A1258
Sovereign 14" Concert Tenor Guitar, circa 1930
...This guitar is described in the 1932 Oscar Schmidt Catalog as follows: "Tenor Guitar
No. 8652 - Concert size. Body constructed entirely of mahogany.
Selected narrow grained spruce top with inlaid guardplate. Top
edge and soundhole inlaid with three color marquetry with
additional purfling around soundhole. Bottom edge bound with
white celluloid. Marquetry strip through center of back. Ebony
fingerboard with white pearl position dots. Geared pegs. Bone
nut, silver frets, rosewood pinbridge. Hand rubbed and polished
producing a high class piano finish." Tenor guitars
this size are rare. This example is in excellent condition with no
cracks. Red spruce top, mahogany sides and back. Lower bout is
14" wide. A
small section of the faux tortoise guardplate has been
replaced, otherwise, this guitar is all original. Recent neck
reset - excellent action. The original
geared tuners work great. This is an exceptionally fine sounding
instrument! Comes with its original chipboard case.
PRICE CUT! $1925.00
A1257
1961 Gibson B45-12 ...SUPER
RARE! 1961 was the first year for Gibson's jumbo acoustic
12-string guitar. The first generation B45's have the "slope
shoulder" body design and are lightly braced, unlike the later
square "Hummingbird" shaped B45's, most of which have double
x-braces and larger bridge plate. Only 77 slope B45's were
produced in 1961 and a scant few the following year before the
body style change. Our example has two professionally
repaired/cleated top cracks and a mysterious old repair (hole?)
in the tailpiece area. After owning and playing just about every
vintage 12-string you can name, the slope shoulder '61 Gibson
B45-12 is my all-time favorite. This is an amazing, crazy-rare
guitar! Great comfortable playing action, too! They don't come
much better than this! Comes with older hard-shell case.
PRICE CUT! $2495.00
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A1255
Stella Concert Guitar, 1930s
... 13 1/4" lower bout, 25" scale, 1 7/8" nut width. This is a crack-free guitar with red spruce top,
birch sides and back, colorful inlaid rosette and top purfling,
fancy decalcomania strip down center of back, pearlette (AKA
"mother-of-toilet-seat") headstock, fingerboard and pickguard. Recent neck reset makes this a very comfortable player. New
reproduction rosewood pyramid bridge. Comes with a new
hard-shell case. PRICE CUT!
$1550.00
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A1254
Stella Grand Concert Guitar, circa 1930
...This is a very rare model - especially in the larger
grand concert size (14 3/4" lower bout, 26 1/2" scale, 1 7/8"
nut width). Gold leaf rosette and "lyre & drums" banner
decalcomania are in excellent condition. Red spruce top, birch
sides and back. Crack-free body with no overspray or finish
touch--ups. Recent neck reset, reproduction rosewood pyramid
bridge. Comes with a new hard-shell case.
PRICE CUT! $2495.00
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A1252
1921 Gibson A-2 Mandolin
...Excellent+ original condition. Sheraton brown finish. This
mandolin is crack free and 100% original including the original
non-adjustable ebony bridge, engraved tailpiece cover, raised
pickguard and its original hard-shell case.
PRICE CUT! $1895.00
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A1251
Sovereign Tenor Ukulele, circa 1920's
...This is a lovely little uke from the "Jazz Age"! Crack
free birch body with Pearloid fingerboard and headstock, gold
sparkle purfling and rosette. All original with exception
of replacement bridge. A nice player! Comes with original
end-opening canvas covered case. PRICE
CUT! $450.00
A1246
1936 Epiphone Broadway
... "Masterbuilt" 17" New
York Epi Jazz box! Carved spruce top, walnut sides and back.
Repaired original frequensator tailpiece. New exact replica
pickguard/finger-rest. The incredibly
fine condition of this instrument leads us to believe it has
either been refinished or over-sprayed. This is a
wonderful instrument! Original hard-shell case included. PRICE
CUT! $3250.00
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A1245
1937 Epiphone Broadway ...
"Masterbuilt" 17" New York Epi Jazz box! Carved spruce top,
walnut sides and back. Repaired original tailpiece, otherwise
all original. This is a great player! Original brown hard-shell
case included. SOLD
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A1235
Stella Decalcomania Concert Guitar, mid
1930s ...All birch construction tailpiece model
with floating bridge. Often referred to as a "brown front"
model, this example has gold leaf rosette and colorful banner
decalcomania. One top crack. Excellent action and playability.
Comes with a recent hard-shell case. SOLD
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A1233
"A. Galiano" Concert Guitar, circa 1920s
...This was a
very popular guitar made by Oscar Schmidt and marketed under the
"A. Galiano" brand name. It has the colorful banner and rosette
decals characteristic to the model. Cleated top crack. Original finish has a nice gloss
patina. Banner decal shows some wear on treble side. New bone
nut and saddle, recent neck reset. Comes with new hard-shell
case. PRICE CUT! $1095.00
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A1232
Stella Concert Guitar, circa 1932
...All solid birch with floral decalcomania and gold
leaf rosette. Average condition. Two cleated back repairs
including a small section of back replaced on bass side of lower
bout. There are no
cracks elsewhere. Neck has been reset and bridge plate replaced.
Original tailpiece and floating bridge. This is a real nice
player with more than its share of "mojo"! Original chipboard
case included. PRICE
CUT! $895.009
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A1214
Stella Concert Guitar, circa 1934
...For pure "Mojo", we think this guitar wins the prize! It
carries its own history in Greek! There's a paper
Label inside dated
1934 . Hand written in Modern Greek are several
lines of poetry, written by an immigrant living in Los Angeles
who apparently had a case of the blues. On the headstock it says
-
"ΓΝΩΘΙ
Σ'ΑΥΤΟΝ " - Know Thyself.
Solid
birch construction with no cracks. Fingerboard has a silver
crystalline finish with inlaid gold sparkle position dots. The
finish on the body and neck was customized in the dim reaches of
the past, careful to leave the decalcomania rosette intact. This
guitar has wonderful patina with more than its share of
character, plus it plays and sounds great! Comes with
original 1930s case
PRICE CUT!
$695.00
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