spruce top has plenty of "bearclaw" figure. Multiple wood bindings. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Beautifully constructed 12-string, with nice low action and lots of tonal presence. Comes set-up with Sunrise pickup in soundhole, with endpin jack.
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Alvarez RF 20 SC 1
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Recent Alvarez RF 20 SC Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Cutaway. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Solid Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard. Ebony bridge. Body size is similar to a "00" Martin size. Multiple bindings around top edge of body. Abalone soundhole rosette. 25 3/4" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     The Alvarez pickup system is quite good. Control panel has volume slider and two tone sliders. There is also a built-in electronic tuner that works really well. It even works without being plugged in... you just push a button to turn on the tuner, tune the instrument, then turn it off.
     This guitar is in very nice condition, with no problems and no repairs.

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Blueridge BR-160 1
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New Blueridge BR-160 Guitar 'Sold'

These guitars are great values - Tone AND nice appointments at a great price. ALL solid woods. Rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck. Elaborate abalone and pearl pattern on headstock. 
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Blueridge BR-260 BK
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2007 Blueridge BR-260 High-Grade Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

New condition. Wonderful Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Sitka spruce top. Finally a Brazilian rosewood guitar that doesn't break the bank.
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Blueridge BR-341 1
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Recent Blueridge BR-341 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) Condition. There is one very small ding on the lower side of the guitar. No fret wear, no other marks.
     Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back sides and neck. Top and back are bound with tortoise shell with multiple bindings on the top. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated Abalone dot inlays. Slotted peghead with Nickel tuners. Strap button installed in correct position on the heel The guitar has a nice K & K pickup with end pin jack installed and comes with an L.R. Baggs "Para Acoustic DI" preamp.
     Very nice sound for a guitar in this price range. Plays great and looks new.

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Bourgeois "Martin Simpson" Model
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1990 Bourgeois "Martin Simpson" Model Cutaway, 1 3/4" Fingerboard Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional condition. Special Cutaway design. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Barely any sign that it was owned and played. Western Red Cedar top, with high-grade Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small dots inlaid in fingerboard. Bound peghead and fingerboard. Body is bound with ivoroid, with top having 4-ply. Original nickel Gotoh tuners have very cool metal inlaid buttons. The wood combination of Mahogany and Red Cedar has long been a favorite of ours. This model, with the special cutaway is a very rare model for Bourgeois. This guitar plays very good and has exceptional tone.
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Bourgeois 00 Country Boy 1
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New Bourgeois 00 Country Boy w/ Red Spruce, Hide Glue & no Tongue Brace Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Adirondack bracing. All Hide Glue construction. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian peghead overlay and heelcap. No tongue brace. Advanced scalloped braces. Tortoise bindings on body. With multiple wood purflings inside top edge. Waverly open-back, pre-war style tuners. Tortoise pickguard. Bone nute and bone intonated saddle. Ivoroid pins. Small dot Ivoroid inlays in fingerboard. 1 23/32" width at nut. 24.9" scale length.
     Great sound. The guitar has a quick and sure attack and solid tonal response across the board. It has a nice crispness up the whole fretboard, even on the bass strings. This is a fine sounding guitar.

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Bourgeois 00 Country Boy 1
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New Bourgeois 00 Country Boy Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Very nice Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Radiused Ebony fretboard with ivoroid dot inlays. Rosewood peghead venner with Bourgeois logo inlaid in Ivoroid. Nickel Waverly tuners.
     The sound is big and resonant. The lower end is especially nice on this guitar with big, boomy bass.

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Bourgeois Country Boy
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2006 Bourgeois Country Boy DeLuxe Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

Pre-owned. Exceptional condition, and would be considered "as new", except for strap button correctly installed on heel of neck. Beautiful dark sunburst finish. Adirondack Red Spruce top and Red Spruce braces, with highly figured Mahogany back and sides. Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Gold Waverly tuners. This guitar has no player wear, no dings or dents. Sunburst "Country Boy DeLuxe" guitars list for $4695, and sell for $4225... OR, you could buy this one in great original condition for only $3250
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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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2010 Bourgeois Country Boy w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. No fret wear, no player wear, no repairs. All original and in great shape. Not even a strap button installed!
     Very beautiful Mahogany back, sides and neck. Choice piece of Adirondack Red Spruce for the top. The top and back show great depth, beauty and character, with lots of medullary side rays (silk figure). Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Old style tortoise pickguard. Bourgeois pearl logo inlaid in peghead. Small pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. Bone nut and compensated saddle. Ivoroid bridge pins and endpin. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Mahogany end wedge. Multiple bindings around top edge with tortoise outer binding. Tortoise bound back.
     This is a great guitar from Bourgeois. Lots of tonal depth and clarity. Big, raw sound that you can feel in your chest when you play.

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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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2010 Bourgeois Country Boy w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. No fret wear, no player wear, no repairs. All original and in great shape. Strap button correctly installed in neck heel.
     High grade Mahogany back, sides and neck. Very nice piece of Adirondack Red Spruce for the top. The top shows lots of beauty and character, with lots of medullary side rays (silk figure). Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Old style tortoise pickguard. Bourgeoi pearl logo inlaid in peghead. Small pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. Bone nut and compensated saddle. Ivoroid bridge pins and endpin. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Mahogany end wedge. Multiple wood bindings around top edge with tortoise outer binding. Tortoise bound back.
     This is a fine example of a "Country Boy" guitar from Bourgeois. Great attack, depth, balance... and all with lots of power and projection.

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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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New Bourgeois Country Boy Guitar 'Sold'

Sitka spruce top, mahogany back, sides and neck. 1 23/32" Nut Width. Small pearl dot inlays in the ebony fingerboard. A great guitar at a great price. Any serious flatpicker would be pleased with the performance and sound of this guitar.
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Bourgeois Country Boy
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New Bourgeois Country Boy Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany guitar with Sitka Spruce top. Adirondack Red Spruce bracing. 1 23/32" at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open-back tuners. This guitar is on order for our store stock and is available to "book" now for your own.
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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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New Bourgeois Country Boy Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Mahogany Dreadnaut with really great "Bearclaw" Sitka Spruce top. 1 23/32" width of fingerboard at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open-back tuners.
     Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and bone intonated saddle. Ivoroid bridge pins and endpin. Multiple tortoise bindings on top edge of body, single tortoise bindings on back of body. 
     This is a great sounding guitar. Right out of the box from Bourgeois it has lots of sound! The attack is quick and sure, there is plenty of "growl", and the balance from bass to treble is perfect. It plays very "easy" and is tough to put it down when trying it out...
 
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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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New Bourgeois Country Boy w/ Sitka Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Very nice silk figure Sitka Spruce top. Adirondack Red Spruce bracing. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners.
     This is a very good guitar. Lots of punch and power... and the high notes are very beautiful, with lots of tonal color. Plays great. Its guitars like these that really show the difference between a true "voiced top" and a factory formula-built guitar.
 
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Bourgeois Country Boy 1
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2010 Bourgeois Country Boy w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Almost new condition. No fret wear, no dings, no repairs, no problems. No strap button installed in neck.
     Top-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top showing lots of silk and some figure that comes and goes depending on the angle you look at it. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bourgeois logo inlayed in peghead. Small pearl dots inlayed in fingerboard. Bone nut and intonated bone saddle. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin. Multiple wood bindings on top edge, with Tortoise outer binding and Tortoise bound back. Rosewood heel cap. 1 23/32" width at nut. Nickel Waverly open-back tuners.
     The set-up is great. This guitar has really good sound.

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Bourgeois Country Boy - Red Spruce Top 1
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New Bourgeois Country Boy - Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Select Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack red spruce top. Adirondack Spruce bracing. Vintage style Waverly open back tuners. Bone nut and saddle. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin.  1 23/32" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge.
     This is a very good guitar, with fast crisp attack and great voice.
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Bourgeois Country Boy DeLuxe 1
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New Bourgeois Country Boy DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

     Highly figured Mahogany back and sides. Figured Adirondack Red Spruce top, and Adirondack Red Spruce braces. Small dot inlays in Ebony fingerboard. Gold Waverly tuners. These guitars are very strong contenders. Rather smooth sound, but with a very good pronounced attack and very full delivery.
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Bourgeois Country Boy DeLuxe
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2005 Bourgeois Country Boy DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Highly figured "flamed" Mahogany. Just in... phone us for more details.
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Bourgeois Country Boy OM 1
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1990's Bourgeois Country Boy OM Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) condition. This guitar is in great playing condition, but does have several well-repaired cracks. Center seam and 2 more parallel cracks were beautifully repaired on the top. Neck also has some repairs.
     For more information, please call 406/327-9925...

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Bourgeois Custom D 1
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2009 Bourgeois Custom D w/ Brazilian R.W. & Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. No player wear, no marks, no fret wear, etc.
     This guitar is exceptional all the way around. Strikingly beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, real nice Mahogany neck and gorgeous Adirondack Red Spruce top that has amazing silk and bearclaw figure.
     Entire guitar is bound with multiple bindings, with flamed Maple outer bindings. Unique herringbone purfling around top edge, made with 3-tone wood pieces that match the back strip of guitar. Ebony fingerboard with pearl cut-diamond inlays. Multiple wood soundhole rosette. Ebony bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ivory bridge pins and end pin. Gold Waverly tuners. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Brazilian Rosewood heel cap and end wedge.
     This instrument sounds great and has nice set-up. The tone is big and bold with great depth and expression.
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Bourgeois Custom D 1
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2008 Bourgeois Custom D Bearclaw Guitar 'Sold'

    Exceptional original condition. This guitar was a special order. Choice Indian Rosewood back and sides and very high grade, heavily "bearclawed", Sitka Spruce top.
     Ivoroid bindings throughout - around top and back of body, along fingerboard, and around peghead. Top edge has wooden herringbone purfling, as well. Nice wooden marquetry back strip.
     Open-back Waverly tuners. Bone saddle and nut. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin. Strap button professionally installed on heel at correct position.
     A guitar like this would cost well over $3000 new. Take advantage of this one is almost new condition for about 20% below the cost of a new one.
     This guitar is very nice and has a fast attack with crisp enunciation and depth. It plays very well.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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New Bourgeois D-150 w/ Brazilian Rosewood & Adirondick Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Top model from Bourgeois. Beautiful and tasteful and toneful. This instrument is built with premium grades of Adirondack Red Spruce top and Brazilian Rosewood back and sides.
     The D-150 is very well-appointed, with many features that add to the overall look and performance. And... Dana Bourgeois always personally chooses the woods and bindings for each guitar to insure they look fabulous.
     Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard with small dot inlays. Ebony bridge with 2 1/4" pin spacing. 1 23/32" width at nut. Fossilized ivory nut and intonated saddle. Fossil ivory bridge pins and end pin. Gold Waverly open-back pre-war style tuners. Fully bound with outer ivoroid bindings with inner multiple purflings.
     This guitar is truly a great one. All of us here noticed right away that this one is marvelous for its sound. Huge voice, with plenty of growly, snarling lows and beautiful strong highs. In short, this guitar is a "hottie".
     So - if you are looking for a great D-150, this is the one.
   

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Bourgeois D-150 PH
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New Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian / Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     High grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Adirondack top braces. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 23/32" width at nut. Gold Waverly open-back tuners. Multiple ivoroid bindings around body, neck and peghead. Abalone soundhole rosette.
     These guitars are known for delivering good "growl" when you dig into it, and for beautifully sweet and clear notes when you are solo'ing.
     This guitar arrived from Bourgeois with excellent set-up, its looks beautiful and it sounds great.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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New Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

AAA Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnaut with Adirondack Red Spruce top. No aging toner on spruce top, which is the way we prefer. The natural light will age this top beautifully over time. Multiple bound Body, fingerboard & headstock. Abalone soundhole rosette. Gold waverly tuners. 1 23/32" Nut Width. This is a wonderful guitar... Plenty of "snarl" and power, yet light and sweet when you "feather" it.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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New Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

AAA Brazilian Rosewood Dreadnaut with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony finerboard and bridge. The Brazilian is predominantly quarter-sawn, but with dramatic bookmatched figure. The high-grade Red Spruce top shows lots of silk. Multiple bindings on top, back and sides of body, consisting of Ivoroid outer binding with inner multiple wood purflings. Abalone soundhole rosette. Multiple Ivoroid bindings on fingerboard and peghead. Gold Waverly tuners. Traditional diamond volute on back of peghead below nut. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. 1 23/32" width of fingerboard at nut.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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2006 Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional original condition. This is a fine example of Dana Bourgeois' highest model. The D-150 brings together two of the favorite tone woods of today and of yesterday, Brazilian Rosewood with an Adirondack Red Spruce top and braces. Both woods are very high grade, with the Brazilian graded at AAA. These D-150's come with lots of extras: Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay, Ebony fretboard with small cut diamond inlays, Abalone soundhole rosette, Gold Waverly tuners, intonated bone saddle and bone nut, Ivoroid pins. Body, neck and peghead are all bound with multiple Ivoroid bindings. Wooden marquetry backstrip, and wooden end wedge at endpin area. This guitar plays and sounds great, and mics especially well. Except for one very tiny indentation in the lacquer that is hard to spot, and for the strap button installed on neck heel, it is no different than a new guitar.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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2006 Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. 1 23/32" width at nut. One back crack repaired. It is a 4" crack on the back, from bottom binding upward along wood grain (see photos). The crack is about 2 1/2" away from center seam. The repair is tight, but has not had cosmetic lacquer touch-up. Almost no evidence of wear or evidence of previous playing. If not for the one crack repair, this guitar would be listed as "Exc(+)" condition.
     High grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with select Adirondack Red Spruce top that has lots of medullary rays. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard has small abalone 'cut diamond' inlays. Multiple ivoroid/black/ivoroid bindings along top, back, sides, fingerboard and headstock. Gold Waverly tuners. Abalone soundhole rosette. Bone nut and bone intonated saddle. Bridge pins are bone or ivory - hard to tell.
     Guitar comes with Baggs' "I-Beam" active pickup installed with small volume adjuster wheel mounted inside edge of soundhole.
     This is a very nice guitar with excellent woods, and also in great condition. It sounds great.
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Bourgeois D-150 1
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New Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian/Adirondack Guitar 'Sold'

Presently on order from Bourgeois.
Delivery expected December 28th, 2009.
* Please phone for information on how to order one of these beauties for your own.
 
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Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian 1
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2006 Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian Guitar 'Sold'

     Extra Fine condition. No dings or dents, no fret wear.
     This guitar shows off some fine work by Dana Bourgeois. High grade quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top.
     Multiple bindings around body showing the multiple lines on top, sides and back. Multiple bindings along fingerboard and peghead. Abalone soundhole rosette. Adirondack bracing. Gold Waverly vintage style open back tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with abalone cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. Ivoroid bridge pins and endpin. Bone saddle and nut.
     Wow - it plays like a dream and sounds fully wide open! Great gutteral growl when you dig in, but sweet lyrical highs when you lighten up the right hand. In short, it is a wonderful guitar to play and to hear.
     * Price recently reduced by a motivated seller. Take advantage of this phenomenal low price for the top Bourgeois guitar with Master grade Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Red Spruce.
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Bourgeois Ricky Skaggs - "The Country Boy" 1
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c.1997 Bourgeois Ricky Skaggs - "The Country Boy" Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Here is a great example of Dana Bourgeois' work. Choice Honduran Mahogany back, sides, and neck, with select Sitka Spruce top. Kluson closed-back tuners.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with small dot inlays in fingerboard. Ivoroid bridge pins and Ebony endpin. Bone nut and saddle.
     This is a good sounding guitar. It is set-up well, and plays easily.
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Bourgeois Slope D back
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2003 Bourgeois Slope D Brazilian Guitar 'Sold'

condition. Extremely good quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Grain is also straight, but packed with figure that resembles "flame". None of us here can remember ever seeing a piece of Brazilian Rosewood quite like it. Adirondack Red Spruce top AND Adirondack Red Spruce advanced, or "forward" bracing. Top has multiple ivoroid bindings with herringbone purflings. Neck has a great "vintage" profile that feels fine. Ebony fingerboard with small cut diamond inlays. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Waverly tuners. Bone nut and saddle with Ebony endpins. Currently has a professionally installed Baggs under-saddle pickup. *We offer to professionally remove the pickup at no charge if you desire. This guitar sounds great and plays great.
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Bourgeois Slope D  1
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New Bourgeois Slope D w/ Adirondack Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. This 14-fret short-scale guitar is a very nice Mahogany slope shoulder guitar. It has understated beauty that makes it as nice to look at as to hear. Dana Bourgeois personally selected peghead overlay, pickguard, and Mahogany color to create a color motif that ties the entire guitar in beautifully.
     Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 1 23/32" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Multiple bound top. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. High-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top that shows a lot of character and is creamy smooth. Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin.
     The guitar plays great, and is versatile through a wide range of styles.

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Bourgeois Slope D 1
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recent Bourgeois Slope D Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition.This guitar has been treated very well by previous owner. No issues, no problems. Set-up is good, frets are in great shape. No rough treatment. Endpin jack set-up with inside 1/8" jack and wire for L.R. Baggs soundhole pickup (which sounds great, by the way).
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst finish. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fully bound with ivoroid bindings. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners.
     This is a very good sounding guitar that works quite well as a "flatpicker", a "fingerpicker", bar chord swing rhythm, or strumming. Wide open sound with lots of soul.
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Bourgeois Slope D 1
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2010 Bourgeois Slope D w/ Adirondack Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Previously Owned Condition - No sign of wear anywhere... but a strap button is professionally installed in neck heel.
     Nice sunburst Adirondack top. Beautiful Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound with ivoroid. The back, fretboard and peghead all have single ivoroid bindings.Radiused Ebony fingerboard with small pearl dot inlays. Ebony peghead overlay wityh Bourgeois logo inlaid in pearl. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons. Strap button installed professionally in heel.
     Big bold sound. This guitar is opened up nicely, it has great balance and resonance.

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Bourgeois Slope D 1
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1999 Bourgeois Slope D Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc (+) condition. Just in... phone us for more details.
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Bourgeois Slope D Custom 1
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2008/9 Bourgeois Slope D Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc (+) condition. This is a very nice guitar with no player wear.  There are a couple of light dings that you may or may not see in photos. It has a deep, powerful sound with a satisfying snap on the high end. Adirondack Red Spruce top with a great orange/brown sunburst and fire-stripe pickguard to match. Beautiful Indian Rosewood sides and back with a Mahogany neck. Full Ivoroid binding with multiple bound top. Ebony bridge with Ivoroid bridge pins, bone nut and bone intonated saddle. Strap button installed professionally on heel. Brazilian Rosewood peghead venner inlaid with "Bourgeois" logo. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons.
     This is a fine guitar in great shape that is set-up well and plays and sounds great.

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Bourgeois Slope D Mahogany 1
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2010 Bourgeois Slope D Mahogany IBMA Show Guitar Guitar 'Sold'

     Almost New condition. No dings, No fret wear, No problems. This guitar is in very nice, pristine condition, but does have a strap button installed on neck heel.
     Traditional tobacco sunburst. Select Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top and bracing. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Small pearl dot inlays in fingerboard for position markers. Bourgeois logo inlaid in peghead.
     Fully bound with ivoroid bindings, with extra black line showing at top edge. 1 23/32" width at nut. 25 1/2" scale length. Traditional firestripe pickguard. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin.
     Clear, bell-like sound. The notes are sure and defined all the way up the fretboard. It has big, bouncy bass and a nice, snappy high end.

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Bourgeois Slope D Sunburst 1
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New Bourgeois Slope D Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back and sides, with Adirondack top. Cool snakehead style peghead. This is a very good sloped shoulder guitar that is very versatile for a lot of styles. Equally suited for flatpicking as it is for chopping swing chords or fingerpicking. Multiple Ivoroid binding on body, neck and peghead. Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 1 23/32" fingerboard width at the nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge.
 
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Bourgeois Vintage D 1
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New Bourgeois Vintage D Brazilian Guitar 'Sold'

    Here is another great Dreadnaut from Dana Bourgeois and company. Great sound right out of the box - plenty of growl as well as smooth lyrical highs.
    Quarter-sawn beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with a very high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Brazilian peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 23/32" width of fingerboard at nut. Ivoroid bound body with Herringbone top trim.
    I am sure most of you are aware that these high grades of quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood are getting more and more scarce. Some builders are shutting off new orders for Brazilian guitars, while others are charging extremely high prices for even poor grades of Brazilian Rosewood. This Bourgeois has top grades of Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Red Spruce and is priced at "yesterday's prices".
    My market prediction is that all top grade Brazilian Rosewood guitars built by top makers will be $10,000 or more within the next few years...
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2009 Bourgeois Vintage D w/ Brazilian RW & Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     Nearly New Condition. No signs of careless handling, no sign of player wear. No strap button on heel. This one is extremely clean and unscathed, and besides that it has great woods and great sound!
     Very nice straight grained Brazilian Rosewood with great color. High grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany neck.Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Bourgeois logo inlaid in peghead. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard.
     Multiple ivoroid bindings showing on top, back and sides of body, with wooden herringbone purflings around inside of guitar top edge. Multiple colorful wood layers around soundhole rosette. Wooden colorful marquetry strip inset into center line of guitar back.Ivoroid heelcap. Brazilian Rosewood end wedge that is attractively mitre'd-in.
     This is a "hot" guitar. It is quick on the draw and has a fast, abrupt, solid attack with good depth and good growly resonance. There is not much difference in this guitar and getting a brand new one... except that the price on this one is very low.
 

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New Bourgeois Vintage D w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

Rosewood Dreadnought with Adirondack Red Spruce Top. Herringbone body binding. 1 23/32" Nut Width. Traditional "diamond" on back of peghead underneath nut, pearl cut diamond inlays in ebony fingerboard. Very good sound, with crisp enunciation and strong projection.
 
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New Bourgeois Vintage D Guitar 'Sold'

Rosewood Dreadnought with Adirondack Red Spruce Top. Herringbone body binding. 1 23/32" Nut Width. Traditional "diamond" on back of peghead underneath nut, pearl cut diamond inlays in ebony fingerboard. Doc Watson is playing one of these lately, and from the first few minutes of playing you'll know why... Very good sound, with crisp enunciation and strong projection.
 
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New Bourgeois Vintage D Guitar 'Sold'

Rosewood Dreadnought with Adirondack Red Spruce Top. Herringbone body binding. 1 23/32" Nut Width. Traditional "diamond" on back of peghead underneath nut, pearl cut diamond inlays in ebony fingerboard. Doc Watson is playing one of these lately, and from the first few minutes of playing you'll know why... Very good sound, with crisp enunciation and strong projection.
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2004 Bourgeois Vintage D Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. original condition. Rosewood back and sides, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Lots of 'favorite appointments' on this guitar: Herringbone purfling inside the Ivoroid top bindings; Ebony fingerboard with 1 23/32" width at nut; Diamond on back of headstock; pre-war style Waverly open-back tuners; traditional 'zig-zag' wooden backstrip, and more...
     Typical of good Bourgeois guitars, this guitar has good power and enunciation... but also has a sweetness that adds flavor to the clear notes to make them more lyrical. We see lots of customers who flatpick fiddle tunes tending toward Bourgeois Vintage D's and Country Boy guitars.
     This guitar has been played a bit... but it was never abused. Only a few small dings, mostly at or near binding below bridge on top, and slight evidence of fret wear. It is in very fine playing condition and sounds impressive and all 'opened up'.
    


 
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2003 Bourgeois Vintage Dreadnaut Custom Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc (+) condition. This is a very clean original guitar.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Adirondack Red Spruce top with antique'd finish. Adirondack Red Spruce braces. Mahogany neck, Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony binding along fingerboard. Gold Waverly tuners. Ivoroid bridge pins and endpin. Herringbone top purfling with multiple ivoroid outer bindings on top and back of body. Traditional "zipper" back strip. Elaborate custom inlays in fingerboard. Bone saddle and nut. Gold strap button correctly installed in heel.
     This is a very nice sounding guitar that also looks great! Beautiful woods, with even a little 'bearclaw' figure in the Red Spruce top. The fingerboard inlays really work well to make it very distinct and attractive.
     When you add in the custom appointments, a guitar like this ordered new would cost over $4,000. Well... what can we say? Here is a great one with very little sign of prior ownership, for lots less...
 
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Recent Breedlove AC-250 12-string Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. 12-string acous/electric. Mahogany back, sides and neck with Spruce top. Plays fine and sounds great with no problems.
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2011 Breedlove BJ350/SMe4 Atlas Series Studio Bass 'Sold'

     "As New" condition. This is a very nice instrument that has great sound and is in great original condition.
     Beautiful Mahogany back and sides, with a highly figured Mahogany neck. Solid Sitka Spruce top with lots of side ray "silk". Breedlove logo pearl inlay in peghead, small tasteful pearl dots in fingerboard, with extra flourish of pearl inly at 12th fret. Not sure of the tuner brand, but they work very well.
     Rounded Cutaway. Abalone soundhole rosette.
     Comes with great pickup system. LR Baggs "Stage Pro" Element, that not only has 3-band eq, master volume, and notch filter, but also an on-board tuner.
     This is a fine bass. It is in great original condition and plays and sounds great. The timbre from even the lower strings has a great growl. This latest series of the BJ-350 has been "re-adjusted" to be not only significantly lighter, but also much more resonant, and this shows in the great sound.

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2000 Breedlove Deschuttes Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional original condition. Actually this guitar was made before Breedlove officially designated it as the "Deschuttes" model, and was built as a high-end custom in the year 2000.
    Made with beautifully figured Mahogany, with nice wave and quilt patterns in the back and sides. The Mahogany in the neck is quite nice, as well, and shows straight grain with lots of color and character. Select Sitka Spruce top showing lots of silkiness in the medullary rays. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Multiple ivoroid bindings on top, back and fingerboard. Peghead multiple bound with black/white bindings. Gold Grover tuners with pearloid buttons. Wood purflings in soundhole rosette. Well-designed sloping cutaway that facilitates good reach into the upper register. Small dot inlays in fingerboard.
    This guitar puts out good sound and plays great. NO player wear at all.
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2002 Breedlove Northwest Classic Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) original condition, with no player wear. 1 3/4" width at nut. Highly figured Myrtle wood back and sides, with select Sitka Spruce top. Maple neck. Ebony bridge, fingerboard and peghead overlay. Multiple rosewood bindings on top, back and fingerboard. Multiple bound peghead. Venetian (rounded) cutaway. Tasteful inlays of mixed abalone and pearl "totem" figures inlaid in fingerboard. The soundhole has a very nice wide band of abalone inlaid in the rosette.
    Comes with high grade Fishman Rare Earth Humbucking pickup. 
* This pickup mounts in soundhole with no damage to wood or finish, and uses a 1/4" endpin jack professionally installed.
    As we mentioned at the start - this guitar is in great shape with NO player wear. It is set up to play and sounds great.
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c.2007 C.R. Lynch & Son Mahogany Dreadnaut Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This guitar is in great shape, but does have light marks here and there. No appreciable fret wear, no bangs, no repairs.
     Traditional Mahogany Dreadnaut with Englemann Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Body bound with multiple wood and tortoise top binding, back of body has single tortoise binding. Herringbone soundhole rosette. Rosewood peghead overlay with abalone logo inlaid. Pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. McIntyre Feather pickup installed on the bridge plate with an endpin jack. Strap button professionally installed on heel.
     This is a very good handmade guitar. The woods are high-grade, the aesthetics are pleasing, the craftsmanship is very high, and best of all, the performance and delivery of good solid tone are very nice. I am very serious in saying that we delayed listing this guitar for a week or two because I was trying to figure out a way for my wife to let me keep it...
     Mr. Lynch has told us that he may be retiring due to health. The last few of these Lynch Mahogany Dreadnauts were sold to customers by Mr Lynch for $2400. This one is pretty clean and has great sound... for lots less.

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2006 Collings 00-42 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

"As New" Condition! This is a great example of experienced luthiers using top grade materials for the end result of beauty and tone. "AAA" grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. The Brazilian is a very nice quarter-sawn set, and the Adirondack Spruce is very creamy and silky.
    The "style 42" appointments are: Abalone purfling around top edge and soundhole rosette, multiple bound peghead and guitar back, bound fingerboard, Ebony pyramid bridge, abalone inlays of snowflakes and cat eyes in Ebony fingerboard, elaborate torch inlaid in slotted peghead, 1 13/16" width at nut, and Gold Waverly tuners. String spacing at bridge is 2 11/32" (high E to low E).
    This is a wonderful guitar in every way. It has high grade materials, perfect craftsmanship, beauty, feel, and above all, excellent tonal response. For a limited time, take advantage of the "On Sale" price of $8950 w/ OHC.
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2004 Collings 000-1A Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

    Excellent original condition. High grade Mahogany coupled with "AAA" grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. This guitar looks beautiful, sounds beautiful and plays great. Long scale length (25.4"), "000" size guitar with slotted headstock and 12-fret neck joint. This combination of spec's causes the bridge to be positioned a little bit further down on the guitar top, which makes for a timbre and tone that is highly desirable, as the bridge and bridgeplate interact differently with the braces.
     "Shaded" sunburst top, special 'faux tortoise' pickguard, Waverly tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony bridge pins and endpin, with bone saddle and nut. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge.
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New Collings 000-2H Guitar 'Sold'

New Collings 000-2H, indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top, slotted headstock. This guitar has several extra upgrades... bound fingerboard & headstock, 1 3/4" wide fingerboard & 2 3/16" spacing at the bridge.  These options add $500 to the list price of this guitar.
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New Collings 000-2H Guitar 'Sold'

New Collings 000-2H, indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top, slotted headstock. This guitar has several extra upgrades... bound fingerboard & headstock, 1 3/4" wide fingerboard & 2 3/16" spacing at the bridge.  These options add $500 to the list price of this guitar. 
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New Collings C-10 DeLuxe Custom - Short Scale Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

We ordered this one in for a customer. It's sold, but we just had to mention it because it is just such a fine instrument. The short scale length really adds to the tonal beauty, imparting a warmth, depth, and really "friendly" ambience to the full sound. Ordered with a Venetian cutaway and with special inlays. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with a choice piece of Spruce for the top...
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New Collings C-10 Short Scale Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany body, Sitka top . Styled similar to old "L-00" shape. Short scale length, 24 7/8". 1 3/4 width at nut. Sunburst top. Nickel Schaller Mini-tuners. Great sound and responce. Perfect for blues or folk stylings.

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2006 Collings CJ Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Only a few very tiny touch-marks here and there on the top. No fret wear.
     Indian Rosewood with nice high-grade Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small graduated dot pearl inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle. Nickel Waverly vintage style open-back tuners. Multiple Ivoroid bindings: 6-ply along top edge, with 3-ply around back of body, along fingerboard and around peghead. Collings "Haircut" peghead shape. Ebony peghead veneer with Collings logo inlaid in pearl.
     This is a very, very good guitar, with lots of power and presence. Forget about obsessing over Adirondack Red Spruce - this one is Sitka and it sounds great!

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2003 Collings CJ Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(+) Condition. No igns of playiong except minimal marks on some frets.
     Beautiful sunburst Spruce top. Indian Rosewood back, sides and neck with. Multiple Ivoroid binding on top, back fretboard and peghead. Mahogany neck. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated pearl dot inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners.1 11/16" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing.
     Great full sound, low action.

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2011 Collings CW Indian A Guitar 'Sold'

     Like New condition. No problems. No wear anywhere.
     Wide-grained Adirondack Spruce top. Rosewood back and sides. Top has Herringbone binding. Back has multiple Ivoroid bindings, fretboard has single Ivoroid binding. Scalloped Adirondack bracing. Mahogany neck, radiused Ebony fretboard without inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut. Special "speckled" tortoise celluloid pickguard.
     Powerful sound. This guitar is still pretty new and sounds great, but still the next buyer will be treated to hear it "open up" further. Plays smooth and fast and fills up the room with sound.
 

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New Collings D-1 Guitar 'Sold'

1 11/16" width at nut. Mahogany dreadnaut w/ Sitka Spruce top. Advanced, scalloped bracing. Everything like the D-1A, but with Sitka Spruce instead of Adirondack Red Spruce. Listening to the attack and power of these Sitka Spruce guitars will show you that Adirondack Red Spruce is simply a "choice", NOT a necessity. 
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New Collings D-1 Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open-back pre-war style tuners. Bone nut and saddle, Ebony pins. 1 11/16" width at nut.
     I really have to comment on this Mahogany, as it has especially nice grain. It shows the "rope" figure as well as flecked mottling. And... the Sitka top shows lots of character, as well.
     The tone is great - fast attack, good voice, good resonance and good balance.
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2010 Collings D-1 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This guitar was well cared for and has no careless marks, no dings and no appreciable fret wear.
     Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and bone intonated saddle. Ebony bridge pins and endpin. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Collings logo inlaid in headstock. Tortoise multiple bindings around body.
     This is a very, very good guitar. I think in today's world many people are buying D-1A's, when the sound they are looking for is in the D-1. It has fast sharp attack, but without the "glassiness" in the attack of the D-1A's. It has depth, projection, great tone and is very powerful.
     I can heartily recommend this guitar to anyone who is looking for a strong dreadnaut with a great voice that is also in great condition.
   
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New Collings D-1A Varnish Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back and sides with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Varnish finish. One of the best Adirondack tops we've seen on a new Collings. We waited 9 months to get this guitar in stock and it was well worth the wait! 
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New Collings D-1A Guitar 'Sold'

     New guitar. 1 3/4" nut width. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. Here is another example of the great Mahogany dreadnauts from Collings. These D-1A's are very respected as powerhouse guitars. Lots of boom and crisp attack, great balance, plenty of depth, etc. And... they have more bass presence than many people think is possible on Mahogany dreadnauts.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Graduated pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone intonated saddle and bone nut. Ebony pins.
     This is a really great guitar... and you know, they only get better as they age and break-in over time.
 
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New Collings D-1A Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany dreadnaut with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. This is a great guitar. With Collings, you always get great sound, punch, balance, power, finesse, and great workmanship, but in the D-1A guitars you get an added element of bone-jarring chest-thumping presence. The Red Spruce top shows wide grain, silky medullary rays, bookmatched red streaking.
 
 
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New Collings D-1A Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany dreadnaut with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. This is a great guitar. With Collings, you always get great sound, punch, balance, power, finesse, and great workmanship, but in the D-1A guitars you get an added element of bone-jarring chest-thumping presence. The Red Spruce top shows wide grain, silky medullary rays, bookmatched red streaking, and some bearclaw.
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2010 Collings D-1A w/ 1 3/4" Nut Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) original condition. If you try hard enough, you can find 3 or 4 very small insignificant touch marks on this guitar, but it is essentially a new D-1A with a strap button installed on the heel.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small dot inlays on fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Multiple Tortoise bindings on top and back of body.
     This guitar was only owned for a few weeks. The customer had us install a strap button on heel, otherwise it would be thought of as a new guitar.
     Guitar has just arrived in stock, please call for more information.  Photos soon...
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2010 Collings D-1A Guitar 'Sold'

     Almost New condition. Seriously, you just can't get any closer to a brand new guitar than this one... NO dings, no scratches, no hint of fret wear. It is "clean as a whistle". *Strap button professionally installed in neck heel in correct position.
     Very high grade Mahogany back, sides and neck. Beautiful Adirondack Red Spruce top, showing dramatic 'wide-to-tight' grain, lots of silky side rays (medullary rays), and reddish color. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Small graduated dot abalone inlays in fingerboard. 1 11/16" width at nut and 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Waverly nickel open-back tuners. Comes standard with the excellent Collings hard case.
     These guitars are the workhorses of the Collings line. Sought by players for their tonal strength, they are used at highest levels of active professional performers and are favorites among serious amateur acoustic players.
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New Collings D-1A Sunburst. Guitar 'Sold'

1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. 1 1/4" spacing at bridge pins. Beautiful sunburst on the Adirondack Red Spruce top. Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Waverly tuners. This is a very strong guitar. 
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New Collings D-1AV "Vintage Now" Neck Profile Guitar 'Sold'

     New Mahogany powerhouse from Collings. Faithful to all D1A models, it has great Mahogany back, sides and neck, and also very high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top.
     With Collings "V" (Vintage) guitars nowadays, you get to choose between the "Vintage" neck profile or the "Vintage Now" neck profile. I know... it sounds a little confusing...
     The "Vintage Now" neck profile is just a little bit LESS wide and a little LESS deep, as the neck approaches the guitar body. They both start with 1 3/4" width at nut.  So, whereas some people feel the full "Vintage" neck is just too much wood in your hand, the "Vintage Now" neck isn't much more than any good neck today, but just flared a little more like a mid-30's Martin neck.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge; bone nut and saddle; Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Strap button professionally installed by us at the proper location on side of heel.
    Of course, this fine D1AV has all the power and tone you expect from Collings.
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2010 Collings D-1AV w/ "Vintage Now" neck profile Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Here is another great example of Collings' top Mahogany Dreadnaut guitar. Known for explosive power and presence, these D-1A's are a favorite among collectors and serious players, for their high-grade materials, clean construction, and most of all for their sound power.
     High grade Mahogany back, sides and neck with master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. For me, this Red Spruce top is great - wide grain, some light red streaks, and plenty of beautiful "silk" from the medullary rays. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone saddle and nut. 1 3/4" width at nut, 2 1/4" spacing of pins at bridge. Waverly open back tuners. Graduated dot inlays in fingerboard.
     The "Vintage Now" neck profile is following the earlier neck profiles by Martin from the mid-to-late 1930's. Most people are aware that Martin made some truly "giant" neck profiles during that period, with lots of wood under the fingerboard. But recent attention has centered on the fact that there was also an "in between" neck profile that utilized the same nut width and similar flaring of fingerboard as it approaches the neck, but just a little less thick and meaty feel to the neck shape. This is the shape of the "vintage now" profile - still a "full" feeling neck, but just a little more ergonomic shaping of the profile.
     This is a very strong instrument.
 
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New Collings D-1AV Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany dreadnaut with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" neck width at nut. Vintage profile neck true to the old '30's Martin necks, with wider flare in the fingerboard as it approaches the body, and more "meat" in the thickness of the neck. 2 3/8" string spacing at bridge.
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2001 Collings D-1AV Left-handed Guitar 'Sold'

Exc condition. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck, with high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. The "V" signifies the "Vintage Option" which includes: 1 3/4" width at nut, wider string spacing(2 5/16") at bridge, full profile back of neck, and a "cut through" bridge saddle. Upgraded cut diamond inlays in fingerboard & low-profile bone bridge pins. Speckled "CW" style pickguard. The tone is huge and expressive. There are very little signs of player wear - all in all, it is a very nice guitar, with great frets. This guitar ordered new today would cost over $4700 from Collings...


 
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2009 Collings D-1AVN w/ "Vintage Now" Neck Profile Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. All original, with almost no signs of prior ownership. There are just a few very light "touch marks", otherwise it is in perfect shape.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Graduated pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone intonated saddle and bone nut. Ebony pins.
     The "Vintage Now" neck:
This neck profile is a more ergonomic rendition of the larger neck profiles seen in many guitars from the 1930's. I have a 1939 Martin D-18 with a very similar neck profile to this. According to Martin, one of Del McCoury's original late 1930's Martin guitars also has this "in-between" profile. The fingerboard does "flare" a bit as it approaches the body, but just not as much as the full "Vintage" profile. There is a little more wood behind the fingerboard, just not the full "baseball bat" heft as some of the mid-'30's Martins had.
     This guitar is a fine one - all the snap and boom, but just a little more opened-up than a brand new one. The discounted price for a NEW Collings D-1AVN like this one is $4297. This one is already on its way to maturing and opening up, and is selling for several hundred less...
     This guitar is all set-up to play and sounds really great. Very strong punch, clear and clean attack, and great balance all the way up and down the neck.
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New Collings D-1V Adirondack Spruce Braces Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Mahogany Dreadnaut with Sitka Spruce top and Adirondack Red Spruce bracing under the top. No tongue brace. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing in bridge. "Vintage Now" neck option, which means the neck isn't the huge "Vintage" neck, but a slightly slimmer version like Martin did around 1938 and 1939. This neck is more full feeling, but not the huge 'baseball bat' neck profile. The fingerboard flares slightly wider as you approach the body.
     The Adirondack Spruce braces are employed to add a certain amount of stiffness to the Sitka top for more tonal definition and punch as the top opens-up over time.
     Guitar has just arrived from Collings - please give us a little time for photos and sound samples.
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New Collings D-1V w/ Adirondack Red Spruce braces Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Mahogany Dreadnaut with Sitka Spruce top and Adirondack Red Spruce bracing under the top. No tongue brace. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing in bridge. "Vintage Now" neck option, which means the neck isn't the huge "Vintage" neck, but a slightly slimmer version like Martin did around 1938 and 1939. This neck is more full feeling, but not the huge 'baseball bat' neck profile. The fingerboard flares slightly wider as you approach the body.
     The Adirondack Spruce braces are employed to add a certain amount of stiffness to the Sitka top for more tonal definition and punch as the top opens-up over time.
     This guitar is a great sounding instrument - they exhibit great punch and attack with an "edge" or "bite" to the sound. On this guitar the sustain is remarkable.
 
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New Collings D-2H w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Bracing Guitar 'Sold'

     New guitar. 1 23/32" width at nut. Indian Rosewood back and sides. Select Sitka Spruce top with Adirondack Red Spruce braces. No tongue brace.
     Herringbone purflings around top, with outer multiple ivoroid bindings around top and back edge. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony pins. Nickel Waverly tuners.
     Usually we have been ordering 'straight' D-2H guitars from Collings, with Sitka tops and Sitka bracing... But we've heard very nice results from Sitka Spruce mated with Adirondack Red Spruce braces. The idea is for the Spruce top to retain a little more stiffness, so that as it "breaks-in" or "opens-up", it doesn't lose the cutting power.   
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New Collings D-2H Guitar 'Sold'

Rosewood Dreadnaut with sitka Spruce top. 1 11/16" fingerboard width at nut. Herringbone purflings with Ivoroid bindings on body. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly tuners.
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2000 Collings D-2H Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional original condition. This is a great sounding and great playing D-2H that is "nearly new". Indian Rosewood back and sides, Sitka Spruce top. Ivoroid body bindings with wooden herringbone purfling. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly tuners.
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2004 Collings D-2H AAA Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

1 11/16" width at nut. All "AAA" grade Brazilian and Adirondack Red Spruce top.
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New Collings D-2H Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

1 11/16" width at nut. All "AAA" grade Brazilian and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Same great Brazilian dreadnaut we always order from Collings and they always deliver - great woods, great tone. Makes you forget all about mortgaging your house for a '30's Herringbone.
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New Collings D-2H Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

1 3/4" width at nut. "AAA" grade woods: Quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Because the high-grade quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood is so hard to get, these guitars take approximately 14 months order time. Brazilian Rosewood gets a little more scarce every year... especially quarter-sawn sets. Right out of the box this guitar is fantastic! - fast attack, great tone and timbre, shocking resonance, and power. 
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New Collings D-2HA Guitar 'Sold'

     One of the most popular guitars we sell, the Collings Rosewood dreadnauts have been a favorite since the late 1970's. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck, and Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 11/16" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners.
     Cutting power with warmth - that's what this guitar is all about.
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New Collings D-2HA Adirondack "Red Spruce" Top Guitar 'Sold'

1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top with bearclaw figure. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly vintage style open-backed tuners. Collings logo inlaid in headstock. Cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. A very fine sounding guitar with lots of attack, punch, and projection. These Adirondack Red Spruce guitars are known for their power, and have a very satisfying way of opening up over initial months, and carry through with further tonal development over the years. 
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New Collings D-2HA Adirondack "Red Spruce" Top Guitar 'Sold'

1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top with bearclaw figure. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly vintage style open-backed tuners. Collings logo inlaid in headstock. Cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. A very fine sounding guitar with lots of attack, punch, and projection. These Adirondack Red Spruce guitars are known for their power, and have a very satisfying way of opening up over initial months, and carry through with further tonal developement over the years.
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New Collings D-2HA Adirondack "Red Spruce" Top Guitar 'Sold'

1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Wide strait grained Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly vintage style open-backed tuners. Collings logo inlaid in headstock. Cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. A very fine sounding guitar with lots of attack, punch, and projection. These Adirondack Red Spruce guitars are known for their power, and have a very satisfying way of opening up over initial months, and carry through with further tonal development over the years.
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New Collings D-2HA Adirondack "Red Spruce" Top Guitar 'Sold'

1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top with bearclaw figure. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly vintage style open-backed tuners. Collings logo inlaid in headstock. Cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. A very fine sounding guitar with lots of attack, punch, and projection. These Adirondack Red Spruce guitars are known for their power, and have a very satisfying way of opening up over initial months, and carry through with further tonal developement over the years. 
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New Collings D-2HAV Red Spruce Top & "Vintage Now" Neck Guitar 'Sold'

     Another Collings with the great "Vintage Now" neck. These profiles are the "gentleman's version" to the old "Vintage" necks which were copies of the big, full necks that mid-'30's Martins employed. This newer profile is still using the 1 3/4" width at nut, and still flares the fingerboard as it approaches the body, just not quite as much. It also has a slightly wider pin spacing at bridge - just not quite as much as full "Vintage" option has. Likewise, the profile on back of neck has slightly less "meat" then the full "Vintage" profile does.
     Beautiful and powerful guitar! Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle, with Ebony end pin and bridge pins. Waverly nickel tuners.
     This is typical of Collings, being very strong even as a day-old guitar. We'll have photos if it doesn't sell before we can take them...
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New Collings D-2HAV Bearclaw Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New Collings Rosewood body Dreadnaut with Bearclaw Adirondack Red Spruce top, Mahogany neck and Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 3/4" nut width combined with Collings' "Vintage Now" neck. This means the neck does flare out toward the bridge, but only about half-way toward the real wide 1937 Martin fingerboards. This is a close dimension to Del McCoury's original Martin neck. Not only is the fingerboard not quite flared as 'wide', the neck is a little beefier than a standard neck today but not quite as 'thick' as a 1937 'big' Martin neck. Many players in our store call this a 'perfect' neck profile, so naturally we have begun to order lots of them from Collings.
     This D-2HAV has the usual appointments - Wooden herringbone purflings around top edge of body, with multiple ivoroid bindings showing on outside edge of top and back. Nickel Waverly tuners. Ebony end pin and bridge pins. Bone saddle and nut. Rosewood back has traditional marquetry strip down center seam.
     Talk about 'real' sound... this guitar has it.
     Crisp attack and full balanced tone. It will quickly fill a room with beautiful sound.
    
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New Collings D-2HAV Red Spruce Top & "Vintage Now" Neck Guitar 'Sold'

     Another Collings with the great "Vintage Now" neck. These profiles are the "gentleman's version" to the old "Vintage" necks which were copies of the big, full necks that mid-'30's Martins employed. This newer profile is still using the 1 3/4" width at nut, and still flares the fingerboard as it approaches the body, just not quite as much. It also has a slightly wider pin spacing at bridge - just not quite as much as full "Vintage" option has. Likewise, the profile on back of neck has slightly less "meat" then the full "Vintage" profile does.
     Beautiful and powerful guitar! Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle, with Ebony end pin and bridge pins. Waverly nickel tuners.

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New Collings D-2HBaaaA - AAA Brazilian and Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

This is an exceedingly rare guitar nowadays from Collings. This guitar is just now coming to us, though we ordered it two years ago from Collings. This demonstrates how scarce and precious the highest grades of Brazilian Rosewood have become. The folks at Collings tell us that future orders of "AAA" Brazilian guitars will come with quite a higher price tag than this one...
    1 11/16" width at nut. Especially beautiful "AAA" grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, that show off quarter-sawn grain with added "maiden hair" figure. Some luthiers grade this wood "Master Grade" because of the added beauty of the figured wood as well as having great color and quarter-sawn orientation. Master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top that shows off lots of medulary rays. 
    Grained ivoroid bindings on top and back, with Herringbone top purfling. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open back tuners (made in Montana, by the way). As with all Collings guitars, you get an excellent bone saddle and nut and Ebony bridge pins and endpin.
    Typical of Collings tonal consistency, this guitar came to us sounding great... yet we know that whoever is savvy enough to buy this guitar will have the rare treat of hearing it open up further, maturing in tone and expression over the coming years to even another level of greatness.
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New Collings D-2HBaaaA - Quarter-sawn Brazilian, with Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

This is a very rare guitar nowadays from Collings. This guitar is just now coming to us, though we ordered it two years ago from Collings. This demonstrates how scarce and precious the highest grades of Brazilian Rosewood have become. The folks at Collings tell us that future orders of "AAA" Brazilian guitars will come with quite a higher price tag than this one...
    1 11/16" width at nut. Beautiful "AAA" grade quarter-sawn straight-grained Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top that shows off lots of medulary rays and some interesting smoky figure. 
    Grained ivoroid bindings on top and back, with Herringbone top purfling. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open back tuners (made in Montana, by the way). As with all Collings guitars, you get an excellent bone saddle and nut and Ebony bridge pins and endpin.
    Typical of Collings tonal consistency, this guitar came to us sounding great... yet we know that whoever is savvy enough to buy this guitar will have the rare treat of hearing it open up further, maturing in tone and expression over the coming years to even another level of greatness.
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New Collings D-2HG German Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     This is a wonderful guitar. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with very high-grade German Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Wooden Herringbone purflings on top edge. Multiple ivoroid body bindings. Waverly pre-war style nickel tuning machines. Ebony bridge pins and endpin. Bone nut and saddle. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut.
     As good as the Collings guitars are with Adirondack Red Spruce tops are, we feel that these German Spruce top examples are much more open to start with. In other words, you don't have to play away the sharpness of the Adirondack sound waiting for it to 'round off a bit'.
     Extremely full sound with just the right "bite" to the attack. This is really a great instrument - it is hard to put it down after you start to play it.
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New Collings D-2HGV w/ German Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Just arriving in stock. Indian Rosewood back & sides, with Mahogany neck. German Spruce top, with Adirondack Red Spruce braces. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Waverly vintage style open-back tuners.
     "Vintage Now" neck profile - meaning 1 3/4" width at nut, and some slight flare and depth increase in the fingerboard toward the joint with guitar body. Cut-thru saddle slot. German top has slight aging toner applied.
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New Collings D-3 Brazilian Guitar 'Sold'

Adirondack red Spruce top, "A" grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Abalone sound hole rosette. Bound fingerboard. Multiple bound body and headstock. Gold Waverly tuners. 1 11/16" fingerboard width. Getting a Brazilian guitar from Collings is incredibly difficult these days. We were lucky to have had several ordered before Collings cut off new Brazilian orders in 2007.
   *Our usual practice has been to order Collings Brazilian guitars with "AAA" grade woods. But lately, with the diminishing supply of these Brazilian sets, we are working with Collings to choose appropriate sets of slightly lower grade Brazilian  in order to get a supply of guitars.
Grade of "AAA" usually means that visually it is even-colored and even-grained, with predominant quarter-sawn grain orientation.
Grade of "AA" can mean mostly quarter-sawn but with color blotches, or it can mean partially quarter-sawn.
Grade of "A" can mean some quarter-sawn straight grain, but with color blotches, like this D-3 has.
Our new D-3 has predominantly straight-grain wood in center of back, then leans toward flat-sawn wood at wider parts. It also has darker streaks in the wood.
"Sound-wise"... this guitar has every bit of the presence and power that you come to expect from Collings Brazilian Dreadnauts.
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New Collings D1 Guitar 'Sold'

     New. 1 11/16" width at nut. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Sitka Spruce top with plenty of lovely silky side rays. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Ebony pins. Waverly nickel tuners. Graduated size pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Multiple tortoise binding on top edge, single tortoise binding on back.
     It's always been a little bit funny how so many people buy Collings guitars with Adirondack Red Spruce tops as if it is a necessity. Sure, they sound great... but so do the Sitka topped models like this one. Powerful and full sound with lots of 'gusto', without the longer break-in periods for Adirondack.
     This is a very fine example of a hot Mahogany guitar with great attack, great balance, depth and power. The set-up is very nice.
 

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New Collings D1 Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Sitka Spruce top. 1 11/16" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Comes with great 5-ply TKL American Vintage Series case.     If you walked in here today and played this guitar, you wouldn't think twice about it not having an expensive Red Spruce top... The sound is fast and crisp, with great balance and depth. In short it is a really great guitar that anyone would be proud to own.
 
 
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c1998 Collings D1 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Here is a fine condition Collings D-1 for a great price. Select Mahogany back, sides and neck, with choice Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony pins. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners.
     This guitar is very smooth and very powerful. Previous owner obviously took very good care of it - no cracks, no repairs, no lacquer finish checks - only has a few light touch marks here and there, certainly nothing to think twice about.
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New Collings D1A 1 3/4" Nut Width Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Nice tight grained Adirondack spruce top, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound with outer tortoise binding. Back is single bound with tortoise. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated Pearl dot inlays.Nickel Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     Great, big sound with lots of power.

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New Collings D1A Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Nice Adirondack Spruce top, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound with outer tortoise binding. Back is single bound with tortoise. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated Pearl dot inlays.Nickel Waverly tuners. 1 11/16" width at nut.
     Great, big sound with lots of power. Smooth action.

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New Collings D1A w/ 1 3/4" Nut Width Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. High grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Collings logo inlaid in Ebony peghead overlay. Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Multiple tortoise bindings around top edge of guitar. Tortoise bindings on back edge of guitar.
     This guitar just arrived and the first guy to play it here was one of our favorite players, Bill Neaves. He took it into the studio to record some sound samples and quickly announced that he really liked it and that it was a very strong guitar.
     In general, D-1A's have almost become the "standard" of the modern Mahogany Dreadnaut guitars. They are known for their thunderous sound, much like the revered pre-war D-18's of the 1930's and early 1940's.

 

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New Collings D1A Guitar 'Sold'

     Fresh in from Collings - their top of the line Mahogany Dreadnaut. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. Ebony fingerboard with small dot inlay. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Body bound with tortoise, with multiple lines showing on top edge. Ebony peghead overlay.
     D1A guitars seem to be one of those instruments that I hear people regularly commenting on, saying things like, 'one day I'm gonna get one of those'... Or, 'wow, that thing is a powerhouse guitar'. All you have to do to hear it for yourself is to sit down with one for a little while and play it.
     This one is very strong, with all the cutting power you need, the depth and presence, and clear beautiful tone. Nobody will ever state that Mahogany guitars can be thin sounding when this guitar is in the room.
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New Collings D1A VN Guitar 'Sold'

     New. One of the most respected guitars of our time... and sure to be a favorite among vintage collectors and serious players in the future, these Mahogany Dreadnauts are very powerful with wonderful presence and tone.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck, with high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle.
     1 3/4" width at nut, 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 'VN' designation means "Vintage Now"... which is a slightly slimmer pre-war neck profile that is very comfortable.
 

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2008 Collings D1ASB Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Quite nice condition with no dings or dents and no fret wear. There are 2 or 3 of the tiniest touch-marks on the Spruce top, but even I have a hard time finding them.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck with Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Beautiful light sunburst top. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony bridgepins and endpin.
     The Red Spruce top shows typical wide grain transition to tight grain in center of top.
     This is a very nice playing guitar. We just got it in and put a fresh set of med phosphor-bronze strings on it and it sounds great - very enunciated and full. We don't get many 2 year old D1A guitars in here and its always a treat when we do, because we get to hear them after the 'sharpness' of the Adirondack Red Spruce top has eased up a bit.
     If you are looking for a good used Collings, this may be the one for you. The same guitar sells new for over a thousand dollars more than our price on this fine example.
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New Collings D1AV w/ "Vintage Now" Neck Guitar 'Sold'

     This is the venerable 'bone shaker' Mahogany Dreadnaut from Collings. Built with choice Mahogany back, sides and neck, and highest grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony pins. Bone saddle and nut. Waverly vintage style open-back tuners.
     Dreadnaut guitars from Collings are available with several choices for fingerboard width at nut and also for profile of the neck.
     Collings tends to really "dial in" the feel of a 1 3/4" nut width, causing it to feel 'right', even to many players who do not seek a wider neck.
     The "Vintage Now" neck profile means that the pin spacing at bridge is slightly wider than standard, but not quite as wide as a mid-'30's Martin Dreadnaut had.
     Again - this compromise allows the feel to be shifted to what some would feel to be an advantage in playing comfort, without pushing it all the way to what many consider to be 'too much'.
     Because of these things working so well, we have many customers who have proclaimed it the 'ideal neck' for feel.
 
 
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New Collings D1AVN Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Really, what can I say about a guitar like this...? If you are reading this, you probably already know Collings' guitars, and possibly have played and heard a D-1A.
     If you already are familiar with these models, you don't need to be told about their tone and power and projection.
     If you are not familiar with them, please read on:
     D-1A's have established themselves as one of the hottest flatpicking guitars ever designed and built. They deliver a crisp, bold attack, with plenty of "boom" in the lower register. They have depth to balance the clear, clean highs.
     When brand new, these Adirondack top D-1A's sound great, but after a few months of being "alive", they begin to open up tremendously, with the attack changing to be more full and less strident. After one year they are on their way to being fully opened-up, but it is really after about 2 years that you begin to hear the guitar sounding more like a true vintage sound than a new guitar.
     Seriously... I rank these guitars in highest category of Mahogany Dreadnaut, and cannot think of a rival guitar that out performs them.
     High grade Mahogany back, sides and neck. "AAA" Adirondack Red Spruce top with very wide grain lines throughout. Ebony fingerboard and bridge and peghead overlay. Graduated pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle.
     The designation, "VN", means "Vintage Now" neck profile. This means that this guitar has 1 3/4" width at nut and also has a slightly larger neck profile in your hands. The neck isn't really thick, because the "Vintage Now" profile is close to a 1930's and 1940's Martin profile that was 'in-between' the really wide and thick necks and the later slimmer necks from around 1940 and on.

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New Collings D1VN w/ Adirondack Bracing Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Choice Sitka Spruce top with Adirondack Red Spruce braces. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 3/4" width at nut. "Vintage Now" neck profile.

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New Collings D1VN Guitar 'Sold'

     New. This is an exceptionally fine sounding guitar.
     Choice Sitka Spruce top with Adirondack Red Spruce scalloped bracing. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Ebony fingerboard, peghead overlay and bridge. Graduated dot inlays in fingerboard. "Collings" logo inlaid in peghead. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle, Ebony pins. No tongue brace. "Vintage Now" neck and bridge - this means the nut width is 1 3/4" and bridge pin spacing is 2 1/4".
     This guitar sounds much more mature than it's age. When played against your chest, it resonates your chest and sternum. Tremendous sound that fills the area. Very punchy, with nice color and depth.

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2001 Collings D2H Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) Condition. One ding on the top. Choice Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck, 1 11/16" width at nut. Waverly tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Great open sound that you would expect from an 11 year Collings. We don't get used Collings Dreadnought very often and they don't usually stick around very long...
    



 
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Like New Collings D2H German Spruce Vintage Now Neck Profile Guitar 'Sold'

Here's a chance to own a basically brand new (2012) Collings at about $600 less than a new one. This guitar is in "as new" condition... No marks, nicks or scratches. Frets show only the very slightest sign of wear and could be easily made new again with a light milling.
     Indian Rosewood back & sides. Mahogany neck. German (European) Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle. 1 3/4" width at nut, 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 'VN' designation means "Vintage Now"... which is a slightly slimmer pre-war neck profile that is very comfortable and popular among players these days.

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New Collings D2H German Spruce Top "Vintage Now" Guitar 'Sold'

New. Indian Rosewood back, sides Mahogany neck, with German (European) Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle.
1 3/4" width at nut, 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 'VN' designation means "Vintage Now"... which is a slightly slimmer pre-war neck profile that is very comfortable and popular among players.

 

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New Collings D2HA Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     It is extremely hard to get these "AAA" Brazilian Rosewood dreadnauts from Collings in the last 2 years. We were lucky in that we had a track record with Collings for ordering these fine guitars from them over the previous years, and were on order for several of them when they anounced a moratorium on new Brazilian orders. So, this guitar was actually ordered over 2 years ago.
     This guitar has many of the great options that make them so enjoyable to play: 1 3/4" width at nut; "Vintage now" neck and bridge option, which flares the fingerboard like pre-war guitars, but just not as wide as the widest ones;  2 1/4" pin spacing at the bridge; Waverly open-back tuners; Bone nut and saddle, and Ebony bridge pins and end pin. And, of course, the excellent quarter-sawn "AAA" grade Brazilian and Adirondack Red Spruce.
     The "usual" D-2HA appointments are also here, like the wooden herringbone purfling around top, multiple ivoroid/black/ivoroid bindings on top and back, Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 
     Same great Brazilian dreadnaut we always order from Collings and they always deliver - great woods, great tone. Makes you forget all about mortgaging your house for a '30's Herringbone.
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New Collings D2HA Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

Indian Rosewood back and sides. Adirondack "Red Spruce" Top. Dreadnaut Body. 1 11/16" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge.
Wooden herringbone top purfling, with ivoroid outer bindings on top and back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly pre-war open-back tuners. Bone saddle and nut.
This guitar came in just today. More info and photos next week.

 

 

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2009 Collings D2HA Guitar 'Sold'

     Near-mint condition. This guitar was owned, but never used. There is one very slight ding hardly worth mentioning on the back of the peghead between the tuners. Everything else is clean and original.
     One of the most popular guitars we sell, the Collings Rosewood dreadnauts have long been a favorite among serious players. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck, and Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners.
     This guitar has great cutting power with warmth and presence. Very well balanced, very quick attack.

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2007 Collings D2HA Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. NO wear! NO signs of prior ownership. Select Indian Rosewood back and sides with high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly nickel open back tuners. Bone saddle and nut, Ebony bridge pins and end pin.
          Wooden Herringbone purflings around top edge, inside ivoroid outer bindings. Diamond volute under nut. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard.
     This guitar is just like buying one brand new. The condition is really great and the sound is great, with a big, open sound. Save around $500 buying this one rather than a brand new one.
     There is a bonus feature for buying a 2-year old Collings guitar with Adirondack Red Spruce top. It takes just about 2 years for Collings dreadnaut guitars with Red Spruce to really exhibit signs of being fully "opened up"... So, purchasing this "new condition" guitar buys you a 2-year jump on the usual 'break-in' period. What this means is that the Red Spruce begins to 'round off' its sharpness of attack and settle into a more 'friendly-sounding' guitar.
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New Collings D2HG w/ German Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Indian Rosewood Dreadnaut with German Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge.
     Wooden herringbone top purfling, with ivoroid outer bindings on top and back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly pre-war open-back tuners. Bone saddle and nut.
     We have been ordering some of these D-2H guitars with German tops for a few years now, and have been very happy with every one. In today's excitement of ordering instruments, many people just think that Adirondack Red Spruce is the "best" tonewood for a top. This is not true at all. Red Spruce has many desirable characteristics, but so does German Spruce, Lutz Spruce, Italian Spruce, Englemann Spruce, and Sitka Spruce.
     Most of today's Collings guitars made with Red Spruce require a fairly lengthy 'break-in' period because the wood is so hard and stiff (longitudinally and laterally). German Spruce, however, allows you to enjoy a more "open" sound right away, as the characteristics of the Spruce are allowing it to be more resonant more quickly.
     The German Spruce Collings guitars have a very nice "growl" and "snarl" and very strong expressive highs... and gives it to you at a price $450 LOWER than if you choose Red Spruce. Don't get me wrong, I love Red Spruce... but it is impossible to ignore how great German Spruce sounds when compared to Red Spruce. Time after time here in our store we've listened to them compared to each other, and had the German Spruce guitar "win" against Red Spruce.
 

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Collings OM-1G 1
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New Collings OM-1G Short Scale w/ German Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Traditional "OM" body with 24 7/8" scale length and German Spruce top.
     We've been very impressed with this formula of the 14-fret OM body with short scale for some time. It is very apparent how the scale length allows more warmth and a slightly looser feel. It works well with fingerpicking as well as strumming or flatpicking.
     German Spruce is quite an excellent tone wood. It 'breaks-in' relatively fast and conveys very good strength and growl.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. German Spruce top. Waverly nickel open-back tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small dots inlaid in fingerboard. Bone intonated saddle, bone nut. Ebony pins.

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Collings OM-2H 1
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New Collings OM-2H Brazilian Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

Red Spruce top. AA grade Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Cutaway body.
*This guitar was ordered by one of our customers in Japan. Please contact us for a current quote and other available options.
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Collings OM-2H 1
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New Collings OM-2H Short Scale Guitar 'Sold'

Short-scale (24 7/8") OM. 1 11/16" width at nut. German spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly tuners. Bone nut and saddle, with ebony bridgepins and endpin. This guitar is designed to be a newer version of a 1934-1944 era 000-28. It sounds great and plays with a wide-open feel. Please call for availability... 406/327-9925
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Collings OM-3A 1
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2001 Collings OM-3A Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

AAA grade brazilian rosewood back & sides and Adirondack top. Sunburst top. Bound fingerboard and peghead. Abalone soundhole rosette. Wonderful sound and playability. 
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Collings OM2 1
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1992 Collings OM2 "Vintage" Collings Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc Condition with some player wear. This is an early guitar from Collings, from the period when they were making a few dozen guitars per year. Select Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Mahogany neck and select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with abalone small cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle, Ebony bridge pins.
     Guitar has been recently set-up to play well, and has intonated saddle. Pickup professionally installed - not sure of make at this time, but it works very well. One repaired crack at endpin jack.
     This is a solid investment guitar that plays easy and sounds just wonderful. The first 500 or even the first 1000 Collings guitars are quite sought-after, and buyers seek them as they would true "vintage" guitars.
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Collings OM2H Short Scale 1
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New Collings OM2H Short Scale German Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

German spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides. 1 3/4" width at nut. Short scale... 24 7/8". Nickel Waverly tuners. Ivoriod bound with Herringbone trim.

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Collings OM3 Mahogany 1
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2005 Collings OM3 Mahogany Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. "Clean as a pin". There are a few minor touch marks on the instrument and just some slight fret wear.
     All Mahogany construction, with choice Mahogany back, sides, neck AND top. Blank Ebony fingerboard. Ebony peghead overlay with Collings logo inlaid in pearl. Multiple wooden bindings around top and back of body, with outer ivoroid binding. Ivoroid binding along fingerboard. Multiple bound peghead with outer ivoroid bindings.Ivoroid heelcap. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Abalone soundhole rosette. Small tortoise teardrop pickguard.
     Comes set-up with an excellent professional pick-up system. Professionally installed K&K pickup wired to a Crown GLM microphone element. The K&K piezo elements are mounted onto the bridgeplate, while the Crown mic is clipped to a back brace with mic aimed up toward the soundhole.
     The sound of this fine Mahogany OM is really great. It has opened-up very well and is fully resonant. It is very well balanced, with big bold bass notes and clear, clean expressive highs. Lots of sound with fast, sure attack. Besides the utility of this instrument, it is also one of the most handsome guitars we've had in here in some time.
     The new selling price for this guitar (including the nice pickup system), is $4900 - $5000. This one is very close to "newish" condition, AND  comes with about $300 worth of excellent electronics installed, for only $3850.
     To me, this guitar has everything - great unique "look", great feel and set-up, great "opened-up" tone, great electronics and great price.
    

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Crafters of Tennessee Tennessee Flattop - Maple 1
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c.2004 Crafters of Tennessee Tennessee Flattop - Maple Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. A few lines of finish checking on top. Only has slight signs of prior handling and playing. It was bought new and mostly kept in the case.
     Beautiful flamed Maple back and sides that are accented by honey amber finish color. Mahogany neck. Bearclaw figured Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Nickel Grover pre-war style open-back tuners. Bridge has "thru" saddle. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Multiple bindings on top and back of body. Cream heelcap. Diamond volute behind nut. MOP dot inlays in fingerboard. 25 1/2" scale length.1 3/4" width at nut.
     This guitar is in great shape and is set up to play. It sounds quite good and sounds very full.
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Epiphone Broadway 1
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1943 Epiphone Broadway Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition (Professional Refinish.) Top playing condition, with no issues, nothing needed. Guitar refinished some time ago by a professional. It appears to be a beautiful, hand-rubbed finish. All-original parts.
     Spruce top, flamed Maple back. Fully bound top, back, neck and peghead. Matching cream heelcap Top and back show multiple black lines inside the outer binding. Original tortoise pick-guard, "Frequensator tailpiece", compensated rosewood adjustable bridge and tuners. Radiused rosewood fingerboard with pearl block inlays. Large Epiphone logo inlaid in headstock with tasteful floral pattern below.
     Great sounding archtop, this is your ticket for the David Rawlings sound.

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Epiphone El Capitan BASS 1
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c1990 Epiphone El Capitan BASS Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Four-string acous/elec Bass. Maple back, sides and neck with Sitka Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard. Fully bound with ivoroid bindings, with multiple lines showing on top edge of body and around soundhole rosette. Rosewood bridge with built-in piezo pickup in bridge saddle.
     This bass shows excellent construction from Korean period of manufacture. Pickup has several great features - one is the built-in control panel, which has a 5-band EQ and volume control and "anti-feedback" switch. The other is the output, where you can choose to plug in a 1/4" hi-impedence normal guitar cable, or choose to use a low-impedence 3-pin "mic" cable.
     This instrument is in really great shape, with no dings and no signs of previous owner player wear. It works good acoustically, but sounds great when plugged in.
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Esteve Classical GR-09 1
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1997 Esteve Classical GR-09 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc Condition. Select Rosewood back and sides cedar top. Excellent tone. Hand-built in Spain.
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Fender Tele 60th Anniversary 1
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2011 Fender Tele 60th Anniversary Guitar 'Sold'

     New Condition. Hardly any signs this guitar was ever played. 60th anniversary 1951 Fender Tele Re-issue. Black pickguard blonde finish. No sign of playing on fretboard or body.
    Ash body with see-through blonde finish. Maple neck with radiused fingerboard and black dot inlays. B/W/B pickguard. Two single coil pickups with 3-way switch and master volume and tone knobs. "Fender 60th anniversary" commemorative neck plate.
     Nice tele reissue, it has the same great look and feel as the 1951 originals. Sounds great, plays great.

 

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Gallagher Doc Watson 1
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c. 2005 Gallagher Doc Watson Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional Original Condition. This could easily pass for a new guitar.
     Spruce top with Herringbone binding. Nice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Ivoroid binding on top, back and peghead. Decorative center-seam inlay down back. Radiused Ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Mahogany peghead overlay with Gallagher logo inlaid. Schaller tuners.
     Nice sound. Great for flatpicking, good for fingerpicking. Nice low action, the truss rod responds very well to adjustments. This guitar has MORE snap in the attack and MORE projection than I usually expect to hear.
 

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Gallagher GC-70 1
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Recent Gallagher GC-70 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition. Only slight evidence of player wear on frets only. The body just has a couple of small touch marks and that's it. No cracks, no repairs.
     Similar body size to a 000.  24 3/4" scale length. 1 3/4" nut width. Neck is a rounded V shape. Ivoroid bindings on top and back of body, along fingerboard, and around peghead. Herringbone purfling along top edge and soundhole rossette. Rosewood peghead overlay with Gallagher logo inlaid, and "flourish" in the middle. Ebony fingerboard with "diamond" and "cat-eye" inlay. Diamond volute on underside of peghead. Ebony bridge with two Abalone dots inlaid. Ebony heelcap. Ebony end wedge meitered in with multiple wood edging. Decorative back strip along center of back. Tortoise pickguard.
     Nice sound with lots of resonance.

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Gibson Advanced Jumbo 1
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2001 Gibson Advanced Jumbo Handmade Custom by Kevin Kopp Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Very high-grade quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Multiple wood bindings on top edge and back of guitar, with mother of pearl purflings on top, back, and center strip in back. End pin wedge is same Rosewood as outer body bindings, and is beautifully mitered-in with the multiple binding strips. Ebony fingerboard is bound with Rosewood. Rosewood bridge. Peghead and fingerboard are inlaid with a very nice engraved pearl pattern. Waverly tuners. Pre-war style 3-color sunburst.
    This custom Advanced Jumbo was hand built in its entirety by Kevin Kopp during his last months of working for Gibson, and it shows off its true handmade pedigree when you examine it's exterior, or interior, or just listen to it's superb voice.
    There are some small dings on the upper bout of top on bass side, probably from a case latch, or a stray pick mark. The lacquer on the sunburst top shows finish checks all over. Because of the trick of light, at some angles these are not so apparent, while at other angles they appear easily. This guitar sounds absolutely great.
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Gibson B-25 1
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c.1965 Gibson B-25 X-Braced Top Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(-) condition. Small body X-braced guitar. All original except new vintage repro tuners. Mahogany back, sides, and neck, with Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original adjustable bridge has original rosewood saddle. This guitar is pretty nice. It looks great, it feels great, and is a perfect authentic vintage Gibson for a serious starter. Fingerboard width at nut is narrow - about 1 9/16", which makes it perfect for a young player. It has the normal 24 3/4" Gibson "short scale" length. There is one repaired pickguard crack along upper inside edge of pickguard and one small crack repaired in top at treble end of bridge. All original finish does show some checking in large areas, especially in the back.
    Again... this is a perfect guitar for a young player. It was owned and used by Greg Boyd's son, Joey, for several years, but now that he is turning 16 his hands require 1 11/16" nut width.
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Gibson Banner LG-2 1
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c1942 Gibson Banner LG-2 w/ Maple back, sides and neck Guitar 'Sold'

     Good condition. Several professionally repaired top cracks. One repaired back crack. Heavy signs of wear on body and neck of guitar. The finish is checked and dinged. The finish on the neck is almost completely worn through, but the frets are in great shape. The banner headstock is in good condition, although dinged up a little. Remnants of artwork on the pickguard.
     Spruce Top. Maple back, sides and neck. Three piece neck with Rosewood stringers. Newer copy Rosewood bridge. Single binding on top and back of body. Rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Peghead with original tuners - "D" string tuner has bent shaft, but still tunes well. "Only A Gibson Is Good Enough" banner in headstock. 24 3/4" scale length, 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This is a great guitar if you look past the few flaws in it's appearance. The sound is gorgeous, with more openness and less of the boxiness that this style of Gibson is known for. Recent professional neck reset, fret job, bridge, braces glued, etc. In short, it's set-up wonderfully and has a great sound.

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Gibson Country Western 1
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1967 Gibson Country Western Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Three repaired cracks in the top - one parallel to center seam from bass side of bridge to the lower binding, and two that are along the Spruce grain between soundhole and waist on bass side. Original parts and original finish. Finish shows finish checking throughout. Peghead shows some lacquer chips at edge and some wear from leaning against walls.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. 1 5/8" width at nut. Multiple bindings on top and back. single binding along fingerboard. "B-band" pickup installed professionally in guitar.
     This is a very good sounding guitar. It has a strong bold attack, good tonal development. Lots of depth and good balance.

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Gibson Country Western 1
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1966 Gibson Country Western Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition. One small professionally repaired top crack on the top. There are a couple marks, but no glaring aesthetic problems. Back shows random marks and 'worm trails'. One top crack repaired at extreme treble side of lower bout on top. Frets are in great shape having been recently milled. Minor lacquer checking, frets are in great shape.
     Choice Sitka top. Mahogany back and sides with beautiful red hue. 7-ply top binding. 5-ply back binding. Fingerboard is bound. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Parallelogram inlays in fingerboard. Original adjustable brdige with ceramic saddle. Original Kluson tuners. All-original finish in good shape with some finish checking here and there.
     The guitar plays nice, and sounds very nice.

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Gibson CSR 1
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2009 Gibson CSR Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(+) Condition. Really clean all around. Just one light touch on the top.
     Heavily bear-clawed Sitka top. Rosewood back and sides. 4-ply white binding on the top, and single binding on the back and fretboard. Mahogany neck. Ebony bridge and fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Fishman pickup installed.  Newer hand-made bone nut. Strap button professionally installed in heel.
     This is a really nice playing Gibson at a low price.

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Gibson ES-150 1
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c1938 Gibson ES-150 w/ Orig Charlie Christian pickup Guitar 'Sold'

     VG condition. Lots of player wear all around, and some repairs... but it has original pickup and original finish.
     This is truly a 'player's guitar', because it has a great mojo going for sound and has a very good set-up.
     * Please call for more information and an in-hand description.

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Gibson Everly Brothers 1
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1963 Gibson Everly Brothers Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(-) condition. All original. No work, no repairs. It is increasingly rare to find these original Everly Brother guitars. Beautiful "concept" guitar from Gibson, with the ebony finish, double tortoise celluloid pickguards, "pinless" bridge with ceramic adjustable saddle, and star inlays in fingerboard and headstock. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original "Everly" truss-rod cover.
    Original finish is all intact with no overspray. The finish does show prolific finish checking all over. There are 2 top cracks repaired below bridge and one pickguard crack repaired between soundhole and bridge. There are a couple of other "surface checks" in the wood that show in the finish that are not "cracked-thru" wood.
    Recent professional fret work, with fingerboard divots filled in first position, then milled. Original tuners, original nut.
    This guitar has great recent set-up, with nice moderately low action. It plays very easily and sounds fabulous. It truly has that perfect authentic acoustic rock & roll sound from the '60's. Lots of depth and presence. 
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Gibson HG-00 1
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c1940 Gibson HG-00 Original Hawaiian Style Neck Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. (+) condition. Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge (Brazilian) Unaltered original Hawaiian style neck, High nut that measures 1 7/8" wide. Replacment "Golden Age" tuners. Original tuners are included with replacment knobs. Comes with the original softshell case that is in fine condition. All the latches work, but one hinge is in need of repair. Truly one of the best examples we've seen.

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Gibson Hummingbird 1
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1986 Gibson Hummingbird Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Only has a few minor touch marks here and there and very little fret wear. All original parts - no repairs.
     This is the famous Mahogany Dreadnaut from Gibson that seems to have universal appeal across a broad range of players. Select Englemann Spruce top. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Parallelogram inlays in fingerboard. Gibson logo inlaid in headstock along with a "crown" inlay below the logo.
     Multiple bound top and back of body. Single binding along fingerboard. Traditional "Hummingbird" pickguard is in great shape.
     This is a very full sounding guitar that is very evenly balanced across the fingerboard. It has a quick attack and strong resonance.
     * Remember that these "Nashville period" Gibson acoustics were NOT over-built like the ones from the 1970's. These are much more lightly built and have much better sound in my opinion.

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Gibson J-200 VS 1
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1989 Gibson J-200 VS Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(-) Condition. Fullerplast finish. No cracks, no repairs. Just a few lines of finish checking here and there on the top.
     Beautiful traditional tobacco sunburst finish. High-grade Sitka spruce top. Maple back, sides and neck. Top is bound with 7-ply binding, 5-ply back binding. Fingerboard is single bound. Peghead has 5-ply binding. Heel cap is bound with 3-ply binding. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Pearl crown inlays in fingerboard. Original pickguard in great shape. Decorative wooden strip down center of back. gold "Kluson-style" tuners with antique tulip buttons.
     Guitar is branded "workshop" in the back strip next to the label inside soundhole. We think the incidental finish checking is the reason that this guitar has been marked with the "workshop" label.
     The guitar has a great, full tone. Very balanced and meaty, and we haven't even put new strings on it yet.

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Gibson J-30 1
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1990 Gibson J-30 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG+ condition. This guitar is in nice playing condition. It has some button marks on the back, some moderate fret wear, one nick in center of back of neck, and a very small bubble, or rumple, in the top just below bridge. This small bump has been thoroughly checked out and it is very stable. We tried to take a close-up of the spot, so you could see it, but it is difficult to even get a good photo of it - that's how slight it is...
     Mahogany back, sides and neck with select Sitka Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Long scale. 1 11/16" width at nut. Rounded "V" neck profile.
     This guitar has very good sound. We've just installed a new bone intonated saddle in the bridge and the guitar was immediately 20% better sound than with the factory "fake bone" saddle. It is strong, with good depth and balance.
     In all seriousness... this instrument is a great flatpicking guitar, especially for the price. It has lots of power and presence, with good balance. It would be the perfect guitar to take to festivals or to buy for a young serious flatpicker.

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Gibson J-35 1
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1995 Gibson J-35 Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional Condition. Handmade by John Walker in the old Gibson Custom Shop. High grade Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Special aged Adirondack Red Spruce top. Waverly tuners. Beautiful traditional sunburst. This is a wonderful guitar, and quite rare. Only a handful of truly handmade J-35 were produced by Gibson Master Luthier John Walker, while he was head of the Gibson Custom shop in Bozeman, Montana, between 1992 and 1996. These guitars differ in many ways from 1998 and later Gibson production guitars that simply have a "custom shop" label attached to them. 
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Gibson J-45 1
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1951 Gibson J-45 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Some repairs... One side crack repaired in bass side upper bout. Back center seam reglued. Two worn areas in upper center of back have been cosmetically touched up with lacquer. One worn area in back is not touched up. NO top cracks.
     This is a very nice playing and sounding J-45 that has been recently professionally set-up. Frets are in great shape with no wear. Original bridge and pickguard. Tuners have been replaced with "Kluson DeLuxe" vintage re-issue tuners that look so great its hard to say they are replacements.
     This guitar plays like butter. It is wide open, has a great balance and just sounds like 60-year old wood is resonating in your hands.

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Gibson J-45 PH
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c1941 Gibson J-45 Pre-Banner Transition from J-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Good(+) Condition. This guitar has been played. There are a lot scratches and areas where finish has worn off. The top, back and sides all have cracks that have been repaired, please call us for more information. The neck just has a few small marks and an area wear finish has been worn through. There is no fret wear, playability is very nice.
     Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top and back are single bound. Radiused Rosewood fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Original Kluson Deluxe tuners.
     This is a player's guitar. The sound is wide open, very clean and crisp with big, strong bass. Plays great. It has that "old dried wood" sound that is a quick attack with very satisfying growl with clear singing trebles.
     * Some people will insist that the first J-45's were the "Banner" models... but those of us who have seen thousands of old Gibsons understand that there were a significant number of these 'transition' guitars produced BEFORE they were listed in catalogs and BEFORE the 1942 start of the Banner Logo.

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Gibson J-45 1
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1962 Gibson J-45 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(++) condition. Has original advanced bracing. 1 11/16" fingerboard width at nut. Only slight amount of work has ever been done to this guitar. Original adjustable bridge is replaced with a professional copy bridge with straight bone saddle. One short top crack repaired at, and below, bridge. One repaired slight pickguard crack under B/E strings. NO Cracks on sides or back. Original tuners and pickguard. This is a great sounding guitar that plays very good.
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Gibson J-45  PH
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1966 Gibson J-45 Guitar 'Sold'

     Good+ condition. 1 11/16" width at nut. This guitar has a 1951 Gibson medium "C" profile neck. Neck has a few dings and is not a body-matched color (see photos), but is now tremendously different. Neck has a fresh milling, fresh fret job and new nut. Center seam on top has been re-glued, as well as five other top cracks. Back has two repaired cracks. Sides are crack free.
     Sitka Spruce top with cherry red sunburst, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Ebony peghead venner with replacement Kluson "Deluxe" tuners. Body is bound with multiple bindings on top. The original adjustable bridge has been replaced with matching Rosewood grafts where the poles used to be. New saddle as well. Strap button installed correctly on heel.
     Good setup and good action, overall a very nice guitar for a player.

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Gibson J-45 1
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New Gibson J-45 Contest Prize Guitar Guitar 'Sold'

     New Guitar. This guitar is a fresh, brand new Gibson J-45 that was awarded as Grand Prize at this summer's Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival and Contest. While the winner greatly appreciates this guitar as a prize, he is selling it because he mainly plays square-shoulder dreadnauts. He is 14 years old...
     This is a fine example of a J-45, with choice Spruce top and Mahogany back, sides and neck. Sunburst finish. Factory installed pickup system with volume control at inside edge of soundhole.
     It sounds good enough to have been awarded the top prize at one of the top 5 or 6 contests in the Western U.S.
     It is indeed a brand new guitar, made in late July 2009, but because it was awarded as a prize, Gibson didn't bother to include a warranty card with the guitar.
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Gibson J-45 1
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1966 Gibson J-45 Guitar 'Sold'

Refinished top. 1 9/16" width of fingerboard at nut. New copy Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Very good sounding guitar! Originally an "adj" (adjustable saddle height) model, but sounds much better with a normal bridge and bone saddle.
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Gibson J-45 1
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2004 Gibson J-45 Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Mahogany back, sides and neck with nice Sitka Spruce top. Tobacco sunburst finish. Original Kluson copy tuners. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
     There is some evidence of prior ownership, but it is only a few stray light scratches and a few small dings here and there, mainly on the back. The top is very clean. Recently set-up with Ivory nut and Bone intonated saddle, and fitted with bone bridge pins. Frets are in great condition.
     It has an active pickup, with battery pack on headblock inside guitar (possibly original Gibson factory installation).
        This is a fine sounding guitar that plays great. Whenever we get recent Gibsons like this in stock we are proud of our friends over in Bozeman that make them. So... here is a "good" J-45, ready for acoustic playing or plugged-in on stage, and at a great price, too.
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Gibson J-45 - "True Vintage" 1
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2007 Gibson J-45 - "True Vintage" Guitar 'Sold'

New condition with open warranty papers. Part of the Gibson "True Vintage" series. Mahogany sides and back. Sunburst top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Banner ("Only a Gibson Is Good Enough") logo on headstock. 24 3/4" scale.
Deluxe Gibson hardshell case

 
Gibson J-45 1942 Legend 1
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2007 Gibson J-45 1942 Legend Hide Glue Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional Original Condition. This guitar is Gibson's counterpoint to the Martin D-18 Authentic.
     These guitar are built in limited quantities, with a serious eye on replicating the original "Banner J-45's" of 1942.
     Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. Firestripe pickguard. Tuners are replicas of the old original Klusons. Peghead is also faithfully replicated with the correct old-looking gold Logo, with the historic banner beneath that states, "Only A Gibson is Good Enough".
     The old original versions of these guitars were made with sharper, thinner braces than most Gibsons today, and... were also made using hide glue in certain applications, like the bridgeplate. Today these "re-issue" 1942 J-45 Legend guitars also have hide glue in the same areas as in the 1940's. Likewise, the braces are shaped close to the early more knife-like originals, as well as having braces and tonebars positioned in same placement as the original guitars had.
     The finish looks a little bit "used" or "unfinished". This is because Gibson has used Nitro-Cellulose lacquer, but has stopped before the final sanding and buffing. This way the finish is not like a mirror, but appears softer, more hand-applied.
     The set-up, playability, and the overall sound are all very good on this J-45 Legend.
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Gibson J-45 Legend  1
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2007 Gibson J-45 Legend Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Owned and enjoyed but never mistreated. In other words, it is "Clean as a Whistle".
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful early '40's style sunburst. 5-ply top bindings with 3-ply back bindings. Bindings are antique'd. The finish is very light and finely applied to give an older feel to the guitar. This instrument was constructed faithfully to the early J-45's, using old style glues and bracing patterns, etc. In other words, hide glue was used wherever it was used in about 1940-1943 construction. Neck width at nut is 1 3/4", with big full neck profile. Pin spacing at bridge is 2 3/16". Tuners are 3-on-a-plate pre-war style openback, with beautiful small antique cream buttons. Rosewood fingerboard and straight bridge. 'Cut-thru' bone saddle. Ebony bridge pins and endpin. Traditional firestripe pickguard.
     This is a very nice guitar. If you like J-45's and are a fan of the big full necks, then here is the guitar for you. Great sound along with great workmanship. This is Gibson's counterpart to the Martin D-18 Authentic, and it holds up well in comparison.
     The sound is very good. It is clearly better than most newer production J-45's and is truly reminiscent of the old original Banner J-45's. Big sound!
    
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Gibson J-45 Rosewood 1
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2008 Gibson J-45 Rosewood w/ Pickup and Open Warranty card Guitar 'Sold'

Original new condition. This guitar is practically brand new and has only been out of the store for a couple of weeks when we took it in on a trade. No evidence of player wear - no dings, no dents, no scratches. It comes with open waranty card and owners manual. Select Rosewood back and sides with Sitka Spruce top. Beautiful traditional sunburst. This guitar still smells like recently cut spruce! It plays well, sounds good, has good set-up. Comes with factory under-saddle active pickup. Also comes with 2 bridge saddles - original plastic Gibson saddle and new Bone intonated saddle from us.
w/ OHC

 
Gibson J-45 Rosewood 1
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2000 Gibson J-45 Rosewood w/ factory installed p/u Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) original condition. This is a great sounding J-45! Very smooth and full of tone and with great response. Select Rosewood back and sides with Sitka Spruce top. Beautiful traditional sunburst. We installed a bone intonated saddle in this guitar, which is a big upgrade for sound from the original plastic saddle. Comes with under-saddle active pickup - we're not sure if it was factory installed, or professionally installed later. This is a great guitar in great condition with great tone...
w/ OHC

 
Gibson J-50 1
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1957 Gibson J-50 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition.  1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut. This is a great 'working' J-50 that has spent quite a few years in our area being played by accomplished musicians. Cosmetically, there is only one thing you have to get used to - pickup control knobs were previously mounted into the Spruce top below the pickguard and a jack hole was cut into the side. The two top holes were professionally filled about 15 - 20 years ago, and the guitar is currently in the lutherie shop to have the side jack hole repaired.
     As far as sound goes, this one is a 'good one'. Some J-50's tend to favor the treble. This guitar is warm and well-balanced. It is suited for playing quite a few styles of music.
     A really good professional pickup by Michael Heiden is mounted on the bridge plate. It works great and sounds like one of the best pickups you'll hear anywhere - lots of output and very natural sound.
    
w/ Newer Gibson HC


 
Gibson J-50 1
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c.1946 Gibson J-50 Guitar 'Sold'

     Good(+) condition. 1 3/4" width at nut. Excellent player's instrument. Structurally and tone-wise, this instrument is in great shape, although it shows evidence of many rodeo gigs and late night bar gigs.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Original Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original Kluson DeLuxe 3-on-a-plate tuners with original cream buttons. Original teardrop pickguard. Original bell truss-rod cover.
     The top is heavily worn, but not cracked. Top has W.E. Manley expertly painted in gold leaf on the top. Perhaps the same excellent artist painted the gold leaf Gibson logo on the peghead
     Original finish on the top, but not much original finish left on the rest of this guitar! I think a previous owner literally "played the finish off" the guitar... Back, sides, peghead and back of neck appear to be lightly finished with a brushed-on or padded-on shellac finish.
     White bindings on top and back of body. Dot inlays in fingerboard. No back cracks. A couple of side cracks repaired. Small "football patch" jack hole repair in lower treble side. Old white paint on wood inside soundhole rosette and at top end of peghead. Endpin jack currently installed in guitar.
     Ok... sounds pretty rough... but this is a very good guitar, especially for a serious player. Because there are no serial numbers or factory order codes, and because the logo on headstock seems to have been "restored", we struggled a bit with dating this guitar.
     Recent neck reset, new saddle, fingerboard milling and fret job.
w/ HC

 
Gibson J-50 1
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2007 Gibson J-50 w/ Baggs Pickup Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(++) original condition. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with select Sitka Spruce top. The Mahogany is so rich with colors that I'm pretty sure it is 'Amazon' mahogany, which can look very beautiful, with color similar to Koa wood.
     This guitar is in very nice condition, showing almost no signs of previous ownership. The pickup is a Baggs soundhole model that can easily jack in or out of the inner wire to the end pin output jack. Everything is working fine on this guitar. 
w/ OHC

 
Gibson J-55 1
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1941 Gibson J-55 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Original bridge, original pickguard, original finish. One small repaired area on back, one long repaired side crack on bass side. Old 50's era output jack hole in side. Tuners changed years ago to late '40's Kluson Deluxe. Superior tone and projection. This is definitely one of the strongest war era Gibson's I've been around in years, with excellent tone.
w/ newer TKL 5-ply case

 
Gibson J-60 "CM" -  1
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1993 Gibson J-60 "CM" - Curly Maple Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. condition. Very slight lacquer lifting around tuner bushings. Spruce top maple back and sides. Square shouldered dreadnought body with 25.5 inch scale length. Ebony fingerboard and bridge Multiple tortoise bound body. Very nice guitar made in Bozeman, Montana.
 
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Gibson L-00 1
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c.1937 Gibson L-00 Exceptional Condition Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. 14-fret neck joint. NO cracks, no repairs! Beautiful sunburst. All original. Original finish still vibrant, but has normal finish checking. Tuners work well. Original Ebony nut and Rosewood bridge. Frets are in fine playing condition, showing only a little wear.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Spruce top. Straight bridge with cut-thru saddle. Original firestripe pickguard.
     This guitar is as clean inside as it is outside. Someone did write 2 letters onto the inside spruce backing strip with a pen, but other than that the inside is so clean it looks like a 5-year old guitar.
     This is a wonderful guitar. It is light as a feather and sounds great with lots of immediate resonance.
w/ Newer HC


 
Gibson L-00 1
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c.1936 Gibson L-00 Great Condition Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Sunburst. 14-fret neck joint. It is rare to find these old original guitars that are in such nice original condition. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Spruce top. Original Rosewood fingerboard. Bridge may be a newer excellent copy bridge. Original tuners. Original finish. One repaired pickguard crack that is hard to find.
     This guitar has good set-up, with nice low action and full tone. Its great for fingerstyle playing, but also for playing with a pick. It has that old dry wood sound that so many players love.
w/ Newer HC


 
Gibson L-00 1
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1938 Gibson L-00 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition. Top braces have been reglued, the top still shows a little rumpling from when they were loose. One top crack repaired, straight up from pickguard. Two top cracks on extreme bass side of lower bout. One side crack repaired adjacent to the two top cracks. Another two inch side crack off to treble side of end pin. No back cracks, no neck cracks.1 3/4" width at nut. All-original lacquer. 
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Bound Sitka top. Rosewood fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Original nut and truss rod cover. Original 3 on a plate tuners.
     Great sounding guitar with true old-time Gibson tone!

w/ newer HC


 
Gibson L-00 1
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ca.1932 Gibson L-00 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. This is a nice classic example of an early L-00 from Gibson. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with an uncracked Adirondack Red Spruce top.
     Beautiful original sunburst top finish. The finish shows honest player wear and finish checks. The wear is through finish to the wood in several places, but the overall effect is quite pleasing when you see it being played onstage... It has the right authentic look.
     Original parts: Bridge, Pickguard, Tuners, etc. Neck has full profile.
     This instrument is set up to play, and is in good playing condition. Frets are good, nut and saddle and bridge are good, etc. There are one or two repaired back cracks, but no top repairs. Very dry and woody tone.
    
w/ Newer HC

 
Gibson L-00 1
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1930's Gibson L-00 Guitar 'Sold'

     Good(+) condition. *Excellent "player's" guitar. 12-fret neck joint. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. 24 3/4" scale length. Appears to be Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original bridge and tuners. D-string tuner post is bent, but works fine. Black body with white pickguard. Dot inlays in fingerboard. Gibson silkscreen script logo.
     Four repaired top cracks, three repaired back cracks. Two repaired side cracks. Ridge down center of back of neck shows wear from leaning against rough surface. Two small holes in top below pickguard from former volume and tone knob installation. Jack hole in bottom side.
     Guitar currently has endpin jack professionally installed with cable inside with 1/8" jack for soundhole pickups to plug into.
    Recently set-up professionally with very clean neck reset, new bone saddle, milled fingerboard and recent full fret job.
     This guitar is a serious machine for playing. It's all set-up and ready to go and it sounds great. Quick response and good balance. The wear along center of back of neck doesn't seem to affect playability at all.



 
Gibson L-00 1
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2001 Gibson L-00 Deep Body - Long Scale Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Sunburst. Comes with factory installed active pickup. Minor evidence of player wear - mostly just light surface scratches, with one ding on top. Some normal fret wear, but no big "v" dents in frets. Overall it is in nice shape.
     1 11/16" width at nut. 25 1/2" scale length. Body is deeper than standard L-00. Upper bout is 4 3/8" depth and lower bout is 4 3/4" depth. Newer bone saddle and nut.
     This guitar is set with light strings and low action. It plays real easy.
w/ OHC

 
Gibson L-7 1
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1944 Gibson L-7 Guitar 'Sold'

Fine condition. Typical Gibson crackle finish. Parallelograms fret markers. Very rare wartime model. Has truss rod in neck. Includes custom Lindy Frailin floating pickup mounted on the pickguard.
w/ OHC


 
Gibson LG-0 1
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1967 Gibson LG-0 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) condition. Pretty nice shape and set-up to play well. One small crescent of replaced wood in the back at edge of lower bout. Mild fret wear. Two top cracks repaired. Bridge recently re-glued.
     All Mahogany construction (top, back, sides and neck). Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Bridge is adjustable, with original Rosewood saddle. Tortoise binding on top edge only. 1 9/16" width at nut. Original tuners and pickguard and frets.
     This guitar has been recently set-up to play well. It has "ladder braces" under the Mahogany top, so you get that authentic "ponk" sound when playing.
w/ SSC

 
Gibson LG-0 1
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c.1963 Gibson LG-0 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG Condition. A few scratches and dents here and there on the top. Normal wear and tear on the back and sides. There is a little lacquer checking but no cracks. Neck has been reset and re-fretted and is in nice condition, there is very little player wear. 
     All Mahogany body and neck with Rosewood fingerboard. Single tortoise-shell binding on top. "Screw-in" pickguard. Radiused fret board with Pearl dot inlays. Ebony peghead veneer with "Gibson" logo. Original Gibson tuners.
     This is a very nice guitar with original Gibson tone at a generous price.
    

w/ newer soft shell case

 
Gibson LG-2 1
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c.1943 Gibson LG-2 Banner Headstock Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. Mahogany top, back, sides and neck. Brazilian Rosewood bridge and fingerboard. X-braced top. All original. This is a pretty rare version of an LG-2, having a Mahogany top and the Banner Gibson logo.
     1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. 24 3/4" scale length. This guitar is in very nice condition. It does have finish checks throughout, but it looks better for having them. The color is more of a 'Sienna' sunburst, not tobacco.
     It is set up to play, with recent attention to frets and action.
w/ newer HC

 
Gibson LG-2 Banner 1
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c.1942 Gibson LG-2 Banner Guitar 'Sold'

     VG+ condition. All Mahogany. 1 3/4" width at nut. Big full neck profile. This guitar has had some various work performed on it, but is in very good shape for playing and has real good sound.
     Repaired grain crack in neck heel. Several back cracks repaired. Side repair "football" patch - probably where a jack had been installed. Center-seam in top has been re-glued from bridge down to binding. Another long top crack on bass side of top was repaired. Original bridge has been radically thinned. Top shows history of "bellying" around and below bridge, but has been stabilized with extra brace under the top. Mahogany bridgeplate. Tuners replaced. Neck reset. Overspray finish on sides and back. Some marring of finish around fingerboard extension from heating fingerboard.
     Ok, I know this sounds like a shopping list of things that have been done on this guitar... But all-in-all, its pretty nice to look at and very nice to play.
     The belly in the top seems to be quite stable and the finish on the top is pretty nice. It plays fine and sounds great, with lots of character and expression.
w/ Newer HC

 
Gibson LG-3 1
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1958 Gibson LG-3 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. One small triangular patch in Mahogany back, in lower bout, against binding. Frets appear to be original and have been milled once. There are some "V" dents in the frets in first position. Guitar has some normal lacquer checking, and has some random dings here and there. Schaller tuners were on the guitar for a period of time, but now it has vintage re-issue 3-on-a-plate Kluson copy tuners professionally installed.
     Solid Mahogany back, sides and neck with blonde Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. Original Rosewood bridge and tortoise pickguard. 1 11/16" width at nut.
w/ HC

 
Gibson LG3 1
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1959 Gibson LG3 Guitar 'Sold'

One of the rarest of the small-body Gibson acoustic guitars! Mahogany back, sides and neck, Spruce top. These guitars sound great, having very good construction and true X-bracing design. This one is pretty remarkable to be in this nice condition. NO TOP CRACKS. There are 4 repaired back cracks, but in person they seem less important overall. Original tuners, pickguard and bridge.  The original faux alligator chipboard case is in good shape. This guitar is set up to play and has no problems.

w/ SSC

 
Gibson Nick Lucas 1
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1992 Gibson Nick Lucas Handmade Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Rare handmade short scale prototype. Highly figured Maple with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Short scale - 24 3/4". Width at nut 1 23/32". Vintage rounded "V" neck profile.
     Highly figured Maple back and sides. Mahogany neck. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Firestriped pickguard. Bone saddle and nut. Beautiful vivid traditional sunburst.
     In about 1992, Gibson announced that it would re-issue the famous Nick Lucas guitar model. These were designed around an L-00, but with deeper upper and lower bouts, multiple bindings and unique inlays in headstock and fingerboard. Eldon Whitford, Dave Vinopal and Dan Erlewine were at this time working on the "Gibson's Fabulous Flattop Guitars" book that showcased not only the original vintage Gibson models, but also dedicated lots of information about the new factory in Montana and their re-issuing of these classics as well as spotlighting their handmade custom shop. These 3 men were very excited to get early examples of these Nick Lucas guitars, but had heard that the factory intended to build them as long scale versions. They booked several of the first guitars to be handbuilt by John Walker - Gibson Master Luthier and head of the Custom Shop, and to be made with 24 3/4" short scale, like the original Nick Lucas guitars.
     So... while the Gibson factory was manufacturing their run of long scale Nick Lucas guitars, there were several examples handmade by John Walker in the newly-formed Custom Shop. Some of these were made to the even earlier L-1 shaped Nick Lucas, while most were made to the L-00 shape. Only about 4 were handmade with short scale. This guitar is numbered #004/100.
     This is a great guitar with nice full, open sound. The set-up is great. It is clearly heads above the factory Nick Lucas models.
    
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Gibson Nick Lucas - Prototype A 1
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1992 Gibson Nick Lucas - Prototype A Handbuilt by John Walker Guitar 'Sold'

     VG+ condition. Sunburst. No Repairs. Guitar shows lots of lacquer checking and has some lacquer chipped off of binding along fingerboard.
     14-fret neck joint. 25 1/2" scale length. Figured Maple back and sides. Mahogany neck Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Gibson logo and Fleur d' Lis inlaid in MOP in peghead. "Nick Lucas" inlay pattern in fingerboard.
     This very guitar is really and truly "Prototype A", as it is the first Gibson Nick Lucas guitar built since about 1939. John Walker, who was head of Gibson Custom shop built this guitar entirely by hand. John handbuilt the first NINE re-issued Nick Lucas guitars from Gibson in 1992. Almost all of them were varying versions of the Nick Lucas, with some having Rosewood or Mahogany backs and sides, some having 12-fret neck joints,some with short scale, and some built with the earlier "L-1" body size. * Gibson collectors take note of the above information. This may be the only place you'll ever see this specific information.
     This guitar was awarded to a noted musician in Montana for his work in encouraging Gibson to re-issue the Nick Lucas model. It was used at festivals, jams, and other performances. This very guitar is seen and recorded in the picnic scene in "A River Runs Through It".
     This is quite a rare piece, and would be priced around $5,000+, except that it has heavy finish checking.
w/ Newer Hard Case


 
Gibson Nick Lucas Custom 1
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1992 Gibson Nick Lucas Custom Handmade Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(+) condition. This is a very rare guitar. Handbuilt by John Walker during the earliest establishment of the Gibson Montana "Custom Shop". Only a very small number of the first 100 Nick Lucas guitars were handbuilt by Walker... perhaps 6-10 guitars. This one the original label with John Walker's and Ren Ferguson's initials, as well as John Walker's name signed underneath the top.
    While most of the Nick Lucas guitars produced by Gibson in Montana have long scale length, this one has the traditional SHORT SCALE that the original Nick Lucas models had.
    Flamed Maple back and sides. Honduran Mahogany neck. Appears to be Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful full-body sunburst. Multiple white/black/white bindings on body and fingerboard. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Firestriped pickguard. Nickel Waverly tuners.
    The action is set nice and low. Very crisp attack and full sound.
   
w/ OHC

 
Gibson SJ-200 1
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1952 Gibson SJ-200 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Sunburst. This is the "real thing" - an old Super Jumbo 200 that was used on stage many times by very good players, yet never abused. All original parts. Nicely figured Maple back, sides, and neck. Spruce top. Heavy wear just around pickguard-bridge-soundhole area through the finish. Center seam has been reglued between bridge and binding. Some repaired top cracks - one on base side waist and downward; 2 from outer edge of pickguard. Small areas of sunburst touchup out from bass side of soundhole. Small area of wear on back center of guitar, and area of thumb wear on back of neck.
    This guitar sounds great and has been on stage in working country bands as well as used at high levels of national fiddle contests. It will be a great addition to any collection, or could be used out on tour.
 
w/ Period HC

 
Gibson Southerner Jumbo 1
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1950 Gibson Southerner Jumbo Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. One repaired 2" side crack and one filled small jack hole 2" from endpin.
     This guitar is in very nice condition, is all set-up to play well, and has original parts.
     Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Sunburst Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard with paralellogram inlays. Original Kluson tuners. Multiple 7-ply bindings around top edge, with 5-ply bindings around back edge of body. Bound fingerboard. Original Rosewood bridge and pickguard.
     This is just one of those guitars that was never played a lot. The lacquer has lots of lustre and life to it. Has a deep woody resonance without the bass overpowering. All set-up to play with recent neck reset and fret job.

w/ newer TKL Tweed Case


 
Gibson TG-L4 Tenor 1
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c.1929 Gibson TG-L4 Tenor Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Beautiful big-bodied Tenor guitar. 23" scale length, with 12-fret body joint. Original Grover Patent "2-band" banjo tuners. Beautiful sunburst. Top has had several cracks repaired - 2 short repaired cracks on treble side of fingerboard extension, and 3 longer grain cracks at center area of top. All are repaired and tight. Back is very nicely figured Maple, like a perfect L-7. Trapeze tailpiece appears original, but has mandolin tailpiece stuck at the end of the trapeze!
w/ Newer plastic molded

 
Goodall TMhB 1
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2005 Goodall TMhB Guitar 'Sold'

     New Condition. This is an unscathed example of Jim Goodall's "traditional" Mahogany Baritone guitar.
     Choice figured Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Beautiful Sitka Spruce top with heavy "Bearclaw" figure. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Nickel Waverly open-back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Wooden outer bindings on top, back, fingerboard and headstock. Multiple lines of binding showing on body top and back and around peghead. Wooden herringbone purfling around inside of top edge and around soundhole rosette. Greven "tor-tis" pickguard. Boxwood bridge pins and endpin, with abalone dot.
     1 3/4" width at nut. 28" scale length. Multiple bound Maple heel cap with strap button installed. Multiple bound Maple end wedge. Wooden marquetry back strip along center of back. Ebony armrest installed along edge of bass side of lower bout.
     Beautiful tone. Excellent depth, but even more importantly, excellent balance.

w/ OHC

 
Gretsch New Yorker 1
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1962 Gretsch New Yorker Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) refinished condition. Maple back and sides, Spruce top, Mahogany neck. Recent fret job and fingerboard milled. Body refinished blonde... neck appears to have original finish.
     Body bound with cream bindings on top and back. Inside f-holes are painted white. Tailpiece, bridge and tuners are original. Non-original pickguard installed with floating D'Armand pickup at neck position, as well as old clear lucite tone and volume knobs in pickguard. This pick-up and pickguard arrangement is also wired into the endpin jack with an in-line jack for easy removal of entire pickguard/pick-up.
     Our local musician friend, John Rosett, remarks that it has a bright acoustic sound that "cuts", and an excellent full and warm sound when plugged in. This guitar is in fine playing condition.

w/ No Case

 
Guild D-50 1
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1976 Guild D-50 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. All original. No Cracks, no repairs. One-player wear on Spruce top, and back of neck slightly worn thru the finish color.
     Rosewood back and sides, Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Dot inlays in fingerboard. Multiple ivoroid bindings on top and back of body, and multiple heel cap. Decorative wood marquetry down center of back and joining the sides at endpin. Comes with 1/8" output jack in endpin.
w/ OHC

 
Guild D-50 1
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1980 Guild D-50 Guitar 'Sold'

     Good(+) condition. Here is a real good sounding guitar at a bargain price. It shows some finish checks, some dings, and some 'less than beautiful' work around the bridge area, from the bridge being removed and reglued to the top. Neck and body are fine, although the saddle is low enough to make it borderline for needing a neck reset. Call us and we can explain this better.
     Sitka Spruce top, with Rosewood back and sides and Mahogany neck. Good original tuners.
w/ OHC

 
Guild D-50 NT 1
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1976 Guild D-50 NT Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. No problems, no repairs. Minimal signs of playing on frets. Some slight lines of finish checks on the top and slight wear on back of neck.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Guild logo and crown inlaid in headstock. Medium pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. Body has excellent bindings - 7-ply around top edge, 5-ply around back edge. Cream heelcap. Wooden marquetry back strip along center of back and endpin area. Strap button professionally installed in neck heel.
     This is a great guitar. It is in real nice condition and also plays great and sounds great. Lots of presence. The case is a nice Gibson hardshell from the late '70's or early '80's.

w/ period HC

 
Guild D-50 NT 1
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1991 Guild D-50 NT Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Really great shape except for a few lines of finish checking. There is one dent in the neck, but in a position where it won't be felt.
     Sitka Spruce top. Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck. Multiple bindings on top and back, and center seam inlay in back. Ebony bridge and fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Ebony peghead overlay with "Guild" logo inlaid in Pearl. Gold Grover tuners. 1 11/16" width at nut.
     This is a fine guitar in really good shape. It is set up well and plays great.

w/ OHC

 
Guild D-55 1
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c.1999 Guild D-55 Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent Condition. Natural top. Choice Indian Rosewood back and sides with high grade Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 5-ply bindings on top, back AND sides! Abalone purfling at soundhole rosette. Fingerboard and headstock are multiple bound. Fingerboard inlays of mother of pearl blocks with abalone inverted triangles. Gold Grover rotomatic tuners. This guitar has a fine voice with lots of presence and power. Has a few lines of finish checking around bridge and below towards binding.
w/ OHC

 
Guild G-41 1
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1975 Guild G-41 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. The "G" designates the guitar is a "Jumbo Dreadnaut" guitar... It is shaped like a Dreadnaut, but 1 1/8" wider and about 1" longer than a standard Guild D size. The scale length is 26.4"
     One well-repaired top crack. A few knicks here and there, normal finish cracking. Player wear through finish on the Spruce top, above and below pickguard and around soundhole area. Back and sides have routine checks and dings. There is a little fret wear and a couple of marks on the back of the neck.
     Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound, back has single binding. Radiused Rosewood fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Nickel Guild tuners made by Schaller.
     The guitar is all set-up and ready to play. No problems. Very good sound.

w/ OHC

 
Guild M20 1
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Recent Guild M20 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. Almost no evidence of any player wear... only a small bit of button compression "worm tracks" in the lacquer on back.
     Solid Mahogany top, back and sides. Factory scalloped braces. Beautiful Mahogany grain that is rich and interesting to look at. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Grover pre-war style open back tuners. Glossy lacquer finish. This is a re-issue of the earlier Guild guitars from late '50's or 60's.
     Professional Fishman active pickup system installed by Guild. This pickup system works great and sounds great. Acoustically, the guitar plays very nice, with a quick attack. The current list price for this guitar $1149.00.
     The hard shell case that comes with the guitar is an excellent case and is also in exceptional original condition.
w/ OHC

 
Gurian J-R 1
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c.1972 Gurian J-R Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Fairly early Rosewood Jumbo from the noted luthier, Michael Gurian. Has 2 parallel repaired cracks along center seam of top, between bridge and lower edge of top, and 2 repaired cracks in Rosewood back.
     Ebony fingerboard w/ no inlays. Rosewood bridge. 1 5/8" width at nut, 25 1/2" scale length. Maple wooden outer body bindings, w/ half herringbone wooden purfling along top edge. Firestripe pickguard. Nickel Schaller tuners. Indian Rosewood back and sides, beautiful Sitka Spruce top.
     This is a fine sounding Gurian. It has more "cut" and "punch" than many Gurians, and would be just as good for flatpicking as for fingerpicking. Very expressive and very full.

w/ Boulder Gig Bag

 
Gurian Jumbo Rosewood 1
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1976 Gurian Jumbo Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Body size is smaller than a Gibson J-200, but does have similar depth. Very nicely taken care of through the years. Just has polite finish checking and light evidence of handling. The worst mark on the guitar is a chip in the top of peghead above G-tuner. Even the frets are in very nice condition.
     Rosewood back and sides. The Rosewood appears to me to be Cambodian Rosewood, instead of Indian Rosewood, as the wood has a chocolate-brown hue instead of the purplish hues of Indian Rosewood.
     Very high grade select Spruce top. Ebony blank fingerboard. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Rosewood bridge. Bone nut and saddle. Wooden Maple body bindings with wooden half-herringbone purfling around inside of top edge. Herringbone soundhole rosette. Nickel Schaller tuners. Rosewood heelcap. Multiple wood purfling strip in center of back. Maple end wedge at endpin area. Strap button corectly installed in neck heel. 25 1/2" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This is a great guitar. The attack is quick and sure, with great tonal expression and depth right away. Works as well with bare fingers as it does with a pick. You and I both know that this guitar should be priced around $3000 or more in today's market. But Gurian guitars have always been a "sleeper" in the used and vintage market. Gurian made too few guitars (around 2000 or so), to be a household name. Usually the people who know them were active buying and playing guitars in the 1970's when these were being made and were aware of them.
     This guitar is set-up very well and plays great. It has a very nice mature sound that is balance well, it is very "open" sounding, and has good presence.

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Hoffman Koa Dreadnaut 1
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1982 Hoffman Koa Dreadnaut Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. No cracks, no repairs. Some fret wear, but not causing buzzing. This is a one-owner guitar that was well cared-for.
     Figured Koa back and sides. Mahogany 2-pc neck with Maple and Rosewood stringer down back of neck. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Rosewood multiple bindings on top and back of body. Herringbone purflings around top edge and down center seam of back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. Intonated saddle. 25 1/2" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This is a fine representative of the work by Charles Hoffman, the noted builder from Minnesota. It is in great shape, and it sounds very good.
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Huss & Dalton 00-SP 1
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2009 Huss & Dalton 00-SP Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. There is one little ding on the top of the guitar, and light button scratches on the back. Otherwise the guitar is in perfect shape. No fret wear!
     12-fret, slotted headstock. Nice Englemann Spruce top. Indian Rosewood back and sides and Mahogany neck. Top, back and neck are multiple bound, with Indian Rosewood outer binding. Herringbone soundhole rosette and center seam in back. Ebony fingerboard with pearl diamond inlays on 3rd, 5th and 7th frets. Slotted headstock with Indian Rosewood peghead veneer. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 24.9" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 5/16" spacing at bridge pins.
     This is a very fine sounding guitar in great shape. It is very lively and resonates in your hands as you play it.

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Huss & Dalton CM Custom 1
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c.2002 Huss & Dalton CM Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional(-) condition. Serial number #997. Except for having some hard-to-see stray pick marks on bass side of soundhole rosette, it would be "As New" condition. This guitar really packs a wollop! Shaped similar to a "Nick Lucas" body,  with typical "L-00" outline, but the body is quite deep - 4 1/4" at upper bout, and almost 4 3/4" at lower bout. 25.4" scale length. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut.
     Select Rosewood back and sides, with high grade heavily silked Spruce top. Figured Maple multiple bindings on top and back of body and along fingerboard. Herringbone top purfling. Abalone soundhole rosette. Blank Ebony fingerboard, except for a nice florish inlaid at the 12th fret. Gold Schaller mini tuners.
     This is a great sounding guitar! Sounds great in standard tunings, but in some open tunings, the sound just "rolls" out of it, with lots of presence and lots of sustain.
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Huss & Dalton DS Custom 1
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c.2006 Huss & Dalton DS Custom Guitar 'Sold'

      Almost New condition. No player wear marks, no dings, no dents, no scratches.
     Slope-shoulder 14-fret guitar with high-grade Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck, and Adirondack Red Spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut, 2 5/16" pin spacing at bridge. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Diamond and snowflake abalone inlay pattern in fingerboard. Body and neck are multiple bound, with flamed Maple outer bindings. Small "zipper" wooden marquetry back strip. Waverly tuners. Sunburst finish.
     This is a very good sounding guitar - very fast attack with lots of depth. A great guitar for fingerpicking or flatpicking.
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Huss & Dalton TD-R 1
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1998 Huss & Dalton TD-R Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Serial #91. 1 23/32" nut width. This guitar is a very nice flatpicking guitar. There is an extra strap button hole on heel, 1 very small repaired side crack, and some player wear in places. A few light lines of finish checking here and there.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Sitka Spruce top. Multiple ivoroid bindings on body, with black line showing on sides and back. Top has herringbone purfling around top edge. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone nut and saddle.
     This is a very nice guitar with just normal signs of being used and enjoyed. Its rare for us to see these very early Huss & Dalton models. The set-up is very good and the guitar is ready to go.
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John Walker "Clark Fork" Brazilian/Adirondack 1
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New John Walker "Clark Fork" Brazilian/Adirondack Guitar 'Sold'

Sunburst. Faithful to the old "Advanced Jumbo" guitars from the 1930's. Choice quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with Mahogany neck, and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Elaborate mother of pearl inlays in Ebony fingerboard and peghead.
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John Walker "Clark Fork" Indian Rosewood 1
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New John Walker "Clark Fork" Indian Rosewood Custom Slope Shoulder Guitar 'Sold'

Sunburst. Serial number #004. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful coloration of sunburst. Custom elaborate yet tasteful inlays in fingerboard and headstock. Fully bound, with Ivoroid bindings on body, fingerboard and headstock. Advanced scalloped Adirondack Spruce bracing. Hard Maple "rift-sawn" bridgeplate. Half-blackened back of headstock. Gold Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. This is a fine guitar.
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John Walker "Gus Creek" 1
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New John Walker "Gus Creek" Guitar 'Sold'

Sunburst flamed Maple beauty! "Parlor" sized guitar with 4 3/4" body depth, which yields great bottom end to balance the highs. High-grade figured Maple back and sides, with Honduran Mahogany neck, and Ebony fingerboard inlaid with Abalone cut diamonds. Fully bound with vertical grained ivoroid bindings, including neck and peghead. Gold Waverly tuners. Bone nut and saddle. Tastefully finished off with Boxwood bridgepins and endpin.
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John Walker "Petty Creek" 1
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New John Walker "Petty Creek" Guitar 'Sold'

"Nick Lucas" style guitar. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ivoroid bindings. Similar to an "L-00" shape, but with a deeper body. 24 3/4" scale length. 14-fret neck joint. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Waverly tuners. The top is a gorgeous blonde color that sets off the "shading" of the Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Excellent original design pickguard. This guitar plays very nice and sounds great, with plenty of bass response, yet still crisp and enunciated. It is also a real bargain at only
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John Walker "Ruby" 1
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New John Walker "Ruby" Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back and sides, with high-grade Spruce top. Handmade version of the old "J-185", but with Mahogany instead of Maple. This is a very responsive guitar that is perfectly suited for a wide range of styles. The attack of the note is wonderful, very quick and with a satisfying depth.
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John Walker "Ruby" Custom Bird
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New John Walker "Ruby" Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Highly ornate custom guitar. Honduran Rosewood back and sides with 2-pc Maple neck with rosewood stringer. Exquisite Hummingbird inlay in peghead, with vine and flowers in Ebony fingerboard. More flowers inlaid in Ebony bridge. Abalone binding everywhere - top, back, back strip, sides, fingerboard and peghead. Sunburst Spruce top. This guitar was custom ordered for a lucky customer.
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John Walker "Ruby" Elite 1
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New John Walker "Ruby" Elite Guitar 'Sold'

Beautiful guitar with nicely figured Maple back, sides and neck. Very similar to an authentic J-185 body size. Sitka spruce top. Back of peghead is artfully shaded. Multiple 5-ply Tortoise bindings on top and back, with 3-ply Tortoise bindings on side. Multiple tortoise bound Ebony fingerboard and Headstock. Pearl parallelogram inlays in fingerboard. This is a fine sounding guitar. It is very fun to play and has fast "sculpted" attack with plenty of presence, depth, and power. This would be a great fingerpicking guitar, a bar chord rhythm guitar, a folk or blues guitar.
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John Walker "Ruby" Elite 1
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New John Walker "Ruby" Elite Guitar 'Sold'

Beautiful guitar with nicely figured Maple back, sides and neck. Very similar to an authentic J-185 body size. Sitka spruce top. Back of peghead is artfully shaded. Multiple 5-ply Tortoise bindings on top and back, with 3-ply Tortoise bindings on side. Multiple bound Ebony fingerboard and Headstock. Pearl parallelogram inlays in fingerboard. This is a fine sounding guitar. We have had a few original J-185's in our hands, and I'll say that THIS guitar beats them!
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John Walker "Wise River" 1
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New John Walker "Wise River" Mahogany Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Blonde top color. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. The Red Spruce top is wide grain and shows the red streaking typical of Red Spruce. Waverly tuners, firestriped pickguard, and ivoroid bindings. Ebony fingerboard, bridge, peghead overlay,
    These guitars are one of the mainstays of John Walker's lineup of models. Similar in shape and appointments to the old venerable J-35's of the 1930's, these guitars exhibit many similarities in tone to the old guitars. Strong voice, good balance, ease of playability.
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John Walker "Wise River" 1
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New John Walker "Wise River" Maple Guitar 'Sold'

Here is a rare beauty... John Walker's popular "Wise River" guitar, but with highly figured Maple back and sides. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Blonde finish. Adirondack Red Spruce top. John has made a couple of these Maple sloped shoulder guitars in the last few years and we have been very impressed by the sound of them.
    The rare old original Gibson Maple J-45's and Southern Jumbos from the 1940's always sell quite a bit higher than the standard Mahogany versions from same years. And... they always sound great.
    The Maple looks very nice at first glance, but when you look closer the flamed figure begins to appear three diminsional. It is a very striking look.
    This guitar has the usual great John Walker appointments: Ebony bridge, fingerboard, peghead overlay and pins. Bone nut and saddle. Waverly Tuners, rift-sawn bridgeplate, tortoise celluloid bindings, to name a few.
    It plays easily, and has a great voice.
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John Walker "Wise River" Mahogany Slope Shoulder 1
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New John Walker "Wise River" Mahogany Slope Shoulder Guitar 'Sold'

Blonde top. This guitar is a refinement of the traditional "J-35" guitars of the 1930's. Honduran Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Choice Adirondack Red Spruce top that has been air-cured for over 15 years. Ebony fingerboard. Fire-striped pickguard. Advanced scalloped Adirondack Spruce bracing, and top. Hard Maple "rift-sawn" bridgeplate. Blackened back of headstock. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Very strong guitar. 1 3/4" nut width.
*Photos are of previous guitar.
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John Walker "Wise River" Sunburst 1
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New John Walker "Wise River" Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

With the beautiful Sunburst and Adirondack Red Spruce top, this guitar is a refinement of the traditional "J-35" guitars of the 1930's. Honduran Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Choice Adirondack Red Spruce top that has been air-cured for over 15 years. Ebony fingerboard. Fire-striped pickguard. Advanced scalloped Adirondack Spruce bracing, and top. Hard Maple "rift-sawn" bridgeplate. Shaded back of headstock. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Excellent sound - crisp, sure attack with immediate tonal strength, depth and color.
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John Walker Clark Fork  1
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2007 John Walker Clark Fork Master Grade Brazilian & Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. Only has bare hint of strings touching the frets and no dings, dents or scratches.
     Sunburst slope shoulder guitar with long scale and 1 3/4" width at nut. Built in the tradition of pre-war "Advanced Jumbo" guitars, it has advanced scalloped hand-tuned bracing.
     Master grade quarter-sawn old growth Brazilian Rosewood back and sides and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay, with beautiful delicate handcut abalone inlay pattern and JWalker logo in peghead. Ebony bridge with 'cut through' saddle. Ivory saddle and nut. Ebony pins. Very nice "late '30's" style sunburst. Firestripe pickguard. Finely crafted wooden bindings throughout, with multiple bindings on top edge with outside flamed Maple layer, flamed Maple single binding on back. The fingerboard binding can hardly be described, as Mr Walker "insets" the outer flamed Maple strip very cleverly into the side of the fingerboard without the Maple showing at top of fingerboard. Peghead is multiple bound with black outer bindings. Abalone soundhole rosette.
     This is a very powerful guitar... Lots of presence and power, with excellent balance, attack, sustain and projection. It is set-up very well and needs nothing.
     * Remember - John Walker was a key player when Gibson re-issued the "AJ" guitar in 1990. I would suggest that he may have more experience with building "AJ" style guitars than just about anyone.

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John Walker Clark Fork - Brazilian Rosewood, 1
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New John Walker Clark Fork - Brazilian Rosewood, Bear Claw Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
    Very high-grade Adirondack top and Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Maple bound on top, back and peghead. Mahogany neck with radiused Ebony fingerboard and pearl dot inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners.



 
John Walker Gus Creek 1
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New John Walker Gus Creek "Demo" Guitar 'Sold'

     New (Demo). No signs of any careless handling or player wear on the instrument. This guitar has two very polite lines of finish checking that are difficult to spot.
     Extremely highly figured Maple back and sides. Mahogany neck. High grade Englemann Spruce top. Beautiful blonde finish. Multiple ivoroid binding around top and back edge, with black line showing on top, back and sides. Headstock and fingerboard are bound with ivoroid.  Ebony fingerboard, peghead overlay and bridge. Abalone JWalker logo inlaid in headstock. Abalone cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Unbleached bone nut. Fossile ivory 
"thru-saddle". Boxwood bridge pins and endpin. Complex "zipper" wooden marquetry back strip in center of back. Gold Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 5/16" pin spacing at bridge.
     This is a uniquely designed parlor guitar. 9 1/2" width at upper bout, 13 1/2" width at lower bout. 3 3/4" depth at upper bout, 4 3/4" at lower bout. Typical of guitars hand made by John Walker, it has a very nice 'pop' at the attack of each note and great balance.
     This guitar would cost six or eight hundred dollars more if John Walker hadn't deemed it to be sold at a discount because he took it to shows for product display. It would be an excellent choice for anyone who loves beautiful looking guitars that also sound beautiful.

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John Walker Lochsa 1
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New John Walker Lochsa Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     New Dreadnaut from John Walker. Very nice quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood showing "maiden hair" ripple patterns. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Red Spruce bracing with hide glue construction. Hard Maple bridge plate. 25 1/2" long scale length.
     White Holly wood bindings on top, back, and tucked under fingerboard edges. 1 3/4" width at nut. Vintage neck profile - its not giant, but just a little fuller feel.
     Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, Ebony peghead overlay. Bone nut, saddle, bridge pins and end pin. Nickel Waverly tuners.
     This guitar sounds very good. It has a wide-open feel and is very responsive. And... it is priced at a bargain, in order to stimulate the economy of the Alberton, MT area.
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John Walker Lolo Creek 1
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New John Walker Lolo Creek Custom Guitar 'Sold'

This is a very beautiful small body guitar. Sunburst top. Honduran Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard. 1 11/16" width at nut. Abalone soundhole rosette. Fingerboard is bound perfectly by Mr Walker insetting the wood binding into the side of the fingerboard - This method, which is quite a bit more difficult to do, prevents the wood binding being exposed level with fingerboard and subject to picking up dirt and oils from playing. Gold Waverly tuners and matching strap button. Fossilized Walrus Ivory "thru-saddle" and nut.
    When this guitar sold, the customer almost immediately purchased another John Walker "Lolo Creek" to complement this one! So, that should give you some idea of how good this guitar is.
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John Walker Lolo Creek 1
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New John Walker Lolo Creek w/ Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Sunburst. 1 3/4" width at nut. Very nice Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Small pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Ivoroid bindings on top and back of body and along fingerboard. Nickel Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners with metal buttons. Bone nut and intonated saddle.
     The sunburst is very nice. John Walker has earned a solid reputation for his fine sunburst finish. The playability is very good and the sound is great!
     * This instrument is a new one that John Walker has kept in his shop as an "example" guitar to show to people coming to his shop. Today the price is a few hundred higher for one of these, so take advantage of a great one at "yesterday's" pricing.

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John Walker Petty Creek Elite - PH
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New John Walker Petty Creek Elite - Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Eastern Red Maple back & sides Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ivoroid bindings. Similar to an "L-00" shape, but with a deeper body. 25.5" scale length. 14-fret neck joint. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoriod buttons. Custom upgrades include; Hide glue, Custom red burst color, bound sound hole and red spruce top. 
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John Walker Petty Creek Elite Custom 1
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2008 John Walker Petty Creek Elite Custom - Hide Glue Construction Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. No appreciable player wear. 
     Beautiful see-thru cherry red finish throughout. Highly figured Maple back and sides. Adirondack Red Spruce top and braces. Mahogany neck. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 25.4" scale length.
     Ebony bridge. Ebony fingerboard with small dot inlays. Ivoroid bindings on top, back, fingerboard and peghead. Waverly nickel tuners with ivoroid buttons. Very nice soundhole rosette of multiple ivoroid with center of tortoise. Firestripe pickguard.
     Custom upgrades include Long Scale Length and upgraded Adirondack Red Spruce top.
     This John Walker "Petty Creek" custom is reminiscent of the old L-00 guitars of the 1930's, but offers a few changes. First, it has a deeper body, and secondly, it has a long scale length. The combination works well to make a clear and focused sound with power.
     This guitar is set up to play and sounds great. * If a new guitar was ordered just like this one today, it would cost $4950.
 
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John Walker Ruby 1
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New John Walker Ruby Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with select Sitka Spruce top. Shape and size of guitar are similar to a "J-185" spec. 25.4" scale length. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons. Body and fingerboard bound with single ivoroid binding. Small pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Fingerboard is radiused similar to Gibson radius.
     The coloration of the guitar is very nice. The Mahogany has the perfect brown shade. Back of neck shows the shading John is getting known for, especially for the gradated "bee-sting" at bottom of back of peghead.
     This is a very fine sounding guitar - quick, sure response with great depth and balance and projection.
    

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John Walker Ruby Elite 1
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2007 John Walker Ruby Elite Guitar 'Sold'

     "As New" condition. Built with a tilt toward the old original Gibson J-185's, this guitar shows off John Walker's considerable skills. 1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut.
     Very highly figured Maple back, sides and neck, with select Spruce top. Neck is 2-pc book-matched Maple with thin Ebony stringer down the centerline. Back of peghead shows tasteful shading toward back of nut (see photos). Tortoise multiple bindings on body, along fingerboard and around peghead. Tortoise heelcap. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard has tasteful pearl 'cut block' inlays. Bridge has straight-thru bone saddle. Gold Waverly tuners with Ebony buttons.
     The look of this guitar is quite dramatic. There is a beautiful complement of color between the blonde tones of the Spruce and Maple, the Ebony fittings, and the tortoise trimmings.
     As usual, the materials and workmanship are top quality. And the sound is a real treat, too. Quick response with clarity and color and power.
     This guitar is just like buying a new one, except that it is several hundred dollars less. No dings, dents or player wear anywhere! The action is nice and low.
 
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John Walker Selway Custom 1
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New John Walker Selway Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     This is truly an exquisite instrument from John Walker. A true "Super Jumbo" version by the man who hand built so many of the Prototypes, Customs and the NAMM show display guitars for Gibson during the early and mid-1990's.
     Made with all top quality materials and options:
     Intensely figured Maple back, sides and neck that has the perfect "honey-amber" finish color. Master grade Adirondack Red Spruce top with wide grain, some "bearclaw" figure, and plenty of silky medullary rays. Neck is 2-pc Maple with thin Ebony stringer running down the center. Bindings are complex multiple layers with Macasser Ebony outer bindings - I could run out of space describing these bindings - be sure to look at the photos. Highest grade Abalone purfling around top edge and soundhole rosette. Very interesting wood marquetry backstrip down center of Maple back. Macasser Ebony heelcap. Macasser Ebony end pin wedge beautifully and perfectly mitre'd with multiple bindings.
     Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Gold Waverly tuners. Tortoise pickguard. Bone nut and saddle, Ebony bridge pins and end pin.
     This is an extremely great sounding guitar. Perfect attack, balance, depth and overall voice.
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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Adirondack top with nice sunburst finish. Honduran Mahogany back and sides. Top and back are both single bound with Ivoroid. Mahogany neck with radiused Ebony fretboard and pearl dot inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Ebony peghead overlay with JWalker logo inlaid in pearl. Ebony bridge and pins, firestripe pickguard.
     Huge depth and presence in the lows and highs. This guitar has a very nice tone. The bass is big and bouncy, and the highs are crystal clear.

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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River w/ Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Sunburst traditional slope-shoulder guitar. 1 3/4" width at nut. Highly select Mahogany back, sides and neck. Very nice Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Nickel Waverly pre-war style tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Small pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Ivoroid bound body. Traditional fire-striped pickguard. Ivoroid end wedge.
     This is a fine guitar for beauty and for sound. Typical of John Walker guitars, the fit and finish are highest form of hand lutherie.

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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River Guitar 'Sold'

     This is a new John Walker "Wise River" with Adirondack Red Spruce top. It has been used for display and for shows and is now offered for sale. It is in "new" condition and only has one tiny ding in the treble side waist and one very short finish check near fingerboard extension.
     Beautiful "late '30's" sunburst. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Traditional firestripe pickguard. Small dot inlays in fingerboard.
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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful 3-color "pre-war" sunburst. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. The Red Spruce top is fairly wide grain across the center of the and tighter last few inches toward the edges. Some tell-tale red streaking typical of Red Spruce in the late wood. Waverly tuners, firestriped pickguard, and ivoroid bindings. Ebony fingerboard, bridge, peghead overlay,
    These guitars are one of the mainstays of John Walker's lineup of models. Similar in shape and appointments to the old venerable J-35's of the 1930's, these guitars exhibit many similarities in tone to the old guitars. Strong voice, good balance, ease of playability.
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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Beautiful 3-color "pre-war" sunburst. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid  buttons and bindings. Ebony fingerboard, bridge, peghead overlay.

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John Walker Wise River 1
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New John Walker Wise River Sunburst Adirondack Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

This is a fine guitar, indeed. Choice Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with a very nice Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay, with "JWalker" Logo inlaid in pearl, and with small dots inlaid in fingerboard. John makes a nice flourish of style on the back of the neck, where he shades the heel and also cleverly shades the area behind the nut (see photo of Tuners).
   John Walker is getting known for his great sunbursts, and this guitar is no exception. It has a beautiful 3-color pre-war style sunburst top that shows tobacco brown outer edge, with red transition and amber center.
   Polished bone nut and saddle, with Ebony endpin and bridgepins. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons.
   This guitar sounds great - very quick attack with plenty of depth, and plenty of power and beauty.
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John Walker Wise River 1
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2008 John Walker Wise River w/ late '30's style sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Sunburst. Hardly any player marks - only one or two tiny touch marks, no fret wear! No strap button installed in heel.
     1 3/4 width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 24 3/4" scale length. Select grade Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony bridge. Ebony fingerboard with small dot inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners w/ ivoroid buttons. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins.
     The sunburst finish on the top has a dramatic look. The tobacco edges aren't too dark, and the transitions from the brown edge to the red and again into the gold at center are very well done.
     This guitar is set up to play and it sounds great.
 
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John Walker Wise River 1
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2008 John Walker Wise River w/ Traditional tobacco sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Traditional "mid-'30's" tobacco sunburst. The guitar looks very close to brand new condition. Only has very minor signs of playing on the frets. K & K mini pickup professionally installed, with endpin jack. Strap button installed in center back of neck heel.
     High grade Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Adirondack Red Spruce top and braces. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. Beautiful sunburst. Ebony bridge. Ebony fingerboard with small pearl dot inlays. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins. Nickel Waverly tuners. Firestripe pickguard.
     This guitar is set up to play and sounds great.
 
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John Walker Wise River Maple 1
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2005 John Walker Wise River Maple Shellac Finish Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) Condition. Here we have the first ever guitar that John Walker put his name on. Sure... by the time this guitar was built, John Walker had built many great handmade Gibsons in the Custom Shop and guitars for Stephen Anderson, but this is the first that was named a "Walker".
     There are areas of stray pickmarks on the top, and a few dings as well, but nothing major at all. The back and sides are really clean. Neck is in great condition with no fret wear.
     Adirondack top with single tortoise-shell binding. Curly Maple back and sides have really great figure. The whole guitar body is finished with hand-rubbed shellac. Mahogany neck with blank Ebony radiused fretboard. Ebony peghead overlay with "JWalker" inlaid in Pearl. Gibson tuners with black buttons. Fire-stripe pickguard. Comes with original composite straight-thru saddle on the guitar, as well as a new Walrus Ivory saddle in the case.
     This is a really phenomenal sounding guitar. This is one from the personal collection of Greg Boyd, and we have been changing our minds about putting it up for months because the sound is so good. The tone is all there, great lows and highs from the first fret to the last.
     John Walker is one of those rare Luthiers who can use Maple to it's full potential. Many Maple guitars can sound quick, but also thin. Walker's Maple guitars let you hear the Maple as a "special treat", where you can "feel" the mids and lows bouncing deep off the back and the highs have a beautiful "pop" attack and clear, sweet tones.
     This guitar would cost over $5000 with the spectacular Maple and the Shellac finish...
     There is no serial number, because this guitar was made before SN 001.
     Set-up is great, action is great, no problems, no repairs.
     * I wish someone would remind me why I am selling this guitar... Oh yeah, i remember now... taxes, bills, more instruments to buy for the store, etc...

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Jose' De La Mora Flamenco 1
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1960 Jose' De La Mora Flamenco Guitar 'No Longer Available'

     Excellent condition. This is a very well made Flamenco guitar by Jose' De La Mora in Los Angeles, in 1960. Cypress guitar with Spruce top. Multiple wood bindings on top, back and sides of body. Original Ebony bridge with Ivory at top rear of bridge and Ivory saddle. Original Ivory nut.
     Guitar shows moderate evidence of prior playing wear, but has no problems. One old back crack repaired professionally. Ebony fingerboard. Original tuners in good shape. Frets have been milled but not properly dressed and polished at this time.
     The sound is quite good... great balance, great attack and lots of expression.

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Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - 1
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New Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - Maple Cutaway "Super Jumbo" Guitar 'Sold'

Highly figured Maple back, sides and neck with Carpathian Spruce top. Pull out all the stops! The Maple is so gorgeous! 9-ply top bindings with 7-ply back bindings. Ebony fingerboard with Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Full sunburst - top, back, sides and back of neck. Neck is 2-pc Maple with stringer down the middle. Gold Waverly tuners. Bone saddle and nut with bone bridge pins and endpin. This guitar is available to purchase now. 

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Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - 1
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New Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - Mahogany Cutaway 12-fret "Super Jumbo" Guitar 'Sold'

     Kevin Kopp has made his mark with the "Trail Boss" guitars.  Choose between Mahogany, Maple, Indian Rosewood, and Brazilian Rosewood for back and sides, and choose Sitka, Adirondack Red, or Lutz Spruce for the tops. 
     The first one, the one that Leo Kotke bought and is using, is Mahogany! We had that first Mahogany prototype here in the store and I have to say I was greatly impressed. Built with choice Mahogany and Spruce, with 12-fret neck joint (using Long Scale!), and rounded Venetian cutaway. Multiple Ivoroid bindings on top and back. Sunburst top.
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Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - Mahogany 1
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New Kevin Kopp "Trail Boss" - Mahogany Cutaway 12-fret Jumbo Guitar 'Sold'

Picture a handbuilt "J-200" with a rare 12-fret neck joint, but still with long scale length. Now add a round cutaway... The very first J-200's in the 1930's had "AJ" straight bridges - this one has that, too. The voicing of the top is wonderful, and this guitar delivers great sound. This "Trail Boss" is a guitar that flatpicks well, fingerpicks well, strums excellent full swing bar chords or open chords. It is an amazingly well-balanced guitar - huge bass with powerful trebles. Multiple bindings top and back. Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold open-back tuners. Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Choice "Master Grade" Sitka Spruce top. French-polish Shellac finish on spruce top, with nitro-cellulose lacquer on remaining parts of guitar. I really can't stress enough how singularly great this guitar is for pure joy of sound and playing. Add $250 for sunburst top, or $500 for full guitar sunburst.
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Kevin Kopp K-185 1
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2009 Kevin Kopp K-185 w/ Figured Koa & Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Nicely figured Koa back and sides with a lot of rich character and figure. Excellent Adirondack Red Spruce top - again, with a lot of grain character. Both woods complement each other with Mr Kopp's color scheme. The golden brown of the Koa works very well with the blonde top, visually. Guitar shows some slight player wear. Small area of finger wear between pickguard and bridge. Frets show minor wear. There are a few small, insignificant marks here and there, but nothing to get upset about.
     1 3/4" width at nut, 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. 24 3/4" scale length. Koa back and sides. Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Medium pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Ivoroid bindings around top and back of body, with top having multiple black/ivo/black purfling. Mahogany neck, with Ebony peghead overlay and Waverly tuners. Strap button installed professionally on heel. Firestripe pick guard.
     This is a very nice looking guitar that is set-up very well - it plays and sounds great.

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Kevin Kopp K-35 Top
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Custom w/ Red Spruce & Shellac top finish Guitar 'Sold'

Beautiful Honduran Mahogany back, sides, and neck, with Select Grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, Brazilian Rosewood bridge with straight-thru intonated saddle. Pre-war style firestriped pickguard. This guitar has some great options on it besides the Red Spruce upgrade... 
    Multiple Ivoroid top binding. Ivoroid bound peghead and fingerboard. Ivoroid end-wedge. The top has a beautiful Shellac finish. "Kopp" logo is inlaid in Ebony peghead overlay instead of "silkscreen" decal. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Waverly nickel tuners. Ebony bridge pins and endpin.
    The guitar is beatifully colored, with antiqued look to the Red Spruce top and bindings that perfectly complements the brown color of the Mahogany back, sides and neck.
    This guitar has very strong sound - immediate and full attack with open response and plenty of power and depth.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Sunburst w/ Red Spruce & Shellac top finish Guitar 'Sold'

This is a very nice guitar from Kevin Kopp. Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with interesting grain. Adirondack Red Spruce top that shows lots of mottled figure. Ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay, Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Bone nut, intonated saddle, and bridge pins. "Kopp" logo is "faux silkscreen" decal. Small pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. Body top and back are bound with ivoroid. 1 3/4" width of nut at fingerboard. Shellac top finish.
    Very handsome red/brown sunburst, and the tobacco-brown edges are light enough to let you see all the wood grain of the top. The medium brown color of the Mahogany works well with the sunburst top to give a great overall look.
    The sound is very good. It is refined enough to sound full and clear with extremely light touch, yet responds to heavier playing with big dynamic range.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 w/ Red Spruce & French Polished top Guitar 'Sold'

Mahogany sloped shoulder guitar from Kevin Kopp. Beautiful Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with an Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst top. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Ivoroid body binding. Waverly tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone saddle and nut. One upgrade on this guitar is the French Polished Shellac finish on the Red Spruce top. This Shellac finish on the top is only about .0028" thickness! This is amazingly light finish - even lighter than most varnish finishes!
*The base price of the Kopp "K-35" (as of June 2008), is $3650 with Waverly tuners. Add $250 for Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst finish adds $250, and the Shellac top finish adding $350.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Guitar 'Sold'

 
Here is another great sloped shoulder from Kevin Kopp. Beautiful Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with an Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst top. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Ivoroid body binding. Waverly tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone saddle and nut. Even as a spanking brand new instrument, this guitar has a really great sound.
*The base price of the Kopp "K-35" is $3650 including Waverly tuners. Add $250 for Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst finish adds $250 to the base price.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany slope-shouldered guitar with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Honduran Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Waverly nickel pre-war style open back tuners. Bone saddle and nut, bone bridge pins and endpin. Dots inlaid in fingerboard.
     Beautiful sunburst - doesn't have a dark tobacco brown edge; more like a red-brown edge that doesn't obscure the grain.
     The sound is quick and powerful with lots of depth and presence.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     Sloped shoulder "jumbo" that is true to the old original J-35 guitars. Kevin Kopp builds them light, without any excess wood mass; the result being a very quick response and a resonance that you can feel when you play it.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides, and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top that shows a lot of character in the grain. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut, saddle and endpin. 1 3/4" nut width. Small dot inlays in fingerboard. Traditional firestripe pickguard.
     This is a fine guitar that works well for flatpicking or for fingerstyle. Lots of tone, with quick response, balance, depth and resonance.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

    This is a sloped shoulder sunburst beauty. True to the original model "35", this guitar has sloped shoulder body with 14-fret neck joint and standard short scale of 24 3/4". Width of fingerboard at nut is 1 3/4".
    Select Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. The sunburst is pretty dramatic, with vivid reds accenting the tobacco to gold transition. Ebony fingerboard, with Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Nickel Waverly vintage style open-back tuners.
    Kevin Kopp builds fine sounding and playing guitars - suitable for flatpicking or strumming, swatting western swing bar chords, or upscale fingerpicking.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 Custom 1
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2007 Kevin Kopp K-35 Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent original condition. Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. French polish Shellac finish on the top. Nitro cellulose finish on back and sides, peghead and neck. Beautiful sunburst color. 1 3/4" nut width. Small dot inlas. Ebony fingerboard with Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Waverly tuners.
     This guitar has "wide open" sound. It is well enunciated with strong attack and resonance.
    
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Kevin Kopp K-35 Long Scale 1
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2005 Kevin Kopp K-35 Long Scale Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Some player wear on top - thumbpick marks on bass side of soundhole, some pick and fingernail marks on treble side below pickguard. There are some minor touch-marks and dings, but it is very nice overall.
     Long scale guitar. Where most people think of slope-shouldered guitars with 'short-scale' length in mind, there were actually quite a few times when Gibson built long scale models, like the famous "Advanced Jumbo" guitars of the 1930's. Gibson Custom Shop under the direction of John Walker also handbuilt quite a few long scale "AJ 35's"... meaning it was a Mahogany Advanced Jumbo, or a long scale J-35. At any rate, this particular guitar makes good use of the long scale.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Sunburst finish. Nickel pre-war style open-back tuners. Antiqued ivoroid bindings on top, back, fingerboard and peghead. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Kopp logo in peghead is antique gold decal that looks just like the old c1940 Gibson silkscreen logos. Small dot inlays of MOP in fingerboard. Old style fire-stripe pickguard.
     Ok... here it is... this guitar is a HONKER! It is "wide-open" and big, with everything about the tone in the "plus" column. Set-up is good and it has no problems.
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Kevin Kopp K-35 Prototype 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Prototype - Roy Smeck style Guitar 'Sold'

     Newest creation from Kevin Kopp. Built as a prototype 12-fret version of his popular K-35 guitars, this guitar captures the essence of the old "Roy Smeck" models of the 1930's. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Sunburst finish on top.
     1 3/4" width at nut. 24 3/4" scale length. 12-fret neck joint. At the time of this writing Kevin Kopp is on vacation, so I can't answer specific questions about bracing and tone bars. Built using hide glue.
     Ebony peghead overlay with white decal that looks like the old silk-screened logos of the 1930's. Honduran Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Dot inlays in fingerboard. Top and back of body are bound with ivoroid. Pre-war style Waverly open-back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Bone saddle and nut and bridge pins. Traditional fire-striped pickguard.
     This is a very fine sounding guitar... and it is a prototype, with label reading "Model - Prototype".
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Kevin Kopp K-35 Sunburst 1
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New Kevin Kopp K-35 Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     New.
     Sunburst Adirondack Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top and back are single bound with Ivoroid. Radiused Rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Rosewood bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Kopp logo inlaid in pearl in the peghead. Firestripe pickguard.
     Very nice sound. Balanced, with a nice crisp attack. Great volume and projection. We've already had several experienced players who own old original J-45's and SJ's, etc, who are amazed at how "open" and "mature" this guitar sounds.

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Kevin Kopp L-02 1
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New Kevin Kopp L-02 Guitar 'Sold'

Similar design as the old "L-00". Sunburst top, with dark tobacco brown back, sides and back of neck. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Red Spruce top. Brazilian rosewood bridge & fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners. Faithful to the old originals, with traditional body shape and a 24 3/4" scale length. This is a very good sounding guitar. Quick response, and very lightweight in your hands.
 
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Kevin Kopp L-02 1
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New Kevin Kopp L-02 Guitar 'Sold'

Black Top. Here is another fine one from Mr Kopp. Similar to an old "L-00". Black top, with dark tobacco brown back, sides and back of neck. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Sitka Spruce top. Faithful to the old originals, with traditional body shape and a 24 3/4" scale length. This is a very good sounding guitar. Quick response, and very lightweight in your hands. One regular customer has already stated that it surpasses his original black L-00 from the 1930's!
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Kevin Kopp Lil' Hoss 1
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New Kevin Kopp Lil' Hoss Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

     Another great guitar design from Kevin Kopp.  Similar to a J-185 body design, with Mahogany back, sides and neck and select Spruce top.  Rounded cutaway, with 12-fret neck joint. 24 3/4" scale length.  1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut.
     The 12-fret neck joint causes the bridge to be moved about 1 5/16" farther away from soundhole. This enables the bridge and bridge plate to act differently with the braces and the top, causing a very pleasing pronounced attack and a good timbre to the tone.
     Very good balanced sound, with strong bass to complement the treble.  Easy to play from the 1st position to the last fret.
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Kevin Kopp OM 1
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New Kevin Kopp OM Guitar 'Sold'

     Another great guitar from Kevin Kopp. "Lutz" spruce top. Madagascar rosewood back, sides. Traditional OM body shape and a 25 1/2" scale length. Nickel Waverly tuners. Very fine guitar that is very open and resonant, and light as a feather.
     This guitar is being put on sale to help Kevin Kopp amass some funds to put a down payment on some property.
 
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Kevin Kopp Sloped-Shoulder K-35 1
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New Kevin Kopp Sloped-Shoulder K-35 Guitar 'Sold'

Prototype #1. "J-35 style" guitar. Mahogany back and sides, choice Sitka Spruce top. 24 3/4" scale length. Sunburst finish. Spruce top is finished with french-polished Shellac, with nitro-cellulose lacquer on remainder of guitar. Very good sound. Strong attack, full timbre, great projection. This guitar has a very "authentic" dry wood sound, that distinctly reminds you of the old original J-35's.
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Kevin Kopp Trail Boss 1
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New Kevin Kopp Trail Boss Lutz Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Sunburst Super Jumbo cutaway. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Lutz Spruce top.
     * 'Lutz' Spruce is a hybrid species that comes from crossing Sitka Spruce, White Spruce and sometimes Englemann Spruce. These hybrids show wonderful stiffness that many builders say rival Red Spruce, but with maybe a little different character to the tone. We have had several guitars with Lutz Spruce tops by Kevin Kopp and they all were great. They all had fast abrupt attack, like Red Spruce, but also more 'growl' right away, like German Spruce or Englemann.
     Back to the guitar... This is just a wonderful sounding instrument. I don't know if I can remember ever having a Gibson J-200 that sounded as balanced, or had as great of a bounce to the bass.
     To let you know just how good of a guitar these are, Leo Kotke has TWO Trail Boss 6-strings and a 12-string...
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Kevin Kopp Trail Boss 1
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New Kevin Kopp Trail Boss Mahogany Cutaway 12-fret "Super Jumbo" Guitar 'Sold'

     This is the guitar that quickly put Kevin Kopp "on the map" as a builder.  Using all top materials, start with a basic 'J-200 style' body, but brace it and voice it to have high degree of response and balance.  Use normal 25 1/2" scale length, but attach it at the 12th fret, so that the bridge is pushed further down from soundhole 1 3/8".  Then make it a rounded cutaway.
     Voila'... there you have the "Trail Boss"... a very full sounding powerhouse guitar that gives a new meaning to the words, 'bass response'.  Yes, it is balanced, but the bass is a nice fat bouncy wave of tone.  Trebles are clear and strong, too.
    Figured Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Lutz Spruce top.  Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with small dot inlays in the fingerboard.  6-ply Ivoroid top binding, 4-ply back binding.  Fingerboard and peghead are also bound with Ivoroid.  Beautiful sunburst top.  Waverly nickel tuners.
     This is a tremendous guitar, for both its playability and its tone.  This is the same model that Leo Kotke is playing...!
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Kevin Kopp Trail Boss 1
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2007 Kevin Kopp Trail Boss Custom Maple Cutaway Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

Like new condition. NO player wear. Here is a custom version of the famous "Trail Boss" that Leo Kotke has been using for a couple of years now. Highly flamed Maple back, sides and neck, with Carpathian Spruce top. Fully appointed, with 5-ply ivoroid top and back bindings, and ivoroid bound fingerboard and headstock. Round, "Venetian" cutaway. "Kopp" logo inlaid in pearl in Ebony peghead veneer. The full sunburst finish is strikingly beautiful, and truly sets this guitar apart from many.
    But... the best part is the tone...
    Huge sound that is very enunciated and balanced. You can fingerpick this guitar or flatpick it - it works quite well for either. If you love good 'ol J-200's, you'll really love this guitar! It beats any J-200 I've ever played, and I've played hundreds of them...
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2007 Kevin Kopp Trail Boss Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition. This is the only blonde-top cutaway Trail Boss that Kopp has made. Top is very clean, but has several polite touch marks. The back, sides and neck are all in really great shape. No marks, no fret wear.
     Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top has 6-ply Ivoroid binding. Back has 4-ply Ivoroid binding. Neck and peghhead have single Ivoroid binding. Radiused Gabon Ebony fingerboard with small Pearl dot inlays. Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners.
     1 3/4" width at nut. 25 1/2" scale length. 12-fret neck joint.
     This guitar has a huge low end with good treble and mid-range balance. Great open tone for finger-picking. Moving the 12-fret joint spaces the bridge further away from the soundhole 1 3/8 inches to allow for a different timbre in the attack which is very rich and satisfying. This is a very nice, low price for such a fine, hand-made guitar. Leo Kottke has owned 3 Kopp Trail Boss guitars for several years now and there are some You Tube videos of him playing them.

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Kurt Gisclair "000-A Koa". 1
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New Kurt Gisclair "000-A Koa". Guitar 'Sold'

1 3/4" width at nut. Koa back and sides, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. This is a great "early" guitar from our friend, Kurt Gisclair in Alaska. Kurt has established himself with a string of mandolins over the last 5 or 6 years. These first guitars have a lot going for them. This Koa "000" has nice Koa and Red Spruce, as well as some "extras", like the Koa heel cap, the colorful back strip, the multiple ivoroid bindings, ebony pyramid bridge, and the vintage profile neck. This guitar plays well and has a wonderful "open" sound. Price reduced... 
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Lakewood D-54 1
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1994 Lakewood D-54 Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent Original Condition. Since 1985 Martin Seeliger has made well respected Lakewood guitars in Germany. These guitars sell a bit below what you expect to pay to get this sort of soundpower, with clean workmanship.
    This guitar is certainly a good example of a Brazilian Dreadnaut. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with select Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Mahogany neck. Abalone top bindings and abalone soundhole rosette.
    The sound is really great! Very powerful tone and presence, with very strong growling low range and clear highs.
    We know the original owner of this guitar, and while he did play it and enjoy it, there is no sign of careless handling. Fresh new fret work.
    These Lakewood D-54 Customs sell now for over $7000 U.S. Dollars in Germany.
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Martin  D-42 1
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1999 Martin D-42 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. This is a very nice D-42. Indian Rosewood back and sides, choice grade Spruce top. Lots of Abalone purflings - top edge, soundhole rosette, and bordering fingerboard extension. Neck and peghead are multiple bound with ivoroid. Snowflake inlays in fingerboard and bridge. Advanced scalloped braces. Only has very minor scratches at edge of back and a few small dings on back of neck. Baggs pickup professionally installed.
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Martin 0-18 1
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1951 Martin 0-18 Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(+) condition. No Cracks. Original frets. Bridge has been replaced with newer Brazilian Rosewood vintage copy. Recent neck reset by John Joyner. Original Tuners.
    This fine old Martin is in very nice shape and plays great, with good low action and plenty of saddle height. It is very open sounding with a full voice.
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Martin 00-17 1
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1958 Martin 00-17 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. The top has lacquer checking, a handful of dents and dings and one repaired crack. Sides have some scrapes and two repaired cracks. The back has lacquer checking and three repaired cracks. The neck has a sizeable area where finish has been rubbed off and a few other marks. Neck has been recently reset and the frets have been milled.
     All Mahogany body. Radiused Rosewood fretboard with Ivoroid dot inlays. Rosewood bridge. All-original parts.
     Great sound. Nice, crisp attack with a solid low end. This guitar is fun to play. It's set up great for fingerpicking, and the sound is clear and loud.

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Martin 00-18 1
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1931 Martin 00-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. The top has a few very tiny touch marks, and shows polite lacquer checking. The back and sides just have a few small marks and slight lacquer checking. There are two very small side cracks that have been professionally repaired. The neck is in great original shape with just a few small marks. Bar frets are in great shape, peghead is really clean. Tuners are in exceptionally fine original condition.
     Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound, back has single wood binding. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated Abalone dot inlays. Original pickguard and "belly bridge". Slotted peghead with original tuners and "CF Martin & Co" stamped on the back.
     Excellent sound, excellent condition. This is a beautiful original Martin. These guitars represent the most desirable of all the 12-fret, 00-18's. A good time to buy is right now, when this one is priced 15% or 20% below their pre-recession price.

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1954 Martin 00-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. This may be the nicest one - certainly the nicest one we've ever had. NO cracks, NO repairs. Original finish, original bridge, original tuners, original pickguard, etc. Only has some very minor dings here and there, but no significant scratches or dents. And it was recently set-up to play real well.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Spruce top. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Newer bone nut and saddle. Original open-back tuners.
     Very strong "opened-up" sound that is well-balanced from bass to treble. It is truly a joy to play from the first position to the end of the fingerboard. Fast, sure attack with beautiful tone everywhere on the fingerboard. This is one of those rare guitars that is sought by collectors, for its originality and by players, for its tone and playability.
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Martin 00-18 1
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1939 Martin 00-18 Guitar 'Sold'

Just in... Please call 406/327-9925
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Martin 00-18T 1
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1939 Martin 00-18T Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. Very rare guitar! Martin made quite a few 0-18 Tenor guitars, but not very many at all of the 00-18 Tenors, and to be sunburst only adds to it's rarity. Apparently only 2 of these were ever made.
     This guitar has been treated very well for years and years. No cracks. Only some "polite" finish checking, some random nicks and dings, and very little wear on what appear to be the original frets. Small area of belt buckle wear on back.
     Cuban Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. All original finish, original open-back Grover G-98 tuners, original pickguard, bridge, etc.
     If you are looking for a great playing tenor guitar that also has "collector value", then this is it. The tone is superior, it plays easy, it has no problems.
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Martin 00-28 Koa Custom 1
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2006 Martin 00-28 Koa Custom Adirondack Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition.Some evidence of previous owner's playing: Hardly any sign of fret wear, but does have some impressions in top finish from stray pick marks and has random "button tracks" on back, although not very severe. Strap button installed 3/4" inch away from heel on bass shoulder of guitar, into headblock. End pin hole enlarged professionally for end pin pickup jack.
     Highly figured Koa back and sides. Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. 12-fret neck joint. Slotted headstock with traditional diamond volute. 1 3/4" width at nut. Ebony fingerboard with abalone dot inlays. Ebony pyramid bridge with "cut through" saddle. Herringbone top purfling. Ivoroid binding on top and back of body. Herringbone back strip. Highly figured Koa peghead overlay with elaborate abalone floral inlay. Pre-war style open-back tuners. 25.4" scale length.
     This guitar is set-up well with nice low action. The neck is straight and frets are in fine condition. It sounds really good, with good balance and resonance.
    
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Martin 000-16GT 1
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2002 Martin 000-16GT Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc Condition. Nice Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Multiple bound top, with Herringbone soundhole rosette. Back and fingerboard are single bound.
     No problems, but just a few player handling marks here and there from normal use - some stray pick marks on the Spruce top and some slight marring of lacquer on back of neck.
     The action is nice and low. Frets show slight denting, but plays very good. Intonated saddle. This is a perfect guitar for a young serious player... Serious enough, in fact, for the previous owner to use to win the 2009 guitar contest at the Grand Targhee festival.
w/ OHC

 
Martin 000-28 "Norman Blake" 1
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2005 Martin 000-28 "Norman Blake" Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. 1 13/16" width of fingerboard at nut, 1 3/8" spacing at bridge pins. Indian Rosewood back and sides. Adirondack Red Spruce top. 12-fret neck joint. 24.9" scale length. Advanced bracing, with 1/4" basal width of braces. Slotted headstock. Vintage style Vee neck profile. Bone nut and saddle, with Ivory bridgepins and endpin. Waverly engraved tuners with ivoroid buttons. These are fairly rare guitars, with only a few hundred made to date. This guitar is in fabulous original condition, with only a few small signs of being owned. NO player wear, NO fret wear, NO strap button installed on heel. It is set up very well. The sound is very good.
w/ OHC

 
Martin 000-28EC 1
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2002 Martin 000-28EC Eric Clapton signature model Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This guitar is very clean and original, with only a few light touch marks around the top. Some light fret wear but nice low action with no buzzing. Has never needed a neck reset.   
     1 3/4" width at nut. 24.9" scale length. 2 1/4" pin spacing at bridge. Select Indian Rosewood back and sides. Honduran Mahogany neck. Very high grade Sitka Spruce top. Original nut and saddle. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Old-style logo on headstock.     
     Ivoroid body bindings, with Herringbone purflings on top edge and sound hole rosette. Ivoroid heel cap. Vintage rounded V neck. Vintage style open-back tuners. Strap button professionally installed in neck heel.
     This guitar was well cared for. It's setup with nice action, and the sound is really good.
w/ OHC


 
Martin C-2 Conversion to 000-42 1
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1933 Martin C-2 Conversion to 000-42 Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional conversion by our local luthier, John Joyner. This guitar is rare in that it has proper 14th fret neck joint, instead of 13 1/2 fret like so many of these conversions. Top is 10 years old. It has braces accurately copied from a 1930's OM. Pickguard is a vintage style Greven guard. The abalone top binding and soundhole rosette are flawless. This is a beautiful job of conversion. The Brazilian Rosewood is top grade, and back and sides are uncracked. Original finish on back, sides, neck and peghead. The top sounds very much like an original OM, with no tonal indication that this is a "newer" top. 
w/ newer HC


 
Martin C-2 Conversion to 000-42 1
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c1932 Martin C-2 Conversion to 000-42 Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent (restored, converted) condition. Has a few minor marks on top and back and one lacquer chip in back of neck.
     Originally was an arch top guitar with flat back, built on the "000" or "OM" form at Martin in early 1930's. Many players have noticed that the original archtop configurations didn't have the right tonality for them. Starting in mid to late 1960's, luthiers saw the possibility of putting a good flat top on these C-2's, to convert them into great sounding flat tops. Even by the mid-'70's they were talked about as a very viable way to get an 'older guitar sound' by doing these conversions.
     Beautiful quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Full neck profile - deep rounded "V" that feels fine. The fingerboards have just a bit more radius in them than Martin uses in their flat tops today, but it is a great feeling fingerboard. Converted in about 8 years ago by Steve Helgeson, who did a very fine job with the symmetry of neck placement, angle of neck set, bridge, top, pickguard. As part of the restoration, Mr Helgeson masterfully refinished the back, sides and neck.
     The finish work is excellent - if you have to refinish an old guitar, this is what they should look like. Helgeson also chose a very nice Spruce top for the job and completed the conversion by inlaying 'style 42' abalone trim around top edge purfling and soundhole rosette. Newer Gabon Ebony fingerboard with elaborate 'snowflakes and cat-eyes' abalone inlay. Ivoroid bindings along fingerboard and around peghead to match outer body bindings. Greven tortoise pickguard. Gabon Ebony bridge. Bridge pins appear original, with large flat head with large inlaid dot. Tuners are Gold Waverly pre-war style open-backs.
     24.9" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut. 2 1/4" pin spacing in bridge.
     This is a remarkable guitar for tone and playability. The set-up is great.

Newer HC


 
Martin CEO-1R 1
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1990's Martin CEO-1R Guitar 'Sold'

Indian Rosewood dreadnaut with lots of extras. Nice hexagonal outline inlays in fingerboard. Extra bindings. All solid wood construction. This guitar plays and sounds great. Pickup professionally installed.
w/ Martin Tweed

 
Martin CS35-11 1
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2011 Martin CS35-11 - Madagascar Rosewood / Carpathian Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     Like New condition. No dents, dings or fret wear.
     Carpathian Spruce top. Madagascar Rosewood back and sides with 3-piece "wave" design on back. Top is bound with Herringbone and Ivoroid. Back has multiple Ivoroid bindings and fretboard has single binding. Mahogany neck with dovetail joint. Radiused Ebony fingerboard with graduated abalone inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners. Golden era style scalloped X bracing. 1 11/16" width at nut.
     Be sure to check out the artistic 3-pc wave design in the back - it is very unique and very strikingly beautiful.
     Very strong, resonant sound. This guitar came into us in almost un-played condition. After only a few days here it is opening up very fast!
     These guitars listed for $6999 when new in 2011. They were only made as a special custom shop limited offering of around 75 guitars.

w/ OHC

 
Martin Custom 00-28 Koa 1
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c.2006 Martin Custom 00-28 Koa Guitar 'Sold'

Exceptional original condition. Highly figured Koa top, sides and back. Herringbone top edge purfling and at soundhole rosette. Herringbone backstrip. Ivoroid body bindings. Slotted headstock with Waverly tuners. Martin factory stamp in back of headstock, like the early Martin guitars were done. 14-fret neck joint. Tasteful custom inlay in headstock. Small cut diamonds in Ebony fingerboard. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Ebony bridge has straight-thru saddle. Headblock stamp inside guitar reads "Custom" for the guitar model.
    This guitar has really great sound - both in standard tuning and in various alternate tunings, like "drop D" and full open D tunings.
w/ OHC

 
Martin D-12-20 1
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1971 Martin D-12-20 12 String Guitar 'Sold'

Exc condition except for peghead repair and crunch on back/side (See photos) both have been expertly repaired years ago and recently inspected and finessed by our local luthier, John Joyner. Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides & neck. Rosewood bridge and fingerboard. Original black pickguard. The top of the guitar is very near perfect condition.  
w/ Newer Martin Case

 
Martin D-15 1
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2003 Martin D-15 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. All original. NO player wear. The pickguard still has it's protective plastic cover intact! Only has one tiny, tiny ding at back edge.
     All solid Mahogany - back and sides, top and neck are all Mahogany. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Tortoise pickguard.
     This is a very nice guitar that is set-up well and has no problems. It sounds very good.
w/ OHC

 
Martin D-16 1
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1993 Martin D-16 Guitar 'Sold'

      VG(+) condition.  Only a few cosmetic rubs in the finish, and some dings here and there. One extra strap-button hole beside the neck heel.
     All solid wood construction, with select Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top appears to be select Englemann Spruce. Rosewood fingerboard, bridge, peghead overlay and heel cap. Small Abalone "cut-diamonds" inlaid in fingerboard and bridge. Tortoise-celluloid bindings on top and back of body. Wooden herringbone back strip and sounhole rosette. Tuners replaced with excellent Kluson copies, most likely by Gotoh. Original frets with minor denting. Dovetail neck joint.
     The D-16's made prior to the mid-90's follow pre-war examples with advanced scalloped bracing. This is a great guitar, better sounding than a lot of the Martin's of that era and new Martins as well.

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Martin D-16 1
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1993 Martin D-16 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. No repairs or problems. The original frets do show some moderate wear. This guitar does have a few dings and signs of prior use, but again, nothing major, nothing needing repair. Strap button installed.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays. Lots of figure in the Sitka Spruce top.
     This guitar sounds quite a bit better than a new D-18 from Martin. It plays fine and sounds very good.
w/ OHC

 
Martin D-16 GT 1
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New Martin D-16 GT Guitar 'Sold'

     New Condition. Never been owned or used. This guitar still has all hang tags, etc. It was brought to us as a new guitar and traded for other items. NO wear, no dings, dents, scratches, etc.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Spruce top. Rosewood peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard and bridge and heelcap. Black bindings around top and back of body. Herringbone soundhole rosette. Nickel tuners. Matte finish except for glossy nitro-cellulose on Spruce top.
     Look... we've had lots of D-16's come through here since early 1990's. This is really one of the very best. It has a great response that is quick and sure. Very good balance. I really think you'd have to play through quite a few more expensive Martins (D-18, D-18V, etc), to find one that is as good as this one. I rate it "exceptional tone".
     Comes with original paperwork and hang tags.

w/ OHC

 
Martin D-16A 1
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2010 Martin D-16A w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Almost New Condition. Only has a couple of tiny touchmarks. No wear, no problems, no repairs.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Appointments like a D-18, with multiple wood bindings around the top with tortoise back binding. 1 3/4" width at nut. 25.4" scale length. 2 5/16" pin-to-pin spacing at bridge. Vintage rounded "Vee" profile neck.
     Small graduated dot inlays in fingerboard. Intonated saddle. Aging toner on top. Tortoise pickguard. Nickel tuners.
     This is a very nice guitar in great condition. The sound is big and full.

w/ OHC

 
Martin D-18 1
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1936 Martin D-18 Sunburst Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) condition. Advanced scalloped bracing. This is a thunderous old D-18. Top, back and sides are old refinish. Finish removed from center of back of neck and oil finish applied to the bare wood as a sealer. Original bracing and bridge plate. Bridge appears to be original and has been thinned. The top may be an old re-finish job, but looks correct for the period. The only doubt about it's originality comes from the sunburst laying over the soundhole rosette, which usually was scraped clean between coats at Martin in the period.
     This guitar has a tremendous voice. The attack has that "cannon" shock when you hit the bass strings, but the treble are also powerful. The action is nice and the guitar is professionally set-up, with good nut and saddle, and frets are in good shape with slight denting.
     This guitar has had some repairs: Back is un-cracked. Bass side has 2 short, very slight cracks that have been professionally repaired. Top has 2 professionally repaired cracks, one on each side of the fingerboard extension, with thin wood re-enforcement patch added underneath. There are 2 areas easily seen on the sunburst top photos, where marring occurred - one area where arm lays on edge of the top appears to have been inexpertly touched up a bit, and the other area on treble side of upper bout appears to be an "alcohol-related" incident of scraping thru finish and into the Spruce top a bit.
     Again, I reiterate that the sound and performance of this guitar is in the very top category. It has the 'snap attack', it has the chest-thumping 'boom', it has clear singing trebles, it has depth and presence that other guitars wish they had. It is a fine, fine instrument for sound...
w/ Calton DeLuxe Flight Case


 
Martin D-18 1
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1939 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Adirondack Red Spruce top. Mahogany back and sides. Professional body overspray by Martin. Mahogany neck with radiussed Ebony fretboard.
     This guitar sounds like a Martin should. Thunderous bass and cutting highs, you'll hear this one from down the street.
     *Call for additional details.

w/ OHC

 
Martin D-18 1
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1952 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent (+) condition. NO CRACKS! Very original guitar.  
This is a very clean old D-18 that has been cared for its entire life. It has just about everything intact on it - original lacquer finish, original bridge, original Ivory nut, original tuners, original pickguard. Bridge and bridgeplate are all original and in great shape. Neck has no cracks or problems - Body has no cracks or problems. Slight normal player wear on small area of back. A few dings and light player wear on top. One small rubbed area on side of upper bout.
This is a fine guitar for a collector or a player. It is set up to play right now with moderate action (3.5/32 bass - 2.5/32 treble). It sounds very good, with fast attack, full sound and good voice.
w/ Martin TKL 5-ply Hard Case

 
Martin D-18 1
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1946 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent condition with body finish restoration. Body refinished by Kevin Kopp in about 2003. Original Adirondack Red Spruce top has 2 repaired cracks "outside" the original pickguard and has the normal "inside" pickguard crack repaired. No top cracks below bridge. Top is in nice shape, with no bad "belly'ing" below bridge. Mahogany back has 3 repaired cracks. Finish on neck and peghead is all original. Original Braces and Maple Bridgeplate.       Neck reset by Kevin Kopp, leaving full neck heel thickness. New frets, new bone saddle and nut, new copy Ebony bridge with thru-saddle. 
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Martin D-18 1
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1947 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. This guitar has professionally refinished back and sides. The refinish appears to have been done some years ago by a skilled finisher... Except for the color being one shade lighter than original, you might not notice that it was done, as it has just enough wear on it to look 'correct'. Newer copy Rosewood bridge. Newer "correct looking" pickguard. Recent professional neck re-set, thin Maple bridgeplate replaced, and fret job. Some player wear on top and some stray pick marks. Small dings around body and neck. One strap button hole filled in side of neck heel. Strap button currently attached to bottom of heel cap.
     Top has one repaired pickguard crack on outside of pickguard. No back cracks or side cracks.
     Cuban Mahogany back, sides and neck. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard. Rosewood bridge. Sitka Spruce top.
     This is a very fine playing and sounding guitar. It has a very quick and positive attack with lots of tonal presence and projection. Any and all maintenance work has already been done by professional luthiers.

w/ Newer beat HC

 
Martin D-18 1
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1959 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Un-cracked top and back. Several repairs on sides. One small Mahogany patch in treble side at upper bout. All original finish, with plenty of old finish checking on the top. Original Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Full "V" neck profile. Original Kluson DeLuxe tuners.
     This is a very good D-18, with lots of snap and power. Recently set-up and has very good playability.

w/ HC


 
Martin D-18 1
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1962 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. One owner guitar. Hardly played. This guitar has a few random marks on the top. There are two typical pickguard cracks. Both have been professionally repaired and are hardly noticeable. Original lacquer is in great condition. No strap button ever installed.
     Spruce top, Mahogany back, sides and neck. Multiple tortoise bindings on top and singe tortoise binding on back. Brazilian Rosewood, radiused fingerboard with graduated pearl dot inlays. Original Kluson "Deluxe" tuners. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay and bridge.
     Huge sound. Wide open, but with a strong attack. Guitar has just returned from shop getting a professional neck reset & new Brazilian Rosewood bridge. and plays and sounds great. Comes with the original hardshell case that is also in fine condition.

w/ OHC


 
Martin D-18 1
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1964 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc (-) condition. Three sides cracks on bass side, one crack on treble side. Some player wear on top around soundhole and pickguard area. Top and back are crack free. Overspray on top and back. Rosewood Fingerboard and (non original) bridge. Replacement Kluson Deluxe tuners. Wonderful dry woody tone with a hint of Hops! This is a great sounding 60s D-18 that has been played in many Montana and national bluegrass bands for years.
w/ Newer Hard Case


 
Martin D-18 1
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1964 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Body oversprayed by Martin. NO cracks in top or back. Two older side cracks repaired and underneath the overspray. Neck is in great shape with only a couple of small lacquer chips at fingerboard around 3rd fret.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original Kluson deluxe tuners work fine. Dot inlays in fingerboard.
     Except for the oversprayed finish, this guitar is in really fine condition. It plays great and was recently professionally set-up with great action and good newer bone saddle. Frets are in fine shape.
     The sound is strong and full, with a fast attack. It is a great guitar with great sound.
    
w/ newer HC

 
Martin D-18 1
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1979 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Some wear in fingerboard and frets in first position. One very minor 'outer' pickguard crack excellently repaired. Guitar has a few random mars in lacquer here and there, but nothing bad. No other cracks, or repairs, or problems.
     This is a very good sounding D-18. The sound is enunciated, with a good attack and full sound.
     This guitar has just had a professional neck reset and new saddle, so the set-up is very good.
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Martin D-18 1
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1971 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Mostly all original parts, although original black plastic pickguard has been replaced with a more recent vintage style celluloid tortoise. Grover rotomatic tuners have been changed to newer Kluson vintage copy tuners. Never had a strap button in neck heel, never had a neck re-set.
     Appears to be an Adirondack Red Spruce top. Possibly new nut, frets and saddle. Finish checking on top. Some dings in the top. A couple of side cracks have been repaired very well. Uncracked top and back.
     Mahogany back and sides, Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Dot inlays in fingerboard.
     This is a good guitar in nice shape with good set-up. Quick attack and good sound.

w/ Newer Martin HC


 
Martin D-18 1
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1974 Martin D-18 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. Frets and fingerboard are in very good condition with minor signs of fret wear. New faithful copy Rosewood bridge. Original black pickguard, re-attached. Two top cracks- one on each side of top near binding at the waists. Back of neck shows some very light dents and one wear point into finish behind 7th fret. Strap button installed on side of heel. Errant strap button hole filled in heel cap. Several back cracks repaired fine, but some non-professional treatment of lacquer is shown (could use professional lacquer touch-up and rebuffing). Several side cracks repaired. Jack hole filled in lower treble bout. Recent setup.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Englemann spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Pearl dot position markers in fingerboard. Original Grover "Rotomatic" tuners.
     Full sound with good balance.

w/ OHC

 
Martin D-18 - Authentic 1
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New Martin D-18 - Authentic Guitar 'Sold'

New guitar with open warranty card! Mahogany back and sides. Adirondack red spruce top. True vintage neck profile with 1 3/4" width at nut. Constructed with Hyde glue. Dovetail neck joint. Gotoh open back tuners. We've been around many of these guitars and they are by far the best new Martins being made today!
w/ Martin Deluxe Vintage Case

 
Martin D-18 - Authentic 1
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2006 Martin D-18 - Authentic Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. (+) condition. Mahogany back and sides. Adirondack red spruce top. True vintage neck profile with 1 3/4" width at nut. Strap button installed on heel. Constructed with Hyde glue. Dovetail neck joint. Gotoh open back vintage style tuners.
w/ Martin Deluxe Vintage Case

 
Martin D-18 Authentic 1
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2005 Martin D-18 Authentic 1937 Re-Issue Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. This guitar is very nice and clean. There are just 3 or 4 very small "touch marks" in the finish around the body.
     The D-18 "Authentic" is a close "copy" or "re-issue" of the mid-1930's D-18's that are so famous for their power and presence. These have the important features of not only matching the "look" to the old originals, but also the materials, methods and sound.
     There are several features that are easily identified by people, the advanced scalloped braces, Red Spruce top, wider neck (1 3/4" at nut) and wider bridge pin spacing (2 5/16"), open-back tuners, straight-thru saddle, black bindings, etc. But what you 'don't see' is equally, if not even more, important. Small details in the construction, like using hide glue, more careful scalloping of braces closer to the X, thinning of tops and backs, flaring of fingerboard as it approaches body, more "full" neck profile, original style truss-rod buried in neck, tucking of bridge plate under braces, etc, all add up to make this "new" guitar very close to the originals.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck with wide-grain Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Graduated size abalone dot inlays. Bone saddle and nut. Old style celluloid pickguard. Open back tuners.
     These guitars are one of the few "newer" Martins that collectors and players are buying. They are made in smaller quantity than most models and are known for delivering very good sound.
     Here is a very nice one in great shape and all set-up to play very well. It has real strong sound...
w/ Orig Gieb Case

 
Martin D-18 Authentic 1
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2006 Martin D-18 Authentic Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. condition. Mahogany back and sides. Adirondack "red" spruce top. True vintage neck profile and 1 3/4" width at nut. Strap button installed on heel. Hyde glue construction. Dovetail neck joint. Gotoh open back vintage style tuners. Comes with the original Martin case that is only available with the Authentic series guitars. This guitar comes to us from an area player who used the guitar in a local bluegrass band for the past 2 years. The Authentic series Martins are by far the best new Martins being made today.  
w/ Martin Deluxe Vintage Case

 
Martin D-18 GE 1
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2012 Martin D-18 GE Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(+) Condition. This guitar is pretty close to "un-played" condition. There are just a couple of light random scratches and a few tiny dings in the top, but for the most part it is very clean. The back and sides also have just a couple of random little touches and dings, but nothing of great concern. Frets and neck are in great shape. No strap button installed.
     Adirondack top with nice traditional sunburst finish. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound, back has single binding. Radiused Ebony fingerboard w/ graduated Abalone dot inlays. Rosewood peghead overlay, Ebony bridge and pins. NIckel Waverly open-back tuners. No strap button installed on heel. 1 3/4" width at nut, 2 5/16" pin spacing at bridge.
     Very nice, open sound, especially for such a new guitar. Big presence and commanding tone. This guitar is probably the best used D-18GE we've ever had... It is set up quite well, has hardly been played, and sounds great.
     * This model lists for over $4800 as a new guitar, selling for $3699 at the discount price... This one is pretty close to new condition and sounds like the one you'd buy after trying out a dozen of them.
 

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Martin D-18 GE 1
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2003 Martin D-18 GE Adirondack Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. condition. Some minor fret wear. Adirondack spruce top. Mahogany back and sides. 1 3/4" width at nut. Ebony bridge and fingerboard. Waverly tuners. Nice sounding guitar with easy action. Highlander pickup installed. 
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Martin D-18 GE 1
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2010 Martin D-18 GE with Upgrades Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. No fret wear, no problems, no player wear. It has a very faint touch mark between pickguard and binding that is hard to see. This guitar is only a couple of months old and was hardly played. There is a strap button professionally installed in correct position on neck heel.
     Choice Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. The Red Spruce top has bold red late-wood grain and lots of silk (medullary rays).
     Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 3/4" width at nut, and 2 5/16" pin spacing at bridge. Ivory nut and ivory "cut-through" saddle. Special "D-18 Authentic" pickguard installed at Martin, instead of the usual "photo-figure" pickguard. Ebony end pin and bridgepins - the bridgepins have been beautifully fit to this guitar. Small graduated abalone dots inlaid in fingerboard.
     In case you don't know, the "GE" designation stands for "Golden Era". This means the guitar is built closer to early D-18 spec's than most modern versions of the D-18. "1934" is stamped into the headblock to remind you that this guitar harkens back to that earlier period of spec's and materials and construction.
     Some of the "GE" appointments are things you can see and feel, like the Waverly open-back tuners, the 'cut-thru' saddle, the 1 3/4" nut width, the flaring fingerboard that culminates in allowing wider bridgepin spacing, and the more full neck profile.
     And, there are some things you don't see, like the advanced, scalloped bracing, the lighter profiling of the braces, and the small Maple bridgeplate.
     These things all work together to make a powerful guitar that is very popular with serious players. It has lots of power and a good balanced voice.
w/ OHC


 
Martin D-18v Top
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2010 Martin D-18v Guitar 'Sold'

     New condition. No fret wear, no scratches, no dings, no strap button on heel - this one is really great original condition!
     Choice mahogany back, sides and neck. High-grade Sitka Spruce top with lots of "silk" figure. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Straight-through intonated saddle. Modified "V" neck profile. Advanced scalloped bracing. Small maple bridge plate. Gotoh pre-war style open-back tuners. Top has aging toner. Multiple tortoise binding around top edge. Single tortoise back binding. Multiple wood soundhole rosette.
     This is a very good flatpicking guitar. The attack is fast, "sure" and crisp. It has good balance and tonal depth.

w/ OHC

 
Martin D-18V 1
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2005 Martin D-18V Guitar 'Sold'

Excellent Condition. Just in a nice D-18 vintage. This guitar features a sitka top with mahogany back and sides. The vintage series features a modified V neck shape, and forward shifted, scalloped X bracing. The nut and saddle on this guitar have been upgraded with fossilized walrus ivory. The upgraded nut and saddle help to bring out the low end rumble and nice sparkling highs of this like new guitar.  
w/ OHC

 
Martin D-18V 1
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2000 Martin D-18V Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. There are several dings in the top, belt buckle scratches in the back and some nicks on the side. The neck and fretboard are both in great shape.
     Select Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides. Top is multiple bound with outer tortoise binding. Back has single tortoise binding. Mahogany neck, Ebony fingerboard with graduated Abalone dot inlays. Martin open-back tuners.
     Sound is wide open with lots of concentrated power.
 

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Martin D-18V 1
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2000 Martin D-18V Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-)  condition. Small area of "button" marks on back of guitar, and some marks on top - these do not break the finish... just areas of small lacquer compression marks. When looking straight at the guitar these marks are not evident. Very slight evidence of fret wear.
     Choice Mahogany back, sides and neck. Nice grade of Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Vintage style open back tuners. Advanced scalloped bracing.
     This is a fine flatpicking guitar. Action is nice... and as an added bonus, we've just installed a new bone saddle in the bridge to replace the plastic one Martin installs at the factory.
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Martin D-21 1
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1956 Martin D-21 1st Year Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. AAA-grade quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood. Also has original perfectly quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood bridge and original Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard.
     This guitar is in very nice condition. It has no cracks showing, but there is one repaired crack beneath pickguard that has been repaired and cleated. Original finish is in very nice condition. Slight belt buckle wear on back. Small strap button hole filled on base side of neck heel.
     1956 was first year of the Martin D-21 guitars listed in the Martin catalog. These are pretty rare guitars for Martin because they are 'between' a D-18 and a D-28. Martin designed it by building a D-18 with Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. The guitars were always popular, with several famous players using them, Hank Williams, Sr and Jim Croce, to name a couple.
     Today these are sought after by players and collectors. Players like them because they usually exhibit a little more crisp attack and more focused bass response than D-28's from the same years. Collectors like them because of the Brazilian Rosewood and also because martin only made around 2000 D-21's between late 1955 and 1967.
     So... blow the dust off your credit card and give us a call... This is a fine one to own and play and to pass down to your heirs. The set-up is good, with nice action and it sounds great with no problems.
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1958 Martin D-21 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. One side crack on bass side at upper shoulder area. Very slight "E-string" pickguard crack professionally repaired. Lacquer shows "pucker" along lower center seam, but center seam is tight. Honest player wear on the guitar. Original lacquer in good shape, but has some areas on side where moisture affected the lacquer. Everything appears to be original.
     Quarter-sawn Brazilian rosewood back, sides, fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay.  Sitka spruce top. Original Kluson DeLuxe tuners. Original pickguard and bridge.
     This is a really great sounding D-21... wonderful tone and balance, and with a thunderous attack. It really comes across with sound like an early '40's Martin. Please call for full in hand description. 
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1967 Martin D-21 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Pickguard crack repair. One slight crack repaired at bridge. Original black pickguard replaced with high grade tortoise copy. Original bridge replaced with faithful professional Brazilian Rosewood copy bridge. Original rosewood bridgeplate replaced with small maple bridgeplate. Braces professionally scalloped. This guitar is set-up with nice low action.       These D-21's are pretty rare compared to D-18's and D-28's. They have the bindings of a D-18, but the Brazilian Rosewood of a D-28. They actually have MORE Brazilian Rosewood than a D-28 from same years, due to fingerboard and bridge also being Brazilian Rosewood.
      This guitar is all set up, and sounds very strong. Very crisp, enunciated attack with lots of volume. Did you ever wonder how a '60's Martin would sound "if only they'd scalloped the braces"?  



 
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1946 Martin D-28 Herringbone Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. All original finish. One 4" back crack repaired. Moderate player wear and some random dings. Bridge professionally replaced with faithful vintage copy. Neck recently professionally re-set. New frets. There is one other very small repair I'll tell you about below.
     Quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Cuban Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Original Ebony fretboard. Original open-back tuners. Original pickguard.
     All original braces. Original small Maple bridgeplate.
    There is one minor repair of the top binding, just up from end pin. This repair is very slight, but just enough to notice if you look directly at it. It appears that bass side of binding around top came loose for about one inch, and when glued back the outer ivoroid stood out a bit thicker that it's couterpart directly on other side of center line. To even it out, the luthier slightly scraped an inch of the outer ivoroid binding to make it smoothly match the opposite side.
     This is a very fine example of a late-issue 'Herringbone' D-28. It has never been gelded. It delivers lots of power, with great tonality.

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1957 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. There are a couple small marks on the top, including some pick marks below the strings. There's a belt buckle mark, and a couple of insignificant dings on the back and sides. There are no cracks, fixed or open. There is a little wear on the neck, and marks on the back of the peghead from the original tuners. Just came out of the shop with new frets and a neck reset. The original bridge and pins have also been recently replaced.
     Select Spruce top. Fine Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. 6-ply binding on top of body, 3-ply binding on back. Soundhole rosette is multiple bound. Mahogany neck, Ebony fretboard with graduated Pearl dot inlays. Newer Schaller tuners installed, but originals are in the case. Transducer pickup installed with 1/8" endpin in output jack.
     This is a very, very good sounding guitar. A good one for any player or collector, it's in solid shape and has great tone and playability. 

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1955 Martin D-28 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Spruce top. Very fine example of the classic Martin D-28. Everything original including finish & tuners. Crack free except for one pickguard crack along treble edge... very hard to spot. The guitar shows signs of honest player wear but no abuse. The sound is clear and strong and not at all muddy. This is a wonderful flatpicking guitar.The sound is clear and strong.
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1956 Martin D-28 Brazilian Rosewood / Adirondack Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. This is an uncracked D-28 with great quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Red Spruce top. There are some areas of lacquer touch-up around some dings on the top, and it has a new faithful copy Ebony bridge.
     Neck has been professionally reset in recent years and the action and playability are wonderful. Newer intonated bone saddle. Excellent older nut appears to be Ivory. Original tuners. Frets are in fine condition.
     The top shows about 5 small areas where nicks to the top were repaired cosmetically with added lacquer.
     The sound is quite good, with excellent enunciated attack and balance. It has a big voice and is easy to play.
     *Price has been lowered to stimulate the economy...
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1955 Martin D-28 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     V.G. condition. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Pickguard and bridge have been replaced. Recent set-up with neck reset, new frets, new nut and new saddle. Original tuners.
     Top has several repaired cracks - all professionally repaired and tight. Treble side has one repaired crack from neck heel to just around upper bout.
     Neck heel has repaired crack and plugged strap pin hole at back peak of heel. Strap button installed in heel cap. Jack hole filled 4" from end pin. Guitar has some overspray, noticeable on back of neck at wear areas.
     This guitar sounds very big and full, with a strong attack and crisp attack. It has recently had excellent set up and needs nothing.
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1965 Martin D-28 Guitar 'No Longer Available'

     VG(+) Condition. This is quite a nice guitar for playing. There are one or two cosmetic things that have us listing this guitar as "VG+" instead of "Exc-" condition. The top has two repaired cracks and routine dings. There are two areas on the back where finish has been rubbed away and some rubbed-off areas on the sides. One repaired side crack. The neck has a little finish worn away and a couple of light dings. Some wear on the frets. Previous strap button hole filled on bass side near heel.
     Sitka Spruce top, fine quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Top and back are both multiple bound. Mahogany neck with radiused Ebony fretboard and graduated pearl dot inlays. Original Grover tuners. "Hot Dot" pickup previously installed with endpin jack. Oxbone endpins.
      Very nice, balanced tone. It has a big bottom end but not so much that the high notes are overpowered. The setup is great, this guitar is a fine player with a lot of "snap."

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Martin D-28
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1965 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. There are a couple of well-repaired minor top cracks, and some routine dents, dings and lacquer checking. There is a large area of finsih rubbed away on the back, and some buckle scratches but no cracks. The sides are dinged up a bit, and there is a hole filled on the bass side where a strap button used to be. All in all its pretty great condition, with no cracks in the Brazilian Rosewood back and sides.
     Spruce top, Rosewood back and sides. Top and back both have multiple Ivoroid bindings. Mahogany neck, radiused Ebony fingerboard with graduated pearl dot inlays. Original Nickel Grover tuners. Comes with pickup and endpin jack installed.
     Big sound that is powerful and balanced.



 
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1968 Martin D-28 Brazilian Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. Last official full year of Brazilian Rosewood being used in D-28's. This guitar is in very nice original condition. It has no cracks on top or back, except the cursory 'pickguard' crack, which has been professionally repaired.
     No areas of wear! Frets were professionally replaced at some point, but have been recently milled and are in good serviceable condition.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 1 11/16 width of fingerboard at nut. Black pickguard has been professionally replaced. Original patent pending Grover Rotomatic tuners.
     The guitar is set up just fine and plays easy with great action. I have to say that it sounds a bit better than most late '60's D-28's we run into.
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Martin D-28 BK
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1967 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Top is very clean with only minor player wear. Small repaired crack on back - see photo. Some modifications have been made to this guitar... replaced black pickguard with newer martin style "Tortise" pickguard, new maple bridge plate replacing original rosewood, truss rod installed in neck & scalloped braces.  Strong snappy attack, with that D-28 growl. This guitar sounds more like a 1950 D-28 than a 1967 D-28.


 
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1967 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. Owned for years by a semi-professional folk singer. There is moderate wear and random dings on the top. Recent bone nut. Recent professional fret milling. Fingerboard shows no pits. No strap button ever installed. Back has had a few polite cracks, call for more details. No cracks in sides. Spruce top shows one minor inch-long crack along bridge on center seam, and several random dings. Braces were scalloped years ago.
     Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Beautiful, wide-grained spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and replaced, over-sized Martin Ebony bridge. Black pickguard. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Original patent pend. period Grover tuners. Binding on back of guitar was re-glued professionally.
     This guitar has been in use, but not abused for many years, and has recently gone through very good professional setup.

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1970 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG condition. There are several marks on the top of the guitar, including pick marks near the strings. The sides and back show normal signs of wear including two spots where the finish is worn through on the back. The front and back of the guitar have lacquer checking. There is a mark on the side where an old end pin was taken out and plugged. The neck is in good shape. Little fret wear and player marks on the back of the neck. No cracks on the guitar, everything is solid on this one.
     Sitka Spruce top, Rosewood back and sides. 6-ply binding on the top, 3-ply on the back with multiple bound soundhole rosette. Mahogany neck and Ebony fretboard. Graduated pearl dot inlays. Nickel Grover tuners, and strap button correctly installed in heel.
     This is a good sounding, good playing guitar.




 
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1970 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. This is a very nice D-28 that is set-up very well, with recent professional fret job and neck reset. No cracks on top or back! Finish shows crazing over much of the guitar, and there are several small "dings" to the finish, but overall pretty nice and certainly very original. The set-up is good and it plays and sounds great.
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1980 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Indian Rosewood back and sides. Honduran Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. There is some light-to-moderate player wear around soundhole and at lower end of pickguard. There are a couple of random dings on the top. Original nut, bridge, tuners, pickguard, case, bridge pins, etc. Original saddle is in the case, with newer intonated bone saddle installed in bridge.
     A few minor dings here and there, overall in great shape. All-original hardware with replacement bone saddle
     Unusually well-developed sound with no mushy bass. Very open sounding D-28 for this era. Punchy attack with great tone.
     * I phoned Martin about the guitar's top. They say the records do not show an official write-up for a change to "Red Spruce" top, but that the guitar build order does show a 'grade change' order for the top. The person at Martin speculated that it could've received a Red Spruce top as an 'up-grade' to the standard tops (Sitka), that the D-28's usually had.

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1974 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) Condition. There are hardly any marks on this guitar at all. The top has a couple of insignificant dings and just a couple lines of lacquer checking. There is one ding on the sides on the treble bout, the back is very clean. The neck and peghead are in fantastic shape, no marks at all. There is a very small amount of fret wear on a couple of the frets.
     Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. Top and back are multiple bound. Back has decorative center seam inlay. Mahogany neck. Ebony bridge and radiused fingerboard with graduated Pearl dot inlays. Nickel Grover tuners.
     Big, meaty sound. Great action, great shape.

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Martin D-28
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1993 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     In transit to our store as a trade-in. Please call us to hear more about it.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides, Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Multiple bound body.
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Martin D-28
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1993 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Uncracked. Some player wear. A few stray marks on the top, and some belt buckle scars on back of guitar.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Black pickguard. Schaller tuners.
     This guitar is set-up very well and sounds very good.
     Please excuse us for not having photos of this guitar, but it sold while it was out in the shop being set-up.
    

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2007 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) condition. One repaired top crack near binding at widest point of lower bout, treble side. Recent professional fret milling. Guitar shows signs of handling and playing, with small dings and lacquer chips.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck and Sitka Spruce top. Multiple bound top and back of body. Matching heel cap. Wooden decorative marquetry strip along back center seam. Graduated dot inlays in Ebony fingerboard.

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1950 Martin D-28 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(-) condition. Top has a few repaired cracks. Back is uncracked, and only one small repaired crack on side. Excellently repaired jack hole in side. New bridge. If you could only order up this sort of Brazilian Rosewood today - beautiful quarter-sawn wood, with the brick-red and black color. Finish is original, but worn in spots. Some French Polish shellac added to bare wood areas on back and top. This is a fine old Martin that has been a local Missoula guitar for several years. Big sound! Comes with what appears to be the original Lifton Hard Case. Please call for more details and for price... 406/327-9925. 



 
Martin D-28 CW 1
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2003 Martin D-28 CW w/ "Bearclaw" Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Only very slight signs of playing wear on frets and a few minor light marks on guitar. 1 11/16" width at nut. 2 1/8" pin spacing at bridge.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard with no inlays. Ebony bridge with "cut-thru" saddle. Ivoroid bindings on top and back of body, with wooden herringbone purfling around top edge. Large soundhole, with multiple ivoroid and Ebony rosette. Ivoroid binding around fingerboard. Fingerboard extends out into soundhole. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Nickel Waverly tuners.
     Bone intonated saddle and bone nut. Ivory strap button installed in neck heel in correct position. Bridge pins, endpin and strap button all have matching black button in center.
     The Adirondack Red Spruce top is gorgeous! Very nice wide grain pattern... but it has incredible medulary ray figure, lots of "flecking" figure, and beautiful bookmatched "bearclaw" figure. The top is really stunning.
     This guitar has a great big voice and is very balanced from bass to treble. The bass is "perfect", with a quick attack, enunciation and full overtone complement. The trebles are strong and clear. This is a real good "picker's guitar" that is in nice enough original condition to be collectible, too.
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Martin D-28 Golden Era 1
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Martin D-28 Golden Era Guitar 'Sold'

#584 "As New" Condition. NO player wear, no dings! Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top, Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. The tone is nice and full, and the playability is excellent. These guitars are Martin's re-issue of the "Herringbone" D-28 from the mid-1930's, the aptly named Golden Era of instruments. These follow the formulae that their forerunners had: Advanced scalloped bracing, Red Spruce tops, wide nut width, more meat on back profile of neck, wider pin spacing at bridge. To accommodate the wider bridgepin spacing the fingerboard also widens out as it approaches the soundhole. There are several more details to list, such as the open-backed tuners, the herringbone purflings, and the diamond volute, to name a few more. This guitar plays great and has powerful tone.
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1970 Martin D-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. There are a couple of incidental marks here and there on the guitar, but nothing to worry about. Some "polite" lacquer checking. Fret wear is minimal. No cracks. Bridge replaced with handmade copy.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck and choice Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays. Original Nickel Patent Pending Grover Rotomatic tuners in great shape. Multiple bindings along top, back and sides of body. Bound fingerboard.
     This guitar is in great playing condition. Typical of many early '70's Martin guitars, this guitar had bridge located so that the saddle would not allow the guitar to intonate correctly. Our local Luthier, John Joyner, made an excellent copy with saddle situated so that the guitar now plays correctly in tune. You can't tell the work was done... and if I didn't mention it, you probably would never know...
     This guitar is set-up up very well with nice med-low action and sounds very good.
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Previously Owned Martin D-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Nearly New condition. Yes, it was pre-owned, but only for a little while... and certainly not abused during it's period of ownership. NO wear, NO dings.
     Rosewood back and sides, with Mahogany neck and select Sitka Spruce top. Multiple bindings around top, back and sides of the body. Single white binding along fingerboard. Multiple binding on heelcap. Multiple bound soundhole rosette. Nickel Grover tuners. Strap button correctly installed in neck heel.
     This guitar is a real winner for sound! It has a very crisp, strong attack, with full voice. Balance is very good. You'd have to play through quite a few newer martins to find one with the soundpower of this one... it has a fine sound for a flatpicker.

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1979 Martin D-35 Guitar 'Sold'

      Exc(-) condition. No cracks. Neck has been reset. Recent fret job in fine condition. Typical finish checking on the top.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides, with back being 3-pc Rosewood with multiple purfling strips along outside of center wedge. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Bone saddle and nut. Original Schaller nickel tuners. Black pickguard.
     Multiple Ivoroid/Black/Ivoroid bindings - Top edge of body has 6-ply binding, back edge shows 3-ply, sides show 6-ply at top and bottom of body. Fingerboard bound with single ivoroid. Heel cap has 6-ply. Strap button professionally installed in heel at correct position.

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Martin D-35 1
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2010 Martin D-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Has a few incidental light marks. Barely owned - its only about 2 months old. The customer traded a local store for this guitar, specifically to bring it to us to use as trade-in toward an instrument we had. It does have a strap button installed at correct position on side of heel.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Select Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Multiple bound body, bound fingerboard. Pearl dot inlays in fingerboard. Intonated saddle. Grover rotomatic tuners.
     You know how you get used to going to Martin dealers to play through guitar after guitar to find one with that certain sound? Well, save yourself some time and footwork - this one has it... great sound!
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1970 Martin D-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) Condition. Top has a few random knicks and pick marks with a small amount of lacquer checking, as well as the normal Pickguard crack under the B string. The back has old repair on the treble side by the binding. There is also one repaired crack towards the center of the back and a hole from a former strap button near the heelcap... new strap button installed professionally in the heel. The sides are in great shape with just a few marks here and there. The back of the neck has a couple of dings around the fifth fret, there is a small amount of player wear on the fretboard.
     Spruce top (perhaps Engelmann), 3-Piece Rosewood back and Rosewood sides. Top, back, sides and heel cap are multiple bound. Neck is single bound. Mahogany neck, Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Graduated Pearl dot inlays in fretboard. Nickel Grover tuners. LR Baggs iBeam pickup professionally installed with end pin jack.
     The sound is very good, strong and clear.

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1973 Martin D-41 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG+ condition. This is a very nice guitar with a couple of repaired top cracks, but very little player wear. There is finish checking, mainly on the Spruce top. There are a few light mars on the Spruce top. The back and sides and peghead are all very nice with no cracks. Back of neck has some random dings. Top has 2 repaired cracks: Center seam reglued from bridge to binding, "Usual" pickguard crack repaired (under B string).
     Rosewood back and sides, Select Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany neck, and Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Gold Grover Rotomatics. Black pickguard. Abalone purflings around top edge of guitar and around soundhole rosette. Hexagon abalone inlays in fingerboard. White multiple bindings on top and back and peghead. Single white binding along fingerboard.
     The Rosewood of this period is usually always stated as "Indian" Rosewood... but this Rosewood is different. It has much different color than the Purple hues of Indian Rosewood, and other different characteristics. It may be Kingwood, a highly regarded Central and South American Rosewood.
     This guitar has just had extensive set-up and intonation corrected by John Joyner, here in Missoula. Typical of many 1970's Martin Dreadnauts, the bridge was originally located by Martin in the factory in a slightly wrong position, so that the saddle was in a place to cause it to NOT intonate correctly. John Joyner made a same-size copy Ebony bridge with saddle located correctly, so the guitar now plays in tune as it was intended to do. Mr Joyner also levelled the fingerboard, and also replaced the original cracked fingerboard binding with new matching binding.

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2011 Martin D-42 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Some very minor touches on this one. Light scratches on the top and back, but no dents or dings. Fretboard is in great shape.
     Good spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. Top, back, sides, neck and peghead all multiple bound with Ivoroid. Abalone on top binding and soundhole rossette. Center seam inlay on back. Mahogany neck. Radiused Ebony fretboard with Abalone "Snowflake" inlays. Gold Martin tuners, and "Martin" logo inlaid in peghead with Abalone.
     This is a great guitar that is essentially brand new. Crisp sound and great attack.

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Martin D-45 Koa 1
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2007 Martin D-45 Koa Flamed Koa Guitar 'Sold'

     Near Mint condition. NO wear, NO dings, no sign of prior ownership. Limited numbers were made between about 2003 and 2007.
     Very nice highly figured Koa back and sides. Select Sitka Spruce top. Choice Mahogany neck. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut and saddle.
     The appointments of this D-45 seem to be especially beautiful set against the Honey-Brown flamed Koa. Abalone purflings on top edge, soundhole rosette, along sides (top and back), back, endpin wedge, both sides of heel and along fingerboard extension.
     Outside of the abalone purflings, the guitar has grained ivoroid outer bindings throughout entire guitar. Abalone hexagon inlays in fingerboard. Old style "CF Martin" abalone logo inlaid in peghead.
     Now... I think you get the idea by now that this guitar is very beautiful AND in really great original condition. BUT - the best part of all is that this guitar is an especially great sounding guitar, with lots of punch, nice growling attack, balance, etc. This guitar would work great for a Bluegrass flatpicker, a singer/songwriter, a country band front-man, etc.
     In short, this is a wonderful D-45.
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Martin D12-20 12 String 1
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1969 Martin D12-20 12 String Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. No Cracks! Mahogany back, sides and neck. Pickup installed(works fine). There are TWO jacks - one 1/8" jack in endpin, and one 1/4" jack on treble side of lower bout. Action is now very nice due to recent excellent neck reset done by John Joyner. This guitar plays fine and sounds very good. New pickguard installed professionally. 
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Martin D12-35 1
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1972 Martin D12-35 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. 12-fret, slotted peghead. Rosewood back and sides, with select Spruce top. Like all D-35 models, this guitar has nice appointments: 3-piece Rosewood back with multiple wood purflings between the pieces; Multiple bindings on top, back and sides; Bound fingerboard.
     There are small dings here and there, and 2 repaired side cracks on the lower bout of treble side. Overall look and feel is very positive, and the set-up and playability is great.
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Martin DCX1E 1
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2003 Martin DCX1E Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Cutaway. Guitar shows some normal moderate player wear on top and top edges, but is in fine playing condition.
     Solid Spruce top, with high pressure laminate back and sides. Multi-laminate neck. Comes with factory installed Fishman Classic 4 active pickup.
     This guitar has been recently set-up by us. It sounds pretty darned great - good enough to surprise you. It's the perfect guitar to go play the bonfire party on a flatbed truck stage...
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Martin DM 1
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2005 Martin DM Guitar 'Sold'

Exc. condition. Solid sitka spruce top. Laminated Mahogany back and sides. Mahogany neck, rosewood bridge and fingerboard. This is a really good sounding guitar. Come with LR Baggs pickup installed.
 
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Martin HD-28 1
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2010 Martin HD-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Near mint condition. This guitar looks unused.
     Sitka Spruce top. Rosewood back and sides. Top has Herringbone binding. Mahogany neck. Radiused Ebony fretboard with graduated Pearl dot inlays. Newer tortoise-shell pickguard added. Strap button installed correctly in heel.
     This is a nice newer Martin. It was owned by a very careful payer, looks new and has a nice big sound.

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Martin HD-28 1
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2008 Martin HD-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. This is a very clean guitar that barely shows any signs of prior ownership or use. Rosewood back and sides, with select Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. True to the original 1930's D-28's the braces are factory scalloped, which makes for more snap and boom.
     Frets are in good shape, set-up is good, and playability is very good. A strap button has been professionally installed in neck heel. 
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Martin HD-28 1
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1977 Martin HD-28 Second year of Herringbone Re-issue Guitar 'Sold'

This is a good player's guitar. Played avidly for 30 years at fiddle festivals over the Western U.S. One of the first years that Martin had re-issued the Herringbone trim on their D-28 guitars.
    The finish shows some tell-tale signs of possibly being refinished by Martin back in the 1970's or early 1980's. We aren't completely sure, and the previous owner can't tell remember so well.
    Anyway, it plays good and sounds real good, and is a bonefide 31-year old Martin HD-28.
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Martin HD-28 1
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2006 Martin HD-28 Guitar 'Sold'

    Exceptional "new" condition. Clean as a pin - NO player wear, NO dings or dents. If it didn't have a strap button professionally installed in neck heel it would be no different than a brand new guitar! This is a very nice representative of the tried and true Herringbone D-28's. Crisp attack, quick response, tonal depth, power... it really has all the elements you look for in a good flatpicking guitar. It is NOT a muddy sounding guitar. This guitar sounds closer to a Collings D-2H than to a Martin HD-28.
   Rosewood back and sides, select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Forward, or "advanced", scalloped bracing. Diamond volute on back of peghead. Herringbone purfling around inside of top edge bindings. Dot inlays in fingerboard. Ok, there you have it... this is a very great HD-28. Oh, one more thing... it comes with warranty papers not filled out.
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Martin HD-28 PH
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2001 Martin HD-28 Guitar 'Sold'

Very Good Condition. Rosewood back and sides, with select Sitka Spruce top with scalloped bracing and Herringbone purflings around top edge. Ebony fingerboard and bridge.
    This guitar is set-up very well and plays and sounds great. There are some things to note about the finish - there is obvious wear on top and back, with areas of finish checking. There are also two areas where finish flaked off and french polish was applied to bare wood.
    So... yes, it has the finish issues, but overall a fine one to use on stage or at jams. It has a very good sound.
   
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Martin HD-28 CW 1
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2003 Martin HD-28 CW Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. No sign of player wear. #193.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides, Adirondack Red Spruce top. Waverly pre-war style open back tuners. 1 11/16" width at nut. Lots of "bearclaw" figure in the Spruce top. Large soundhole. Advanced scalloped bracing. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. No inlays in fingerboard. Herringbone top purfling inside ivoroid bindings. Bound fingerboard. Bone saddle and nut.
     This is a great playing guitar that sounds great, too. Plenty of punch, great balance.
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Martin HD-28 Keb Mo' 1
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Like New Martin HD-28 Keb Mo' Guitar 'Sold'

     This guitar is new from 2001. There are no sings of previous player wear. No strap button or end pin installed. The hang tags are still in the case.
     Nice Englemann Spruce top with flecks of bear claw. Figured Koa back and sides. Top and back are multiple bound with Ivoroide, top has herringbone purfling. Mahogany neck, radiused Ebony fretboard with abalone diamond inlays. Gold Martin tuners with Ebony buttons. Advanced braces, 1 3/4" width at nut.
     Very nice tone, especially when finger-picked. The bass is big and bouncy, and the highs ring out clean and clear.

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Martin HD-28 Vintage 1
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2001 Martin HD-28 Vintage Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. This HD-28 "vintage" is a very popular guitar due to it's having most, if not all, of the pre-war "Herringbone" D-28 design, but with Indian Rosewood back and sides and Sitka Spruce top. This one is a great example, with almost no player wear. Guitar has obviously had great professional set-up, having an intonated Nut AND Saddle combination. The sound is very nice - balanced and powerful, with strong clear enunciated bass. 
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Martin HD-28LSV 1
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2001 Martin HD-28LSV Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. One-owner guitar that was well cared for. Some minor dings and player marks on the guitar, but not very many and none are worth worrying over. Frets are in great shape - probably recently milled and dressed. Action is very good, with plenty of saddle showing above the bridge. Does NOT need a neck reset. Strap button installed beside heel into headblock.
     Herringbone top purflings. Multiple ivoroid body bindings. Ivoroid bound fingerboard and headstock. The designation, "LSV", stands for 'Large Soundhole Vintage'. This means the wood inside the soundhole rosette has been trimmed away, like Clarence White's old D-28. The 'vintage' appointments include things like: advanced scalloped bracing, 'thru'-saddle, old style tuners, aging toner in the Spruce top, antique'd bindings, 1 3/4" width of nut.
     This guitar has a lot of sound. Punchy attack with good balance and full overtones. Nice playing action.
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Martin HD-28V 1
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Martin HD-28V Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. All original and very "newish" condition. For those of you that are unfamiliar with these, the "v" designates that the guitar has many features on the older Martin "Herringbone" D-28's. These are favorites with players. If you are looking for a really clean one with no problems, this is the one. Great sound and playability.
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Martin HD-28V 1
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2002 Martin HD-28V Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(-) condition. Some moderate player wear on frets, but not buzzing. Random dings here and there on the top. Back shows shirt button marks. Strap button correctly installed in side of neck heel.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. "Cut-through" intonated saddle. Pre-war style open-back tuners. Herringbone top purfling inside multiple ivoroid binding. Multiple ivoroid back binding. Ivoroid heelcap. Wood marquetry "zipper" inlet down center of Rosewood back.
     These "Vintage" versions of the HD-28 have several great features that harken back to the original 'Herringbone' D-28's of the 1930's and early 1940's. Diamond volute on back of headstock, straight-through saddle, small diamonds inlaid in fingerboard, advanced scalloped bracing, open-back tuners and aging toner on the Spruce top.
     This guitar sounds great and is ready to play.

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Martin HD-28V Custom Shop w/ Adirondack Top 1
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Like New Martin HD-28V Custom Shop w/ Adirondack Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Like New Condition. This guitar is in very nice shape. It is hard to find any signs of wear, the pickguard shows almost signs of picking.
     Adirondack Red Spruce top. Indian Rosewood back and sides. Top is multiple bound with Herringbone and Ivoroid. Back has multiple Ivoroid bindings. Mahogany neck with radiused Ebohy fingerboard and abalone "cut-diamond" inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners. Ebony bridge. Ivoroid heel cap and end wedge. Decorative center seam inlay down back. Advanced, scalloped braces.
     This guitar has a big, warm sound. It plays great, and is essentially new except for the price.

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Martin HD-28VS 1
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2002 Martin HD-28VS Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This is a re-issue of the early Rosewood Dreadnaut that Martin originally made for Ditson. 12-fret neck joint with sloped shoulder upper body bouts. Slotted headstock.
     Choice Indian Rosewood back and sides with select Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. "Thru-saddle" bridge. Mahogany neck. "Zipper" backstrip.
     The "V" denotes the guitar is made with a strong tilt toward replicating the earlier original models, having Ivoroid bindings instead of white plastic, scalloped bracing, antique'ing added to the coloration and finish, and vintage style Waverly open-back tuners.
     This guitar is in very nice condition, with only very slight signs of playing on the frets and a few very small lacquer chips in back of peghead slots from changing strings. It is set up well, plays great and sounds great.
 
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Martin HD-28VS 1
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2004 Martin HD-28VS w/ 12th fret neck joint Guitar 'Sold'

    Exc(-) condition. Like any HD-28V, this guitar offers many "pre-war" appointments, like scalloped bracing, etc. But this guitar is built like the earliest rare Martin 12-fret Dreadnauts, with the slightly elongated upper bout and the slotted headstock and the 1 3/4" width at nut. Rosewood back and sides, with select Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany neck, Ebony fingerboard and bridge. "Cut diamonds" pattern inlaid in fingerboard.
    This guitar was owned and used by a serious "up and coming" flatpicker, and does show signs of use at festivals and jams. The top is pretty clean, but has some "one player wear" on both sides of strings just ahead of bridge. Back is in fine original condition. Treble side shows some marring near the waist, and has one 3" crack repaired at same area. Original Martin nut and saddle. Currently has brass bridge pins with large abalone-inlaid heads, but we are happy to take them in trade for a set of Ebony pins upon request.
    This is a fine sounding guitar, no kidding. It isn't shy, and it does have a very good solid attack backed up with developed depth of tone. These guitars sell new for several hundred more than a standard HD-28V... So, take advantage of a bargain when you see one and get this guitar back to the jams!
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Martin J-40 1
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2005 Martin J-40 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Hardly any sign of prior use. There are just a few very small touch-marks here and there, but nothing bad at all. There is one area on back binding where lacquer has chipped off - about 1 1/2" long. It is hard to spot at first, but you can feel the edges of lacquer where it has chipped away.
     "0000" body size with depth similar to a dreadnaut. Rosewood back and sides. Select Sitka Spruce top. Multiple white/black/white bindings throughout, with 8-ply showing on top edge of body, 5-ply on back, and 3-ply seen at sides of body, top face of fingerboard and peghead. Heel cap is white and shows 3-ply layering. Multiple wh/blk/wh end wedge.
     Abalone soundhole rosette. Ebony fingerboard with abalone hexagon inlays. CF Martin logo inlaid in headstock. Gold tuners. Tortoise pickguard. Ebony bridge with intonated "boxed" bone saddle. Brazillian Rosewood peghead overlay.
     We've had quite a few J-40's over the years. Most of them have a great presence, especially in the bass. But some of them seem to have the nice low-mids and lows at the expense of the treble. This one, however, is balanced very well. The bass is absolutely great, with a huge bouncy attack on the low A and E strings. The highs are strong and have a beautiful lyrical sound that the microphone will love.

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Martin J-41 1
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2004 Martin J-41 Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. One tight back crack. Slight evidence of playing wear in frets, but very slight. Slight player finger wear on top in the finish between soundhole/pickguard/bridge. This guitar has a few random dings here and there, but nothing big. Gold strap button installed in correct position in heel. End of peghead shows a significant chip in the lacquer. It was well cared for and it looks great. The action is fine for playing and it needs nothing.
     Select Indian Rosewood back and sides, choice Sitka Spruce top and Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Abalone top purflings and soundhole rosette. Ivoroid bindings on top, back, fingerboard and headstock. Ivoroid heelcap. Gold open-back tuners.
     The sound is very open and full. Many of the earlier J-40's were known for having an unbalanced "bottom-heavy" tone. Not this one - this guitar has great balance, great attack and great sound.
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Martin M-38 1
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1979 Martin M-38 Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Indian Rosewood back and sides, choice grade spruce top. The Martin 'M' guitar is basically a "0000-size" guitar. Finely appointed, with 8-ply top edge bindings, abalone soundhole rosette, multiple bound fingerboard and peghead, tasteful wooden marquetry strip in back, gold plated tuners, and "old style" pickguard. Ebony fingerboard with Rosewood bridge. Only a few marks against this guitar being "Excellent(+)" condition - it has a couple of small dings in the top, and incidental mark on back of neck, and a mild finish check running along center seam of top from bridge to binding (center seam in wood is not open).
    This guitar has great tone and has a quick attack. It is well balanced and would work for fingerstyle playing or with a flatpick.
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Martin OM-18V 1
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2003 Martin OM-18V Guitar 'Sold'

Nearly New condition. This guitar shows very little signs of ever being played. Only the slightest amount of fret wear. Mahogany back and sides. Sitka spruce top. 1 3/4" width at nut. Nice sounding guitar.
Just in stock, photos soon...  
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Martin OM-21 1
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1995 Martin OM-21 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. condition. Hardly any signs of prior playing. Sitka Spruce top, Rosewood back and sides. The "21" models from Martin are rarer than "18" or "28" models. This guitar has most appointments like an "OM-18" would have, but it also has Rosewood back and sides, like an "OM-28" would have. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
     25.4" scale length. Bone saddle. Nice playing and sounding guitar. It is set up well and has no problems.
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Mossman Great Plains 1
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1976 Mossman Great Plains - Dan Crary's Personal Guitar 'Sold'

    Here is a rare thing, indeed... Dan Crary's Mossman "Great Plains" guitar! Owned and used by Dan Crary for touring and recording. He used this guitar for several years around 1976-1980, in personal appearances, national and international tours, and for recordings on his celebrated album, "Lady's Fancy".
     A letter of Provenance from Dan Crary is included with this guitar.
     Exc(-) condition. Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Sitka Spruce top.  Back is 3-piece. Top and back are bound with multiple ivoroid, with Herringbone purfling on top edge and soundhole rosette. Neck and peghead are bound with ivoroid. Original bridge, pickguard, and nickel Grover tuners. Some mild player wear and random dings here and there. Frets are nice, and show recent professional attention. Guitar has finish checking, otherwise the original lacquer is in good shape. This guitar comes with pickup professionally installed by Mr Crary. This pickup works fine.
     It is seldom that these historically significant instruments come up for sale. If you've ever heard Dan Crary playing "Lime Rock", "Huckleberry Hornpipe", or "Lady's Fancy" (also known as 'Say old Man'),  you know what sort of tone we are talking about.  
    I will make this statement: I have been around Mossman guitars for about 35 years. I've played music with guys that owned them, I've bought and sold several over the years, etc. This is an outstanding Mossman!
    It has a recent professional neck re-set and is set up very well.
Price Reduced...
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Northwood MJ 1
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c.1999 Northwood MJ Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. Condition. The top, back and sides all have a few minor dings but are in good shape overall. There is some very light fret wear on a couple of frets.
     "Mini-jumbo" body. Select Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. Top and back are multiple bound. Herringbone center seam inaly in the back. Beautiful wood soundhole rosette. Transparent plastic pickguard. Mahogany neck bound with Ivoroid. Radiused Ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Peghead is bound with Ivoroid. Nickel Schaller tuners. LR Baggs "ibeam" Pickup installed with endpin jack.
     Plays nice and sounds good with a huge bottom end. The guitar has a wonderful "smooth" sound, with good balance and "sure" attack. Nice set-up. Comes with professional active acoustic pickup installed.

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Roy Noble Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom 1
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2003 Roy Noble Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Mint Condition. This is really a great example of top woods from Mr Noble. "AAA" grade Brazilian Rosewood - note that the grain is "quarter-sawn" AND has the striking "maiden-hair" figure. Adirondack Red Spruce top is Master Grade, showing very nice even grain and lots of "silk" from the medullary rays. Roy's own handmade wooden herringbone for top purfling, It is difficult to find the words to express the tones of this guitar - just suffice it to say they are as good or better than you'll ever need... Ivory fittings. 
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Roy Noble Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

High grade silky Adirondack Red Spruce top mated with AAA-grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Multiple wood bindings with highly figured Maple outer bindings on body. Handmade Herringbone purflings on top edge and soundhole rosette. Bone Saddle and Nut, with Ebony bridgepins and endpin. Waverly tuners. Wonderful sound!
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Roy Noble Classical 1
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1965 Roy Noble Classical Guitar 'Sold'

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...
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Concert DeLuxe 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Concert DeLuxe w/ Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Quarter-sawn Coco Bolo back and sides. Red Spruce top. Figured Maple outer bindings on top and back of guitar. Top edge and soundhole rosette have Mr Noble's handmade "Spiral" wood marquetry as purfling. Figured Maple heel cap, end wedge and truss-rod cover. Coco Bolo headstock overlay. Noble name on truss-rod cover. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons. Brown Ebony fingerboard. Ebony bridge. Ebony bridge pins with abalone dots. Bone nut and saddle.
     These Concert guitars from Noble are his 'take' on the "OM" model. Mr Noble's Concert has less square lines, a smaller soundhole, and a 25.25" scale length. This one has 1 3/4" width at nut.
     With Noble guitars, people who have never seen them are captivated by the pure tonal voice they have. They are built a bit contrary to most past and current builders. For instance, Mr Noble doesn't employ a Spruce backing strip down the inside center seam of the guitar back. Instead of using a fairly thick top and back and highly scalloping the braces, Mr Noble thins his tops and backs and employs heavier kerfing and braces. These braces are then scalloped and voiced by Mr Noble.
     Noble guitars also have bolt-on neck construction. This is a solid attachment for tonal resonance transfer between body and neck when playing, but also allows much easier removal, compared to traditional style dovetail neck joints.
     This guitar is very nice and plays great. The scale length makes light gauge strings feel great, and even sounds very nice with extra lights (11's), or ultra lights (10's).

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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Concert Deluxe 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Concert Deluxe w/ Cedar Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Cocobolo back, sides and neck. Cedar top. Ebony fingerboard and Ebony bridge. Brazilian Rosewoood peghead overlay. Flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back of body, with Noble's handmade wooden spiral marquetry purfling along inside edge of top and at soundhole rosette. Bone nut and saddle. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This guitar is Roy Noble's version of an OM. The 25 1/4" scale length makes light or medium gauge strings feel great.
     * Please call for more info on this guitar - 406/327-9925

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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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2010 Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional Condition. The guitar is very clean. Slight sign of playing use on a couple of frets.
     Very nice quarter-sawn Coco Bolo back and sides, with Mahogany neck and beautiful select Spruce top. Not sure if the top is Red Spruce or German... It is readily apparent that the top is very high grade, with lots of silky medullary rays. Flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back, along fingerboard, and around peghead. Maple heel cap and thin Maple center strip in center of back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Handmade wood herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This guitar sounded great when it was new, and now that it's back in our store it sounds even better. Crisp and clear with great projection. This would make a wonderful guitar for anyone who is on a tone quest. Great with medium or light gauge strings, and would be among the very best guitars in a jam or in the studio.

 

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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Very nice Coco Bolo back and sides, with Mahogany neck and Red Spruce top. The Red Spruce is very high grade, with lots of silky medullary rays.
     Flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back, along fingerboard, and around peghead. Maple heel cap and thin Maple center strip in center of back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Handmade wood herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     Even as a fresh new guitar, this one exhibits great tone and expression. Roy Noble guitars are the ones you can play from end to end of the fingerboard and from side to side of the fingerboard and get great sound with every note.
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     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.
     * Look closely at the photo of the tuners (back of peghead photo). There is a small knot in the Mahogany neck which shows up as a darker circle, just around the neck from the nut. This is not a problem, but is a slight cosmetic blemish. Because of this, we are offering this guitar at a nice "sale" price. It is a wonderful sounding guitar.
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom w/ figured Cedar top Guitar 'Sold'

     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.
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Very nice Coco Bolo back and sides, with Mahogany neck and Select Spruce top. The Spruce top is very high grade, with lots of silky medullary rays.
     Flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back, along fingerboard, and around peghead. Maple heel cap and thin Maple center strip in center of back. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Handmade wood herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     Even as a fresh new guitar, this one exhibits great tone and expression. Roy Noble guitars are instruments you can play from end to end of the fingerboard and from side to side of the fingerboard and get great sound with every note. And, after they are about 2 years old, you can't believe how great the tone is...

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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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2008 Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This is a fine guitar from Mr Noble. Coco Bolo back and sides, with Figured Maple center wedge in back to attenuate the overtones for a wonderfully balanced sound.
     Flamed Maple bindings around top and back, with Herringbone top purfling and around soundhole rosette. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard and Peghead are bound with grained Ivoroid. Cut Diamond inlays in fingerboard. Back of neck is tastefully shaded.
    The Coco Bolo, combined with the high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top, sounds great and the result is a tremendous sound with sensitive attack. Even when strung with light gauge strings this guitar fills a room with sound.
     There is one small circular mark on the bass side of the neck, just under the binding. This is from Mr Noble drilling and doweling a small knot that was revealed as he shaped the neck profile. The shading caused the circle of the small dowel to stand out a bit.
     Set-up with end-pin jack professionally installed, with inside jack coupling for Baggs soundhole pickup (included).
 
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom 1
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2008 Roy Noble Coco Bolo Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Beautiful Coco Bolo Rosewood back and sides, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. The Coco Bolo back is quite dramatic in that it shows bookmatched sapwood figure in the upper center, as well as a quilted Maple center wedge. Mr. Noble employs the center wedge in the backs of Coco Bolo guitars to attenuate the tonal response of the Coco Bolo. The Maple works to shift the overtones away from being too heavy and ponderous, and creates a more balanced range of overtones that still retain all of the sweetness that Coco Bolo is known for.
    The very "silky" Adirondack Spruce top has very tight, very even grain. Handmade Herringbone purflings around soundhole rosette and top edge, with flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back of body. Neck and peghead are bound with ivoroid. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Waverly open-back tuners with ivoroid buttons. Bone saddle and nut.
    This is an especially fine sounding guitar. It is showing some "finish sink" lines around the Coco Bolo sapwood area on the back, though, and is offered at a lower price to allow for that slight cosmetic flaw. These "finish sink" lines were the same when the guitar was brand new, so the wood is very stable in this area. Please call us for more details.
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut w/ Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     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...
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

    1 3/4" width at nut. Beautiful grained Coco Bolo back and sides, with a very high-grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Coco Bolo Rosewood is the true "brother" to Brazilian Rosewood - once glance at the grain will show you what I mean. Many luthiers do not use it because the wood is time-consuming to work with. To attenuate the tonal balance of the Coco Bolo back, Mr Noble usually employs a "wedge" piece of Maple in the center of the guitar back, as he has done on this guitar. Over a 15-year period we have enjoyed several score of Roy's Coco Bolo guitars made this way, and we can attest that it works great! It is not done like a Martin D-35, as there is no "A-frame" bracing along the glued back center wedge of Maple.
    Flamed Maple outer body bindings, with Roy Noble's handmade wooden Herringbone purfling at top edge and around soundhole. Fingerboard and headstock are bound with grained Ivoroid. Gabon Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open-back tuners. Brazilian peghead overlay. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle, with Ebony pins.
    The sound is really great. We've enjoyed 15 years of Coco Bolo guitars from Noble - if you've never one of his, you should really try one out. They are fast attack even with a light touch. They are incredibly dynamic even with light gauge strings. They can be fingerpicked as well as flatpicked. It's just hard to beat a handmade guitar from a guy who has built them for FIFTY YEARS. 
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom w/ Highly Figured Cedar Top Guitar 'Sold'

    1 3/4" width at nut. Beautiful Coco Bolo back and sides. While the back is quarter-sawn and straighter grained, the sides have a very nice "mottling" figure that perfectly sets off the figured Cedar top. The cedar top is dramatically figured throughout, showing various flecks, bearclaw, schmetterling, etc... You just have to hold it in your hands to fully appreciate it.
    Flamed Maple outer body bindings with Roy's handmade wooden Herringbone purflings at edge of top and around soundhole. Fingerboard and peghead are bound with grained Ivoroid. Gold Waverly open-back tuners. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle, with Ebony pins.
    The Coco Bolo back has a unique artistic touch by Roy Noble. In addition to his usual center wedge of Flamed Maple, he has inlet a circle across the wedge. We admit that we were startled at first to see it... but after only a day or two we are quite happy with the artistic look of the back, and started wondering why it it isn't done more often?!?!
    Noble Coco Bolo guitars are quite popular, with about half of them made with cedar tops. The cedar works exceptionally well with Coco Bolo. This guitar has a fast attack, even with a light touch, and has all the bass you need, balanced with clear singing highs all the way to the last fret.
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Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Coco Bolo Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Beautiful Coco Bolo back and sides, with Western Red Cedar top. Flamed Maple body bindings and handmade herringbone purflings. Coco Bolo is the true "brother" to Brazilian Rosewood, and has many similarities in tonal comparison. Many luthiers will not use Coco Bolo due to complexities of sanding and gluing. High grade Western Red Cedar top. Ebony fingerboard with "cut diamond" inlays. Mahogany neck. Fingerboard and peghead are bound with Ivoroid. Bone saddle and nut, with Ebony bridgepins and endpin. Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. "Tor-tis" pickguard. This guitar has wonderful sound. We've got it set up with LIGHT GAUGE Elixir strings, and it has more punch and pure sound projection than most guitars have even with Medium strings
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Roy Noble Concert Back
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2003 Roy Noble Concert Custom Cutaway Guitar 'Sold'

Mint condition. No Wear, no dings. Beautiful high-grade Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, with straight-grained Western Red Cedar top. Round "Venetian" cutaway. Body is bound with flamed Maple outer bindings. Abalone purflings on top edge, and soundhole rosette, as well as Abalone purflings on top AND sides of neck and peghead. The abalone work is all by hand, and is absolutely perfect. Ebony fingerboard. Flamed maple back strip. ALL Ivory fittings. Gold Waverly tuners. This guitar has quite an exquisite sound. As far as collectibility goes, there are only a handful of Nobles with extensive Abalone purflings ever produced.
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Roy Noble Concert
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2011 Roy Noble Concert Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(++) Condition. This guitar is in really great shape, there are just some light scratches on the back, and one small lacquer check in the top on the edge of the treble side.
     Adirondack top, Cocobolo back and sides. Top and soundhole rosette have Herringbone purfling hand-made by Roy Noble. Back has single wooden binding. Mahogany neck with radiused Rosewood fingerboard. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Ebony bridge pins with Abalone dots.
     Great sound. Huge range of tone that sings from the first note to the last.

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Roy Noble Concert Brazilian 1
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New Roy Noble Concert Brazilian w/ Master Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New Condition. This guitar has never been owned, it just shows signs of some casual playing.There is one tiny mark on the side of the guitar, and the lacquer on back shows some clouding.
     The guitar has beautiful, 100% quarter-sawn wood with great color. Master grade Adirondack Spruce top. Beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. The top is bound with Roy Noble's personal wood binding. The back is wood bound, the peghead and fingerboard have Ivoroid binding. Mahogany neck. Radiussed Ebony fingerboard with Pearl "Cut-Diamond" inlays. The saddle and nut are real Ivory. The bridge pins and end pin are fossilized Ivory. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons.
     This is a top of the line guitar from Roy Noble. It is incredibly rich and resonant. The guitar looks almost as good as it sounds, but the sound is really beyond comparison.

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Roy Noble Concert Brazilian Custom Top
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New Roy Noble Concert Brazilian Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     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.
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Roy Noble Concert Mahogany DeLuxe 1
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New Roy Noble Concert Mahogany DeLuxe w/ Adirondack Red Spruce Top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Very nice Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Very high grade silky Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony blank fingerboard and Ebony bridge. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons. Body is bound top and back with flamed Maple binding. Roy Noble's handmade wooden "spiral" purflings inside top edge of guitar and around soundhole rosette. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Ebony pins. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay.
     Roy Noble guitars are known for their great tone and this one is no exception. It yields the same power and projection of the Noble dreadnoughts in a smaller body.
     This guitar has a beautiful top. The Red Spruce has a creamy texture and is complemented nicely by the Maple binding and rosette. The back, sides and neck are very appealing sets of Mahogany with a wood bound back that gives it a "natural" appearance. 1 3/4 width nut, and 25 1/4" scale.
     The 25 1/4" scale length is the main scale Mr Noble has used since back in the mid-1960's. It feels great with mediums, if you have to have mediums, but feels possibly even better with lights (12's), extra lights (11's), and even ultra lights (10's)... you really have to hear one with these lighter gauges to believe the wonderful feel and big tone from a Noble strung with them.
     Nobles sound very good when new... but the big treat is when they are about 2 years old. When they've aged that much, you get the same tones as before, but with more maturity, depth, response, and projection.

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Roy Noble HD 100 Brazilian 1
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2003 Roy Noble HD 100 Brazilian - AAA Brazilian & Adirondack Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. These fabulous guitars from Roy Noble represent the finest woods coming together to create an exceptionally lovely sounding guitar. It has a big voice, with great balance, and with as much thunder when you "dig into it", as it has subtlety and nuance when you play it with more finesse...
     You already know the score - these high end Brazilian guitars made with high grade backs and tops are priced artificially too low, because of the economy slowing down over last 3 years. The talk from many top makers is that these guitars will spring quickly to $10,000 and beyond... it is really just a question of whether it will do so 'next year' or in a few more years.
     It is hard to describe the tones of this guitar. Experienced Roy Noble owners know that when the guitars are about 2-3 years old they open up to such an extent that I find myself thinking that they consistently surpass almost every other instrument I have ever heard, for things like: balance, clarity, sweetness, projection, and expression. You can hear them "down the hall" from the room they are being played in. Naturally it follows that when you add top grades of Brazilian Rosewood and Adirondack Red Spruce AND Ivory nut, saddle and pins, that you amplify these tonal qualities even further.
     Natural 40-year old Ivory nut & saddle, as well as a Bone saddle (currently installed in bridge). Fossil ivory bridge pins and end pin. Gold Waverly tuners. Flamed Maple outer bindings with Herringbone purflings at edge of top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with cut diamond inlays in Ebony fingerboard.
    Imagine being able to buy an exceptional condition Brazilian guitar from the same luthier who built several for Clarence White to perform and record with, from March 1967 into the early 1970's... That's Roy Noble! 
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Roy Noble HD-100 1
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New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian / Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     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.
     
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Roy Noble HD-100 BK
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New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian / Red Spruce Guitar 'Sold'

     "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.
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Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian 1
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New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Beautiful AAA+ quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood with very high grade Adirondack Red Spruce top. Amazon Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Bone nut and saddle. Waverly tuners. Ebony pins. 1 3/4" width at nut. 25.25" scale length.
     Flamed Maple multiple outer bindings with Roy's handmade Herringbone wood purfling around top edge and soundhole rosette. Flamed Maple back strip. Bound fingerboard and headstock. Brazilian peghead overlay.
     This is an outstanding guitar with great sound. I could go on and on about the sound...
     Beautiful 'perfect' attack with tonal response that is seldom heard in acoustic guitars. These guitars work well with Medium or Light gauge strings, but I have to say that the sound is actually "bigger and better" for me when using lights. I would never string my Collings, or my 1939 D-18, with lights, but I love lights on Roy Nobles. On Nobles, light strings do not diminish the power at all, but seem to actually increase the subtle nuance and coloring to the overtones in a beneficial way.
     * At this time Mr Noble does not have any more Brazilian Rosewood and there is no hint of a source for the near future.
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Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble HD-100 Brazilian Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

High-grade Brazilian Rosewood and Bear-claw figured Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone saddle and nut, ebony bridge pins and endpin. Gold plated Waverly open-back tuners. Roy Noble's handmade herringbone bindings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Flamed Maple outer body bindings. Fingerboard and peghead are bound with Ivoroid. Width of fingerboard at nut is 1 3/4". 
    This guitar is "wide open" and full sounding now, yet people who know Roy Noble guitars understand how they open up even further over months and years of use.
    It is almost impossible to find a luthier like Roy Noble with 50 years experience building guitars. These very fine tone producers represent the best of old-world lutherie. Roy Noble not only builds guitars of his own design inside and out, but does it alone, with no helpers or apprentices or pre-cut parts. The sound is "extra special", with tonal purity pouring out of the guitar with lots of volume and lots of projection and carrying power.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Concert Deluxe 1
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Concert Deluxe w/ incredibly figured Redwood top Guitar 'Sold'

     Mahogany Concert Deluxe with highly flamed Redwood top. Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Beautiful Redwood top with heavy bands of bookmatched figure. Flamed Maple outer bindings, on top and back of body. With Roy's signature "roped" binding inside top edge, and around soundhole rossette. Blank Ebony fingerboard. Nickel Gotoh tuners.
     Beautiful sound.
*Further description and photos soon. Call for more info.

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Roy Noble Mahogany Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     This is a very strikingly beautiful guitar. Figured Mahogany back and sides. Mahogany neck. Highly figured Western Red Cedar top. Flamed maple outer bindings with Mr Noble's handmade wood herringbone purflings around top edge and around soundhole rosette.
     Neck and peghead bound with Ivoroid. Waverly open-back pre-war style tuners. Ebony fingerboard with cut diamond inlays. Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Ebony bridge pins and end pin. Bone saddle and nut. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay.
     This is quite a great sounding guitar. Fast, strong attack with beautiful depth. Very balanced sound.
    
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut 1
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Guitar 'Sold'

Highly figured "Bearclaw" Adirondack Red Spruce top. Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly tuners. Great Bass response that is perfectly balanced by strong treble. Like all of the Noble guitars... it has full tonal response.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut 1
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2006 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Guitar 'Sold'

     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.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut 1
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2004 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Guitar 'Sold'

#405 This beautiful yet understated guitar is a great reflection of Roy Noble's 50 years of guitar building. Featuring rosewood body binding, striking mahogany back and sides, an exquisite Sitka spruce top, wood bindings and purflings, and Waverly tuners. The sound is clean and crisp, but features a subtly and tone not found on very many instruments. Well taken care of and nicely played "in", this guitar is ready for the stage, studio, or a cozy corner of your couch.  This guitar sounds like a dream - exceedingly opened-up and it is very, very smooth, with a big voice. Nice low action and a delight to play and to hear.


 
Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Custom
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     New. Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Adirondack Red Spruce top. Blank ebony fingerboard, Ebony bridge. Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay. Fully bound with Maple binding on body, neck and peghead. Roy's handmade Herringbone perfling around top edge and soundhole rosette. Adirondack top is loaded with interesting silk figure. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony pins.

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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe 1
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe w/ Figured Cedar top Guitar 'Sold'

    Wow! This is a pretty startling guitar to look at. Beautiful "ropy" Amazon Mahogany back and sides, with highly figured Cedar top and straight-grained Mahogany neck. We've had many Amazon Mahogany guitars from Mr Noble over the years. The wood is pretty to look at even when brand new... but when you see them after a few years you see the dramatic deepening of the brown, red and gold hues of the Mahogany. They remind you of Koa guitar sets from the 1920's, with the richness of color. To me it is much more beautiful than Mahogany that has been stained red or brown. Ok, enough about the Mahogany...
   The Cedar top is a very nice piece of artistic beauty in it's own right. Heavily mottled and flecked with bearclaw, smoky clouds, etc. It is really a fine piece of wood.
    1 47/64" width of fingerboard at nut. 25.25" scalelength. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. No inlays in fingerboard. Flamed Maple wood bindings on top and back, with Roy's handmade wooden herringbone purflings inside top edge and in soundhole rosette. Nickel Gotoh tuners. Excellent "vintage style" pickguard.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe 1
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2008 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional original condition. No wear, no dings, no fret wear.
     Select Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Spruce top with lots of silky medullary rays. Blank Ebony fingerboard and Ebony bridge. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins. Body bound with flamed Maple outer bindings, with Roy's handmade wooden herringbone purflings around top of guitar and soundhole rosette. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners.
     For years we've noticed how remarkably full and open-sounding Roy Noble guitars are when they are about 2 years old or older. This one is no exception. We've just had 3 "pre-owned" Noble Mahogany dreadnauts through our store in last month. ALL of them had this same beautiful attack, lyrical tone, great depth, etc. This is a studio grade guitar that is ready for you to enjoy in your own living room.

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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe 1
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1993 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnaut DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

     Almost new condition! No fret wear, no dings, no lacquer checking, etc.
     Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Beautifully aged Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard with no inlays. Brazilian Rosewood bridge. Rosewood peghead overlay. Noble decal logo on headstock. Rosewood truss-rod cover. Nickel Grover Rotomatic tuners. Ebony bridge pins. Bone saddle and nut. Multiple wood bindings on body, with Maple binding at the outside edge and Noble's handmade Herringbone wood purflings at edge of guitar top and soundhole rosette.
     This is a "wide-open" guitar that is a joy to play. The response is immediate and it has full tonal response from lowest note to highest.
     The price on this guitar is artificially low, even in today's economic climate. If this price and my description of the tone and condition doesn't cause you to click and buy this guitar, you might want to see your doctor to check if all your synapse are firing correctly...
     To reiterate, it is simply a wonderful guitar and very suitable for playing all kinds of music - fingerpicking, flatpicking, strumming open chords, swatting swing chords, folk songs, etc.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought 1
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2006 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought Adirondack Top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc. (+) condition. Another fine example of Roy Noble's work. hardly any signs of wear anywhere.
     High grade Adirondack red spruce top with lots of "bearclaw" figure. Mahogany back and sides. Strap button installed on heel. Nickel Waverly tuners. Multiple binding on body including rosewood on the outside. Herringbone soundhole rosette.
     This guitar is fully opened-up and delivers lots of great sound. Excellent guitar for live or studio recordings.
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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought Custom 1
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2002 Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought Custom Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(+) Condition. There is hardly any wear on this guitar. The only telltale signs of use are some light scratches on the pickguard, and a few very small string marks on the frets.
     Tight-grained Adirondack Red Spruce top. High-grade Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top and soundhole rossette have Herringbone purfling. Back has multiple wooden bindings with Ivoroid binding on the fretboard and peghead. Blank, radiused Gabon Ebony fretboard. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons.
     Huge sound on this one. Big and bold with great sustain and resonance.

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Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought Deluxe 1
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New Roy Noble Mahogany Dreadnought Deluxe Guitar 'Sold'

Heavily bear-clawed Adirondack Red Spruce top, Amazon Mahogany back and sides. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with no inlays in fingerboard. Top and back have Flamed Maple outer bindings, with Roy's handmade wooden Herringbone purflings at soundhole rosette and inside top edge. Bone nut and saddle with Ebony pins. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Concert Custom 1
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2002 Roy Noble Pau Ferro Concert Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Mint condition. Unplayed guitar. Pau Ferro back and sides. All top grade woods and fittings. Old Ivory nut and saddle, fossilized Ivory bridge pins and endpin. The sound is good to the last fret on every string.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Pau Ferro Custom w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

Pau Ferro back and sides, with Adirondack Red Spruce top. Nickel Waverly open-backed tuners with 3-lobed metal buttons. Roy Noble's handmade Herringbone purfling in soundhole rosette and inside top edge of guitar, with flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back of body. Fingerboard and peghead are bound with ivoroid. Back of Mahogany neck is shaded at heel and peghead for a tasteful sunburst effect. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with cut diamond inlays in fingerboard.
    This is a powerful guitar even if you use light gauge strings! Noble is famous for building tone that projects right thru a group of guitars, and this guitar does that very well. Balance and clarity all the way up to the last frets.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut 1
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2009 Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut w/ Adirondack Red Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Not much evidence of player wear.
     Pau Ferro back and sides, Mahogany neck, and Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard with cut diamond inlays. Ebony bridge. Flamed Maple outer bindings on top and back of body, along fingerboard and around headstock. Handmade wooden herringbone purfling around top edge and soundhole rosette. Waverly tuners. Bone nut and saddle. Ebony pins.
     We've noticed for years how the Pau Ferro Nobles sound very close to the Brazilian Rosewood Nobles. Many people try to attach "Brazilian Rosewood" characteristics to other Rosewoods that "look" like Brazilian. Pau Ferro does not mimic the look of Brazilian Rosewood, but does have many of the tonal characteristics of Brazilian.
     This guitar is set-up with nice action and sounds very nice. Big bold attack, lots of volume... but the best part is the subtle tonal nuance of color and expression.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut Custom 1
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New Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut Custom Guitar 'Sold'

Very strong "Bearclaw" figure in the Englemann Spruce top. Pau Ferro back and sides, with Amazon Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamonds inlaid in fingerboard. Waverly tuners. Bone saddle and nut, with Ebony pins. Body has handmade herringbone purflings with flamed Maple outer bindings. Neck and peghead are bound with Ivoroid. This is a fine sounding guitar, with lots of punch, power, projection and tone.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut Custom 1
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2008 Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut Custom Red Cedar top Guitar 'Sold'

     Beautiful woods, beautiful tone.  Pau Ferro (South American Ironwood), back and sides, with figured Western Red Cedar top.  handmade wooden herringbone purflings inside flamed Maple outer bindings on body. Fingerboard and peghead are bound with Ivoroid.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly open-back pre-war style tuners.
     Really has explosive sound! Huge presence and great expressive nuance of tone.
     This guitar has two significant areas where the original finish was rubbed off the sides of guitar. New finish has been expertly added for protection, though you can see a "witness" line where the newer finish was added.
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Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut DeLuxe 1
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New Roy Noble Pau Ferro Dreadnaut DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

Another beautiful guitar from Mr Noble! Pau Ferro back and sides. Bearclaw-figured Adirondack Red Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Waverly tuners. The body is bound with Maple outer bindings with Roy's handmade herringbone purflings inside the top edge and around soundhole rosette. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. No inlays in fingerboard. This guitar exhibits the usual Roy Noble tone, with quick attack, great balance, expression, and big projection that cuts through. As we've pointed out to many customers over the years, the Noble guitars don't project from a "forcefulness". They project due to tonal "purity" rather than with "muscle". They really are a treat to play and hear. 
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Roy Noble Rosewood Concert 1
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1999 Roy Noble Rosewood Concert Guitar 'Sold'

Exc(+) condition. Cedar top, with Cambodian Rosewood back and sides. Multiple wood bindings on edges of body, and at soundhole rosette. This guitar only has slight evidence of previous playing, and is in fine playing condition. The action is nice and low and the tone is very remarkable.
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Roy Noble Rosewood Dreadnaut DeLuxe 1
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c.2007 Roy Noble Rosewood Dreadnaut DeLuxe Guitar 'Sold'

     Exceptional condition. Pickup professionally installed. NO wear, No fretwear, no dings, etc.
     Choice Indian Rosewood back and sides. Highly figured "Bearclaw" Spruce top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. No inlays in fingerboard. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Body is bound with flamed Maple outer bindings and Roy's handmade wooden herringbone purfling around at inside edge of top and soundhole rosette.
     This is a very responsive, fine sounding guitar. Originally owned by Bill Neaves, who does most of our "flatpicking" sound samples of guitars. Bill traded it to us for a Mahogany Noble when he got a Brazilian Noble dreadnaut and one Mahogany and one Rosewood Noble, instead of two Rosewood guitars.
     It is easy to describe the tone on this guitar because it has all the elements players love: Quick, sure attack; bottomless tonal depth; big voice that projects out from the guitar; recording quality elegance of tone with lots of color and nuance. You can play the fingerboard from end to end and from side to side with no area of "off color" tonality.

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Santa Cruz "D" 1
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c.1997 Santa Cruz "D" Rosewood Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) original condition. This is a very nice Rosewood Dreadnaut with Select Sitka Spruce top. Multiple wood bindings around top and back of body, with Ivoroid outer bindings. Peghead and fingerboard are bound with ivoroid. Schaller tuners.
     Ebony fingerboard and bridge, with 3 small pearl dots inlaid in fingerboard. 1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut. 2 3/16" pin spacing in bridge.
     Center seam of top has been professionally reglued - it is not easily noticeable. Strap button professionally installed at correct position in neck heel.
     This guitar sounds great. It is very full and is well balanced. It is set-up to play and does not need anything. Sure, there are a few dings here and there, but nothing big.
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Santa Cruz 000 1
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1997 Santa Cruz 000 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. 12-fret neck joint, slotted headstock. There are only some light touch-marks and slight signs of prior use. No repairs or problems.
     Quarter-sawn Rosewood back and sides with a beautiful red/brown color. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard with small cut diamond inlays. Ebony peghead overlay. Fully multiple Ivoroid bindings throughout - top, back, fingerboard and headstock are all multiple bound. Top edge has wooden herringbone purfling.
     High grade Sitka Spruce top. Small tortoise pickguard. Nickel Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" width at nut. 25.4" scale length. Vintage "Vee" neck profile. Traditional diamond volute.
     This is an outstanding guitar for tone and playability. Very "wide open" and developed, with fast, sure attack and wonderful tonal depth and color.

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Santa Cruz 000-28 1
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1996 Santa Cruz 000-28 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. Indian Rosewood back and sides with Mahogany neck and select Sitka Spruce top. 12-fret neck joint, slotted headstock, with 25 1/2" scale. 1 3/4" width of fingerboard at nut. Only a few small random dings on the guitar body. Neck is nice and in great shape. There are some lines of finish checking on the top that are only visible at certain angles. Strap button professionally installed in correct position on heel.
     Body has multiple ivoroid bindings on top and back. Top edge has herringbone purfling. Neck and headstock have multiple ivoroid bindings. Multiple ivoroid soundhole rosette. Gabon Ebony radiused fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard has small "cut diamond" abalone inlays at 5th, 7th and 9th frets. Waverly pre-war style open-back tuners. Bone nut and intonated saddle. Ebony bridge pins and endpin.
     This is really a great guitar. It is very expressive and truly 'fully wide open' with a sure voice.
w/ OHC


 
Santa Cruz Dreadnaut 12-fret 1
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1996 Santa Cruz Dreadnaut 12-fret Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. Except for some stray lines of finish checking on the top, this guitar would be 'Exc(+)' or even 'Exceptional' condition. Very little sign of playing on the frets, no dents or dings on body or neck.
     12-fret slope-shoulder dreadnaut, with slotted headstock. High-grade Mahogany back, sides and neck. Choice Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Cut diamond inlays in fingerboard. Waverly tuners. Herringbone purflings around top edge and soundhole rosette. Multiple ivoroid bindings on top and back of body. Traditional wooden "zipper" back strip.
     Built in the style of the earliest Dreadnauts from around 1930. Nut width is a "generous" 1 7/8". Pin spacing at bridge is 2 5/16".
     This is a great sounding guitar. It has a fast, sure attack with lots of presence and depth, and exhibits the shift in tonal timbre that these 12-fret guitars are famous for.
w/ OHC


 
Santa Cruz OM 1
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1990s Santa Cruz OM Guitar 'Sold'

Exc condition. OM-28 style guitar, with lots of "pre-war" appointments, and more. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top. Herringbone top purfling, with Ivoroid multiple bindings on body, fingerboard and peghead. Gotoh tuners that are copies of the old closed-back Kluson DeLuxe tuners. This is a fine sounding guitar.   $2650 w/ OHC. Now on sale...
w/ OHC


 
Santa Cruz Vintage Artist 1
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2002 Santa Cruz Vintage Artist Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. This guitar only has some small, light "touches" to it here and there in the finish. No area of real wear, nothing repaired or needing repair. Frets are in great shape.
     Select Mahogany back, sides and neck, with high-grade Sitka Spruce top. Fully bound with ivoroid multiple bindings. Herringbone purfling inside top binding. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Fingerboard has small dot inlay position markers. Recessed Ebony bridge pins. Waverly open-back tuners.
     This guitar plays easy when fingerpicked or flatpicked. The action is low with no buzzing. The tone is clear and expressive and full.
w/ OHC

 
Tacoma "Road King" 1
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1999 Tacoma "Road King" Guitar 'Sold'

Rosewood back and sides. Spruce top. Cutaway body. Some finish flaking and lifting. Moderate fret wear. Original Fishman Matrix pickup with Preflex Plus EQ.
W/ OHC

 
Tacoma BM6C 1
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2003 Tacoma BM6C Baritone 'Sold'

     Exc(+) Condition. This is a great baritone guitar in pristine condition. There is one small ding on the back. No fret wear or other marks.
     Solid Spruce top, Mahogany neck, back, sides and peghead overlay. Rosewood fretboard. Nickel "Tacoma" tuners. Rosewood bridge with Abalone pins.
     Aside from the fact that it is a baritone, this guitar has other unique features such as an offset soundhole in the upper shoulder, a transparent pickguard and unique bridge design. The sound is great. The tone is rich, deep and full, and adds a unique flavor to any tune. The accepted tuning on a baritone guitar is BEADF#B, and is played like a guitar in standard tuning. This is a perfect guitar for anyone wishing to step outside the box and find a new sound.



 
Tacoma Chief 1
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c.2001 Tacoma Chief Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Mahogany back, sides and neck, with Cedar top. Rounded cutaway.
     You don't see these come up for sale very often. They are a great guitar to start a new player out on, or an extra guitar to have in your arsenal for jams around the campfire. The guitar came to us with no hard case, but we've found an old 1970's Guild hardshell case for it that fits well.
w/ older HC

 
Takamine EG523SC 1
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2005 Takamine EG523SC Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. Very light player wear on the guitar. A few stray pick scratches, miniscule fret wear and one or two dings on the sides are all that keep this guitar from being in "new" condition.
     Solid spruce top. Maple back, sides and neck. Multiple bindings on top, Abalone soundhole rosette. Rosewood bridge. Takamine "TK4N" electronics with preamp and equalizer. Output jack on end pin. Rosewood fingerboard. Mother of Pearl block inlays with Abalone triangles in the center. Rosewood peghead veneer, nickel Takamine tuners. Strap button installed on side of heel.
     This is a good guitar, it has a nice sound and easy playability in an affordable price range.

w/ OHC

 
Takamine F340SF 1
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c.1976 Takamine F340SF Solid Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. Made in Japan. Only small amount of random nicks and dings on the guitar. Frets have been recently milled - no wear or "V" dents in frets. Strap button is currently installed in neck heel in correct position, but there remains a small hole in bottom of heel cap where it was formerly located. Small amount of finger wear in fretboard.
     Mahogany dreadnaut body with solid Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Original tuners.
     This guitar sounds very good and has no problems. The action is good and with plenty of saddle height.
w/ Gig Bag

 
Tanglewood Heritage 1
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2008 Tanglewood Heritage Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc (+) Condition. The only sign of this guitar being used at all is a little fret wear. There is not a ding or dent in the body.
     Spruce top, Rosewood back and sides. Maple center piece in back with Herringbone binding. Mahogany neck and Ebony fingerboard with Abalone "snowflake" inlays. Top and back of body are multiple bound with Herringbone binding on top and around peghead. Soundhole Rosette multiple bound with Abalone.
     This is a very solid guitar. It has great tone, touch and appearance.

w/ OHC

 
Taylor "Leo Kottke" 1
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1998 Taylor "Leo Kottke" Guitar 'Sold'

Exc (+) condition. Mahogany back sides & neck. Spruce top. Rosewood binding. Cutaway jumbo guitar. Fine condition with very minimal fret/player wear. Nice deep tone.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 315-CE 1
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2001 Taylor 315-CE Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) condition. This is a nice guitar that has some playing experience, but isn't beat up. One stray mark on the top on lower bass side near binding. Some slight evidence of playing markes in frets.
     Mahogany back, sides and neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Pearl dot inlays in fingerboard.
     Fishman Elipse Aura system installed in guitar. This is a great pickup system that has programmable presets, anti-feedback, and more! This system comes with a CD from Fishman that you put in your computer, link directly via USB cable(included), to choose between 99 preset "images" to download into your guitar. This system is far better and more versatile than the Taylor "Expression" pickup system.
     The guitar sounds great acoustically, as well, and is set up to play with no problems.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 355-CE 12-string 1
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c.2004 Taylor 355-CE 12-string 30th Anniv. Limited Edition Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. Sapelle back and sides, with select Sitka Spruce top. Comes with factory installed pickup. Nice condition, nice playability, nice sound, no problems.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 412 Grand Concert 1
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1983 Taylor 412 Grand Concert Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) Condition. The top, back and sides all show several minor touches, but nothing significant. The most significant wear is just normal regular finger wear around the soundhole and the neck shows finish worn off on the back, and one divet on the second fret. Back has one small area of "button marks" near waist on bass side.
     Sitka Spruce top. Mahogany back, sides and neck. Top is multiple bound, back is single bound. Radiused Rosewood fretboard with Pearl dot inlays. Pinless Rosewood bridge. Nickel Grover tuners. Pinless bridge.
     Warm, bright sound. Nice and easy to play. This was a gig guitar for a local blues player who mainly plays electric. He used and enjoyed it on stage, but it remains in great shape.

w/ OHC

 
Taylor 510 1
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1978 Taylor 510 Lemon Grove Shop Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent condition. This is the 826th Taylor Guitar... made in the Lemon Grove, CA shop. A few light dings on guitar top and sides, and on back of neck. Some finish worn on back of neck. There are a few light lines of finish checking, but they are not glaringly obvious.
     Amazon Mahogany back, sides and neck. Spruce top appears to be bearclaw Adirondack Red Spruce, but not sure about species. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Old style tortoise pickguard with initials "S W" inlaid in pearl. Rosewood peghead overlay. Original Grover rotomatic tuners. Bone nut and composition saddle. Endpin professionally installed on side of neck heel. Previously, there was a strap button installed in center of heelcap, but it has been professionally filled-in to be almost invisible.
     This guitar is a very good sounding guitar, with lots of warm, woody tone and with a quick attack.  Its one of the finest Taylor's we've ever heard.
     * If you are worried about the pickguard having someone else's initials inlaid in it, we'd be happy to professionally install a new correct pickguard with no initials, for a reasonable fee...

w/ newer Taylor HC

 
Taylor 510-L9 1
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2004 Taylor 510-L9 Guitar 'Sold'

Great condition. No significant fret wear. High grade solid spruce top. Solid Mahogany back and sides. Wood binding. Short scale length (24 3/4). Nice playing guitar that is in really wonderful condition.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 610 1
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1990 Taylor 610 Guitar 'Sold'

Exc Condition. Maple back and sides Taylor 610 with mahogany neck. Made in the Santee CA location. Almost no player wear, one finish crack in lacquer from bridge towards back of the guitar. Great guitar for playing around the house, the coffee shop, or swatting out chords at your favorite fiddle contest.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 710 1
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1991 Taylor 710 made in Santee Shop Guitar 'Sold'

     Excellent original condition. Only has light evidence of prior playing.
     Indian Rosewood back and sides. Mahogany neck. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard with dot inlays. Ebony bridge with original intonated saddle. Original nut and frets. Schaller tuners with Ebony buttons. Bone bridge pins.
     This is a very good sounding guitar. It is set-up very well and has no problems. It has an active pickup professionally installed.
     * The Santee shop was an interim facility that housed Taylor production for about 5 years after leaving the Lemon Grove shop. This instrument was made during this time, when Taylor was producing about 2000-3000 instruments per year, and it sounds quite a bit better than later models we've seen when they were producing almost 100,000 pieces per year.
w/ HC

 
Taylor 710 1
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1991 Taylor 710 Guitar 'Sold'

     VG(+) Condition. Some lacquer wear and checking and a couple of knicks and dings. Back and sides have normal markings, and one area where a few spots have been worn through the finish on the side and back. There are a couple of marks on the neck, and a little bit of fret wear on the fingerboard.
     Spruce top with multiple bindings. Nice Rosewood back and sides with double binding on the back. Mahogany neck with Ebony fretboard and pearl dot inlays. Rosewood peghead overlay with Taylor logo inlaid in pearl. Ebony bridge and pins. Strap button installed in correct position on heel. Nickel Schaller tuners.
     Very good sound, and very easy playability. The tone is very mature and big. This guitar is strong enough to be a very good bluegrass flatpicking guitar.

w/ HC

 
Taylor 810 1
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2005 Taylor 810 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(+) Condition. The only sign of this guitar being used is a moderate amount of fret wear. Other than that, the guitar is in perfect condition.
     Sitka Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides. Top has multiple bindings. Back, neck and peghead are single bound. Mahogany neck, Radiused Ebony fingerboard with elaborate Pearl inlays. Gold Taylor tuners, Abalone soundhole rosette. Strap button installed in correct position on the heel.
     This is a really strong guitar. Has great low and high end and is set up to play.

w/ OHC

 
Taylor 810 - Lemon Grove 1
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1986 Taylor 810 - Lemon Grove Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(-) condition. One-owner guitar. Has a few dings here and there, button rub area on back, some wear on back of neck. NO cracks or repairs. Frets show some denting but not deep enough to worry about.
     This guitar is from the Lemon Grove shop, meaning it was built when Taylor was still a fairly small production shop crafting a few hundred guitars per year. To put it in perspective, by around 2003 - 2006 or so, Taylor was up to about 100,000 pieces or more per year! If you understand those different numbers in relation to building "soul" and real tone into an instrument, then you will understand why these Lemon Grove guitars are much more sought-after than the same Taylor guitars from more recent years...
     Select Sitka Spruce top with beautiful honey colored Rosewood back and sides. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Original nut and saddle and tuners - all in good shape. Abalone soundhole rosette.
     Now... about the sound... If only Taylor would build guitars that have this sound today. This is a REAL guitar for tone. It has a great attack, great depth, and a big full voice.
     In short, this Taylor is one that will stand up to many other high-end guitars for tone...  The set-up is good and it doesn't have any problems.
w/ OHC


 
Taylor 810 WMB Limited 1
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1997 Taylor 810 WMB Limited Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc original condition. Cutaway Dreadnaut with Rosewood back and sides, select Sitka Spruce top.
     Rounded cutaway. Multiple wood bindings on body, with Abalone soundhole rosette. Lots of "silk" in the high grade Sitka Spruce top. Blank Ebony fingerboard.The "WMB" designation means 'With More Bass', meaning Taylor implemented some design shifts to favor a fuller bass response.
     Only slight playing wear on frets - they are fine and need no adjustment. Action is nice and low.
     * Price Recently Reduced.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 812C 1
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1996 Taylor 812C w/ LR Baggs Dlx EQ Pickup Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc condition. Beautiful Rosewood back and sides with select Sitka spruce top. Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony bridge pins.
     Round Cutaway. Abalone soundhole rosette. Multiple bindings on body. Single bindings along fingerboard and around peghead. Diamond shapes inlaid in fingerboard.
     The pickup system is very nice - LR Baggs DeLuxe EQ active pickup, with good control panel on side of guitar. Gold Grover tuners. Strap button professionally installed in neck heel.
     The playability is good, with action nice and low. There are only a couple of small dings in the top, in lower treble bout. Frets show only slight evidence of wear.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor 814-CE-LTD 1
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2002 Taylor 814-CE-LTD w/ Coco Bolo back & sides Guitar 'Sold'

     Near Mint. No sign of previous ownership except strap button correctly installed in side of neck heel.
     Most of these 814CE models are made with Indian Rosewood, some with Walnut, and some in Brazilian Rosewood or Coco Bolo. This one has strikingly beautiful 3-pc Coco Bolo back and Coco Bolo sides. Select Sitka Spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Gold Grover Rotomatic tuners. Multiple wood bindings around top edge, with solid wood outer bindings around top and back edges, fingerboard and peghead. I am not sure of the exact species of wood used in the outer bindings, but I can say that it is very highly "flamed" and just has a very nice look to it.
     Abalone soundhole rosette with multiple wood outside the abalone. Stylized diamond inlays in fingerboard.
     I have long been a fan of Coco Bolo guitars in general, and this guitar reinforces that opinion. This is a truly great guitar. It has a very big voice with lots of tonal expression and power. No kidding... anyone who enjoys a great sounding, lively, powerful guitar will have a fine time with this one. It flatpicks well, but fingerpicks like a dream, with a quick, sure attack on all strings.

 

w/ OHC

 
Taylor 955 12-string 1
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1990 Taylor 955 12-string Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc.(+) Condition. There are a few stray lines of lacquer checking on the top, and a ding on the top of the peghead where it was knocked against something. There are no other marks, dings or fret wear.
     Nice, tight-grained Spruce top. Beautiful Flamed Maple back and sides. Figured Bird's Eye Maple neck. Top has multiple wooden bindings with Abalone purfling around the soundhole rossette. The back and fretboard also have multiple wood bindings. Radiused Ebony fretboard with elaborate Pearl and Abalone inlays. Gold Schaller tuners. Mahogany peghead veneer with Pearl and Abalone inlays and Taylor logo. Has the original Taylor pickup system installed as well as a strap button in the heel.
     This is a hard to find, early Taylor 12-string that was built using top-grade woods before Taylor started producing guitars at such a high rate. It is set up to play great and the sound is very good. The tone is more mature than most 12-strings, it sounds less jangly and has more rich undertones and resonance.

w/ OHC

 
Taylor Dan Crary model 1
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1988 Taylor Dan Crary model Guitar 'Sold'

     VG+ condition. No cracks, no repairs. Some player wear thru the finish on top and back. Guitar is in fine playing condition - it just shows honest playing wear.
     Rosewood back and sides, with select Sitka Spruce top. Round cutaway. Body is slightly wider at the waist than a standard dreadnaut shape. Multiple body bindings. Peghead and fingerboard are bound. Original '50's looking gold tuners. Cut diamond inlay in the Ebony fretboard. Ebony bridge. Original smaller pickguard that the early Dan Crary models have.
     No kidding, this is one of the best sounding Taylor guitars we've had. Great attack, great resonance. It is all set-up and ready to go.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor DN4E 1
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2010 Taylor DN4E Guitar 'Sold'

     Nearly new condition. Comes with No player marks or wear at all. This guitar was bought in a trade with a Taylor dealer, with the idea in mind to bring it to us to sell. The customer did have a strap button correctly installed on the heel, but the guitar is essentially unplayed.
     Ovankol wood back and sides. Select Sitka Spruce top. Multiple binding around top edge of guitar, single binding on back edge and along fingerboard. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Small dot inlays in fingerboard.
     Guitar comes with factory-installed latest generation Taylor "Expression System" pickup. The pickup works great.
     Everything about this guitar is nice - the condition is great, the playability is great and it has a very good dreadnaut sound.

w/ OHC

 
Taylor DN8 1
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New Taylor DN8 Guitar 'Sold'

     New condition. No marks, no wear. Open warranty.
     Rosewood Dreadnaut with very high grade Sitka spruce top. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony bridge pins with abalone dot. Abalone soundhole rosette. Small abalone dots inlaid in fingerboard. Multiple ivoroid top binding, back and fingerboard bound with ivoroid. Gold tuners, gold strap button installed in correct position in heel. 1 11/16" width of fingerboard at nut.
     This is a brand new guitar that we obtained from a trade with a Taylor dealer. It does have a strap button installed, but is unplayed and unscathed.
     The sound is very fine, I must say. Good power, good balance and very nice growly attack with tonal depth. This would be a very good flatpicking guitar for anyone.
w/ OHC

 
Taylor Grand Symphony 1
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2007 Taylor Grand Symphony Koa Guitar 'Sold'

     Near Mint condition. Incredibly figured Koa top, back and sides, with back having a center wedge of flamed Maple. Matching Koa peghead overlay. Multiple body bindings with flamed Maple outer bindings. Fingerboard, headstock and soundhole bound with flamed Maple. Abalone soundhole rosette. Abalone inlay in peghead. Maple inlaid logo in peghead. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. Ebony bridge pins. Gold tuners. Comes with factory 'Expression' active pickup system.
     This guitar was custom ordered for a friend of ours. It is in fine original shape... and plays and sounds really great.
 
    
    
w/ OHC

 
Taylor GS8 1
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2006 Taylor GS8 Guitar 'Sold'

     Exc(++) condition. The only sign of previous ownership is a little fret wear on the B and E strings. Otherwise the guitar is in new condition.
      Nice Sitka Spruce top with more figure than is seen on most Taylors. Indian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck. Ivoroid bound body and neck with multiple bindings on top. Abalone soundhole rosette, Ebony bridge. Strap button installed on side of heel. Ebony fretboard with Abalone dot inlays. Indian Rosewood peghead veneer with "Taylor" logo inlaid in pearl. Gold Taylor tuners. 25 1/2" scale length. 1 3/4" width at nut.
     This is one of the best sounding guitars we've seen from Taylor. The sound is great, exceptional for a guitar at this price. Well set-up, and beautifully taken care of.

w/ OHC

 
Weber Yellowstone 1
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2006 Weber Yellowstone w/ Amazingly figured Spruce top Guitar 'Sold'

     This is a pretty unique archtop guitar from Weber. I can't say that I have ever seen a guitar top with as much figure as this one. It is shot through with "cloud figure", "bearclaw figure", and "flame figure" all over the top.
     The back, sides and neck are complimentary highly figured Maple. Ebony radiused fingerboard with rounded diamond position markers. Peghead has Weber Logo and Celtic knot inlaid in pearl. Top, back, fingerboard and peghead are bound with Ivoroid. Pickguard is solid Ebony with Ivoroid binding, and is scalloped for better playability. Tailpiece and bridge are beautiful designs by Vern Brekke, at Weber.
     We are offering this guitar at a nice low price - $1200 off normal discount price. This guitar is essentially a new instrument that has been used by Weber to showcase their abilities and take orders, at several instrument shows around the country, and by us for the same purpose.
     Be sure to listen to the newest sound samples - our local jazz players are saying that this guitar has opened-up really well and has a great voice.
w/ OHC

 
Wingert Model E 1
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2003 Wingert Model E Guitar 'No Longer Available'

     Exc(+) condition. Only the barest signs of previous owner wear - top of peghead has small chip in lacquer and there is some very light finger wear between bridge and soundhole under strings.
     Very handsome quarter-sawn Coco Bolo back and sides that show a very artistic shading of lacquer across the back. Choice Sitka Spruce top.  Multiple wood bindings with Coco Bolo showing on the outside. "Double" multiple strips seen at to and back and around sides. Blank Ebony fingerboard. 1 3/4" width at nut. 25.4" scale length. 2 14" pin spacing at the bridge. Ebony bridge. Beautiful abalone soundhole rosette. Gold locking Gotoh tuners. Abalone back strip. Clear pickguard. Bone saddle and nut. Ebony pins.
     This is a very nice guitar. Wonderful set-up and wonderful tone, with power and nuance. It is a fine finger-picker and would make a great studio guitar.

w/ OHC