Used Acoustic
Steel String Guitars,
followed by 12 String, Hawaiian & Tenor
Guitars
NOTE: CASES with guitars at our cost, usually $55/hard-shell,
$49/featherweight hard-shell, $25/heavy gig bag
CONSTRUCTION:
B&S= back and sides, whc= with hard case,
, wsc= with soft-shell case, OHC=original hard case;
CONDITION:
Ex=excellent or 90-94%, near mint;
VG+=very good plus or 80-85%,
light exterior wear with a few minor dings but no paint chips exposing the wood,
nothing really serious, nice overall shape;
VG= Average to Very Good
, 70-75% more serious exterior wear that could include
some major gouges exposing the wood, arm wear, fret wear;
GC,
good to Sub Average=
60-50%,Noticeable wear on most areas, normally consisting of some major belt
buckle wear & finish deterioration , may include cracking, possible repairs
or alterations, when this condition is encountered, normally an instrument
should have all logos intact, original pickups, minor headstock damage, and
perhaps a few non-serious alterations, with or w/o original case.
NOTE, The Condition ratings were derived from Blue Book Pub's.
PRICING:
MSRP=Manufacturers Suggested Retail (list) Price
» MORE BLUE BOOK INFO CLICK HERE!
SIZES (from
largest):
JUMBO, biggest (usually over 16" wide) and not usually as bassy as dreadnoughts
Dreadnought is the 2nd largest, and most standard size (and generally has the most bass) about
16" wide at lower bout
OM the 3rd largest has more of a waist (with a deeper body than GC)
Grand Concert
or OOO, slightly smaller, about the same width at lower bout but not as deep as
a dreadnought )
00 size in between the GC and the Parlor, around 14" wide at lower bout.
Parlor
(or 3/4, or Martin calls it O) is the smallest, usually less than 14"
wide (brightest tone & often widest neck)
Parlor and smaller sized
Guitars
ESPANA
Grand Concert size, all solid, made in Finland $299 »CLICK
HERE FOR PIC
MAHOGANY B&S,
SPRUCE TOP, a very nice sounding guitar and a bargain for an all solid guitar!
J. HOWARD FOOTE parlor
guitar circa 1900, Brazilian Rosewood B&S $725
Very
good condition now, I repaired a long crack on lower side and re-did the
intonation and action, so that it now plays easily and in tune !
GIBSON LGO,
sold! 1966 $650 Very
good shape as the 3 pictures at the right tell
,
the plastic bridge has been replaced by a real wood one!
HARMONY
Grand Concert size $390, all solid mahogany, rings nice and bright with lots
of warmth for an all mahogany guitar!
Plays really good and the neck is in great shape wear wise. Has the typical
large neck. Perfect intonation. Strung light gauge.
HARMONY
Grand Concert, ALL SOLID, Spruce top, Circa 1950's, $395, GC »CLICK
HERE FOR PICS
I've recently shaved the braces,
so it sounds extra good now, nice and warm and bright, the best of all
worlds! Normal wear, nothing ugly and the pic is representative.
HARMONY JAMBOREE, Circa
1960, has an added active internal Fishman pickup. $450
Very good shape, 1 repair, see it in the side picture. White binding and
large white screwed-on pickguard..
Oak parlor guitar, $399, Oak B&S, spruce top. I replaced the bridge with an original style one and it places just fine. It
has one crack, visible on top photo,
which has been repaired it stable and not a
problem. The back seam has been re-glued, but it wasn't cracked, just loose,
it's in fine playable condition, and sounds extra fine, very
warm!
.
pics at right
»
MARTIN 00-28, 1925, 900/WOHC »sold(new handle). VG+ condition, more pics soon, the only change is that an adjustable truss rod has been installed, not
visible except by a mirror looking inside! In the closed case pic you
can see the original key to the lock! The original case is also in prety good
shape! There's a little bit of fret wear, not excessive, but that's good, at
least it's been played a fair amount, and that's what it takes to get a better
sound, not just letting it sit in the case!
By the way the guitar has a wonderful sound!
STELLA Parlor (3/4) CIRCA 1950,
$259 
A good sounding parlor style guitar, all solid
birch! V style neck and good action. We've redone the bridge with a wood
saddle for extra warmth and better intonation. Also shaved the braces
for extra warmth.
VENTURA Grand Concert $149
»CLICK
HERE FOR PIC
Solid top, x-electric, you can see 2 small holes where the volume and tone controls were.
Regal Arch-top round-hole, like
Martin C-1, carved top, X braced, see it here »
arch-top page,
here's a picture though, at the right. $1,199
Regal $495 - 
ARION by WASHBURN, circa 1920,
all solid mahogany B&S, Spruce top, $750
I own one, and wouldn't sell it, because I couldn't find another as good
sounding! pics at right. The back has had many repairs, and I've improved them,
but it's still a cosmetically rough back
.
The sides and the top are in great shape, and best of all the sound!
WASHBURN
MODEL 1915 Parlor Guitar $795 
Larger Sized Guitars
!975 Guild D4 $445, very good cosmetic condition, but has a headstock repair
HOHNER-GRUHN medium jumbo, Mahogany
model $399
Actually NEW. See it on the New Guitar Page. Wonderful thin neck and very full tone
and balance, not boomy or overly bassy.
Designed by George Gruhn, Hohner
dropped the line, it was probably too pricey for their line.
used A&L Spruce
Burgundy
$249 (shading of the finish, $369 list), 95% condition!
A&L Spruce $319 ($419 list, $349=minimum advertised price)
discounted, because of a tiny almost imperceptible spot at edge!
Seagull Artist Portrait Cutaway $599, like new, a consignment, see a picture at seagullguitars.com, or go here: www.seagullguitars.com/productartistportraitcw.htm
SEAGULL MJM6 Mini Jumbo
$459
($599 list)
A new size, more comfortable shape than a dreadnought.
Simon
& Patrick Pro Flame Maple ($1065 list), Used, Excellent condition $625
One tiny nick on lower back. A beautiful and nice sounding guitar!
LYS
all solid, Maple B&S, spruce
top,
CIRCA 1985 $695
First guitars made by Godin. This one is a really nice, especially warm,
sounding maple guitar! A great guitar!!!
TACOMA CHIEF C1C $499,
with Dean neck!
A lot
of great reviews on harmony central click
here Here's an excerpt of one: "SOUND 10. Ok hard to
describe....Cool and very modern tone is emitted from this guitar. *Very
unusual* Not your run of the mill tone in anyway. It is a bit smaller in booming
volume, due of course to cavity size. But projection is unreal better than any
guitar I've owned. It cuts, slices and dices most other acoustics in any
arena." I agree completely this guitar is a winner, an amazing tone, which
can really cut through when you want it to, or be mellow!
Left-Handed Guitars
Art
& Lutherie Lefthanded Dreadnought, Wild Cherry Top B&S $229
see NYLON STRING page also!
12-String Guitars (Also on New Page)
Dean Tradition ST2 GN, 12
String, $295, solid spruce top, mahogany B&S.
I really like this one, it has a big sound and nice thin neck too!
Martin DM-12 wohc, $799, used but in ex. condition!
Hawaiian Guitars
Goldtone Weissenborn copies are in, and excellent! »see them here!
Tenor Guitars
GOLDTONE
TG-10 Tenor Guitar $259
At right next to Harmony Patrician
A nice sounding new tenor from Goldtone, tuned at the moment in the
traditional CGDA tuning!
harmony
patrician $550 
all
Mahogany, at
right next to Goldtone
Kent tenor guitar, circa 1960, solid top, mahogany b&s $245, A very good sounding instrument, has a much better tone than most new solid top guitars!
soareasey
Acoustic -electric Archtop Tenor guitar model LF23
$255, picture at right.
better than new, we've added grounding to the pickup so it's quieter now! SOLD
Baritone ukes
are tuned like the first four strings of guitars. The 8th string is steel strung
and like the first 4 pairs of a 12 string guitar!
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