New Arrivals!

At the 2008 NAMM Show, we were just tickled to be named Dealer of the Year for the second consecutive year by Bourgeois Guitars

Beard	Mike Auldridge 6 string	Just arrived (NEW) Beard's best selling model - a collaboration between Paul Beard and the legendary Mike Auldridge. This fine squareneck features the large E-body fashioned from vintage Finland Birch, a spun cone & cast aluminum spider atop an open body cavity with soundposts and bass baffle. Mother of pearl hearts & flowers inlaid onto an ebony fretboard, 25" scale, ivoroid bound body & neck, gloss cherry sunset finish, chrome hardware, dual screen holes, new style coverplate, includes shaped wooden hardshell case. Just a SUPERB sounding resophonic guitar! $3,700	$3,700
Beard	Road-O-Phonic	Just arrived (NEW) Call it a travel dobro. Call it a lap steel. Call it a Lap Dawg. Call it a screaming little reso-phonic machine. Includes a dual pickup system: Fishman acoustic pickup and a Lace Sensor magnetic and a stereo "Y" cable. 23" scale, 9" reso cone. Big sound in a small package. Sounds great acoustically and is reasonably loud as a travel/practice instrument but is designed to be plugged in. So plug it in! This one is a custom model in a quilted sapele mahogany and natural finish neck. includes shaped wooden hardshell case. Just plain fun. Insanely cool and a bargain at $1500	$1,500
Bourgeois	Custom Brazilian Rosewood Soloist	SOLD (NEW) Dana Bourgeois' classic (historic, really) fingerstyle guitar, the Soloist. Dana located, after an extended search, a set of premium, classic, dead straight old growth Brazilian rosewood for us, the likes of which we have not seen in five years. To that we add master grade European spruce. True "Soloist worthy" wood, as Dana B. calls it. So what we've got here is a custom Soloist (ebony binding, nickel Waverlies with ebony knobs) ready to change the life of its lucky recipient. We get to handle lots of great guitars. Even by our high standards, this guitar is exceptional. With premium Brazilian rosewood availability at a critical low, you know what a find this is. The day we found out about this set, the guitar went RESERVED (JF)This guitar is extraordinary. It vibrates in your lap when you play it. Notes pour off the back and into the ribcage and heart of the player. It is amazingly responsive and rich. An immediate classic. One of the ten best guitars to come through the shop in the last year. Perhaps the finest *fingerstyle* guitar on the market. Another Soloist like this coming in May.	SOLD
Bourgeois	Brazilian Rosewood Soloist	Just arrived (NEW) Dana Bourgeois' classic fingerstyle guitar, the Soloist. A world class fingerstyle guitar. Some of the best Brazilian rosewood we've seen in years, saved for this Soloist, and an Italian spruce top that is simply amazing in both appearance and tonal texture. This, my friends, is a *SPECTACULAR* guitar.	INQUIRE
Bourgeois	Brazilian Signature D	Just arrived (NEW) Dana Bourgeois has found us another very special set of Brazilian roswood - this set is the extreme black stuff with a lot of coloration - we call it "ugly" wood that rings all afternoon. We thought it appropriate to use it on a Signature D since it is a special set. The result is an *exceptionally* fine sounding Brazilian dreadnought - very light weight and full sounding. $7695. This will be our last Bourgeois Brazilian D at the "old" pricing. Signigicant price increase for Brazilian rosewood going into effect May 2008. INQUIRE	INQUIRE
Bourgeois	(Custom) "Vintage" Country Boy	SOLD (NEW) We're pretty well known for our custom mahogany dreadnoughts here. Moe, of Moe's House of Mahogany, has spec'd out a few hundred of the finest custom mahogany dreadnoughts in the form of Collings D1As, Huss & Dalton TDMs, Bourgeois Country Boys, and a mess of good vintage and modern D18s. And we've seen our share of NGCs, SCs, and all the rest. Well here's our latest: a super secret skunkworks project between Moe and Dana Bourgeois. It will be a "Vintage" Country Boy with Honduran mahogany back and sides, Adirondack spruce top, double scalloped "Banjo Killer" X bracing (inspired by and based on the popular Bourgeois Banjo Killer series) all tied together with a few new tricks and HIDE GLUE construction. 1 and 23/32" nut width, tortoise binding, ebony bridge pins, vintage stain, satin finish neck, mahogany butt wedge, Waverly tuners, set up for bluegrass flatpicking. A lightly built (just under 4.2 pounds) traditional foward shifted dreadnought. Dana's hybrid braced guitars are known for articulate bass, perfect balance, and responsiveness up and down the neck. That's why so many top players use them on stage and in the studio. With this custom project, we're thinking about the guy in the parking lot, the guy who wants buckets of volume, woofy bass, and headroom without losing those fat trebles. This will be the prototype. The list price will be $4,450 - Just arrived: A *WONDERFUL* sounding guitar with a lot of subtlety and character. More bass than a standard Country Boy, with additional warmth and sustain. The more we play it, the more nuance we discover - really a great *player's* guitar - really has nice snap and growl. MORE ON ORDER!	SOLD
Bourgeois	OM Custom	Just arrived (USED) This is a custom OM configured like Dana's Country Boy Deluxe dreadnought: highly figured quilted mahogany back and sides, Adirondack spruce top, rosewood binding, gold hardware. This one also has Dana Bourgeois' own dual source acoustic pickup installed. Great little gigging OM, goes fingerstyle and flatpick equally well. Excellent++ condition with case.	$3,250
Bourgeois	Advanced Slope D - custom Cocobolo	Just arrived (NEW) Dana Bourgeois Advanced Slope D. Custom ordered by us - and held back to be a NAMM Show display item. Cocobolo rosewood and select bearclaw sitka spruce with a dark sunburst finish. Snakehead headstock, Waverly tuners, ivoroid binding, floral inlay. Another fabulous guitar from Dana Bourgeois. Incredible appearance, nicely weighted cocobolo (very dense stuff) and wonderfully alive, open, and balanced tone. A perfect companion if your other guitar is a mahogany D. A perfect companion, period. If you haven't played a Bourgeois guitar for a while, you owe it to yourself to try his new guitars!	List Price: $4,895	Our Price: $4,405
Bourgeois	Custom OM Pao rosewood	Just arrived (NEW) A custom Vintage OM with 60-plus year old Pao rosewood back and sides, with premium Adirondack top, black/white top border, fancy cocobolo binding, 1 and 3/4" nut width, pyramid bridge. With the rapidly diminishing availability of Brazilian rosewood, all our builders are looking for appropriate substitutes for the bodies of their premium guitars. About Pao rosewood, Dana says "Pao Rosewood is an African wood that looks a bit like Honduran Rosewood. Tonally it's in the same general category as Brazilian, Madagascar, Honduran Rosewood and Cocobolo. Within each of these species there is considerable variation in tone qualities, with condiderable overlapping between species. A good set of Pao can sound a lot like Brazilian Rosewood, or can have something unique that is rarely found in Brazilian." The first one of these was shown at IBMA and drew these comments: "This guitar was the sleeper of the show. You might imagine at a Bluegrass Show, an OM wouldn't get much attention but the 60+ year old West African Pao Rosewood set used on this guitar made it LOUD and rich and one of the best OM's we've heard. Dana has a few sets of this fine *old* wood. The sound is full of detail without being boomy at all - Brazilian style overtone with a thick sustain.	List Price: $4,500	Our Price: $4,050
Breedlove	Classic XII 12 String	Just Arrived (NEW) Jumbo 12 string with Striped Ebony (posessing the tonal richness of Rosewood with a bit more volume and a specific gravity matching the best Brazilian Rosewood. It has a striking, distinctive dark and light brown, black and green variegation. It makes a truly exceptional twelve string. Controlled by the government of New Guinea, but not an endangered species) back and sides, Sitka spruce top, ivoroid binding. We think these are among the finest 12 string guitars available. Can be tuned to concert pitch with light gauge strings - delivers big sound, great intonation, superb playability. List Price: $5,899 Includes Breedlove case. Trades considered. Call or e-mail for sale prices.	$4,719
Breedlove	King Koa	Just Arrived (NEW) Our favorite Breedlove 6 string model. The koa with cedar top King Koa model with mermaid fretboard inlay. Fancy beyond all reason, but tastefully and elegantly executed with perfect fit and finish. Tonally, Koa and cedar works so very well together, we just can't say enough good things about it. It's a fingerstyle guitar for sure, and a great one at that. Don't be going after this one with a flatpick. The elusive mermaid, she's a nice bonus. We get one or two of these gals per year, and they never last long. List price: $7995 Trades considered. Call or e-mail for sale prices.	$6,395
Collings	D3BaaaA Brazilian VARNISH	Just arrived (NEW) Your basic investment grade guitar. A custom Collings D3 in AAA grade (very colorful) Brazilian rosewood and good old Adirondack spruce. Add a few coats of varnish and let the guitar do the rest. Nice.	ON HOLD
Collings	16" archtop Sunburst	Just arrived and may we ask for a moment of silence......(NEW) The Mona Lisa, the Tower in our Pizza, the Top, the tip, the &*%@! Honestly, of everything we carry, and oh we do carry the GOOD stuff, the Collings archtop guitars are the things that cause all activity to squeal to a halt here. Everyone in the shop drops what they are doing to ponder, to drool, and explore the fine details of the functional art Collings calls his archtop. We've got seven or eight people in our want list for this obnoxiously fine guitar, and we will begin calling and e-mailing them today after we wipe Moe's saliva off the pickguard of this wondrous beast. It is the 34th 16" archtop from Collings. We see one every 18 to 24 months. We don't expect it to last past 12 Noon today. Moe's hands are trembling. The guitar has been SOLD.	SOLD
Collings	OM1 custom Maple German	Just arrived (NEW) And now for something slightly different. We don't sell a lot of maple guitars. No one does. We believe that is because most people have never played a great maple guitar. They've played too many brand G and brand T maples that have let them down. Sit down and play a maple Collings sometime! For all of those that are complaining about sore shoulders and are threatening to shelve your dreadnoughts, consider a Collings OM. Fiesty, loud, and proud. What does maple do to an an OM? It adds a fierce presence, quickness, and projection. What does German spruce do to the top? It adds sustain, complexity, and depth. This is an amazing fingerstyle guitar that also flatpicks very well. A great and versatile mid sized guitar worthy of your consideration. We dressed this one up with tortoise binding, style 3 backstrip, fretboard and headstock binding and extra purfling. Oh, and a 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course.	List Price: $5,000	Our Price: $4,500
Collings	C10 custom Camper Maple German Sunburst	Just arrived and off the charts! (NEW) And while we are on the subject of maple guitars, let us tell you about this very special custom guitar we've cooked up: How does this sound: A Collings C-10 "Camper" in gorgeous flame maple with FULL BODY SUNBURST! Our Campers are in the hands of some mighty discerning players. This one has a high grade German spruce top, tortoise binding, tortoise rosette, fingerboard and headstock binding with purfling and Waverly tuners and a 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. Easy...but not cheap.	List Price: $6,750	Our Price: $6,075
Collings	MT2 mandolin Amber Englemann	Just arrived and just spectacular (NEW) Every once in a while, we get something so special from Collings, so over-the-top good, that we have to shout it from the rooftops. Everything about this instrument is hand-picked by someone at Collings with very good hands, just for us. Look at the big red leaf maple. Look at the gorgeous one-piece back. Look at the tortoise binding against the amber stain. Look at the master grade Englemann spruce top. Listen to the tone. Bask in the immediate gratification, wamth, gurgle, and throaty satisfaction that comes from this mandolin. We know our mandolins. This is a great mandolin. For those of you who play mandolin, you don't have one like this. For those of you who don't play mandolin yet, this instrument is the perfect reason to start. For those of you who ask us to call when something very special arrives: consider yourself called. $4,000 ON HOLD (DS)	ON HOLD
Collings	MF5 mandolin Amber	Just arrived (NEW) And while we are on the subject of honey amber mandolins, check out this custom MF5 that arrived from Collings today. Gorgeous one piece big red leaf maple back, Adirondack spruce top, Waverly tuners, tortoise binding, and tone until Tuesday. Really beautiful.	List Price: $9,000	Our Price: $8,100
Collings	City Limits Deluxe Premium Quilt	Just arrived and just KILLER! (NEW) Wow, that's all we can say. Collings doesn't have a name for this color yet - kind of a rich chocolatey eruption, with 24 k gold highlights. The premium quilt is somwhere between bonfire and inferno. Like molten lava. Just one of those guitars that as soon as we saw it, we knew we had to have it. I'm suspecting that will happen to some lucky person out there as well. A showpiece. Notice the matching SoCo Deluxe (in transit) below. Makes a nice pair. $5,350 ON HOLD (DS)	ON HOLD
Collings	SoCo Deluxe Premium Quilt	Just arrived (NEW) This will be a SoCo Deluxe to match the City Limits above. Dramatically quilted top in what Collings is now calling their "Root Beer" color. It is a difficult color to photograph. It's a bright overcast day here and the natural light (outdoor) photos make the guitar look darker and less figured than it is. The indoor photos with flash tend to exaggerate the brightness. The #3 and #4 pics look most natural on my computer screen. #5 is clearly over-exposed to show the intensity of the quilt, but it is an inaccurate representation of the color as a result. The overall visual appeal of the instrument is subtle and elegant. It is not *over the top* like certain PRS Ten tops can be, if you know what I mean. The figured Brazilian fretboard is quite impressive, as is the streaked ebony headstock overlay. Marvelous guitar, of course. $6,450 ON HOLD (DC)	ON HOLD
Collings	C10 Dlx koaGsb Koa German shade top	Just arrived and simply precious (NEW) We've ordered this DELUXE custom C-10 before, and I am sure we will order it again. AAA grade Koa back and sides with a superb looking German spruce top, with Western shade-top sunburst, custom koa backstrip, 1 and 3/4" nut width, flourish headstock inlay and the ebony knobbed nickel Waverly tuners. Just a delightful small guitar with a sophisticated dark voice and deep sustain. A cowboy guitar for a mighty sophisticated cowboy. Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay	SOLD
Collings	OOO3BaaaGss custom Brazilian German VARNISH	Just arrived and just amazing (NEW) A certain melancholy overcomes us as we greet our last ten or twelve Collings Brazilians. As you know by now, there will be no more. These orders, placed several years ago for fine AAA Brazilian guitars, are a weekend at the World Series for us, they are the highlight of our daze. As the media predicts the tenth recession of the last three, and cynics accuse us of driving the price of Brazilian through the roof, we ponder these rare and precious great guitars and smaller issues dissipate with the melting snow. We present this lightly crafted *classic* OOO Collings in AAA grade Brazilian rosewood with the lovliest of German spruce tops, a SHORT SCALE, a pryamid bridge, a slotted headstock with 1 and 3/4" nut width and the three on a tree bronze Waverly tuners. Did we fail to mention the abalone rosette, the CW pickguard, and that sonic soup, that surreal syrup of sound, the Collings VARNISH finish? The varnish over the Collings logo makes it look like 100 year old stained glass Ahhh, forgive us for getting giddy over a guitar like this. It's pretty, but oh my gawd...it just sounds AMAZING. The varnish finish imparts a deep warm, aged sound that is just unobtainable in a new lacquer guitar. The Brazilian is fine, but the German top is *superb*! It feels loose. It sounds old. It purrs like a Porche and it vibrates in ones lap.	SOLD
Collings	OM2G cut German spruce cutaway	Just arrived (NEW) It always takes a good long time to get a cutaway from Collings. It's always worth the wait, and it is rare for us to have one in stock. To have one in stock with a German spruce top is even more rare. But here she is: just a great looking OM2 (no herringbone) in German with cutaway and the 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. A great sounding guitar with access to, and the appropriate voice for, the highest registers. Very nice!	List Price: $4,750	Our Price: $4,275
Collings	C10Mh hog top custom camper Deep Body	Just arrived and just look at her!! (NEW) We get to see a lot of mighty cool custom Collings guitars here. We've had C-10 guitars in just about every flavor. We decided to throw the kitchen sink at this one, because we love this guitar model and it seems to work on so many levels. So here we go: A custom C-10 DEEP body MAHOGANY topped guitar with the modified-V OM style neck and square headstock. Did we stop there? Of course not - a guitar like this needs the FULL BODY VINTAGE SUNBURST. Did we stop there? Silly question. We had them build it light and use a BRAZILIAN rosewood fingerboard and bridge for tone and cool factor on this puppy. Stop there? Never! We added full body, neck, and headstock binding in tortoise with some additional purfling on the fingerboard. We requested the 1 and 3/4" nut width (of course)and nickel Waverly tuners with ebony knobs(of course) and the most fantastic Brazilian rosewood headstock overlay. Owww!! She's got that Brazilian rosewood belly bridge just in case you want to run medium strings and drive her hard, but we had her set up and strung with lights at the factory. She's mighty and she's cool! She's light (3.7 pounds) and she just sings. The deep body adds a fullness that actually makes this an ideal all around guitar. Sized somewhere between a C10 and a CJ, she's more like a C-13. She's a thumb-thumper and a strummer: she's a picker and she's a grinner. She's a pirate, a poet, and a king. Those of you who ask us to call when something *really* special arrives?? Consider yourself called.	List Price: $5,800	Our Price: $5,220
Collings	C10Mh hog top custom camper	Just arrived (NEW) Oh, how we love the Collings C-10. We think it is the most versatile guitar that Collings builds, and many of our customers have several of them. Here's one you probably do not have. It's a C-10 hog top camper. What we mean by that is it's a light and loose mahogany L-OO style guitar with a mahogany top and an OM style neck with 1 and 3/4" nut width. So it's like a funky cool blues guitar with a "modified V" OM neck, man! Oh, and it's got nickel Waverly tuners with ebony buttons. And oh, it's got your name on it. Take this 3.7 pound puppy camping, and you might never come back! Lose yourself in the dark with a good guitar. Disappear into your inner woods. Go deep. Good for what ails ya. Ol' Jeff went camping...we aint seen him since.	List Price: $3,950	Our Price: $3,555
Collings	OM1 koa German	just arrived (NEW) Oh my! We try to get several of these koa OMs each year, as Collings locates the most magnificent koa for us, and we are never disappointed. We have a special fondness for koa guitars, particularly those topped with good German spruce. So we present our first 2008 Collings OM1koa-G. Just a perfectly clean basic OM1 enhanced by richly flamed koa back and sides, and that melodious German spruce top. 1 and 3/4" nut width of course. The koa on this guitar is positively delicious, with striking three dimensional figure and depth. And speaking of depth, the guitar has that exotic tonal richness that comes from German spruce, mixed with that dark haunting reverby overtone of koa. A particularly handsome and sophisticated sounding guitar.	List Price: $5,450	Our Price: $4,905
Collings	D1Asb	Just arrived (NEW) Our best selling model, the Collings D1A. It really doesn't require a lot of explanation. It has taken its place among the finest mahogany dreadnoughts ever conceived. As guitars go, it is, as Moe has said many times, the "one to have when you are having only one". If you've spent any time at all on this website you've seen dozens and dozens of world class custom D1A guitars come and go quickly. We hang our hat on this model. This one will be a 2008 model sunburst D1A with 1 and 3/4" nut width, CW style pickguard, nickel Waverlies, and a style three backstrip. It will be pretty and it will be powerful. Pretty powerful. If you've decided to step up to a serious guitar, here's your ticket up. Your ticket out of the world of lesser guitars.	List Price: $5,325	Our Price: $4,792
Collings	C10 Maple	Just arrived (NEW) We love our C10s here. Collings' most versatile guitar. We've not met one we have not liked. This current one features gorgeous flame maple back and sides with sitka top, nickel Waverly tuners, and 1 and 3/4" nut width. Not too fancy, just good. Darned good. In fact, a great blues guitar, with thwack and snarl and a dark punchy side. Great projection, nice bottom. Strong fundamentals...and good manners.	List Price: $4,400	Our Price: $3,960
Collings	D2H sunburst	Just arrived! (NEW) A very handsome D2H guitar with dark sunburst, herringbone trim, and all that Collings muscle. SItka top, 1 and 3/4" nut width, nickel Waverly tuners and plenty of spirit. Loud and sweet, a big sounding flatpicker for sure. No one does sunburst quite like Collings, and this handsome fella is just in time for the holidays. A little big for a stocking stuffer, but it sure makes the bells jingle.	List Price: $4,400	Our Price: $3,960
Collings	OM1A	Just arrived (NEW) Standard Collings OM1A - mahogany orchestra model with ADIRONDACK spruce top, 1 and 3/4" nut width, with nickel Waverlies and ebony headstock overlay. This was to be a varnish guitar - but we changed the spec to lacquer in order to get it sooner (this year!) She's here and she is beautiful. Nice stiff Adirondack spruce top with some bold red streaks. No mistaking this top for anything other than Red spruce! Great guitar for someone who wants a dual purpose flatpick/fingerstyle OM with lots of bass, plenty of volume, and above average punch and cut. Fresh pics.	List Price: $4,525	Our Price: $4,072
Collings	C10sb custom	Just arrived (NEW) An industrial strength guitar for a good man who has paid his dues and now wants to play the Blues. Perhaps the coolest guitar that Collings makes, we love it in every flavor (koa, maple, rosewood, you name it) but for the Blues, Moe thinks that mahogany is the Katz peejays. This one is a regular working man's mahogany git-box topped with mannish Sitka spruce and bound in ivoroid to provide a nice contrast against the ever-so-masculine Collings dark vintage sunburst finish and the Gibsony firestripe tortoise style pickguard. Testosterone and tortoise, lumber and love. For the big man who's not ashamed to cry. Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid knobs and 1 and 3/4" nut width. A handsome guitar that indicates a deep respect for the good stuff. A *GREAT* sounding mahogany C-10. Really has that bluesy sound.	List Price: $4,750	Our Price: $4,275
Collings	C10 custom Deluxe 41 style German top deep body	Just arrived (NEW) Our custom C-10 offerings have been extremely popular this year! Why? Easy. The C-10 is the most versatile body style in the Collings catalog. Imagine: Standard depth, deep body, short scale, long scale. Koa, rosewood, mahogany, maple. Cedar top, spruce top, HOG top. Standard neck, OM (Camper) neck. Just do it. Special orders don't upset us. Have it YOUR way! This one, however, is pure existential bliss. Listen: East Indian rosewood with GERMAN spruce (that oft and proven KILLER combination) DEEP (dreadnought)depth body (look out Advanced Jumbo, this "small" guitar is packing heat) deluxe *41* style abalone top border and sparkling abalone rosette (why not?) dark SUNBURST (of course) Gold Wavelry tuners, belly bridge, 1 and 3/4" nut width. A prize. The grand prize. Sound nice? You bet it does. Huge tone in a comfortable package. The model, "C10Dlx41Gsbcustom", is a bit of a mouthful. The guitar is an eyeful and an earful. A guitar for a person whose glass is beyond half full. Headed to California. Thanks PR	SOLD
Collings	C10 Camper	Just arrived (NEW) The ever popular "Camper". Collings C10 standard depth country blues machine in mahogany. This one ready to take camping with tortoise binding and beautiful tortoise rosette, OM style (modified V) neck, Baby pickguard, and square headstock. Mahogany back and sides with a sitka spruce top, nickel Waverly tuners, 1 and 3/4" nut width, ebony headstock veneer. We love these campers - and are pleased to have another one grace our humble lumber shop. A very special guitar: For those who prefer a Collings-Martin OM style neck on a "Gibsonesque" L-OO small body, you should come camping with us. The beauty of this guitar lies in its simplicity and the tortoise rosette adds an understated elegance. This very light (3.5 pounds on the nose) guitar sings with a woody sincerity and a classic balanced tone that makes it a superb choice for fingerstyle blues or light strumming. Simply perfect. Headed to Atlanta!	SOLD
Collings	O1 Mh sb Hog Top sunburst	Just arrived (NEW) If the O1 above got you excited (and if it didn't, you need to be checked for a pulse) then howzabout we order one up in vintage full body sunburst? We've also added an ebony headstock overlay and fretboard and headstock binding (tortoise) with that additional tasteful crosscut ivoroid purfling line that Moe likes so much. Moe is on a roll. It's "Hog" Heaven around here with all these great small body mahogany topped guitars. Moe's strutting around here like a peacock as good folks come by and sample the good mahogany. The flash pics make the burst look more yellow than it is - the natural lighting pics are more accurate (it's a gorgeous vintage tobacco/brown burst) just an mind numbingly pretty guitar.	List Price: $5,150	Our Price: $4,635
Collings	OO-1 Hog Top custom	Just arrived (NEW) Be still Moe's heart! Another one of our OO1-Mh ("Mh" for master grade "mahogany top") specials. These are mighty and warm and sweet fingerstyle guitars. Normally these OO guitars have 1 and 13/16" nut width and that keeps some people from exploring and enjoying them. So we build them like this for pure utilitarian goodness. Mmmmm...good! A nut width that we can all enjoy. A custom OO "Hog Top" with a user friendly 1 and 3/4" nut width and 2 and 3/16" saddle spacing. On this one, we did retain the slotted headstock for those purists among you. As always, our best to you!	List Price: $4,250	Our Price: $3,825
Collings	C10 Mh custom	Just Arrived and Just killer!! (NEW) Moe confesses a particular affection for the hardwood topped all-mahogany guitar. Face it, very few of Moe's customers have just one guitar, and we don't generally recommend a hog-top guitar as one's primary axe, but for the special purpose, blues, open tuning, ragtime, cranium re-booting, fresh idea guitar - a Hog Top can be a fresh breeze, a plateau buster, and a wakeup call. With tortoise binding, nickel Schaller tuners, 1 and 3/4" nut width, and pickguard on the side, this simply appointed guitar is all meat and no pudding. Mighty fine!! Moe spent a few precious moments this afternoon "birthing" this guitar and oh how sweet she is. At first strum, she gave off a harp-like sizzling flurry that turned every head in the shop. When he dug in, the guitar revealed its true personality, that of ballsy blues guitar, with intimidating headroom and thwack. A few were heard to say, "that guitar just sings", but Moe prefers to say "this guitar takes no prisoners". This guitar inflames Moe's testosterone. This guitar is the perfect remedy for that what ails ya. $3,850	List Price: $3,850	Our Price: $3,465
Collings	O2-Gsb	Just arrived (NEW) These 14 fret O bodied Collings have been a *big* hit for us - quite different than their slightly larger 12 fret OO cousins. This O-2 "hold the H" (no herringbone) is a custom model with German spruce top, 1 and 3/4" nut width, pyramid bridge, and that famous and fabulous Collings sunburst. This small guitar, and it is a small guitar, packs a powerful loose punch and has fat trebles and sustain which will ruin you for larger guitars. It also has a very full low end. Of the O's we've known, and we've known a few, this one has the most impressive bass. East Indian and German, I've been telling you! It's all there. No one will suspect this is your "travel guitar" if you know what we mean. We know of what we speak. C'mon over.	List Price: $4,750	Our Price: $4,275
Collings	SJ	Just Arrived (NEW) - A fabulous Collings SJ in dazzling flame maple. This model is often overlooked, so we are on a mission. We are going to spread our wings and order some custom models just to show you how versatile this body style can be. This new arrival is the basic SJ in maple - the only options are the 1 and 3/4" nut width and the ebony knobs on the mini Schaller tuners. This is the *classic* maple flat top - never bright, always deep, with rib rattling but crystal clear bottom end. Boy it sounds good! Watch these pages for custom SJs in various tonewoods, with cutaways etc! In the meantime, this beauty is available for your pleasure.	List Price: $4,600	Our Price: $4,140
Collings	CJ Mpl SS	Just arrived! (NEW) Oh we have been exploring that deep maple mine at Collings. This is a custom CJ *deluxe* in flame maple with sitka top and SHORT SCALE, tortoise binding on the body, neck, and headstock, abalone rosette, flourish on the headstock, ebony knobs on nickel Waverlies, and 1 and 3/4" nut width. Want to play Ragtime music with room filling piano-like projection? Want an easy-playing warm but "quick" maple guitar with LOTS of bottom end? A maple jumbo from the King of Schwing! This guitar is exactly what the doctor ordered for that big maple thump and rumble. Just a drop dead gorgeous guitar as expected with highly flamed maple and perfect appointments. But the *SOUND*, oh doctor, the sound has healing powers! Drop what you are doing, drive here and try this guitar! We had our doctor, our blues-buddy Ernie Hawkins, spend fifteen delightful minutes with this guitar. (see the pics) Ernie called it "a guitar that has all its parts" and "a guitar that loves the key of F." That's a little cryptic, but oh he made the guitar sing. It has a HUGE bootom end on it, not maple-bright at all. In fact, Ernie called it "warm, dark and dry." It's a blues guitar. It's a rocking blues guitar.	List Price: $5,375	Our Price: $4,838
Collings	CJ custom mahogany Short Scale	Just arrived (NEW) A regular custom offering for us - a SHORT SCALE mahogany Collings Jumbo with sitka top. Very Gibsonesque, like a J-50 on the juice. The last one loked like this and was a loose cannon with room filling warmth. We had hoped it would stay around longer, as it is an excellent guitar for someone unfamiliar with a short scale Collings to experience. Less stiff, but somehow more filling. We always try to have this model in stock or on order, and five minutes with this guitar will explain why. Reminds us very much of this 1958 Gibson J-50 that we use as a reference for these things. Extremely versatile guitar with wide dynamic range. Loose but loaded, full but not stuffed, subtle not strident, warm but never hot. A grownup's guitar.	List Price: $4,650	Our Price: $4,185
Collings	01Mh hog top custom	Just arrived and just KILLER! (NEW)Moe's specialty - a custom maHOGany topped O body with a light build, pyramid bridge, no pickguard, and ebony knobbed Waverly tuners. These little Os are fabulous, and the Hog Tops are a personal favorite. Light. loose, loud, and woody! 3.5 pounds of mahogany, carved into musical perfection. Like sonic sculpture: art with attitude. What a SWEET guitar!! SOLD(JH)	SOLD
Collings	OOO1Asb custom	(USED) Coming in on trade from a man who has a stable of great guitars, but has a spousal-imposed "one in, one out" rule when he purchases a new one (which he just did, a varnish OM1A, thank you very much) So back (we sold it new originally) comes one of our very favorite CUSTOM Adirondack topped, pyramid bridged, style one sunbursted, fancy "3" series backstripped, ivoroid bound, slotted headstocked, dalmatian pickguarded Collings 12 fret OOO guitars with a custom 1 and 3/4" nut width. Study that component list one more time and I think you'll agree this might just be the one you've been looking for. List price on a new one similarly configured would be $5950 and would sell for $5355. This one's about one and a half years old and looks essentially as it did when it left here new, with only light player wear. Been played just enough to develop the Adirondack top a good bit. Just arrived. Flatpick, fingerpick, thumbpick, strum. Fabulous looking and superb sounding. Nothing else needs to be said. It's a prize.	$4,250
Collings	OM3 koa/A	Just arrived (USED) Coming in on trade. This is a marvelous "3" series koa guitar with Adirondack top and a 1 and 3/4" nut width. A wonderful wood combination. We sure love our koa here. Lists for $6825 - would sell new for $6,140. Now $4,950 SOLD (SV)	SOLD
Collings	0001-A cutaway	Just arrived (USED) From one of our best customers. He's a fine gentleman with magnificent tatse in guitars. This guitar would be the jewel of any collection, but he's got others that he plays more often. You see, he's found contentment with just two guitars (perish the thought!) and has others that aren't being played much. So, he's consigning them one by one to us, thank you. Just arrived: This is a FINE Collings OOO in mahogany with an Adirondack spruce top and a cutaway! Yee Doggies! Very unusual and fortuitous to find a cutaway on a Collings OOO. And while we are discussing fortuitousness, let me direct you to these very desirable custom features: a solid headstock with a 1 and 3/4" nut width and 2 and 3/16" saddle spacing. A brilliant custom model. Lists new for over $5,800. My, oh my, what a well conceived guitar! It has arrived, it is grand, it is in near mint condition. The condition is GREAT, the price is GREAT, and the guitar sounds GREAT. It is ON CONSIGNMENT. (JR) What more could one want?	$3,995
Collings	CWMha	Just arrived (USED) (EXC +) Another great used Collings guitar consigned here. A super (but never squeaky) clean CWMhA - that's the classic mahogany version of the famous Collings Winfield with great looking Adirondack spruce top, 1 and 23/32" nut width, cut thru bridge saddle, enlarged soundhole, nickel Wavelry tuners, and all the flatpicking cut and tone one could ever want. Your typical take no prisoners Collings CW guitar. Why you ask would someone consign away a guitar like this? Because we have a varnish CJ on order for him now. SOLD (Thanks GB)	SOLD
Collings	C-10	Just arrived (USED) (EXC.) Another great used Collings guitar just consigned here. A standard depth C-10 with Honduran mahogany back and sides, beautiful sitka spruce top, 1 and 3/4" nut width, straight bridge, nickel Schaller tuners, ivoroid body binding. Your typical punchy in-yer-face Collings L-OO style guitar. This one has an L.R. Baggs Active I-Beam pickup installed. Add this little blues bomber to your collection and rest easy. $2,650	$2,650
Collings	0001-G	Just arrived (USED) From another thoughtful and trusted customer, a little more early Spring Cleaning. We've sold this good customer a few mighty fine guitars, and we've taken a few in trade from him. He knows his guitars and his trades and consignments are always a worthy adventure. This Collings OOO is graced with some fine figured mahogany and beautiful tight grain German spruce, 1 and 13/16" nut width, no pickguard, pyramid bridge, 2 and 5/16" saddle spacing, and slotted headstock. That is a wood combination that we know well and we are delighted that it will be here ON CONSIGNMENT. Fresh pics. Sweet sounding guitar! It is warm with sophisticated overtone, soft but never mushy, and has impressive sustain. It is a fingerstyle guitar that is equally suited for standard tuning or open tuning, but it is a killer drop D or open tuning six string.	$3, 250
Collings	OM2H-G German spruce	Just arrived (NEW) Same deal, smaller package. We sell a lot of these, and now order them two or more at a time. The difference really is in the details. Rare German silver spruce (considered by many builders to be the finest available top wood) on East Indian rosewood, please. It makes a big, FAT difference. 1 and 3/4" nut width. Has your dreadnought outgrown its usefullness? Try this fat sounding OM on for size. Put a capo on the seventh fret and discover there is still a lot of bark left in this puppy! Don't try that on a lesser guitar.	List Price: $4,075	Our Price: $3,668
Collings	CJss custom	Just arrived (NEW) A fancy custom Collings CJ. East Indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka top, SHORT SCALE, fancy MOM inlays with flourish on the headstock, gold Waverly tuners, abalone rosette, 1 and 3/4" nut width. A gorgeous and well conceived custom instrument with very strong, one might say rich, bottom end. Great fro strumming or fingerstyle. Also makes a nice flatpicker. Responsive, loose, and lighter than one would expect. Plays like butter, with no hint of stiffness. The Mom inlays are great. Make your Mom proud.	List Price: $5,450	Our Price: $4,905
Collings	SoCo Deluxe TSB	Just arrived (NEW) The Collings "SoCo" is named for that funky and eclectic "South Congress" section of Austin Texas which is home to the Continental Club, Threadgills and other venues that have established Austin as the Live Music Capital of the World. Just purchased at the 2008 NAMM Show in Los Angeles, this latest highly figured tobacco sunburst Collings SoCo deluxe. This model brings in elements from both the I-35 and the City Limits to create an amazing Rock, Blues, or and Jazz guitar. Have your cake and eat it too. This one with deluxe flared headstock, dazzling woods and fine pedigree.	List Price: $6,200	Our Price: $5,580
Collings	I-35 Deluxe TSB	Just arrived (NEW)Another Collings deluxe "35" style carved top double cutaway electric guitar - Tobacco sunburst - High gloss lacquer finish with high FLAME TOP, semi-hollow mahogany body, grained ivoroid top and back binding, custom humbucking pickups by Jason Lollar, Tone Pro bridge and tailpiece, highly ifigured Brazilian rosewood fretboard and peghead veneer, dot inlay grained ivoroid pickup rings and volume/tone knobs. Sperzel vintage tuners with grained ivoroid knobs. List: $ 6,000 SOLD to our good friend JJ.	SOLD
Collings	I-35 Crimson	Just arrived (NEW)Another great Collings I-35. This one is a unique "standard" "35" style carved top double cutaway electric guitar - Crimson finish - High gloss lacquer finish with optional high QUILT TOP usually reserved for the deluxe model. semi-hollow mahogany body, grained ivoroid top and back binding, custom humbucking pickups by Jason Lollar, Tone Pro bridge and tailpiece, rosewood fretboard, ebony peghead veneer, dot inlay, standard amber volume/tone knobs. Sperzel vintage tuners with grained ivoroid knobs. List: $ 5,400 Fresh pics	List Price: $5,400	Our Price: $4,860
Collings	I-35 TSB	In transit (USED)Coming in on trade, a "used" but nearly mint (we are told) standard I-35 in tobacco sunburst. We've dealt with this good customer many times. He knows mint. If he says it's clean, we believe him. Should be here the week of 5/10. SOLD (TT)	SOLD
Collings	I-35 Iced tea Left Handed	Just arrived (NEW) Collings "standard" "35" style carved top double cutaway electric guitar in bee-you-tee-ful Iced Tea sunburst - High gloss lacquer finish with FLAMED TOP. This one for a lefty. It's a big country, someone has to stand up and support the lefties! Upcharge for lefty, $ 350.	List Price: $5,550	Our Price: $4,860
Collings	290 Crimson	Just arrived! (NEW) A Collings 290 in crimson. Standard 290 with P-90 pups. A simply beautiful guitar with that certain rock and roll vibe.	List Price: $2,600	Our Price: $2,340
Collings	290 TV Yellow	Just arrived! (NEW) A Collings 290 in TV Yellow, baby!! Bill really got it right with the TV Yellow finish - old and new at the same time. Perfect.	List Price: $2,600	Our Price: $2,340
Collings	290 TV Yellow Left Handed	Just arrived (NEW) Ordered for store stock - gonna make some southpaw right happy. TV Yellow Baby! These are hard to come by...might be worth a righty buying it and doing a Hendrix! The lefty option adds $350 to list.	List Price: $2,950	Our Price: $2,655
Collings	290 custom TSB	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings "LP Special" style electric guitar - in tobacco sunburst finish. High gloss lacquer finish, solid mahogany body. The standard 290 has P-90 pickups, but this one will have HUMBUCKING pickups by Jason Lollar. The humbuckers are a $500 upcharge. The 290's are hot - these are doubly hot. Just arrived - fresh pics.	List Price: $3,100	Our price: $2,790
Collings	290 Doghair	Just arrived! (NEW) Just purchased at the 2008 NAMM Show in Los Angeles, this "doghair" Collings 290. We have a special affection for these screaming black with white pore filler electric Collings guitars. The pictures don't do it justice - it's a hard effect to photograph. They look VERY cool, and well, trying to look cool is why we started playing guitar in the first place! We've heard someone say that these Jason Lollar equipped Collings 290 guitars sound like "pissed off Telecasters" - don't know who said it, maybe it was Bill. Whoever said it, we agree with them. A little more meat on the bone than a Tele, it's all twang with more muscle. Texas barbeque. Salt Lick.	List Price: $2,800	Our Price: $2,520
Collings	290 custom Doghair with Humbuckers	Just arrived (NEW) Ordered for store stock - a custom 290 with the rocking Doghair finish (black with white pore filler) and two Jason Lollar HUMBUCKING pickups. One might call it a working man's City Limits. We call it rock and roll on a stick. The HUMBUCKING pickup option adds $500 to list.	List Price: $3,100	Our Price: $2,790
Huss & Dalton	OO custom Claro Walnut	Just arrived (NEW) We think Huss & Dalton consistently builds the finest OO guitar on the market today. Their other guitars are great, but their OOs are without peer. This is an extraordinary OO. We've had this same configuration before and it is special. Figured Claro walnut top back and sides, koa binding, pyramid bridge, herringbone rosette. This one has a 1 and 3/4" nut width and a solid headstock. The guitar is eye candy for sure, but it sounds even better than it looks. It takes everyone by surprise, and could become your favorite guitar. Great small blues, ragtime, or all around couch guitar.	List Price: $5,750	Our Price: $5,175
Huss & Dalton	OO Hog Top Custom	Just arrived (NEW) - Moe welcomes a OO custom all mahogany to match the NAMM OOO "Hog Top" we have in stock. The OO is more delicately built (light gauge strings only) and is generally considered a fingerstyle guitar whereas its OOO cousin can go both ways. This one was ordered with a narrower neck (1 and 3/4") and a square OM style headstock. Ebony wedge and heelcap and tortoise binding all around with additional purfling between the tortoise binding and the ebony peghead veneer. Great small blues or parlor guitar. Nice!	List Price: $3,895	Our Price: $3,495
Huss & Dalton	MJ	Just arrived (NEW) the standard MJ model - Mid Jumbo (non-cutaway) in figured maple with radiused Sitka top, rosewood body binding, and maple neck. These are great open sounding country blues or strumming guitars - huge clean sound with a certain dark sophisticated and articulate thump. A maple sub woofer perfectly EQ'd. Stunning maple, great tone!	List Price: $4,150	Our price: $3,735
USED GUITARS
Huss & Dalton	OO-SP	Just arrived (USED) We think Huss & Dalton consistently builds the finest OO guitar on the market today. Their other guitars are great, but their OOs are without peer. This is a typical GREAT sounding OO if you've got the fingers for it. Great small blues, songwriter, or parlor guitar. East Indian rosewood with ADIRONDACK spruce top, 1 and 13/16" nut width, slotted headstock, pryamid bridge, excellent plus condition. Sounds *great* - Priced right.	$2,750
Martin	1953 O-18	Just arrived (USED) A *sweet* little 1953 O-18 - perfect little birth-year gift for your favorite 55 year old. A well seasoned, well played small guitar from the Eisenhower administration. This guitar knows all the old songs, and the guitar looks its age. It's been re-fretted several times (and again just last week) and has a new bridge and prefectly intonating saddle. It has many repaired cracks, about 20, and all are solid. This guitar has seen it all. It's a lightly built guitar and we've got it strung with silk and steel strings. It has a bright and woody sound and we think it's good for another 50 years.	SOLD
Bourgeois	A-350	Just arrived (USED) Oh my! A *superb* A-350 Dana Bourgeois archtop in violin finish sunburst. Generally, we can only count on one of these per year - and it's always a VERY good day when one arrives. We sold this guitar new last year, and it still looks new. Beautiful in every way. An extremely fine instrument, worthy of the finest player. You perhaps?	$4,850
Gretsch	Model 35 - 1930's	(USED)Just arrived Just arrived (USED) Looks like a 1936 or later Gretsch model 35 archtop. 16" lower bout like an L-5. Dark brown/red sunburst, raised black pickguard, pearl scroll logo, 3 on a side die-cast tuners, trapeze tailpiece, adjustable bridge, white binding with pearloid purfling, black plastic headstock overlay, rosewood fretboard. Plenty of honest player wear and tear - two repaired top cracks, several more recent splits, dings galore, but nothing unusual for a guitar this age. It appears quite solid and worth consideration of repair and regular use. It is not a trophy guitar. Comes with beat chipboard case with poorly functioning latches, possibly original. The binding on the back is shrunken and has some splits, indicating that the back may have been removed at some point to facilitate some internal repairs. There is no visible serial number. The owner of the guitar claimed it was a 1933. Our research indicates it is a 1936 or older (1936 being the year Gretsch added the adjustable bridge and the black headstock overlay.) The fingerboard is Brazilian rosewood, indicating it may be as late as 1939. (a 1933 would have had an ebony fretboard) Plays and sounds GREAT!	$995
Guild	D-55 rosewood	Just arrived (Used) Exc. condition. Basically new. Coming in on trade - rosewood D-55. The flagship of the Guild line. This is the first new one form the Fender (Corona , CA) plant that we have seen. Very good sounding one, with big bass. Well set up - plays GREAT. Equipped with L.R. Baggs M-1 (active) pickup. Plug and play! Fine sounding Guild D-55 with case. $1,750	$1,750
Miller	Model D	Just arrived (Used) Exc. condition. Basically new. Coming in on consignment - mahogany dreadnought. A high end custom guitar, in a custom Cedar Creek case. A rare and highly desirable Ken Miller (of Tallahassee, FL) D, #105. Miller is one of the hottest small shop builders in the flat picking community today. # 105 is a standard D model with highly-figured mahogany back and sides, master grade Adirondack top, STAINLESS STEEL frets, Brazilian rosewood binding and fretboard trim, fossil walrus ivory pins, snake wood knobbed Waverlies, and a Brazilian peg head with a beautiful inlayed Oak leaf and acorn design. One of a kind, to be sure. And, oh yea, it's finished in VARNISH. The guitar is consigned here as the owner awaits delivery of his next Ken Miller guitar. The sound is balanced. The guitar can work for flatpicking and figerstyle. Fresh pics.	$3,600
MANDOLINS
Breedlove	Quartz FF amber toner	Just arrived! (New) In Stock - Quartz series modern F style mandolin designed (and signed) by Kim Breedlove, with the brand new "FF" body shape with highly figured solid maple back and sides, carved solid spruce top with F-holes, ebony fingerboard, ebony Loar style bridge and peghead overlay, nickel Gotoh tuners with black buttons, cast tailpiece. Good strong traditional (deeper, throatier) voicing on this model. Good bluegrass chop. The amber toner satin finish is a real nice clean look for this mandolin. A very nice looking mandolin, indeed. Includes good quality case.	List Price: $1,999
Our Price: $1,499
Breedlove	Quartz FF custom aged toner	Just arrived! (New) In Stock - Quartz series modern F style mandolin designed by Kim Breedlove, with the brand new "FF" body shape with figured solid maple back and sides, carved solid spruce top with F-holes, ebony fingerboard, ebony Loar style bridge and peghead overlay, nickel Gotoh tuners with black buttons, cast tailpiece. Good strong traditional (deeper, throatier) voicing on this model. Good bluegrass chop. This is a custom model with a very nice ADIRONDACK top and aged toner. Includes good quality case.	List Price: $2,199
Our Price: $1,724
Collings	MT2 mandolin Amber Englemann	Just arrived and just spectacular (NEW) Every once in a while, we get something so special from Collings, so over-the-top good, that we have to shout it from the rooftops. Everything about this instrument is hand-picked by someone at Collings with very good hands, just for us. Look at the big red leaf maple. Look at the gorgeous one-piece back. Look at the tortoise binding against the amber stain. Look at the master grade Englemann spruce top. Listen to the tone. Bask in the immediate gratification, wamth, gurgle, and throaty satisfaction that comes from this mandolin. We know our mandolins. This is a great mandolin. For those of you who play mandolin, you don't have one like this. For those of you who don't play mandolin yet, this instrument is the perfect reason to start. For those of you who ask us to call when something very special arrives: consider yourself called.	List Price: $4,000	Our Price: $3,600
Collings	MF5 mandolin Amber	Just arrived (NEW) And while we are on the subject of honey amber mandolins, check out this custom MF5 that arrived from Collings today. Gorgeous one piece big red leaf maple back, Adirondack spruce top, Waverly tuners, tortoise binding, and tone until Tuesday. Really beautiful.	List Price: $9,000	Our Price: $8,100
Collings	MF5-V Varnish Blond!	Just Arrived (NEW) These are few and far between. A blond Collings MF5 - The talk of the town in F model mandolins. As we've said before, there is no place to hide when building a blond mandolin. Everything shows. That might scare a lesser builder, but nothing scares Bill Collings. Here she is in all her glory - an MF5 in blond. That's an MF5 Blond in VARNISH! We're excited about this one, and you should be too! Great throaty sound, big chop, loud, and beeyoo-tiful.	List Price: $10,000
Our Price: $9,000
Collings	MF custom blond gloss Englemann top	Just arrived (NEW) Another *amazing* custom Bill Collings' MF mandolin with natural finish and nickel hardware and tortoise binding and gloss ENGLEMANN spruce top. Great woods on this one: nicely flamed maple, striped ebony headstock overlay, and beautiful Englemann spruce. Very alive sounding, with great chop, warm and responsive, with great low end. A wonderful instrument. $4,550 SOLD (FM)	SOLD
Collings	MF custom gloss top	Just arrived (NEW) Another *brilliant* custom Bill Collings' entry level MF mandolin with cremona sunburst finish and nickel hardware and optional ivoroid binding and GLOSS top. Great woods on this one: nicely flamed maple, striped ebony headstock overlay, and spectacular Red spruce. LOUD, with very good throaty voice with nice bottom end. Another GREAT Collings mandolin.	List Price: $4,650
Our Price: $4,185
Collings	MF custom	Just arrived (NEW) Bill Collings' entry level MF mandolin with cremona sunburst finish and nickel hardware and optional ivoroid binding. This is a custom MF model with select woods for us, and the mandolin specialists at Collings tell us "it's just *crazy* that we expect this quality of wood on the "entry level F model" but we do! Wait until you see the gorgeous * ONE PIECE * flame maple back that would normally have been a candidate for an MF5 Deluxe and the perfect Adirondack top. A really beautiful MF with sound to match its looks. All you Collings MT owners? If you've been wanting to add an F to your mandolin collection, collect this!!	List Price: $4,500
Our Price: $4,050
Collings	MT custom satin sunburst ivoroid binding	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This is a 2007 custom model - another special request - this one with a satin sunburst top with ivoroid binding added. A simple addition - makes for a splendid look. SOLD (DS)	SOLD
Collings	MT custom satin sunburst wide neck	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This is a 2007 custom model - another special request - this one with a satin sunburst top with ivoroid binding added. This mandolin also has the wider 1 and 3/16" nut width.	List Price: $ 2,500
Our Price: $2,250
Collings	MT custom sunburst gloss top ivoroid binding	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This is a 2007 custom model - another special request - this one with a gloss sunburst top with ivoroid binding added.	List Price: $ 2,450
Our Price: $2,205
Collings	MT2 custom blackface	just arrived... (USED) A nice used Collings blackface! Beautiful maple back, ADIRONDACK spruce top, gold hardware, white tuner knobs, armrest , and strap button in heel. A fantastic sounding mandolin with just a little honest player wear and plenty of mojo. SOLD (B)	SOLD
Collings	MT2Vsb	USED This is a first for us - a USED Collings MT-2 VARNISH sunburst mandolin. Sold new here last year for $4,230. Played well for one year - nicely broken in (a few dings) and very open sounding. Strap button installed and recent (pro)setup by Bob Jones in Brooklyn, NY. Great buy on a serious mandolin.	$3,450
Collings	MT2Vsb	Just arrived (USED) A second - a USED Collings MT-2 VARNISH sunburst mandolin. Sold new here last year for $4,230. Also played well for one year - nicely broken in (a few dings and scratches) and very open sounding. Strap button installed. Another great buy on a serious and expertly set up varnish mandolin - fresh updated pics showing the dings and strap button and picture # 5 shows an extreme close-up and exaggerated (area circled in red) picture of a varnish flaw on the top. GREAT sounding mandolin - wide open sounding.	$3,450
Gibson	A-4	(USED) VG condition 1918 A-4 (serial # 44999 FON # 11121) with great warm tone. Maroon-red sunburst with "The Gibson" logo and fleur di lis inlay in headstock. This would have been the top-of-the-line from Gibson in 1918. Original tuners (knobs intact) and tailpiece cover. Original bridge is in the case. Original case in pretty fine condition. Replacement (Loar style) adjustable bridge fitted and installed by Lou Stiver. One top crack (full length of the top) repaired (glued and cleated) by Lou Stiver. Nice straight neck, nice woody tone, recent setup, $2,400.	$2,400
Gibson	A5G	Just arrived! (USED) VG condition 1996 (Bozeman, MT) A-5G with nice warm tone. Traded here on a Collings. A decent recent Gibson A model - some belt buckle rash, some fret wear. ON HOLD	ON HOLD
Kentucky	KM-1000	Just arrived (NEW) Number eleven. Another Kentucky KM-1000. These have been consistenlty high quality. Our discount price: $1499 - includes case. These have been hard to get and hard to keep in stock. This one is a slightly lighter shade than most of the previous - very pretty.	$1,499
Kentucky	KM-1000	Just arrived (NEW) Number twelve. Another Kentucky KM-1000. These have been consistenlty high quality. Our discount price: $1499 - includes case. These have been hard to get and hard to keep in stock. This one is also slightly lighter shade than most of the previous - I suppose this is the new shade we can expect. It's very pretty. We're shipping it to Norway!	SOLD
Mid Missouri	M-4	(USED) VG++. A flat top teardrop model with oval soundhole. Solid walnut and Englemann spruce mando with natural finish. One repaired top crack (repaired by the manufacturer). Includes original shaped A case. Nice value. ON CONSIGNMENT	$375
National	RM-1 Resonator Mandolin Walnut/maple/brass	Just arrived (NEW) $2,099 ETA: March, 2008 - A very popular model for us - and difficult to keep in stock. Often sold before they arrive - here's your chance to join the party! Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? National Walnut body Resonator Model with aged brass parts. Put some "turn it up" into your next Jug band gig. Too much fun. List price: $2,099	SOLD
Phoenix	Jazz	Just arrived (NEW) Jazz model - dual pickup electric acoustic model. We mean it when we ccall this the "ulitimate" electric-acoustic mandolin. The McIntyre Feather pickup, tried and proven on other Phoenix models, provides the natural wood sound amplification that is one aspect of mandolin sound. A suspended magnetic pickup custom crafted by Kent Armstrong provides the electronic element that is an essential part of jazz. A 22-fret fingerboard is used to position the pickup where Kent Armstrong recommends. Voiced for flat-wound strings 011"/.016"/.022"/.034", delivered with Thomastik stark (heavy. $4,800 And Wow, What a great mandolin. Lively, woody, and punchy as can be acoustically...but just wait til we plug it in! Our price - $ 4,320	INQUIRE
Phoenix	Standard	Just arrived (NEW) Wow, we are excited about these! For 2007, Rolfe has changed the designation from "NeoBluegrass Model" (which was a bit of a mouthful) to "Standard" with McIntyre Feather pickup ($200) and optional finger rest ($100) installed. Everywhere you look on these instruments, you see innovative and interesting details from carbon graphite neck reinforcement to "Timeless Timber" maple for the base of the bridge to engraved tailpiece cover to installed strap button to really great fit and finish and Eastman fiberglass suspension case. A remarkable instrument, well conceived and brilliantly executed. List price: $3,900	$3,495
Stiver	A model	Just arrived! (USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get to see a fair number of them. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our friend and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a very good example of his work, a 1993 A model with a scooped and radiused fretboard and a pro pickguard installed. The mandolin has the *classic* Stiver sound, with lots of bark, volume, and plenty of punch. This mandolin has been played a LOT in its fifteen years and has lots of scratches and some finish checking, and the finish has worn through behind the nut. Lots of peg-winder scratches on the headstock. All the flaws are cosmetic only - the instrument is extremely solid and has been recently re-fretted and set up by Lou Stiver. The sound is WIDE open. It's ready for its second fifteen years. ON HOLD (TI)	SOLD
Stiver	A model	Just arrived! (USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get to see a fair number of them. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our pal and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a good example of his work, this 1997 A model. This won't last but a day or two at most.	SOLD
Summit	Artist	Just arrived (NEW) Summit Artist model - top of the line deluxe X-braced professional quality (high gloss lacquer finish) curly maple mandolin. Ivoroid binding on top, back, neck, and headstock. Gold hardware, mother-of-pearl truss rod cover, abalone inlay, Schaller tuners. Radiused fretboard. Englemann spruce top. Immaculate fit and finish. GREAT SOUND. Includes hard shell case. List Price: $ 5,900 Our price: $4,950	$4,950
Weber	Bighorn	Just arrived (NEW) Weber's dual point mandolin - the Bighorn. This one with Adirondack spruce top and wider 1 and 3/16" nut width. A VERY impressive mandolin, both visually and tonally. Superb fit and finish: This instrument covers many bases and plays like a dream. BIG sound!	$3,850
Weber	Fern	Just arrived (USED) On consignment - Just a *GREAT* sounding, extremely robust Weber Fern mandolin. A professional grade mandolin. Serial # 4196207 Gold hardware, rectangular case. Excellent condition. Superb tone and playability. On consignment.	ON HOLD
Weber	Beartooth	Just arrived (USED) The Weber Beartooth A model mandolin. Very nice, lively sounding LOUD mandolin. Serial # 3117903 Gold hardware, Brekke bridge, high quality Weber rectangular case. Celtic knot inlay in headstock, scooped fretboard extension, strap button installed. Excellent condition.	$1,750
Weber	Vintage F Blackface	Just arrived (NEW) Oval hole F model - traditional design with superb workmanship. X braced, radiused fretboard, 1 and 3/16" nut width, 2 piece bridge, gloss black top. Includes the very high quality Weber mandolin case and lifetime warranty. FINE sounding instrument with great volume and nice balance.	$5,495
Weber	Bitteroot Mandola	Just arrived (NEW) F hole Bitteroot mandola - just purchased at the 2008 NAMM Show in Los Angeles. Warm tone with exceptional dark roar and sustain. A *great* sounding mandola, with looks to match. Satin finish, f holes, cast Weber tailpiece, Brekke bridge. $3,295	$3,295
BANJOS
OME	Gold Juggernaut	Just arrived and JUST magnificent (NEW) A year in the waiting, just a knockout - a deluxe professional grade Bluegrass style (maple) fancy resonator banjo in polished sunburst finish with 3-ply maple rim, GOLD plated hardware, and Megatone 200 tone ring. Perfectly set up, plays like a whole stick of butter and rings like the Liberty Bell. Ludwig head, Snuffy Smith bridge. $5,295 includes deluxe case. WHADDA banjo!!	$4,765
OME	Bright Angel - open back	Just Arrived and positvely magnificent! (NEW) 11" traditional open back with Silverspun brass tone ring in OME's shaded burnt siena finish. We've waited fourteen months for this banjo. It was worth the wait. A spectacular looking banjo with a musical ring and sparkle that is different from everyting else in the shop. Just a magnificent banjo!! $3,325	$2,990
OME	Deluxe Jubilee - open back	Just arrived (NEW) 12" minstrel-style open back with 3-ply wood tone rim and Victorian peghead with scooped fretboard and satin finish. Just a magnificent sounding banjo that plays easily and brightens a room. OME banjos are meticulously crafted and sound like no other. $2,150 includes case.	$1,950
OME	Sweetgrass Megatone	Just arrived (NEW) Professional grade Bluegrass style (maple) resonator banjo in polished burnt siena finish with 3-ply maple rim and Megatone BLUEGRASS tone ring. What a well crafted and pleasant sounding banjo - loud without any shrillness, almost piano-like. OME tailpiece, Ludwig head, Snuffy Smith bridge, RR spikes installed at 7 and 9. $3,950 includes case. A very fine banjo!	$3,550
Chuck Lee Banjo Company	Glen Rose 11 (CurlyMaple)custom Yellow Rose of Texas	Just arrived (NEW) Gimme a "T" for Texas. Chuck Lee's fine sounding Whyte Laydie salutes the Yellow Rose of Texas! You know how we feel about Chuck Lee and his banjos. There is nothing quite like them, and this is his finest effort yet. Possibly our favorite "standard" Lee model, the Glen Rose, has an *Electric* (a.k.a "Whyte Laydie") tone ring that really barks with the big dogs. For this milestone banjo (#400) our friend and banjo wizard of Ovilla, Texas pulled out all the stops. This banjo features the curliest of curly maple and a "take me back to Texas" theme with yellow rose with vine inlay and Texa flag on the headstock. The business end of the instrument features scalloped nut, new "friction" tuners with gear reduction, frailing scoop, and a Texas ton of banjo tone. Art that causes one to dance. Really quite special.	SOLD
Chuck Lee Banjo Company	Glen Rose 11	Just arrived (USED) Our favorite Chuck, Chuck Lee that is. And our favorite Chuck Lee banjo, the Glen Rose that is. His classic Whyte Laydie style banjo - this one is serial # 066 from the "early days" as it were (seeing as how Chuck has delivered about 425 banjos now.) So here you have it - a beautiful very early Glen Rose with nice curly woods and great tone. Almost no fret wear, and no negatives to speak of. This banjo has a Moon bridge and a "claw hammer bracket" at the frailing scoop location as shown in the pictures. The latter is held on with double sided tape and can be removed if desired. It is designed to facilitate good thumb position and technique for clawhammer playing. Great banjo - great price. ON CONSIGNMENT.	Our Price: $1,850
Chuck Lee Banjo Company	Marble Falls 11	Just arrived NEW, Tubaphone tone ring , dark stained 11" two-ply rim 3/8" thick, 25.5" scale, double action truss rod, 1-5/16" scalloped bone nut, ebony fingerboard and peghead overlay with traditional style pearl inlay, offset abalone dot fret markers, optional stretcher band, fretboard scalloped beginning after 17th fret, Pegheds geared tuning pegs, side dots, No Knot tailpiece, and a Renaissance head. A GREAT sounding tubaphone open back. This banjo really rings!! List price (with stretcher band and h/s case) $3250	Our Price: $2,925
Chuck Lee Banjo Company	Rose Hill Vintage 11	Just arrived NEW, Chuck has introduced "Vintage" versions of some of his banjos. The Vintage banjos are more traditional with simpler designs, and they use Pegheds brand 4:1 planetary tuners that look like simple friction pegs! The Rose Hill is a classic simple wooden tone ring model. This banjo is all action without any glitter. Gentle peghead lines covered with the simple beauty of Pau Ferro/Morado peghead overlay. Pau Ferro/Morado on the fingerboard to match. The simple beauty speaks for itself. No inlays on the neck. Dark stained maple neck on black stained maple rim. The neck joins the pot with a Dobson style heel. Warm old-timey banjo with nice whocka-whocka. List price (with h/s case) $1995	Our Price: $1,795
Chuck Lee Banjo Company	Chalk Mountain Vintage 12	Just arrived (NEW)Chuck has introduced "Vintage" versions of some of his banjos which The Vintage banjos have more traditional inlay, simpler designs, and they use Pegheds brand 4:1 planetary tuners that look like simple friction pegs! This Chalk Mountain Vintage 12 has a 2 ply, 12-inch maple pot with a purple heart tone ring. set up with a Renaissance head and No-Knot tailpiece for a really deep, plunky old-time sound. )List price (with h/s case) $2805	Our Price: $2,525
Huss & Dalton	Owens Mill Mahogany custom	Just Arrived (NEW) In addition to over 2000 guitars, Jeff Huss & Mark Dalton have now built over 120 banjos are doing their mentor Geoff Stelling proud while finding their own voice in these fancy and great sounding banjos. More "traditional" sounding than the Stelling, they have that Mastertone growl with their own unique pop and sparkle. This custom order mahogany Owens Mill has curly koa binding on the resonator and neck and fifth string capo spikes installed. A simply elegant banjo that really cranks. List: $3,495	$3,145
Vega	Dragon Star	Just arrived (NEW)Brand New Vega Dragon Star Tubaphone banjo. A Vega style 2 with Dragon Star inlay by Greg Deering. An exquisitely crafted natural finish curly maple banjo, the neck is inlaid with gold mother of pearl and abalone shell. The banjo has dual coordinator rods, stretcher band, Deering bridge, No-knot tailpiece and a fiberskyn head. The case is a custom Ameritage suspension case with leather handle. We believe this to be the first of the Deering Dragon Stars - built for writer, performer, and clawhammer banjo-wizard Dan Levenson (author of Buzzard Banjo, Old Time Festival Tunes for Banjo and other banjo instructional material.)A delightful banjo, very well constructed, with warm tone and quite solidly responsive to a fairly heavy touch. If you hope to sound like Dan? Buy his banjo!	$5,500
Enoch	Tradesman - Flush fret	Just arrived (NEW) Kevin's fretless Tradesman model. No frets, but fretlines are inlaid in the fretboard with ivoroid binding material. - Black 12" rim (multi-ply maple, no tone ring), Remo Renaissance head, no-knot tailpiece, 18 brackets, Dobson style hardwood neck with graphite reinforcing rod , ebony or rosewood fingerboard (as available), 5 geared Stew-Mac tuners, octagonal dowel stick, script "Tradesman" burned in back of headstock. Includes gigbag. We'll be a regular stocking dealer for these great low cost open back banjos.	$875

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