Here's what happens when one repairs cracks, glues a new bridge, and does a fret dress all at the same time...
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This is an unmarked (but very definitely) Lyon & Healy-built parlor guitar c.1900 or so. Guitars of this type with tailpiece and floating b... -
Though sold under the S.S. Stewart brand name (originally a fine banjo maker in the late 1800s) and marketed by Buegeleisen & Jacobson, thi... -
Another customer instrument, this is a made-in-the-UK banjo mandolin (probably c.1920 or at earliest c.1900s) with a zither banjo style ten... -
Let me first say: this is one hell of a mandolin! It has bark, bite, dark and woody tone, and loads of volume. The playability is excellent... -
UPDATE! Apparently Martin listed this model as "2-17S" or "Special" in their production logs. Makes sense to me, as it's a 2-17 in everythi... -
What's that? Yes, a pristine 47-year old Martin 00-21 sitting in its original case. How about it? This guitar sounds, plays, and feels fant... -
Update June 27 2011: This guitar is now available for sale. Since posting I've installed a K&K big-sensor Pure Western in it with a micro e... -
Yes, yes, I know! Another mandolin. This one's also newly finished and what a beaut and what a sound! This has that very old-time American ... -
Ah! Here's something you don't see too often around here: a fiddle case! This one looks 1800s from the outside and is made of (probably) st... -
After a week's overhaul in the shop this delectable archtop is all set and ready to go. This is a mid to late 1930s Slingerland "Songster" ...
2 comments:
Tell the truth, Jake. As a true multitasker you're probably also strumming the one you just finished too :-)
So true. Heh heh.
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