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Guitars

C. F. Martin

• 1830s Martin & Coupa
  
• 1840s Martin "Parlor Guitar"
  
• 1840s Martin 3-24
• 1840s "Renaissance" Shape Guitar
• 1860 Harp-Guitar
• 1887 21/2-40
• 1900 00-28
  
• 1901 0-34
  
• 1904 Ivory Pickguard
  
• 1906 Model America
  
• 1909 00-21
  
• 1919 "Baby Ditson" 1-45
  
• 1921 00-42
  
• 1928 000-45
  
• 1929 Ditson Dreadnought
  
• 1931 1-17P Plectrum
  
• 1937 0-17H Hawaiian
  
• 1942 F-2
  
• 1944 D-18
  
• 1958 D-28
  
• 1963 F-55
  
• 1968 D-21
  
• 1982 Custom 0-18T Tenor
  
• 1998-2002 Custom Shop Specials

Gibson

• 1907 Style "R" Harp Guitar
  
• 1915 Style "U" Harp Guitar
  
• 1922 L-1
  
• 1920s TG-0 Tenor Guitar
  
• 1924 Style "O"
  
• 1927 Custom L-5 "Hearts & Flowers"
  
• 1928 L-5
  
• 1928 L-3 Special
  
• 1930s L-4 (Flat Back!)
  
• 1930s Kel Kroydon
  
• 1930s HG
  
• 1930s "Mastertone Special" Hawaiian
  
• 1933 L-10
  
• 1933 L-Century reissue (1994)
  
• 1936 Super 400
  
• 1938 L-12
  
• 1939 SJ-200 "Roy King"
  
• 1942 L-00
  
• 1949 Super 400 Tenor
  
• 1951 J-185
  
• 1954 LG-3/4
  
• 1963 C-6
  
• 1964 F-25

Epiphone

• 1934 Deluxe
  
• 1952 Triumph
  
• "Recording E" Flat Top

Washburn

• Gold Leaf Decorated Washburn by Lyon & Healy
  
• 1930s Tonk Bros. #5246 Dreadnought
  
• 1930s Tonk Bros. #5240

Selmer

• 1932 Selmer Maccaferri
  
• "Modele Jazz"
  
• Selmer "Modele Orchestre"
  
• Selmer "Eddie Freeman" Tenor
  
• 1938 Round Hole 13-fret

Various Antique Guitars

• 1785 Giovanni Battista
  
• 1811 Fevrot "Lyre Guitar"
  
• 1836 LaCote
  
• 1848 Schmidt & Maul
  
• 1865 Tilton Patent Guitar
  
• 1870 Isaiah Arey
  
• 1891 Vinaccia
  
• 1901 "Wired" Guitar
  
• Bohmann Harp Guitar
  
• Harwood Rosewood Concert
  
• 1902 Anderson cutaway
  
• In the Manner of LeCote
  
• A Fancy 19th Century French Style Guitar
  
• Engraved Pearl and White Mastic
  
• 1911 Gould Harp Guitar
  
• Iucci Harp Guitar
  
• Halbmeyer Harp Guitar
  
• Circa 1900Regal Harp Guitar

Misc. Vintage Guitars

• 1936 D'Angelico "A"
  
• S.S.Stewart Guitar by Harmony
  
• 1920s Stahl Grand Concert
  
• Circa 1930 Essex Paragon
  
• 1930s Euphonon Jumbo
  
• 1930s National Tricone Plectrum
  
• 1930s "Leo Master"
  
• 1939 National "Aragon Deluxe"
  
• 1955 National Dreadnought 1155
  
• 1930s MayBell "Cathedranola"
  
• 1931 Dobro "Cyclops"
  
• 1930s Dobro with Sandblast Finish
  
• 1955 Stella Tenor Guitar
  
• 1950s Guild Plectrum Guitar
  
• 1920s Galiano 12-string
  
• Weissenborn Style 1
  
• Weissenborn Style 4 "Kona"
  
• Yamaha Style 40 "Dynamic" Guitar
  
• 1973 Giannini "Craviola"
  
• 1973 Gurian S3B

Classical Guitars

• 1942 Richard Jacob
  
• 1957 Ignacio Fleta
  
• 1951 Edgar Mönch
  
• 1970s Warren White

Gryphon

• 1972 Gryphon "OM"(rosewood)
  
• 1972 Gryphon "D" (walnut)
  
• Gryphon's Stella 12-String Clone

Kay

• Kay's Last Gasp

Interesting Modern Guitars

• Turner Antarctica
  
• Martin Backpacker
  
• Breedlove CM
  
• Armstrong Solid Body Electric
  
• 1999 Traugott Baritone
  
• 2000 Traugott Millennium
  
• 2004 Traugott 8-string
  
• 2000 DeJonge "Double Top"
  
• Larsen "Swingaway" Electric
  
• 2001 Matsuda "Experimental"
  
• 2002 Carlson Harp-Sympitar
  
• 1978 Collings 12-string
  
• 2000 Megas Jazz Guitar

Banjos

Gibson

• 1921 GB-4 Guitar Banjo
  
• 1920 TB-5 Tenor
  
• 1923 MB-3 Mandolin Banjo
  
• 1923 MB-4 Mandolin Banjo
  
• 1925 RB-3 "Ball Bearing" Mastertone
  
• 1928 TB-6 Tenor <
  
• 1927 UB-4 Ukulele Banjo
  
• 1928 Florentine Plectrum
  
• 1933 RB-3
  
• 1928 Trujo "A"

Weymann

• 1920s Weymann #4 Tenor

Paramount

• 1920s Paramount Tenor Harp

S. S. Stewart

• Presentation Thoroughbred, circa 1888
  
• Special Thoroughbred, circa 1900
  
• Lady Stewart, circa 1900

Bacon

• Professional "FF" circa 1910

Bacon & Day

• 1929 Silver Bell #1 Plectrum
  
• Silver Bell #3 Plectrum
  
• 1929 Silver Bell #4 Plectrum
  
• Silver Bell #5 Plectrum "Sleepy Hall"
  
• Silver Bell #6Plectrum - Early Version
  
• Silver Bell #6 Ne Plus Ultra "Frank Reino"
  
• Silver Bell #6 Plectrum
  
• Silver Bell #1 Guitar Banjo
  
• Silver Bell Montana #1 Tenor

Fairbanks

• 1875 Fairbanks - The First One?
  
• 1886 Fairbanks & Cole Piccolo
  
• Circa 1890 Fairbanks & Cole,
  
• 1892 Fairbanks "Curtis Electric"
  
• 1893 No. 3 Electric
  
• 1909 Whyte Laydie - 8" head

Vega

• 1918 Guitar Banjo
  
• 1925 Tubaphone No.9
  
• Vegaphone Deluxe Plectrum
  
• 1930s Vox III Plectrum
  
• 1960 Vox IV Plectrum
  
• 1966 Excel

W. A. Cole

• 1890s Eclipse Banjeaurine
  
• 1910 Eclipse

Lyon & Healy

• Vine Inlay Washburn

Other Old Timers

• 1852 Ashborn
  
• 1860 5-string by Milton Lash
  
• 1860s Minstrel Banjo
  
• 1870 Thomas Bree, San Francisco
  
• Is this a Luscomb?
  
• It's the 1910 Comet!
  
• An Older Comet
  
• 1912 Essex Concert Grand
  
• A Patent "Cantilever" Neck Adjustment
  
• Maybell Ukulele Banjo
  
• DeWick Plectrum

Gryphon

• 1980 Gryphon Banjo (Water Lily)
  
• 1986 Gryphon Banjo (Sunshine)

Misc.

• Bluegrass Banjo in the 1960s
  
• 1968 Rickenbacker "Bantar"
  
• The Amazing Merlin
  
• Dobro Banjo
  
• 2004 Gough "Presentation"

Mandolins

Gibson

• The "Lyre" Mandolin
  
• 1904 "F"
  
• 1905 A-3
  
• 1906 "3-Point" F-4
  
• 1907 A-4 Lefty
  
• 1911 "3-Point" F-2
  
• 1914 A-4
  
• 1914 K-1 Mandocello
  
• 1915 A
  
• 1916 H-1 Mandola
  
• 1919 F-2 White Face!
  
• 1921 A-3
  
• 1922 H-4 Mandola
  
• 1922 F-4 "Cremona"
  
• 1922 F-4 "Special"
  
• 1923 (7/9/23) "Lloyd Loar" F-5
  
• 1923 (2/8/23) "Lloyd Loar" F-5
  
• 1924 F-4
  
• 1924 "Lloyd Loar" H-5 Mandola
  
• 1924 "TL" Tenor Lute
  
• 1924 TL-4 Tenor Lute
  
• 1925 A-4
  
• 1927 F-5 "Fern"
  
• 1937 F-7
  
• Kalamazoo "Army-Navy"

Martin

• 1902 No.4
  
• 1913 No.6
  
• 1909 No.1 Mandola
  
• 1923 "E"
  
• 1929 Style 20
  
• 1930 Style A-K
  
• 1951 Style 2-30
  
• 1959 Style A

Lyon & Healy

• 1928 Style A Mandolin
  
• 1920s Style B Mandolin
  
• 1920s Style C Mandolin
  
• 1925 Style A Mandocello

Gryphon

• 1971 Gryphon Mandolin #2
  
• 1972 Gryphon Mandolin #3

Other Mandolins

• 1897 DeJulio
  
• 1900 DeJulio
  
• 1900 Bauer
  
• 1901 Bohmann
  
• 1907 Anderson
  
• A Mando-Tiple?
  
• 1926 Mandolin by B. Jaster, San Francisco
  
• Victoria Piccolo
  
• Weissenborn
  
• 1930 Regal "Reverse Scroll"
  
• 1990 Givens A-6
  
• Nugget "Roman Numeral" F
  
• 1999 Unicorn&Mustang "Reverse Scroll"
  
• 2000 Newson Octave Mandola
  
• 2000 Newson Guitar Shaped Mandola

Ukuleles

Martin

• 1916 Martin 1
  
• 1920s Martin 3
  
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• 1920s Martin 5K

Nunes

• 1910 Manuel Nunes
  
• 1914 Leonardo Nunes Six String
  
• 1920s Leonardo Nunes "tiny uke"
  
• Leonardo Nunes "Radio Trio"

Other Ukes

• Fine Old Hawaiian Ukulele with "Rope" Binding
  
• 1920s Gibson Custom "Poinsettia" Ukulele
  
• Kamaka Pineapple Deluxe
  
• Stroviols Ukulele
  
• Lyon & Healy "Shrine" Uke
  
• Aero Uke
  
• Gretsch "Camp" Uke
  
• Hollywood Concert Ukulele
  
• Harmony Roy Smeck "Vita Uke"
  
• Five Plastic Ukes
  
• Harmony "Johhny Marvin"
  
• Le Domino
  
• Oh, boy, it's a Treholipee
  
• Double Neck "Kook-a-la-lee"
  
• Early Yamaha Ukulele
  
• The Ukulele from the Black Lagoon

Dulcimer

• 1967 Jean Ritchie

Tiples

• 1961 Martin T-18
  
• American Conservatory "Bell"
  
• 1920s Regal Tiple

Autoharps

• 1895 Zimmermann Concert Grand
  
• Zimmermann "Miniature"

Other Patent Instruments

• Dolceola
  
• KeyKord Tenor Guitar
  
• Marxolin
  
• Violin Uke

Folk Art

• Tin Fiddle
  
• Stewart Mandolin-Banjo, circa 1915
  
• 1918 "Naval Guitar"
  
• Cigar Box Fiddle

Accessories

• Banjo Headlights
  
• The Grover Vibrator
  
• An Original Compensated Banjo Bridge
  
• Pitman 5th String Capo
  
• 19th Century Quick Change Guitar Tuning Gears
  
• The World's Worst Capo

Special Items

• 1920s Musical Saw
  
• Geza Burghardt's Amazing Lutherie Tools
  
• A Well Traveled Banjo Case

Believe it or Don't. . .

• A trio of Fake Martins
  
• Mid-Missouri Madness
  
• The Gibson Tone Adjuster
  
• Hand Cut Gears
  
• Lark 3-hole Tenor Guitar
  
• Rattles

Vintage Documents

• 1914 Gibson leaflet, "Action"
  
• 1915 Gibson Magazine Ad