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Post by alexkirtley on Jul 10, 2015 18:43:03 GMT
I walked into my local music shop today to get a strap button and some strings but saw he had a few new guitars, a harmony and Martin hollow body electric, as well as this. I believe it may be German made, spruce top, oak back and sides I think, maybes from the 30's or 40's, sounds brilliant, great fun!, it was one of those things where once you see it you just have to have it, so I got it, don't know much about it
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Post by leoroberts on Jul 10, 2015 20:55:14 GMT
davewhite has a project going trying to 'restore' something very similar... (I put that in inverted commas because it may well be beyond repair!)
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Post by lavaman on Jul 10, 2015 21:23:48 GMT
I have a fondness for old parlour guitars. Some are great, some aren't. I have a 1920s birch parlour. It's a cheap student model that has cost far too much in repairs but I like it. I often wonder who else has played it over the last century.
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Post by grayn on Jul 11, 2015 5:17:57 GMT
What a cool, little guitar.
What does it sound and play like?
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Post by vikingblues on Jul 11, 2015 6:27:27 GMT
I do like the look of that Alex - I can see the appeal. But I do have a fondness for small guitars. Doesn't look in at all bad condition for that age. Good find and a guitar with real character. There's a Franz Juhling German Made Parlour Guitar Circa from the turn of the 1800s into the 1900s in a local shop that is intriguing - but it's only just shy of 4 figures on the price at £999 so I can't afford to try it, intrigued as I am. Mark
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Post by alexkirtley on Jul 11, 2015 18:10:27 GMT
Sounds quite good, very fun guitar, but playability wise it is not the greatest, yet not too bad, though would benefit from a neck reset which I may attempt eventually
I've been teaching myself guitar repair, the ultimate ambition being to reset necks on my own guitars, I think I'm close to being able to
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