LM - 00012 ca. 1920's Leland Brilliantone Mando by Larson Brothers     EXC-   This is a lovely Larson made mandolin and yes it is really called a "Mando" on the label. The top is beautifully aged spruce and crack free. The back and sides are highly figured Brazilian rosewood and there is one repaired crack in the back and none on the sides. Rosewood overlay on the headstock and original enclosed tuning pegs that work fine. Original tailpiece. Paper thin tortoise shell pickguard and exquisite reproduction bridge by Chris Berkov as well as a complete setup. Clear strong voice and easy playing. It fits in this funky old case so that's what we'll ship it in.
Price:   $895.00 Reduced   Now $595.00

SM - 00017 ca. 1912 - 1914 Shutt Mandolin     EXC+   While not labeled, this mandolin and the other one in The Museum share with the labeled Shutts and each other many similar characteristics that pre-date features 'introduced' on the F-5 in 1922. The neck joins the body a little past the 14th fret. The light cremona sunburst top is carved with f-holes. The fingerboard is elevated as is the pickguard. The back and sides are flamey sycamore. The same triple binding and workmanship is evident on these slope shouldered Shutts as on the more flamboyant ones and these sound just as good if not better. This one has a plain headstock but a fancy engraved flower with leaves on the tuning pegs cover. And the case is a true gem and a joy to operate with its push button spring latches. And the real good news is that this old Shutt sounds like a real carved top f- hole mandolin ... no kidding .... chop and volume and punch and tone and everything. Quite useful.
Price:   $1995.00 Reduced   Now $1695.00

GM - 00089 1928 Gibson A Model Blackface     EXC   A little wear on the black top and a bit as well on the birch back and sides which like the rest of the mandolin are crack free. This is a real good player with a good strong sound. Silver stenciled "The Gibson" on the truss rodded headstock and original tuning pegs. Adjustable bridge with 1921 patent stamp and nice engraved tailpiece. Good label with serial # 87208 nice and clear. Good newer shaped tweed hard shell case.
Price:   $2850.00 Reduced   Now $2250.00

VM - 0007 ca. 1940 Vega D- 100 Electric Hollow Body Mandolin     EXC+   A nice example of electrification from one of the innovative pioneers of the early days. And it sounds pretty good acoustically too with its elevated fingerboard and it plays real nice and easy. Sunburst spruce top and subtly 'bursted' mahogany back (those are reflections in the picture) and sides. All crack free and clean and all original from amber buttoned tuning pegs to cloud tailpiece to the tone and volume knobs and the inside label. Vega script on the headstock is nice and clean too. It's got the old amphenol style input jack and a good proper cable that works fine. All the electronics also work fine.   The original hard shell case is in nice shape. Scale length is 13 3/4".
Price:   $1995.00 Reduced   Now $1595.00

SM - 00010 ca. 1905 Wm. Stahl Bowl Back Mandolin     EXC+   From the estate of Pepito Perez (Pepito The Clown) of "I Love Lucy" fame, (not to mention his other movies from 1949 to 1951) comes this Larson Brothers gem. Obviously played but also treasured and displayed with it's hanging cord which is still nicely intact and wrapped on the original engraved covered tuning pegs. Forty Brazilian rosewood ribs compose the back with a rosewood skirt enclosing them. The top is aged spruce with pearl trim around the edges and soundhole. The entire instrument is crack free. The pickguard is ornately inlaid with vines. The label is in fine shape. It has the characteristic Larson black stripe under the fingerboard binding and nice inlays in the ebony fingerboard. The headstock is also pearl inlaid. No case.
Price:   $1395.00 Reduced   Now $995.00

OF - 0005 1930's Oahu "Floral" Flat Top     EXC -   Wow! Such beauty. From the gray-green pearloid dots in the golden yellow pearloid fingerboard to the vine growing into the pickguard, this baby is stunning.   13 inch lower bout;   1 13/16" nut width;   24 1/4" scale length.   Spruce top is highly ornamented with bee-yoo-tee-ful flowers and has one well repaired hairline crack extending from the bridge to the bottom. The rest of the guitar is crack free and the Brazilian rosewood veneered birch back and sides have wonderful figuring to them. The headstock is also resplendent in pearloid and sports the Oahu Honolulu Conservatory of Music plaque and the original tuning pegs remain intact. It appears that this guitar was originally set up for Hawaiian style playing since there is no end pin hole on the bottom ( a 'reverse bookmatch' bottom at that) and the bridge saddle is straight across. A previous owner did some custom work on the neck at the heel to make it more comfotable. We have had it set up in the normal spanish style and it is fantastic for blues fingerpicking and the like. Even the original case has a floral pattern on it that is almost impossible to photograph.
Price:   $1650.00 Reduced   Now $1195.00

GF - 00026 1936 Gibson HG L Century Hawaiian Flat Top Guitar     EXC ++   Here's an incredible specimen. This guitar has a huge deep bright sound and absolutely sings. And it is in amazing all original condition. You could convert it to regular Spanish style but it is such an original gem and sounds so great Hawaiian style (and the neck is huge) that it seems a shame so we're selling it in its original configuration. Absolutely crack free with no issues. Sunburst spruce top and beautiful flamey maple back and sides. Big round "C" profile mahogany neck has a subtle dark sunburst. Perfect bridge, pickguard, original tuning pegs. Pearloid peghead with rosewood inset and the pearl "Gibson" logo and fancy slotted diamond inlaid into that. The fingerboard receives the same pearloid with inlaid rosewood and pearl treatment. The endpin is gone but not needed for lap playing. It has its original case in tattered but functional condition. So many of these guitars have been converted that it is a joy to find an all original one in such splendid condition that sounds so good.
Price:   $5250.00 Reduced   Now $4995.00

MF - 00069 1942 Martin 00- 18     VG++   These old 14 fret 00 size Martins often seem to put out way more sound than one would expect and this one will stand right up there with the 000's. It is totally crack free and the action and frets are just fine. The bridge has been replaced and there has been some touch up where a larger bridge once resided. Other than that the top has its original finish. The mahogany back and sides are original and have nicks and scrapes but are crack free except for a well done patch in the lower treble side where some trauma must have occured. The area around the bottom has a few minor dings. Original tuning pegs and the peghead is in fine shape. Martin Deluxe hard shell case.
Price:   $5995.00 Reduced   Now $5500.00

TG - 00101 1929 - 30 Gibson TG-1 Tenor Guitar     VG +   The quintessential Gibson tenor from the late 20's - early 30's with the Mastertone Banjo inlay in the headstock and the beautiful 'argentine' sunburst on the crack free top that has a shadow of a previously installed pickguard. And that classic beautifully grained vintage mahogany on the sides and back. The back has three well repaired hairlines (hard to see) and there is also one on the treble side. Original end pin and original Grover pancake tuning pegs. The bridge is original and it looks like perhaps the original owner might have put the ancient screws in it just for 'safekeeping' they are so old. And we also have the original hard shell case which is in pretty good shape but the back hinges are broken and there is a little break in the back at the top.
Price:   $1795.00 Reduced- Now $1495.00

TG - 00082 1950 Gibson Custom L-7 T Blonde with Bow Tie Inlays     EXC +   - Check it out on its page in The Museum. It's an early 1950 as evidenced by the dot being connected to the "G" on the headstock inlay which also has the open "o" and open "g" and the lower connection to the "n". Plus the headstock gets thinner at it's end which stopped in mid 1950. Plus the serial number is A (probably but almost completely obliterated) 5286 which puts it in early 1950.   17" Lower bout, bow tie inlays just like a banjo (had to be custom ordered like the Tsumura ES-175 - DT Special) and nice maple back and sides with a big bold sound. Newer hard shell case.
Price:   $7500.00 Reduced   Now $5995.00