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Other Instruments

Updated 8-31-10

NEW ARRIVALS

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Bourgeois D-150 Brazilian/ Hide Glue- If you’re looking for an exquisite piece of musical weaponry, this is it. Featuring Dana Bourgeois’ unique, single-scalloped X brace system, Premium Brazilian Rosewood quarter sawn back and sides and premium Adirondack spruce top, the D-150 delivers a blend of balance and clarity absolutely required for bluegrass (and highly desirable for most other styles of playing!) --but rarely found in a contemporary dreadnought. Made with hot hide glue (of coarse), this guitar is elegantly appointed with an abalone rosette, triple layer ivoroid body/ fretboard and headstock binding, side purfling, Fossilized Ivory slotted squares and diamonds inlay, Gold Waverly tuners, Ebony fretboard and bridge, Fossilized Ivory pins, bone nut and saddle, 1 23/32” nut. Pictures

List Price $8,195 Our Price $7,375  

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Martin 00-18 Tim O’Brien Ltd. Ed. #56- Used- (2008, #1326689)w/ K&K pickup- Near mint condition long scale 00 (25.4” like an OM or dreadnought). Features Adirondack Spruce top with aging toner and 1/4” scalloped bracing, Genuine Mahogany back and sides, Black Ebony fretboard/ bridge/ heelcap/ pins with Abalone dots, Madagascar Rosewood back strip and Golden Era style headplate, Abalone diamond/ squares inlay and triple ring rosette, Waverly Nickel tuners w/ oval buttons, rounded full thickness V shaped neck with 30’s style heel, bone nut and saddle, black binding, K&K Pure Western Mini pickup, 1 3/4” nut and 2 5/16” saddle spacing. Signed by the great musician and songwriter Tim O’Brien. Includes deluxe 534 Geib style hardshell case. Pictures 

$3200

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Weber Custom Vintage F Mandolin- A beautiful reproduction of the 1920’s ere F4. This hand carved mandolin features 50+ year old Sitka Spruce top with oval sound hole, Flame Maple back/sides/neck, Burgandy Burst finish, double herringbone rosette, Ebony radiused fingerboard/bridge/peghead, full antiqued ivory/black/ivory binding, hand scalloped Spruce x bracing, MOP/ Abalone flowerpot and logo inlays, 14” scale, 1 1/8” nut width, nickel Grover tuners, cast nickel tailpiece. Includes Deluxe Ameritage hardshell case. Pictures

List Price $5,299 Our Price $4499  

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Woolson Soundcraft WSC- Sig 12- Used- (6/2009) #0945- High Excellent condition custom 12 string hand crafted by Paul Woolson in Madison, WI. Features German Spruce double top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Flamed Maple bound body/ neck/ headstock/ backstrip/ “s” shaped wedge/ soundport/ and soundhole, Indian Rosewood fretboard (with extension)/ rosette/ and pinless bridge, Gold Gotoh Tuners. An Amazing handmade guitar. Includes Deluxe Ameritage case. Pictures

$4000

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Huss & Dalton 00 Indian/ Adirondack- The short scale 00s from our friends at Huss & Dalton are all killer sounding smaller body guitars. Clear highs punchy mids and a round bottom. This one features a custom Adirondack Spruce radius top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Ebony fretboard and vintage straight bridge, Indian Rosewood bound body and fretboard, herringbone with rings rosette, Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons, Maple/W/B/W/B/W/purfling, bone nut and saddle 1 3/4” nut, 24.9” scale length, 2 5/16” saddle spacing. Pictures

List Price $4,225 Our Price $3799  

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Bourgeois Vintage Varnish Mahogany D Custom- We were blown away with this one. Wow! Varnish, hide glue, killer tone woods hand picked by Dana Bourgeois. What more can you ask for? If you’re looking for “the one”, look no further.Custom highly Figured Mahogany back and sides with a premium Adirondack top, oil varnish finish, hot hide glue construction, Ebony wood body binding/ bridge/ pins, Mammoth Ivory nut, Nickel Waverly tuners with vintage oval buttons, wood rosette, vintage dot inlay, 1 3/4” nut, & 2 5/16” saddle spacing. Pictures

List Price $6,395 Our Price $5,755  

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Collings CW Indian A- Named the Collings Winfield,this is actually the reproduction of the famous Clarence White guitar. Features select Adirondack top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, pre-war scalloped Adirondack bracing, no tongue brace, Honduran Mahogany neck, Ebony Fretboard/ bridge/ pins/ headplate, herringbone purfling and backstrip, Nickel Waverly Tuners, Dalmation pickguard, grained ivoroid body and neck binding, bone nut and cutthrough saddle, 1 23/32” nut width, 2 1/4” saddle spacing, 25.5” scale length. Pictures

List Price $5,350 Our Price $4,799  

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Taylor Leo Kottke Signature Model 12 String- Used- (2007) #20071114109 w/ pickup- This excellent 12 String Jumbo with Venetian cutaway and pickup has special scalloped bracing to produce that Leo Kottke sound. Features solid Sitka Spruce top, solid Tropical American Mahogany back/sides/neck, Ebony fretboard and bridge, Indian Rosewood binding and headstock overlay, L.R. Baggs M1 Active pickup system, 1 7/8” nut, 25.5” scale length. Original hardshell case included. Pictures

New Arrival

$2,100

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Barthell Classical Guitar- Used-(2007) #127- High excellent condition hand made solid classical guitar by John Peter Barthell in Sequim,Washington. Indian Rosewood back/ sides/ headstock overlay, old aged Engelmann Spruce top, french polish finish, Mahogany neck, Ebony fretboard, Honduran Mahogany bridge, Schaller tuners, sound port in upper bout, 650mm scale. Includes hardshell case. Pictures

$2,500

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Huss & Dalton CM Non-Cutaway African Blackwood Custom!- This guitar kills! Rivals booming dreadnoughts. This deep body smaller shape (similar to a 000) by Huss & Dalton has hand picked African Blackwood back and sides, which is said to exceed Brazilian Rosewood in tone and is rare to get with this quarter sawn straight grain. Paired with a hand picked Italian Alpine ‘Bearclaw’ Spruce top, this guitar just sings. Other custom features include full Hawaiian Koa binding on the body/ fretboard/ headstock, Hawaiian Koa end wedge, and African Blackwood heelcap and headstock overlay. Also includes Ebony fretboard and bridge, Abalone rosette/12th fret scroll/logo, gold Gotoh tuners, 1 3/4” nut width, 25.4” scale length and 2 7/32” saddle spacing. Wow. Pictures

List Price $7,863 Our Price $7,075  

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Weber Gallatin F Mandolin/ Natural- Hand Graduated and tuned solid Spruce top with light faded leather finish, solid Maple back/ sides & neck, F headstock, Ebony peghead veneer/ radiused fretboard/ bridge, scalloped Spruce tone bar bracing, Nickel Grover tuners, 14” scale length and 1 1/8” nut. Pictures

List Price $2,279 Our Price $1,999  

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Martin Performing Artist Series GPCPA1 - Martin’s brand new line. This acoustic/electric guitar has the specs and the bling for stage or home. Features a new grand performance 14 fret cutaway body size with Fishman F1 Aura pickup system, solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides, solid Black Ebony fretboard/ bridge/ headplate/ heelcap, Solid Ovangkol(African wood similar to Rosewood) full binding, hybrid “X” scalloped bracing, new thin line performance artist profile neck, Abalone rosette/ arrows & squares fretboard inlay/ ‘C. F. Martin headstock logo, new p.a. series shaped tortoise pickguard, bone nut/ saddle/ pins, 1 3/4” nut width, 2 3/16” saddle spacing, 25.4” scale length, 375PA brown hardshell case.

List Price $3,999 Our Price $2,999  

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Collings D1A Custom- Adirondack Spruce top, Honduran Mahogany back/sides/neck, Ebony fretboard/bridge/overlay/pins, Tortoise binding and pickguard, MOP logo and dots, bone nut and saddle, Nickel Waverly tuners, custom 1 3/4” nut width, 25.5” scale length. Includes Deluxe hardshell case. Pictures 

List Price $4,675 Our Price $4,199  

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Bourgeois 00 DB Sunburst NAMM Custom- This beauty is one of the best sounding 00 we’ve heard in a while. Features an Adirondack Spruce sunburst top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Koa binding, Dana’s signature herringbone purfling and rosette, Gold Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons, 25” short scale, short pattern squares and diamonds fretboard inlay in Mammoth Ivory, Ebony fretboard and pyramid bridge, 1 3/4” nut, 2 5/16” saddle spacing. Pictures

List Price $4,795 Our Price $4,315  

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Bourgeois DB Signature Dreadnought- Dana Bourgeois’ signature D. This is the 2010 Summer NAMM show guitar. Sweet sounding and looking. Wow. Premium Adirondack top, Madagascar Rosewood back and sides, Fossil Ivory inlay, Curly Koa binding, Gold Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons, Ebony Fretboard and bridge, Dana’s sig. rosette/ purfling/ backstrip, bone nut/ saddle/ pins, 1 23/32” nut. Includes hardshell case. Pictures

List Price $4,695 Our Price $4,225  

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Bourgeois Slope D Custom with Hide Glue- This Summer NAMM show custom slope shoulder dreadnought has a Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top, Figured Mahogany, Ziricote fretboard and bridge, Ziricote body and neck binding, all hide glue construction, Brazilian Rosweood tile rosette, Waverly Gold tuners with Ebony buttons, new custom pickguard, bone pins/ nut/ saddle, square headstock, 25.5” scale length, 1 23/32” nut, 2.2” saddle spacing. Dana has declared this one ‘a Beast’. Pictures

List Price $4,895 Our Price $4399 

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Deering Deluxe 5 String Banjo-Maple- This newly redesigned Deluxe features Gold and White engraved inlays designed by Greg Deering and Maple neck and resonator with high gloss finish, Deering’s 20 hole ‘06 Bell Bronze tone ring, violin-grade 3-ply Maple rim, 1 piece cast Zinc flange, Brass notched tension hoop with 24 hooks, 11” medium crown head, slender armrest, Truetone Deering tailpiece, Nickel hardware, Ebony fretboard, 1 1/4” nut, 26 1/4” Scale. Pictures

List Price $3,244 Our Price $2,449  

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Bourgeois Country Boy Adirondack- This is their no frills Mahogany dread powerhouse. Adirondack Spruce top, Mahogany back/ sides/ neck, Nickel Waverly tuners, Ebony fretboard and bridge, Tortoise binding, bone nut and saddle,1 23/32” nut, and 25.5” scale length. Pictures

List Price $3,750 Our Price $3,375  

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