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| 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. 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 already! This one is a custom model in fancy quilted sapele mahogany with shadeburst finish. Includes high quality shaped wooden hardshell case. Just plain fun. Insanely cool and a bargain at $1500 | $1,500 | |||
| Beard | Road-O-Phonic | Just arrived (NEW) Call it a travel dobro. Call it a lap steel. Call it a Lap Dawg. Same as above - this one in maple. Includes high quality shaped wooden hardshell case. Insanely cool and a bargain at $1500 | $1,500 | |||
| Beard | Model E Quilted Maple custom | Just arrived (NEW) Something we just could not pass up: a custom Beard model E in fabulous heavily quilted premium maple with paua shell inlay. Very loud, maybe slightly less fierce than the standard flame maple (the quilted maple is slightly softer). An heirloom grade instrument. The pics hardly do it justice - the guitar is simply fabulous. Color wise, the stain is slightly darker than the normal maple stain. | $4,000 | |||
| Beard | Model E Maple | (NEW)The Big Daddy. The Beard model E in maple. Our best seller, and what a guitar it is - a huge sounding instrument with great brilliance, roar and sustain. They generally sell very quickly. | $3,700 | |||
| Beard | Model E Mahogany | Just arrived (NEW) Moe's House of Mahogany presents the bad boy, the Beard model E in mahogany. Moe's personal favorite Beard model. A little sweeeter and woodier sounding than maple, with plenty of warmth. | $3,700 | |||
| Beard | Mike Auldridge MA-6 | Just arrived (NEW) The Beard Mike Auldridge model, this one in Red Sunset finish - Beard's best selling model built of vintage Finland Birch, with that famous warm depth and sustain that the model is known for - and this one sounds particularly good. | $3,700 | |||
| Beard | Jerry Douglas Signature Model Squareneck | (NEW) Also announced at NAMM 2008, this will be a regular production model from the good folks at Beard Guitars. We've got two coming from the first batch. Our first one is # 29. The body is a modified Beard E-style of solid mahogany with a quilted mahogany top cap, open body chamber and baffle, spider bridge & Beard spun cone for that classic Beard open-body resonator guitar sound. Other features include square profile mahogany neck, flame maple bindings, custom design coverplate, dual screened soundholes, ebony fretboard with custom inlay pattern & "Jerry Douglas" signature inlay, Waverly open-gear tuners, chrome plated hardware and deluxe custom Cedar Creek hardshell case. These guitars sound magnificent and should be extremely popular! Read more about it right here. | $5,250 | |||
| Benedetto | Benedetto Manhattan 7 - String | Just arrived (USED) Well, look what we have here! The signature model of the Benedetto archtop line, a Benedetto Manhattan 7-string in honey blonde finish. 17" archtop built with the finest materials: X-braced Master grade European spruce top, Master grade European flame maple back and sides, 25" scale, gold Schaller tuners with ebony knobs. Built under the supervision of Bob Benedetto with label signed by Benedetto. The instrument of choice for Bucky Pizarelli, Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno and other Jazz legends. The instrument by which other archtops are judged. Current list price new: $27,500 Traded here on a Collings guitar. | INQUIRE | |||
| Blueridge |
BR-140A-2 custom Mahogany Adirondack Spruce |
(NEW) Just in time. 18 more of our custom Blueridge festival beaters. Custom BR-140A-2 with the Holy Grail of tonewoods (Adirondack spruce) top. That's right, ADIRONDACK spruce. All solid woods, a simpler "Blueridge" script logo (we eliminated all that fake inlay on the headstock) less aging toner, forward shifted scalloped bracing, wider 1 and 3/4" nut width with slightly wider (1.5") string spacing, open back tuners, and a whole lot of bang for the buck. Also ordered WITHOUT pickguard (so you can choose and install your own - or for fingerstyle go without a pickguard altogether - dalmatian pickguard provided at no cost)You can buy the whole guitar for less than some companies charge for the Adirondack spruce alone!! In terms of value, simply impossible to beat. For 2008, Blueridge has raised their quality (and their prices) and this is an unheard of value with a list price of $1295. An unbelievable value at our regular discount price of $949 which includes case. Now, for our fellow purists: What's the catch? How can the Asians build this guitar and sell it for $949? In the interest of full disclosure, here are the gotchas on this model, and things we would change if we ran the world: The finish is polyurethane. The bridgeplate is rosewood. The warranty is only one year. The bridge and fretboard are rosewood. The neck is three piece. Is it a D-18GE? Of course not. Does it sound like one? Pretty darned close, I have to say. This is a custom order just for us - they will not be available anywhere else. Note: 18 arrived - just four remain! The last THREE are SALE PRICED at $749 with case! |
SUMMER SALE: $749 |
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| Blueridge |
BR-160A-2 custom Rosewood Adirondack Spruce |
(NEW) Earlier than expected. 24 more of our custom Blueridge festival beaters in rosewood. An HD-28 style guitar, this custom BR-160A-2 comes topped with the Holy Grail of tonewoods - Adirondack spruce. That's right, ADIRONDACK spruce. Like the BR-140A-2 above, it features all solid woods, a simpler "Blueridge" script logo, less aging toner, forward shifted scalloped bracing, wider 1 and 3/4" nut width, and plenty of bang for the buck. An unbelievable value at our SALE price $975 which includes case. Other companies charge $900 to $1000 extra for Adirondack spruce alone. With our custom Blueridge, you get the whole guitar for that price! If you've been waiting for the "right" BR-160, this custom model has been worth the wait. The finish is polyurethane. The bridgeplate is rosewood. The warranty is one year. The bridge and fretboard are rosewood. The neck is three piece. Is it an HD28? Nope. Does it sound like one? Pretty darn close, and with the Adirondack top, many would say better. This is a custom order just for us - they will not be available anywhere else. Note: 24 arrived - just four remain! The last four are SALE PRICED at $795 with case! |
SUMMER SALE: $749 |
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| Bourgeois |
Jumbo OM Walnut and Western Red Cedar Hide Glue |
Just arrived (NEW) Look at this sweet thing! A walnut guitar with a Western Red Cedar top! We've always loved this combination for DADGAD and open tunings. It works fine in standard tuning as well of course. Great warm sound with a beautiful woods and that little extra responsiveness, complexity and overtone that comes from hide glue construction. A magnificent guitar at a superb price. No upcharge for the walnut or the hide glue - a tremdous value in a unique guitar with a BIG voice. List price $3,795 | $3,415 | |||
| Bourgeois | Custom Maple DB Jumbo | Just arrived (USED) Dana Bourgeois introduced his "Petite Jumbo" a few years ago at NAMM. Now called the "DBJ," it is a 16" mid-jumbo with medium depth sides, unique and subtle bracing modifications, 1 and 3/4" nut width, and 2 and 5/16" saddle spacing. According to Dana, the DBJ is designed for a "serious fingerstyle player with light to medium touch...a guitar capable of generating power and volume." This is a very unique custom model in Holy Cow quality figured maple, high grade select Italian spruce with bearclaw, snakehead headstock, gold Gotoh 510 tuners, and AMAZING and unique (custom order one of a kind) full body sunburst. This guitar had a list price new new of $6,500. It is in very close to mint condition, sounds fabulous, and is priced to sell quickly at $4,450. A truly unique and spectacular custom guitar. ON CONSIGNMENT | $4,450 | |||
| Bourgeois | Brazilian Signature D | Just arrived (NEW) Dana Bourgeois has found us another very special set of Brazilian rosewood - this set is the extreme black stuff with a lot of coloration - we respectfully 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 with great bottom end. Sounds old. $7695. This will be our last Bourgeois Brazilian D at the "old" pricing. Signigicant price increase for Brazilian rosewood going into effect May 2008. The next one will be priced at $8195.00 INQUIRE | $6,925 | |||
| Bourgeois | Brazilian Rosewood Soloist | Just arrived (NEW) Dana Bourgeois' classic fingerstyle guitar, the Soloist. A world class fingerstyle guitar. This is a fine Brazilian rosewood Soloist with a high grade European spruce top. This will be our last Bourgeois Brazilian Soloist at the "old" 2007 pricing. Signigicant price increase for Brazilian rosewood went into effect April 2008. Next one will list at $8195.00 $7,695 list for this one, and it is a GREAT one. SOLD (SB) | SOLD | |||
| Bourgeois | Advanced Slope D - sunburst | (NEW) Dana Bourgeois Advanced Slope D. East Indian rosewood and Adirondack spruce with dark sunburst finish. Snakehead headstock, Waverly tuners, ivoroid binding, floral inlay. (List price $4,495) | $4,045 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Vintage OMC Brazilian Rosewood |
Just arrived (NEW) Vintage OMC with AAA grade Brazilian rosewood and Adirondack spruce. This guitar is just slightly heavier than the Soloists above and is extremely versatile - equally suited for fingerstyle or flatpicking. GREAT warm sound with a very responsive Adirondack top. A magnificent guitar at a superb price. List price $6,995 | $6,295 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Very Vintage Mahogany D Adirondack Hide Glue |
Just arrived (NEW) OK, We've been having so much fun with these custom hide glue Country Boys. Here's a third variation on the theme: This wil be one of the new "Very Vintage Mahogany" (as introduced by Dana Bourgeois at the NAMM Show)that will have 1 and 3/4" nut width, 2 and 5/16" saddle spacing, spruce end block to reduce weight, ebony body binding, ebony butt wedge, mammoth ivory nut, hide glue...etc.) This is a Bluegrass flatpicking machine. Lots of bearclaw in the Adirondack, lots of tone in the top, and all the complexity that hide glue construction delivers. Dana will also be offering this model with a varnish finish - the varnish will be a $1400 upcharge. This one has his standard thin finish and will have a list price of $4,295. Great guitar - great price. | $3,865 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Very Vintage Varnish D Adirondack Hide Glue |
In transit (NEW) And this one will be the Full Monty. Here's our fourth variation on the theme: This wil be one of the new "Very Vintage Mahogany" (as introduced by Dana Bourgeois at the NAMM Show)but will have the standard 1 and 23/32" nut width, 2 and 4/16" saddle spacing, spruce end block, ebony body binding, ebony butt wedge, mammoth ivory nut, HIDE GLUE...etc.) This one will also feature Dana's new oil varnish finish.This guitar will have a list price of $5,895. Great guitar - great price. Coming soon | $5,305 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Lefty Advanced Slope D MadRose Adirondack |
Just arrived (NEW) Special Order - a LEFTY slope D from Dana Bourgeois in Madagascar Rosewood and Adirondack spruce with one of Dana's great dark sunbursts. Just for fun, to take off some weight andd add some sparkle, we went with Brazilian rosewood on the bridge and fretboard. Nice touch! Nice bearclaw figure in the top - pics don't do it justice. All this with a list price of $5,895. Great guitar - great price. HOLD (RW) | ON HOLD | |||
| Bourgeois |
Custom Slope D Banjo Killer Pale Sunburst |
Just arrived (USED) One of our original BANJO KILLER slope D guitars, #20 of the first limited run of 30, label signed by Bryan Sutton, celebrating Dana Bourgeois' first 30 years of guitar building. This was a custom model of the limited series done for us in sunburst (one of three done in pale sunburst)and has been played well for two years. Highly figured premium grade mahogany, bearclaw sitka spruce, double scalloped Banjo Killer bracing, Brazilian rosewood fretboard and bridge, Waverly tuners with ivoroid knobs. Standard strap button installed, ebony bridge pins, 1 and 23/32" nut width. Great loud guitar, broken in, ready to kill more banjos. Updated pics shown here. $3,250 - ON CONSIGNMENT (MM) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | D3 koa G
custom | Just arrived (NEW) As this annoying recession drags on, each morning we drag ourselves out of bed, put our Hawaiian shirts on, water the dog, and hope for the best. Each new day, we look for a bright spot to pull us out of our funk. Today's beacon of light was this spectacular guitar. We ordered this custom D3 last year after we pestered Collings relentlessly for their very finest flame koa, then we appointed it appropriately with high grade German spruce, koa binding all over, flowerpot inlay on koa bound headstock, snakewood knobs, and a vintage cut thru saddle. It is lightly built, and it has no tongue brace, but is built with stiff Adirondack braces, and has style 45 snowflake inlay. The top is perfect and beautifully simple with no pickguard - but there are standard tortoise and CW pickguards in the case to suit the buyer's preference. Koa and German delivers a warm, rich and full tone with tremendous responsiveness and sustainnnnn. It is a *fabulous* looking guitar with world class sound. It is headed to Japan. | SOLD | |||
| Collings | MT2-O oval hole mandolin Black on black | Just arrived (NEW)Alex called to tell us how excited he is about this special mandolin. We're doing this one-of-a-kind *all-black* Collings MT-2 oval using the best sounding Super Secret special "ugly" wood he has, and we're adding some funk with a mother of toilet seat, errr... pearloid headstock veneer and a bound pearloid pickguard. Just for fun. You know it will be killer....Black is back. | List Price: $4,150 |
Our Price: $3,735 | ||
| Collings | CW MhA - VARN
CW Mahogany VARNISH | Just arrived (NEW) The iconic Collings CW in mahogany and Adirondack spruce dressed to kill in va-va-va-VARNISH. A model that quite often successfully takes the buyer off the market forever, a CW is about as good as a guitar can be. Every CW we get is killer. A CW in varnish? OVER-kill. Hooo Boy!! Honest to Pete....This CW really kicks butt. 4.0 pounds, with a fullness of tone that is remarkable, really. Played side by side with a varnish D1A, the D1A has slightly more percussive woof, but there in an openness and mid-range sparkle to this particular CW and rumble in the upper bass that slices and dices, seriously, like nothing we've ever heard. In that it is our first VARNISH CWMhA, by the way, I suppose that is why it sounds like something we have not heard. Duh.... Is it better than the D1A-Varnish? NO - but it is different enough that it would be *really* hard to choose between the two. | List Price: $7,175 |
Our Price: $6,457 | ||
| Collings | D1A - VARN | Just Arrived (NEW) The model that keeps the bills paid here at Moe's House of Mahogany, the ever-popular Collings D1A. This one washed in the mud, vitalized by the varnish, made whole by the Holy Grail, that combination of mahogany and Adirondack spruce that really gets the Goose. Call us Krazy. Being convinced, committed to, and koo-koo about mahogany as we are, we like to dress these in style. This is a basic D1A for which we requested "perfect" wide grain Adirondack spruce for the top and perfect free-of-figure mahogany for the back. To the basic D1A, we've added fretboard and peghead binding and a fancy torch on the headstock. And a 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. We think a world class guitar deserves that kind of finery, and so do you. One serious guitar. Ready? | List Price: $7,500 |
Our Price: $6,750 | ||
| Collings | D1A VARNISH | Just arrived (NEW) Been without one of these tonemeisters for about six weeks now. It will be good to get some fresh and aromatic stock into our famed varnish "huff" room. Wouldn't you know it, a D1A Varnish with a few nice options: 1 and 3/4" nut width, Vintage Now neck and bridge, Adirondack braces, no tongue brace, cut thru saddle, Brazilian rosewood peghead overlay. A guitar which requires no explanation. Just exclamation. This one is a loose cannon, with very robust bass, woody warmth, and volume to spare. That Vintage Now neck always seems to add a little something to the nether regions tonally. If you are looking for "the one to go to war with", this could be the artillery you have been seeking. 4.2 pounds, this pistol packing Mama. Take no prisoners, indeed. | List Price: $6,925 |
Our Price: $6,230 | ||
| Collings | D1A Varnish custom | Just arrived, and took the prize (NEW) And off to the varnish huff room we go! Don't wait up. Another one of our customs. The D1A, the one to have when you are having only one. We picked the woods for this one. The guitar that needs no 'splainin' Lucy. Style 3 backstrip, no tongue brace, 1 and 23/32" nut width, 2 and 1/4" (CW style) saddle spacing, fretboard and headstock binding (tortoise) and the totally torchified headstock (pearl torch inlaid in headstock veneer.) I am getting giddy already. VARNISH! TORCH! Oh...and sunburst! (List: $8,250) Should be here 4/17 Note: Arrived early, just in time for tax day. Listen: We've had fifty D1As. More than a dozen have been varnish. *This* light (3.95 pounds) box of joy is the best D1A we have heard. Hands down. Those who ask that we call you when something *very special* arrives? Consider yourself called. SOLD(GS) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | D1A | Just arrived (NEW) We get all the best Collings D1A guitars. There we said it. Or maybe, just maybe, Collings is incapable of making a bad D1A guitar, or any guitar for that matter. Whatever the case, we have one here that is typical of the breed: Fierce, loud, proud, explosive, and posessed of growl that is both gigantic, brilliant, cyrstal clear and persuasive. Very nice looking Adirondack spruce top and a few nice options: 1 and 3/4" nut width, tortoise bound fretboard and headstock, figured Brazilian rosewood headstock overlay. Take your playing to the next level. Take no prisoners. (List: $5,000) | List Price: $5,000 |
Our Price: $4,500 | ||
| Collings | DS1A custom | Just arrived (NEW) OK...you know how we worship Collings D1A guitars. "The one to have when you are having only one." Well, every now and then we run into someone who wishes a D1A had a little less bite and a little more snuggle, a little less cut and a little more hug, a little less fight and a little more love. These folks tend to play with fingers as often as flatpick, and they tend to sing more often, and their need to kill banjos is less critical. For these folks we often recommend the DS1A, a first cousin to the D1A. A guitar where the neck joins the body at the twelfth fret and the bridge resides in the middle of the lower bout and drives the lower frequencies all the way to Poughkeepsie. If you have ever said a D1A is "too big, too bad, too bright, too brittle, too this too that, maybe you should meet its cousin, the DS1A. The bigger bottomed D1A. This is a custom model with a solid headstock, a style three backstrip, and a 1 and 3/4" nut width. It's good. | List Price: $5,300 |
Our Price: $4,770 | ||
| Collings | D2H-G VARNISH German | Just arrived (NEW) Our favorite way to serve up a D2H is with that perfect marriage of East Indian rosewood and German spruce. Since we like them so much, we figured it was high time we put our checkbook where our mouth is and order one up in VARNISH with no tongue brace. Whatcha think? 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. As expected, the guitar has an enormous sound that hits on every cylinder. Highs, lows, and everything in between is present, fat, and happy. A controlled roar, a reverberant wonder. Quite impressive. | List Price: $6,350 |
Our Price: $5,715 | ||
| Collings | OM1Asb- cut
OM1A sunburst CUTAWAY | Just Arrived (NEW) So...have you been listening to Pete Huttlinger at all? You really should. We all should. After doing so, we've concluded that there is only one thing more satisfying than a Collings OM1A guitar with a cutaway, and that is an OM1A with a cutaway and a Collings Style One sunburst. And a 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. One of these and one of Pete's instructional videos and a weekend of woodshedding - instant motivation. Here is what we say: Stop watching the cable news shows - and watch Pete do this. Now get back on that guitar. And get back in style. | List Price: $5,875 |
Our Price: $5,287 | ||
| Collings | OM2H - cut
CUTAWAY | Just Arrived (NEW) While we are on the subject of cutaway Collings guitars, how about a basic OM2H (sitka top) with cutaway and 1 and 3/4" nut width? These generally sell very quickly. | SOLD | |||
| Collings | OM2-G cutaway German | Just arrived (NEW) We love the combination of East Indian rosewood and German spruce. A Collings OM2 is all the guitar any one really needs. An OM2-G is even more. And add a cutaway? Now, that might be the perfect guitar! 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. | List Price: $4,750 |
Our Price: $4,275 | ||
| Collings | OM2MRG Mad Rose German cutaway | Just arrived (NEW) And away we go! A GERMAN spruce topped Collings OM2 (NO herringbone purfling) in MADAGASCAR Rosewood with the CUTAWAY, style three backstrip, 42 style snowflakes, and 1 and 3/4" nut width (of course). A premium guitar with lots of goodies. It's warm and deep with the added brilliance of German. It's complex. Call it the next best thing to Brazilian, call it a guitar and a half, call it a very good idea....perfectly executed (List: $6,150) | List Price: $6,150 |
Our Price: $5,535 | ||
| Collings | OM2H-Gss custom DEEP BODY German top | In transit (NEW) We love the combination of East Indian rosewood and German spruce. Speaking of "all one really needs" (and then "even more") how does a short scale German topped DEEP BODY Collings OM sound? 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. | List Price: $4,625 |
Our Price: $4,162 | ||
| Collings | CJ Mh A ss sb | Just arrived (NEW) One of our best selling models - the classic Collings CJ in mahogany and Adirondack spruce with dark tobacco sunburst, tigerstripe pickguard, and tortoise binding. There's not a lot that can be said that has not been said already. This model speaks for itself, and some consider it the most versatile guitar that Collings builds. This jaw dropping guitar features a short scale and a 1 and 3/4" nut width. It is a thing of beauty and the guitar of a lifetime for someone, anyone. They usually sell very quickly. | List Price: $6,025 |
Our Price: $5,425 | ||
| Collings | CJ Mh A ss sb | Just arrived (NEW) One of our best selling models - the classic Collings CJ in mahogany and Adirondack spruce with dark tobacco sunburst, tigerstripe pickguard, and tortoise binding. There's not a lot that can be said that has not been said already. This model speaks for itself, and some consider it the most versatile guitar that Collings builds. This fabulous guitar features a short scale and a 1 and 3/4" nut width as well as two other very popular touches: a Style Three backstrip and a flourish on the headstock. | List Price: $6,275 |
Our Price: $5,647 | ||
| Collings | CJ Mh G ss SB | Just arived (NEW) Fresh Pics. More CJ please!! Thank you Sir, may I have another? You know we think the voice is in the Spruce, don't you? So, imagine this: A big old mahogany Collings CJ. Loosen it up and light its fuse with a short scale, add a stiff German spruce top. Give it a 1 and 3/4" nut width and tigerstripe pickguard. Apply fingers. Repeat. Listen to the fireworks. Just an AMAZING sounding guitar! Rings like a bell. | List Price: $5,550 |
Our Price: $4,995 | ||
| Collings | SJ 42 BaaaA | Just arrived (USED) A nine year old (12/00) Collings SJ-42. One of those off-the-charts crazy good guitars that come along every now and then. Built with what was selected and reserved as the highest of AAA grade Brazilian back in 2000. Might as well call it *Dalbergia Unobtanium* now, as we can only dream about wood like that today...or you can own wood like that tomorrow if you purchase this guitar. Your call. Collectible, playable, irresistable. This SJ will warm your heart. Seriously folks, looking for a *killer* SJ with Brazilian and Adirondack the likes of which you have never seen? Say no more. It's a world class guitar, and not surprisingly, it includes a white deluxe Calton case. The nut width is 1 and 11/16". The bridge pins are fossil ivory. The Brazilian rosewood is stupifyingly straight. The sound is as you would imagine. Can't think of anything else to say...ON CONSIGNMENT | $10,250 | |||
| Collings | OM41BaaG Brazilian Rosewood Cutaway | Just arrived (USED) While we are on the subject of perfect Collings guitars, how about we put this recession behind us and get back to business as usual with this investment-grade Collings guitar: An OM41 with AA grade Brazilian rosewood, cutaway, flowerpot on the headstock, and high grade German spruce. Includes a K&K pickup and bronze Vintage Jack. The guitar will be priced at $8,250 with standard Collings case. ON CONSIGNMENT - We also have a *new* (white) deluxe Calton available for $795 or a *used* (black) deluxe Calton available for $650.00 | $8,250 | |||
| Collings | OM2HBaaA Brazilian | Just arrived! (USED) A particularly sweet (we sold it new and remember it well and fondly) AA grade Brazilian Collings OM2H. 1 and 3/4" nut width, fine Adirondack top, nickel Waverlies. Excellent sound. One last chance to buy, hold, and treasure a Brazilian rosewood Collings guitar. $5,900! Great low price. Act fast. ON CONSIGNMENT | $5,900 | |||
| Collings | OM42MRGssSB MadRose German Custom | Just arrived (USED) A positively gorgeous Collings OM42 in high grade Madagascar Rosewood. 1 and 3/4" nut width, light fingerstyle build, short scale, pyramid bridge, 42 style abalone top border, 45 style snowflakes, abalone rosette, torch inlay in MadRose peghead veneer, K&K pickup with Vintage jack added, gold Waverlies with ebony knobs, and tobacco sunburst! Wow! How's that sound? Very rich, with a sophisticated series of cascading overtones. Loves to be fingerpicked, and can handle a flatpick quite well. Big sustain, lotsa sing. A real jaw-dropper and dead serious player. Great pickup. Really quite special. ON CONSIGNMENT | $5,900 | |||
| Collings | OOOMRGssSBcut MadRose VARNISH | Just arrived (NEW) A custom order placed in December of 2007. No wine before its time. Ready? The model number is a mouthful: OOO2MRGssSBcut-VARN. That's a OOO in Madagascar Rosewood with German spruce top, SHORT SCALE, sunburst, cutaway, and VARNISH! Beautifully understated with that warm varnish patina, great looking MadRose, fabulous sunburst, cool cutaway, pyramid bridge, and no suprises - it sounds amazing. At 3.7 pounds, it floats like a butterfly. RESERVED (DA) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | CJMRGss MadRose German Custom | Just arrived (USED) A positively gorgeous Collings CJ Deluxe in high grade Madagascar Rosewood and German spruce A custom guitar - sold new here last July. 1 and 3/4" nut width, short scale, abalone rosette, flourish inlay in MadRose peghead veneer, style 3 backstrip, gold Waverlies with ebony knobs, and buckets of tone. Very rich, very full, very pretty. Loves to be fingerpicked, and can handle a flatpick quite well. ON CONSIGNMENT | $4,650 | |||
| Collings | AT-16 Blonde | Just arrived (NEW) Just when we think Collings has peaked, we've seen it all, and it can't get any better - he drops a new archtop on us that just pushes our re-set switch. Our expectations are high, but he's knocked us out and re-booted us in modern Texas style. Alex at Collings warned us that it was outrageously beautiful and that he is in "love" with this guitar. Strong words from a man who knows a thing or two about love and about lumber. There is so much cross grain interesecting with straight grain, the back of this guitar looks like a checkerboard. Checkers, anyone? There are no words for the sound. An archtop for Texas Red. An axe for the Ages. Gawd's own guitar. Didn't last a week. SOLD (CA) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | Ukes!! | Just arrived (NEW) You've heard the news. Gad-zooks, Bill Collings is building ukes! The uke is hot, the uke is hip. Your grandparents fell in love to the sound of one. Arthur Godfrey popularized them. Tiny Tim ruined them for a whole generation. George Harrison made them cool again. Jake Shimabukuro, the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele, blew the lid off of the thing. Del Rey taught us the Blue Uke. Victoria Vox brought it to the singer-songwriter genre. Now Bill Collings, the Master of the fretted instrument universe, will perfect the uke. Think you are too cool for a uke? You are not. Travel instrument? Perfect. Breath of fresh air? You betcha. We received two of the prototypes today (one mahogany and one koa with cedar top. ) They sound GREAT. They are more fun than a box of puppies and I promise you, there will be LOTS and LOTS more. How to solve the financial doldrums? Join the Uke-apalooza at Acoustic Music Works! | INQUIRE | |||
| Collings | UC1 | Just arrived (NEW) You've heard the news. Bill Collings is now building ukuleles, and FINE sounding ukes they are! This is the entry level UC-1 satin finish mahogany uke. All solid mahogany, bone nut and saddle. Peghead brand 4:1 mechanical tuners that cleverly look like violin friction pegs but are not. This prototype has the standard headstock. One adjective says it all: Sweet! GREAT lively woody sound. One pound of musical bliss and global harmony. Join the Uke-apalooza at Acoustic Music Works! Prototype # 48. List price: $1,100 An absolute steal at our price of $990! Why not get two?? | $990 | |||
| Collings | UC1 | Just arrived (NEW) You've heard the news. Bill Collings is now building ukuleles. This is the entry level UC-1 satin finish mahogany uke. All solid mahogany, bone nut and saddle. Peghead brand 4:1 mechanical tuners that cleverly look like violin friction pegs but are not. This prototype has the large "haircut" headstock that will not be on subsequent UC-1s. GREAT lively woody sound. One pound of musical bliss and global harmony. Join the Uke-apalooza at Acoustic Music Works! Prototype # 8. List price: $1,150 SOLD (MM) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | UC2 Koa and Cedar | Just arrived (NEW) This is the mid-level UC-2 uke in standard grade koa and Cedar. Slightly warmer tone than the mahogany, bone nut and saddle. Peghead brand 4:1 mechanical, ivoroid binding, gloss finish. This prototype also has the large "haircut" headstock that will be standard on the subsequent UC-2s and above. Sweet warm sound. Prototype # 6. List price: $2,100 | $1,890 | |||
| Collings | UC2 Mahogany | Just arrived (NEW) This is the mid-level UC-2 uke in mahogany with a gloss finish. This UC2 prototype will have the large "haircut" headstock. Prototype # 10 List price: $1,600 SOLD (GW) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | UC-2sb | Just arrived (NEW) This is the mid-level SUNBURST UC-2 uke in mahogany with a gloss finish. Full body sunburst, tortoise body binding, ivoroid purfling List price: $1,950 Looks just like an OM1Mhsb had a baby. SOLD (MM) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | UC3-K Koa | Just arrived (NEW) This would be the higher-level UC-3 uke in flame koa with a high curl koa top and gloss finish. Brazilian rosewood fretboard and peghead veneer, body and fretboard binding, List price: $2,600 This one is a prototype and does *not* have a bound headstock (the final production model UC-3 will have a bound headstock.) It sounds AMAZING. | $2,340 | |||
| Collings | OO2MRG MadRose German | Just arrived (NEW) Ordered last November (it has taken a while for the MadRose to season) and worth the wait. A OO body Collings in Madagascar Rosewood with a fine German spruce top. We eliminated the herringbone (nod to JR) and we eliminated the slotted headstock. So this is a custom solid headstock OO with 1 and 3/4" nut width (pretty cool, huh?) We kept the pyramid bridge and we ordered a pickguard "on the side" (not installed) in case the new owner wants to add one. Ordered as a pair (well, sort of) with the O2MRG shown below, one is a 12 fret wonder and the other is a 14 fret stunner. We could see why someone might buy both. MadRose and German is a superb combination. This small guitar has great warmth and sustain. $5,700 ON HOLD (ML) | ON HOLD | |||
| Collings | C-10 Cowboy | Just arrived (NEW) The economy is lousy, but business is great. What does a shop owner do? Should he buy GE stock at $11 a share (er..make that $9 a share...er... make that $6 a share) or should he continue to dance with the one that brung him? Should he hunker down and seek cover until the recession blows over? Or should he continue to invest in high quality guitar inventory? This guitar has the answer painted right on the top - turn off the TV, flush the Blackberry, strap on your guitar and YODEL with the COYOTES. Not a thing I can do about Wall Street or the World Bank, but I can sing Cowboy songs until the cows come home. Collings is building nine more of these extremely limited Cowboy C-10 guitars. We are gleeful that we are getting three of them and Cowgirl Mary Mary is riding the first one to a rodeo in coastal Maine. We'll have two others, but not for long, I suspect. Buy one for your grandson, and enjoy it in the meantime. Photo credit to our pardner Duolian from the Collings forum. Geoff got the one from the NAMM Show, and he is one good natured cowboy, and we thank him for the nice photo, #1 in our link, to which we have added five more of our own new arrival. Playfully kitchy, collectible, GREAT sounding, and a Collings Camper-style C-10 through and through. Yippie Yi Yo Kai Yay! SOLD (MM) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | C-10 Cowboy | Just arrived (NEW) The economy is lousy, but business is great. For this we offer no apology or explanation except to say a great guitar is timeless, recession-proof, and necessary survival gear. This guitar speaks for itself, on so many levels. It is fun. It is funny. But don't let that fool you. There is something special about the sound of these modest mahogany masterpieces. Ask anyone who has played one, the Cowboys are special - the ultimate mahogany C-10. Heck, ask John Sebastian. He owns two of them. He believes in magic. This is a grownup's guitar, and the sound that it creates is magic and timeless. Trust John: "It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie...it'll free your soul.." This will be the second of three Cowboys coming to our humble lumber emporium. The first one sold before it arrived. $6,350 This second one was in stock for a full twelve hours, but it has in fact, SOLD to "Cowboy Camper" his own bad self (shout out to our good pals on the Collings forum!) Ride 'em Cowboy! | SOLD | |||
| Collings | C-10 Cowboy | Coming soon (NEW) The economy is lousy, but business is great. Our third and final Cowboy is SOLD. (JF) | RESERVED | |||
| Collings | AT-16 sunburst | Coming Soon (ON ORDER) We've just been advised that our next sunburst AT-16 archtop is about three-plus months out. We've called the minister, we're thinking of getting hitched. Feeling the love? These generally sell before they arrive, and indeed this one has been... (SOLD) (SS) | RESERVED | |||
| Collings | D1A VARNISH custom | Just arrived (NEW) We hear there is a recession, but we have chosen not to participate. Another one of our customs - VARNISH D1A with extremely fine, narrow grain Adirondack spruce top. Custom features include style 3 backstrip, NO TONGUE BRACE, and 1 and 3/4" nut. This is a pretty simple guitar as our custom guitars go. Simple and powerful with *all* the best characteristics of the D1A, one of Collings' most desirable instruments. So we'll not say more. Happily headed to Louisiana (MR) $6,725 | SOLD | |||
| Collings | D1 sunburst | Just arrived (NEW) Back to basics. We build some fancy guitars here, and every day brings a heightened sense of adventure. But let us not forget, sometimes the basics are best. In that spirit, we've ordered up a pair of workhorse guitars - Collings D1 in style one sunburst. This first one has a 1 and 11/16" nut width. It is a marvelous example of what Collings can do with sharp tools and good wood. Warm, full, loud, and proud. All the guitar most of us needs, really. | List Price: $4,150 |
Our Price: $3,735 | ||
| Collings | D1 sunburst | Just arrived (NEW) Back to basics. We build some fancy guitars here, and every day brings a heightened sense of adventure. But let us not forget, sometimes the basics are best. In that spirit, we've ordered up a pair of workhorse guitars - Collings D1 in style one sunburst. This second of the pair will have a 1 and 3/4" nut width. $4,225 SOLD (BJ) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | OM1A cut ADIRONDACK cutaway | Just arrived (NEW) Truth be told, Moe guesses that the 15,000 Collings guitars in circulation are in the hands of 5000 or 6000 very smart and fortunate people, because as we all know - once you have a Collings, you want a second and a third Collings. Face it, Collings owners are a pretty elite group. With serial # 15001, Collings has turned another corner, and reached another milestone. Speaking of some round corners, how about the handsome shoulders on this - perhaps the ultimate all-around guitar - a Collings OM1A with Adirondack spruce top, CUTAWAY, and 1 and 3/4" nut width, of course. This guitar does everything well from light fingerstyle to aggressive flatpicking. It's difficult to find something that this guitar will not do. At 3.6 pounds, she is light, and she is ready. She's got mojo. She's visually rugged with some serious barn wood on top. We added a style three backstrip just to fancy her up a bit, but she can speak for herself. She's woody, she's sweet, and she is in fine voice. Want some satisfaction in these trying times? Join that small group of people who own one of the finest things money can buy. Stay strong. Play hard. Get serious. | List Price: $5,225 |
Our Price: $4,702 | ||
| Collings | CJ Mh A sb Varnish custom | Just arrived (NEW) While we are at it, let us introduce you to our Guitar of the Year for 2008. In general, the short scale varnish sunburst CJ was the "it" guitar for 2008, and we sold more than our share of them. Each one was great. This one, however, stands tall even in a room full of giants. This one has short scale, varnish, 1 and 3/4" nut width, flourish on the peghead, BRAZILIAN rosewood bridge, fretboard, and peghead overlay and magnificent quilted mahogany back and sides. We've ordered several like this and this one was in stock *almost* 24 hours before it sold. It had a sound that made us forget everything else for a day. Instant gratification, baaaaby. Life is short, art is long, varnish is NOW. List: $8,750 | SOLD | |||
| Collings |
D1A VARNISH Sunburst |
Just arrived (NEW)Just arrived. The guitar that can do no wrong, from the company that is incapable of building a bad guitar. The one to have when having only one. A reward for a life well lived. A good reason to wake early and play guitar before work, or to skip work altogether. Another one of our custom D1A VARNISH guitars. I don't care how many guitars you own (actually, that is not exactly true...) but you haven't sat in the front car of the roller coaster of life until you've ridden one of these. And this one is mightly special. Here are the vitals: D1A with style one sunburst, 1 and 23/32" nut width, 2 and 1/4" CW style saddle spacing, tortoise binding all over with the neck and fingerboard binding including the crosscut purfling and style 3 backstrip. There is so much more. The guitar has a torch on the headstock, which renders the builder and brand incognito, so we emblazon the 12th fret with a pearl Collings logo. The guitar has no tongue brace and its body has been slathered with varnish yielding a tone that is beyond magnificent. In a word, the guitar is perfect. Don't let our low key description fool you, this is a guitar of a lifetime. Ordered for store stock. Let us take this opportunity in a crummy economy to thank the folks at Collings Guitars for keeping us proud and building the finest guitars in the world. In the home run derby of life, the man from Austin is king. Play it with me: TAKE me out to the ball game......... $8,400 - SOLD (FN) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | 16" Archtop | Just arrived (NEW) Few and far between. Every time I talk with Collings (about twice a week) the conversation concludes with them asking "anything else we can do for you?" To which I whistfully respond, "yes, send me an archtop". They laugh. I laugh. Well, this week they called my bluff and sent us this beauty, the 39th Collings 16" archtop. I cannot fully describe our respect for these instruments. A true modern classic. Jazz, Texas Swing, Gypsy. I don't care. The best L-5 you've ever played. The Collings archtop is just a screaming bargain at $8,995. This one has an Adirondack spruce top and has incredible focus and headroom. A very serious guitar - going to an equally serious man. $8995 SOLD (MC) | 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 HOG TOP with 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 | O1Gsb | Just arrived (NEW) We can't get enough of these, and no stable is complete without one. The O1. An amazing small mahogany guitar with a tremendous sounding German spruce top and 1 and 3/4" nut width, tortoise binding, ebony headstock overlay, nickel Waverly tuners, and the famous Collings style one sunburst. Oh my, this is a sophisticated singing small guitar. Just perfect. | List Price: $4,725 |
Our Price: $4,252 | ||
| 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 |
D1A VARNISH |
Just arrived (NEW) Great Googlie-Mooglies and Holy Moley. Hey...seems like the economy has skipped a beat. Anyone notice? Well, here is one guitar that seems to be recession-proof, however. We call it *the one* - the Big Daddy - the Collings D1A in va-va-va-varnish. This thing eats lesser guitars for lunch. Seriously - there are guitars and then there are varnish Collings guitars. You know what we mean, and we mean what we say! This guitar was ordered in the Fall of 2007, took a good long time to get here, and sold immediately. Master grade Adirondack, no tongue brace, 1 and 3/4" nut width. Four pounds of fun. Holy Grail material, no foolin! (RG) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | D2Hsb | Just arrived (NEW) Collings best selling model, the Collings D2H. His classic rosewood dreadnought, this one a custom job decked out in Western shade top with full headstock and fretboard binding - to match the traditional ivoroid body binding. Herringbone purfling, nickel Waverly tuners, 1 and 3/4" nut width and bright ringing rosewood tone. Ka-channnggg! Positively perfect and breathtakingly pretty. Want it? | List Price: $4,400 |
Our Price: $3,960 | ||
| Collings | OM1 Mh | Just arrived (NEW) A regularly featured custom model for us here at Moe's House of Mahogany. A Collings OM with mahogany top in splendid full body vintage sunburst with 1 and 3/4" nut width, Brazilian rosewood headstock veneer, ebony knobbed nickel Waverlies and tortoise binding and purfling on neck and headstock. These are extremely popular and are the perfect medicine for someone who is in a guitar rut. Inspiration on a stick, fun in a bun. Fresh pics! Note: We have two of these guitars in stock: one with pickguard and one without. These guitars look great and sound unbelievable. | List Price: $5,200 |
Our Price: $4,680 | ||
| 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 this 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 | OM1 koa German | just arrived (NEW) Oh my! Another new OM1koaG - in flame koa with German spruce top. We present another Collings OM1koa-G. This one a little fancier than the first with rich flamed koa back and sides, a perfect German spruce top, abalone rosette, and tortoise binding on body, neck, and headstock. A rich ebony headstock overlay completes the picture. 1 and 3/4" nut width of course. The figured koa on this guitar has a lovely organic symmetrical pattern in it. The guitar has a sophisticated sound with strong low end and lots of sustain. The guitar of a lifetime for some lucky person. | List Price: $6,100 |
Our Price: $5,490 | ||
| 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. Some guitars with this wood combination sound strident - this one is sweet on the first date. It has a sensitive swagger and a hospitable looseness about it. It does not ask to be played hard. Great for 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 |
CJ Mh sb mahogany Short Scale |
Just arrived (NEW) It's been the year of the CJ. A lot have players have been discovering the versatility of the CJ model, both in short scale and in standard scale - for both flatpick and fingerstyle. Our custom CJ has been a very strong seller as a varnish guitar. Well varnish isn't for everyone, so we offer this very appealing package: a short scale sunburst CJ that will scare the pants of any old Gibson. We added an abalone rosette and flourish to this sunburst guitar, because it deserves it. So do you. Short scale, 1 and 3/4" nut width. |
List Price: $5,475 |
Our Price: $4,927 |
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| Collings | C10 custom Camper Maple German Sunburst | Just arrived and off the charts! (NEW) And while we are on the subject of good 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 | C10 Deluxe Cutaway | Just arrived Small body, blues guitar, strummer, singer-songwriter, fingerpicker, close companion, confidant, treasured posession. Collings C-10 deluxe. East Indian rosewood with Sitka top, cutaway, Waverly tuners and 1 and 3/4" nut width. What more do you need, really? | List Price: $4,775 |
Our Price: $4,297 | ||
| Collings | C10Mh hog top custom camper Deep Body | Just arrived and just look at her!! (NEW) We get to kick the tires of 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 | ||
| 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. And oh boy, does it *smell* good! It takes everyone by surprise, and could easily become your favorite guitar. Great small blues, ragtime, or all around couch guitar. | List Price: $5,750 |
Our Price: $5,175 | ||
| Huss & Dalton | MJC | Just arrived (NEW) the standard MJC model - East Indian rosewood, sitka top. 16" mid jumbo with cutaway. An AMW shop favorite, a guitar that does everything well. Flatpick, strum, fingerstyle. Almost every one of these we sell ends up with a pickup installed and is used as a gigging guitar. A favorite of songwriters and singers. BIG sound! | List Price: $4,200 |
Our price: $3,780 |
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| Huss & Dalton | TDR custom - BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD | Just arrived (NEW) If what you seek is a traditional sounding dreadnought with modern playability and perfect intonation, you should consider a Huss & Dalton. A light build, voiced for roaring clear bass and strong trebles, Huss and Dalton get it right. If what you seek is an investment grade dreadnought, you should consider this guitar. It was ordered with fabulously figured Brazilian rosewood and wide grain Adirondack spruce. We also spec'd a drop-in saddle instead of the standard cut thru saddle to make action adjustments easier. The guitar has nothing less than *classic* dreadnought tone with tremendous volume and great clarity. An heirloom grade guitar for someone with the chops to appreciate the finer things. Quit your investment banking job, join a bluegrass band, and rule the world. No apologies, GREAT guitar. | List Price: $7,150 |
Our price: $6,435 |
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| Huss & Dalton | TDR custom - Adirondack top | Just arrived (NEW) The classic traditional dreadnought. No one builds a finer traditional dreadnought than Huss & Dalton. This big old rosewood powerhouse is positively magnificent with big "vintage" tone to match. Big open locomotive bass and strong trebles. A mighty fine bluegrass rhythm or strumming guitar. This one was ordered with drop-in saddle instead of the standard cut thru saddle and without any aging toner so the beautiful Red spruce (and it *is* beautiful) shines like the sun. Huge sound with great clarity. This could be the anchor of a hot bluegrass picking session for sure. If you are looking for a great bluegrass dreadnought and if you haven't tried one of these, your search is not yet complete. Bang, zoom! Ka-channnggg! This guitar really has what it takes. | List Price: $4,150 |
Our price: $3,735 |
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| Huss & Dalton | TDM custom - Adirondack top | Just arrived (NEW) The classic traditional dreadnought. No one builds a finer traditional dreadnought than Huss & Dalton. This big old mahogany powerhouse, just like the rosewood model above, has true "vintage" tone. Big open and rumbling locomotive bass and strong trebles. A mighty fine flatpicking guitar. This one was also ordered with drop-in saddle instead of the standard cut thru saddle and without any aging toner so the beautiful Red spruce (and again it *is* beautiful) shines like the sun. Huge sound with great clarity. This is a GREAT guitar! This would be the center of a hot flatpicking session for sure. If you are looking for a great banjo-taming dreadnought and if you haven't tried a Huss & Dalton, your search is not yet complete. | List Price: $4,005 |
Our price: $3,605 |
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| Huss & Dalton | TDM custom - Adirondack top | (NEW) Another classic traditional dreadnought. No one builds a finer traditional dreadnought than Huss & Dalton. To this big old mahogany powerhouse, we added a tortoise bound headstock for a nice finished look. Other than that, this guitar speaks for itself. Classic mahogany dread. | List Price: $4,350 |
Our price: $3,915 | ||
| National |
W Series Triolian 12 fret |
Just Arrived (NEW) - "W" series as in "We are WILD about the new Triolian" with thinner gauge (lighter weight) steel body, flat f-holes, arched back, "walnut" sunburst, neck joint at 12th fret. Capture the weight and feel of a 1930's Duolian or Triolian but with modern good intonation and truss rod. List Price: $2,300 | $1,850 | |||
| National |
Triolian 14 fret |
Just Arrived (NEW) - "W" series as in "We are WILD about the new Triolian" with thinner gauge (lighter weight) steel body, flat f-holes, arched back, "walnut" sunburst, this one with neck joint at 14th fret. Capture the weight and feel of a 1930's Duolian or Triolian but with modern good intonation and truss rod. List Price: $2,500 | $1,999 | |||
| National |
National model D walnut squareneck |
Just arrived (NEW) - National Model D squareneck. Slotted headstock, spider bridge, constructed of laminated walnut. Great sounding resonator with a certain way-cool funky country-blues sound, not as bluegrassy as the Beards. List price: $2350 JUST ARRIVED. Our price: $ 1,895 | $1,895 | |||
| National |
El Trovador Mahogany |
Just Arrived (NEW) - Mike Dowling signature model. This single cone guitar is patterned after the famous El Trovador that was made only in 1932 and 1933. The body is constructed entirely of mahogany - front, back and sides. The body is artistically bound with multiple layer binding and the mahogany neck features an ebony fingerboard bound in ivoroid. The headstock has a rosewood overlay. The body is 4" deep and the scale length of the neck is 25 " 21/32". Check out our pal Ernie Hawkins enjoying the El Trovador. Three El Trovs in stock!! List Price: $3,200 | $2,750 | |||
| National |
ResoRocket Steel Antique Brass |
Just arrived (NEW) - One more steel body ResoRocket please, a custom model this time. A 12 fret cutaway resophonic wonder, same pearloid headstock, maple neck, 1.825" nut width, and 25" scale. This one will feature the "antique brass" finish. To be clear, this is a steel guitar, and the finish is called "antique brass". G-R-E-A-T sounding reso with that big open sound - really a versatile guitar. According to Bob Brozman, "The Reso-Rocket is sonically a hybrid between the single cone and the tricone sounds! (60% single/40% tricone). It is a single cone guitar, but the tricone-like upper grilles and the more closed coverplate both change the way the air flows above and below the cone. It seems that the more open upper grilles contribute a lot to the tricone sound. Another GREAT feature of this guitar is the cutaway allowing access to all the highest frets. This instrument is VERY loud, and it has tremendous cutting power, making it a great axe for all kinds of music... List price on the special edition Antique Brass ResoRocket" $ 3,985 - JUST ARRIVED. Our price: $ 3189. | $3,189 | |||
| National |
ResoRocket Steel Black |
Just arrived (NEW) A 12 fret cutaway resophonic wonder, same pearloid headstock, maple neck, 1.825" nut width, and 25" scale. G-R-E-A-T sounding reso with that big open sound - cool black ("gun metal") color...JUST ARRIVED List Price: $ 2,850. Our price: $2,250 | $2,250 | |||
| National |
ResoRocket Steel Volcanic Ash |
Just arrived (NEW) A 12 fret cutaway resophonic wonder, same pearloid headstock, maple neck, 1.825" nut width, and 25" scale. G-R-E-A-T sounding reso with that big open sound - cool *Vintage Steel* finish - a plating process that yields a satin finish look that will age beautifully with use and the passage of time...JUST ARRIVED List Price: $2,850 | $2,250 | |||
| Recent Arrivals - ELECTRIC GUITARS | ||||||
| Collings |
City Limits Jazz Merlot |
Just arrived (NEW) These generally sell before they arrive. The exquisitely unique thinline archtop from Bill Collings with the Art Deco look and the sound you've been searching for. The guitar features a floating Kent Armstrong humbucking pickup. The sound is sweet, thick, and jazzy, the look is pure functional Art. Even unplugged, it has the goods, but you'll want to plug it in. This one (#27) in the gorgeous deep Merlot color. Fresh pics - beautiful guitar. Photos by John Kitchen. $8,500 - SOLD (JF) | SOLD | |||
| Collings | 360 Mermaid Blue | Just arrived (NEW) Speaking of gorgeous, how's about this pretty blue thang? It's a 360 model with mini-humbuckers in translucent blue ("Mermaid Blue", Collings calls it) conceived by and ordered specially for us with flame maple top and black knobs. It is crazy pretty. The color is hard to photograph. The outdoor photos provide a better representation of the color, but the indoor (flash) photos do a better job of showing the figure in the wood. Somewhere between the two extremes lives the Blue truth. List price $ 3,500 | SOLD | |||
| Collings | 360 Doghair | Just Arrived (NEW)This is Collings' newest model, with cool body contours and mini Lollar humbuckers. Hot looking and sweet sounding. This one has parallelogram inlyas and an ebony headstock venneer. Mighty fine! | List Price: $3,050 |
Our Price: $2,745 | ||
| Collings | 360 Cherry sunburst | Just Arrived (NEW)This is Collings' newest model, introduced at Winter NAMM 2009, it lives somewhere between a 290 and a City Limits. It has a contoured body and it comes with Jason Lollar mini-humbuckers giving it some real bite and growl. This one has a highly flameed top and Cherry sunburst finish. | List Price: $3,500 |
Our Price: $3,150 | ||
| Collings |
City Limits P-90 Caramel |
Just arrived (NEW) Here's a hot one. A standard City Limits that is anything but standard. A richly flamed caramel top with P-90 pickups and creme pup covers. How can a guitar this pretty sound so mean? The Sultan of Snarl, the King of Crank. Great Rock/Blues guitar. Something special. CL and P-90. Nice combination!! Great price! | List Price: $4,200 |
Our Price: $3,780 | ||
| Collings | City Limits Deluxe Premium Quilt Tigereye Sunburst | Just arrived (NEW) and just delicious. A truly exceptional *premium quilt* CL Deluxe, this one in wild Tigereye Sunburst (new color) with a nicely figured fretboard, parallelogram inlay, and black/white top purfling. Work with us to get those toxic assets off your balance sheet, and this treasure into your collection. ON HOLD (GJ) | ON HOLD | |||
| Collings | City Limits Deluxe Premium Quilt Caramel | Just Arrived (NEW) and just delicious. Another exceptional *premium quilt* CL Deluxe, this one in Caramel with a nicely figured fretboard, parallelogram inlay, and black/white top purfling. Forget the stock market, let's have some REAL fun. | List Price: $5,450 |
Our Price: $4,905 | ||
| Collings | City Limits Deluxe Amber burst | Just Arrived (NEW) and just about perfect. Another marvelous CL Deluxe, this one in Amber sunburst with a nicely figured fretboard, parallelogram inlay, and black/white top purfling. At 7.9 pounds, it will float your boat. | List Price: $5,250 |
Our Price: $4,725 | ||
| Collings |
SoCo Deluxe Doctor Pepper |
Just arrived (NEW) Our best selling model of Collings electric, the SoCo. Single cutaway semi hollow, in a class by itself. This one with heavily quilted top, gold hardware, Brazilian fretboard and peghead veneer. The dark cherry "Dr. Pepper" sunburst is a perfect complement to the quilt top. Seriously beautiful. Serious guitar. SOLD (SC) | SOLD | |||
| Collings |
SoCo Deluxe Doctor Pepper |
Just arrived (NEW) Our best selling model of Collings electric, the SoCo. Single cutaway semi hollow, in a class by itself. This one with heavily quilted top, nickel hardware, Fabulous Brazilian fretboard and peghead veneer on the large Jazz headstock. A life affirning guitar. SOLD (JF) | SOLD | |||
| Collings |
SoCo Deluxe Root Beer flame |
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. Speaking of funky and electic, this Root Beer flame SoCo Deluxe is just as sweet and bubbly as she can be. This model brings in elements from both the I-35 and the City Limits to create an amazing Rock, Blues, or and Jazz guitar. This one has the flared SoCo headstock, dazzling woods, parallelogram inlay and black/white top purfling. The Rootbeer is a difficult color to photograph. It's dark but the flame does show through. If we get a decent warm day, I'll get some pics with natural lighting and you will see. Skip the kool-aid, enjoy the Root Beer. | List Price: $6,500 |
Our Price: $5,850 | ||
| Collings |
SoCo Deluxe Amber burst |
(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. This will be an amber 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 standard headstock, dazzling flame, Brazilian fretboard with dots and fine pedigree. SOLD- headed to Australia! | SOLD | |||
| Collings |
SoCo Deluxe Premium Quilt top Tiger Eye burst |
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. Becoming one of the most popular custom fnishes, this Tiger Eye burst SoCo is a real show-stopper. Very hard to photograph, lots of depth of color and quilting. Just rich looking, quite impressive! We've got a matched trio: Tiger Eye burst I-35, SoCo, and City Limits $6,450 (SOLD) (EB) | SOLD | |||
| Collings |
I-35 Deluxe Premium Quilt top Tiger Eye burst |
Just arrived (NEW) Becoming one of the most popular custom fnishes, this Tiger Eye burst I-35 is a real show-stopper. Very hard to photograph, lots of depth of color and quilting. Just rich looking, quite impressive! We've got a matched trio: Tiger Eye burst I-35, SoCo, and City Limits | List Price: $6,350 |
Our Price: $5,715 | ||
| Collings |
I-35 Deluxe Premium Flame top Amber burst |
Just arrived (NEW) Mama Mia! A Collings deluxe "35" style carved top double cutaway electric guitar in fabulous flame amber sunburst - High gloss lacquer finish with just an amazing FLAMED TOP. Parallelograms adorn the Madagascar Rosewood fretboard. Just a fabulous looking guitar, that plays and sounds as good as she looks. | List Price: $6,250 |
Our Price: $5,625 | ||
| Collings | I-35 Deluxe Premium Quilt Amber burst | Just arrived (NEW) and just the way we like 'em. Another exceptional *premium quilt* I-35 Deluxe, this one in Amber sunburst with a nicely figured fretboard, parallelogram inlay, and ebony headstock overlay. All the right stuff, and suitable for framing, but we suggest you plug it in and wail on it. | List Price: $6,350 |
Our Price: $5,715 | ||
| National Resophonic | Resolectric Junior | Just arrived (NEW) Just plain cool. Solid beechwood single cutaway body with light satin finish. Spun cone with bisquit bridge and a Jason Lollar single coil pickup. Maple neck with rosewood fretboard. | List Price: $1,400 |
Our Price: $1,250 | ||
| Recent Arrivals - USED GUITARS | ||||||
| Beard | Benedetto Manhattan 7 - String | Just arrived (USED) Well, look what we have here! The signature model of the Benedetto archtop line, a Benedetto Manhattan 7-string in honey blonde finish. 17" archtop built with the finest materials: X-braced Master grade European spruce top, Master grade European flame maple back and sides, 25" scale, gold Schaller tuners with ebony knobs. Built under the supervision of Bob Benedetto with label signed by Benedetto. The instrument of choice for Bucky Pizarelli, Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno and other Jazz legends. The instrument by which other archtops are judged. Current list price new: $27,500 Traded here on a Collings guitar. | INQUIRE | |||
| Blueridge |
BR-140A-2 custom Mahogany Adirondack Spruce |
(USED) One of our custom Blueridge festival beaters has come back in trade. Traded here on a Collings guitar, we see that as karma, proof of Darwin's theories, and validation of the universe as a sane and logical place. Burn it up on a custom Blueridge until your ship comes in or until your chops earn you a shot at the brass ring - a Collings guitar. So, OK, here's your chance at a real decent Adirondack topped mahogany dreadnought guitar for $600. A great beater, a good second guitar, actually quite a guitar for the price. Includes a (used) hard shell case. | $650 | |||
| Bourgeois | A-350 | (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? Great low price. | $4,500 | |||
| Bourgeois | Maple DB Jumbo | Just arrived (USED) Dana Bourgeois introduced his "Petite Jumbo" a few years ago at NAMM. Now called the "DBJ," it is a 16" small jumbo with medium depth sides, unique and subtle bracing modifications, 1 and 3/4" nut width, and 2 and 5/16" saddle spacing. According to Dana, the DBJ is designed for a "serious fingerstyle player with light to medium touch...capable of generating power and volume." This is a very unique custom model in very high grade maple, Italian spruce, and full body sunburst. This guitar had a list price new new of $6,500. It is in very close to mint condition, sounds fabulous, and is priced to sell quickly at $4,450. A very special guitar. | $4,450 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Custom Slope D Banjo Killer Pale Sunburst |
Just arrived (USED) One of our original BANJO KILLER slope D guitars, #20 of the first limited run of 30, label signed by Bryan Sutton, celebrating Dana Bourgeois' first 30 years of guitar building. This was a custom model of the limited series done for us in sunburst (one of three done in pale sunburst)and has been played well for two years. Highly figured premium grade mahogany, bearclaw sitka spruce, double scalloped Banjo Killer bracing, Brazilian rosewood fretboard and bridge, Waverly tuners with ivoroid knobs. Standard strap button installed, ebony bridge pins, 1 and 23/32" nut width. Great loud guitar, broken in, ready to kill more banjos. Updated pics shown here. $3,250 - ON CONSIGNMENT (MM) | SOLD | |||
| Bourgeois |
Slope D custom Mahogany Adirondack Sunburst |
Just arrived (USED) They say the sky is falling. We can see it leaning, but it does not appear to have fallen yet. The consignments are coming fast and furious, but you know we cherry pick only the finest stuff. If it aint great, we don't want it. Well, if yoiu've ever thought about owning a mahogany slope D from Dana Bourgeois, this one should grab your attention. It's a custom guitar with a special dark sunburst and black binding. It's been PLAYED, and has a great soundiung (Baggs) pickup in it and some capo marks on the back of the neck. It is a great example of Dana's most popular slope D. Here on consignment from Hawaii. A great player, with big articulate voice. It is a unique guitar with a BIG voice. Great gigging guitar. | $2,950 | |||
| Bourgeois |
Slope D custom Mahogany Adirondack Short Scale Hide Glue |
Just arrived (USED) One of the newer (SHORT SCALE) mahogany slope D guitars from Dana Bourgeois, this one a custom model with a firestripe pickguard and square headstock, and built with hide glue ($400 upcharge for hide glue). Great sound, light, and woody with lots of detail in the tone. Clean as a whistle - could pass for new. It has that extra "something" that hide glue brings to the table. Very fine guitar. Nice! Conigned here by MM - she gets all the best ones, y'know. | $2,950 | |||
| BOZO |
1977 Bell Western cutaway all abalone Brazilian |
Just arrived (USED) Here's something you don't see every day. The Bell of the Ball. A Brazilian rosewood Bozo Bell Western cutaway. Built as a custom order by Bozo Podunavac in 1977. This is one fine guitar. Bozo's Croatian heritage is on full display on this very ornate guitar. With impeccable workmanship and playabilty, Bozo guitars are highly prized. The list of players (Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Reverend Gary Davis) reads like a Who's Who. Heavily built but balanced and responsive like no other guitar from that era. Strung with light gauge Thomastik strings, this guitar plays like butter. It is unusual, fine, collectible, and worthy of the finest player. It is priced accordingly. ON CONSIGNMENT - INQUIRE | $22,500 | |||
| Breedlove |
SD-20 Z Ziricote and Port Orford Cedar |
Just arrived (USED) A Breedlove SD20 dreadnought built with highly figured Ziricote back and sides and Port Orford Cedar top. Very clean guitar with a big voice for open tunings, fingerstyle or strumming. Nice sound. Pics soon. ON CONSIGNMENT. | $2,200 | |||
| Collings | SJ 42 BaaaA | Just arrived (USED) A nine year old (12/00) Collings SJ42. One of those off-the-charts crazy good guitars that come along every now and then. Built with what was selected and reserved as the highest of AAA grade Brazilian back in 2000. Might as well call it *Dalbergia Unobtanium* now, as we can only dream about wood like that today...or you can own wood like that tomorrow if you purchase this guitar. Your call. Collectible, playable, irresistable. This SJ will warm your heart. Seriously folks, looking for a *killer* SJ with Brazilian and Adirondack the likes of which you have never seen? Say no more. It's a world class guitar, and not surprisingly, it includes a white deluxe Calton case. The nut width is 1 and 11/16". The bridge pins are fossil ivory. The Brazilian rosewood is stupifyingly straight. The sound is as you would imagine. Can't think of anything else to say...ON CONSIGNMENT | $10,250 | |||
| Collings | SJ Rosewood Cedar | In transit (USED)(Exc.) The Collings SJ is an extremely versatile guitar. Sized somewhere between an OM and a Jumbo, it has a tight waist and sits low on the leg like a small body but its substantial lower bout helps produce a volume and tone that is well.."jumbo" by definition. We've sliced and diced the SJ in maple, Brazilian, mahogany/Adirondack, Koa/German, and a few other combinations. Here's a relatively rare but very James Taylor-esque combination - East Indian Rosewood and Western Red Cedar. 1 and 3/4" nut width, Schaller tuners with ebony knobs. From some builders, this might be considered a *fingerstyle* guitar, and it certainly works well in that mode - but being a Collings, it is not afraid of a flatpick and I dare say this guitar can do just about anything - if you are up to it. | $3,450 | |||
| Collings | OM2HBaaA Brazilian | Just arrived (USED) A particularly sweet (we sold it new)AA grade Brazilian Collings OM. 1 and 3/4" nut width, fine Adirondack top top, nickel Waverlies. Excellent sound. GREAT price! - ON CONSIGNMENT | $5,900 | |||
| Collings | OM41BaaG Brazilian Rosewood Cutaway | Just arrived (USED) While we are on the subject of perfect Collings guitars, how about we put this recession behind us and get back to business as usual with this investment-grade Collings guitar: An OM41 with AA grade Brazilian rosewood, cutaway, flowerpot on the headstock, and high grade German spruce. Includes a K&K pickup and bronze Vintage Jack. The guitar will be priced at $8,250 with standard Collings case. ON CONSIGNMENT - We also have a *new* (white) deluxe Calton available for $795 or a *used* (black) deluxe Calton available for $650.00 | $8,250 | |||
| Collings | OM3-A Cutaway | coming soon (USED) A splendid gentleman and good customer tells us he's found happiness with one Collings guitar. Perish the thought, happiness with only "one" guitar? We shiver at the thought. Anyhoo - his insanity is your opportunity. He's consigned three remarkably clean and good sounding Collings for us to sell for him while he dedicates his entire dance card to his new Collings varnish OM. Oh varnish, you vixen of the marketplace. Taking our collectors out of the market, that is some sad soup. Back here on planet Earth though, Moe (Moe don't know no varnish) is simply stupified and pacified by the goodness of the three consignment pieces. That sound you hear is opportunity knocking: A shot at some mighty fine nearly-new looking Collings lumber at a "players" price. Numero Uno is a great OM3A-cut with wide grain Adirondack spruce and a cutaway and 1 and 3/4" nut width. | INQUIRE | |||
| Collings | OM1-A Cutaway | coming soon (USED) A splendid gentleman and good customer tells us he's found happiness with one Collings guitar. Perish the thought, happiness with only "one" guitar? We shiver at the thought. Anyhoo - his insanity is your opportunity. He's consigned three remarkably clean and good sounding Collings for us to sell for him while he dedicates his entire dance card to his new Collings varnish OM. Oh varnish, you vixen of the marketplace. Taking our collectors out of the market, that is some sad soup. Back here on planet Earth though, Moe (Moe don't know no varnish) is simply stupified and pacified by the goodness of the three consignment pieces. That sound you hear is opportunity knocking: A shot at some mighty fine nearly-new looking Collings lumber at a "players" price. Numero Dos is a hot OM1A-cut with wide grain Adirondack spruce and a cutaway and 1 and 3/4" nut width. | INQUIRE | |||
| Collings | OM3MhGss Cutaway | coming soon (USED) A splendid gentleman and good customer tells us he's found happiness with one Collings guitar. Perish the thought, happiness with only "one" guitar? We shiver at the thought. Anyhoo - his insanity is your opportunity. He's consigned three remarkably clean and good sounding Collings for us to sell for him while he dedicates his entire dance card to his new Collings varnish OM. Oh varnish, you vixen of the marketplace. Taking our collectors out of the market, that is some sad soup. Back here on planet Earth though, Moe (Moe don't know no varnish) is simply stupified and pacified by the goodness of the three consignment pieces. That sound you hear is opportunity knocking: A shot at some mighty fine nearly-new looking Collings lumber at a "players" price. Last, but certainly not least, is this lightly built German spruce topped SHORT SCALE wonder with cutaway and 1 and 3/4" nut width. Really quite special. One ding and some light fret wear on this guitar - otherwise could probably pass for new. | INQUIRE | |||
| Collings | OM1-G custom Deep body | Just arrived (USED) A particularly good sounding deep bodied OM1 with that dollop of brilliance and sustain which is German spruce. Currently in DADGAD tuning, and we can see why one might leave it there. Low action, great setup. *Fine* sound. ON CONSIGNMENT | $3,150 | |||
| Collings | OM42MRGssSB MadRose German Custom | Just arrived (USED) A positively gorgeous Collings OM42 in high grade Madagascar Rosewood. 1 and 3/4" nut width, light fingerstyle build, short scale, pyramid bridge, 42 style abalone top border, 45 style snowflakes, abalone rosette, torch inlay in MadRose peghead veneer, K&K pickup with Vintage jack added, gold Waverlies with ebony knobs, and tobacco sunburst! Wow! How's that sound? Very rich, with a sophisticated series of cascading overtones. Loves to be fingerpicked, and can handle a flatpick quite well. Big sustain, lotsa sing. A real jaw-dropper and dead serious player. Great pickup. Really quite special. ON CONSIGNMENT | $5,900 | |||
| Collings | CJMRGss MadRose German Custom | Just arrived (USED) A positively gorgeous Collings CJ Deluxe in high grade Madagascar Rosewood. 1 and 3/4" nut width, short scale, abalone rosette, flourish inlay in MadRose peghead veneer, style 3 backstrip, gold Waverlies with ebony knobs, and buckets of tone. Very rich, very full, very pretty. Loves to be fingerpicked, and can handle a flatpick quite well. ON CONSIGNMENT | $4,650 | |||
| Collings | CJ sb | Just arrived (USED) Coming in on trade. This is a lightweight, gorgeous, and *GREAT* sounding rosewood CJ with a dark sunburst, Sitka top, nickel Waverlies, and a 1 and 11/16" nut width. Set up with very low action and light strings, this one is perfect for a fingerstyle player or strummer. We'd recommend higher action and medium strings if you want to flatpick it. Very fine sound. | $3,250 | |||
| Collings | CJ Mh | Just arrived (USED) Exc. Coming in on trade. CJ in mahogany, beautiful wide grain Sitka spruce top, nickel Waverlies, tortoise binding all over, nice Brazilian peghead veneer and a 1 and 11/16" nut width. List new: $4,200 | $2,950 | |||
| Flammang | D-30 black top | Just arrived (USED) (EXC. +) Another great used guitar from a very good customer. This is our first Flammang (David Flammang of Greene, Iowa). It was built in 2003 and it wears serial # 87. It is a lightly built exquisitely crafted guitar that is clearly built and set up to be played fingerstyle. It has no pickguard and the action is set at 5/64" at the 12th fret. Unusual, at least for us, to think of a dreadnought as a "fingerstyle" guitar as the great majority of our dreadnoughts are heavily strung tools for hairy armed bluegrassers. This guitar is built with a bit of refinement that might disqualify it as a "bluegrass" guitar but it certainly excels at modern fingerstyle and blues and open tunings. It's a bit more pino than Pabst, a little more James Taylor than Jimmy Martin. Reminds us of a certain 1944 Martin D-18. Very light, advanced forward shifted X brace, scalloped. The fit and finish is about perfect, this lightly braced Adirodack topped guitar responds to a light touch and the tone is balanced, and the feel (1 and 23/32" nut width, V-neck, 5/64" low action)is un-real. A guitar that Cowboy Camper would love. He should pay us a visit and play this masterpiece. $3,200 ON CONSIGNMENT | $3,200 | |||
| Gibson |
J45 True Vintage |
Just arrived (Used) Exc. + condition. 2002 J45-TV True Vintage. Classic Gibson sunburst, bone nut and saddle, Madagascar Rosewood fretboard and bridge. Vintage style case - with pink furry lining. Great singer-songwriter or Blues guitar. These retail for $3,600. Nice guitar. Real clean - plastic still on the pickguard. On consignment. | $1,950 | |||
| Gibson |
Firebird Custom Shop |
Just arrived (Used) Exc. + condition. A custom shop guitar - basically a Dove style Gibson built with red stained heavily quilted maple back and sides. Big ol' Firebird pickguard, fancy guitar, lots of inlay. High quality throughout. Nice thumping bass and good Gibsony vibe. Nice guitar. On consignment. | $2,250 | |||
| Goodall |
TCOM Cocobolo Trad OM cutaway |
Just Arrived ...and just AMAZING (USED) Perhaps the finest sounding Goodall OM we have ever sold - a traditional OM with back and sides of figured Cocobolo and a top of *Master grade Adirondack spruce*. This guitar was built for display at the 2007 Summer NAMM Show in Austin and is a traditional 25.5" scale OM with 1 and 3/4" nut width, white maple binding, Waverly tuners with ebony knobs, Cocobolo peghead veneer, and OM bent cutaway. Yes, I am going to going to go out on a limb and call it The BEST sounding Goodall OM guitar we have ever heard.. Impeccably crafted. Flatpickable, robust, drop dead gorgeous, one of the finest guitars in the shop. Includes high grade Ameritage case with humidity control. No kidding, an extraordinary guitar. ON CONSIGNMENT | $4,950 | |||
| Goodall |
TMhB Traditional Quilted Mahogany Baritone |
(NEW) (Shopworn) James Goodall Baritone guitar with 28" scale. 1 and 3/4" nut width, herringbone trim, Waverly tuners with ivoroid knobs. Superb AAA grade quilted mahogany and AAA grade ADIRONDACK spruce, maple binding. Nice TKL American Vintage Series case. Wow, pure vibrancy and depth. You won't believe the tone - wide open, deep, rumbling, authoritative, dark, and throaty, but not the slighest bit unwieldy or unlcear. With regular medium gauge strings it can be tuned one whole step down to D-G-C-F-A-D and drop tuned from there. Add a capo at the 2nd fret and it's a regular guitar. How low can you go? List price: $ 5,500 This "new" guitar has been in the shop for a while, and has picked up some normal shop wear, so we feel it fair to offer it as a "used" (shop worn) guitar - at a fair "used" price. Check out Mary Flower getting the low-down on the Goodall baritone. | $3,750 | |||
| Goodall |
KPK 14 fret all koa parlor |
(NEW) (Shopworn) James Goodall curly koa 14 fret parlor guitar with matching AA grade curly koa top with ebony headstock veneer. (25" scale with 1 and 3/4" nut width) with rosewood body bindings, ebony fretboard, chrome Gotoh 510 mini tuners with ebony buttons, abalone rosette, and diamond fretboard inlay. Marvelous small guitar and just plain cool. I have been searching for an excuse to build this all-koa warm lap piano. Well, I found the nerve, now I need YOU to stand up and do your part so I can enjoy it vicariously. What a sweet sounding guitar! And what a great price. Check out the fresh pics - dig the one with Steve Gilchrist enjoying the new parlor! List price: $ 5,275 This "new" guitar has been in the shop for a while, and has picked up some normal shop wear, so we feel it fair to offer it as a "used" (shop worn) guitar - at a fair "used" price. |
Our Price: $3,750 |
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| Huss & Dalton | Traditional dreadnought Brazilian rosewood | Just arrived (USED) Huss & Dalton have established themselves as top builders and this traditional dreadnought is a perfect example. AAA grade Brazilian rosewood and wide grain Adirondack spruce trimmed with herringbone purfling. If you are looking for a modern guitar with a powerful bluegrass sound, here she is. It's the classic "herringbone" guitar you've always dreamed of owning. This guitar has a GREAT wide open sound. It is locomotive LOUD and it has bluegrass ka-changg like a pre-war. It has the vintage profile neck (2 and 9/32" saddle spacing and 1 and 3/4" nut width.)The guitar is two years old but could almost pass for new, but it sounds old. On consignment. | $5,750 | |||
| Huss & Dalton | OO-SP custom | Just arrived (USED) Of all the builders we carry, we feel Huss & Dalton does the best job of the classic 12 fret OO model, and this one is a perfect example. OO in rosewood with a Sitka spruce top, slotted headstock with torch inlay, and Greven pickguard added. This great little OO can go fingerstyle blues, even old-timey with a flatpick and not get cranky. Optional 1 and 3/4" nut width makes it user-friendly. Standard 2 and 5/16" saddle spacing, pyramid bridge, and upgraded curly KOA binding and the bronze 3 on-a-tree Waverly tuners. Very nice! Traded here on a Bourgeois guitar. | $2,950 | |||
| Martin |
OO-12 Mad Rose 1833 Series |
Just arrived (Used) Exc. + condition. A beautiful and extremely good sounding OO-12 fret from the good folks in Nazareth, PA. A Martin 1833 series beauty. Madagascar Rosewood, Adirondack spruce, 12 frets, 1 and 11/16" nut width, pyramid bridge, slotted headstock. Very Limited Edition. One of eight. Nice warm tone, plays like butter. Was $3,750 - New lower price | $3,450 | |||
| Martin | D-42 | Just arrived (Used) Exc. condition. Recent D-42 serial # 123xxxx) Great sounding, nicely set up D-42. Probably our favorite Martin model, the D-42, this one an excellent example. Nice neck, classic Martin sound. ON CONSIGNMENT Was $2,950 - New lower price. | $2,750 | |||
| Martin | D-28 Marquis | Just arrived (Used) Exc. condition. Recent D-28 Marquis serial # 119xxxx) Very (very) clean Martin D28 Marquis with Adirondack spruce top. Nice neck, classic Martin sound. ON CONSIGNMENT. Great Bluegrass guitar - good all around player. Nice. | $2,750 | |||
| Martin |
D-45 sunburst |
(Used) Exc. condition. A beautiful *SUNBURST* D-45(unusual to say the least to see a sunburst D-45) from the venerable Martin custom shop. A 1984 Martin - truss rod equipped, and 24 years young. Great sounding, nicely set up D-45. Recent neck set, bridge work, and re-fret. Nice tall saddle, new frets, plays like butter. If you've always wanted one - and you know you have - here's a real nice one. Set up for flatpicking with light gauge strings. Great strummer or songwriter's guitar. A *great* stage guitar. Quite rare and quite nice. New lower price. | $5,450 | |||
| Merrill Brothers | OM-18 | Just arrived (USED) (EXC.++) A Merrill Brothers OM-18 (MB OM-18 serial # 162 to be exact) - It's a fact. Jim Merrill builds one of the highest quality reproductions of a vintage OM-18 ever made. It generally takes a very long time to get a Merrill, but it is worth the wait. It will be a pleasure to handle this consignment. Just one of the finest vintage style guitars we've ever come across. We've taken close up photos, but the person who buys this won't buy it for its looks. It's all about tone. Don't get me wrong, it looks great with fit and finish at a very high level, but it is pretty plain looking. It just looks like a 1932 OM-18, that's all. Oh, and it sounds like one too. Really, it's all that and a bag of chips. | SOLD | |||
| Merrill Brothers | OM-18 sunburst | Just arrived (USED) (EXC.) Another Merrill Brothers OM-18 - It's a fact. Jim Merrill builds one of the highest quality reproductions of a vintage OM-18 ever made. The last Merrill we had caused quite a stir and made believers of us all. Here comes another one, sunburst this time. Wanna play? Merrill builds a guitar that looks, sounds, and feels, EXACTLY like a vintage Martin. Moe had a 1932 Martin OM-18sb here ($26,500) and the Merrill OM-18sb (dark amber burst) looks like it, feels like it, and sounds as good or better. All the others (We have Collings OM1, OM1A, OM1ss and Bourgeois custom OM and Huss and Dalton TOM-A here) have less woof in the bottom and less warmth than a Martin (and a Merrill) but all have stronger mids and stronger trebles than the Martin and Merrill. The Merrill has the *same* scooped mids, strong bass, and relatively weak (let's call them "soft") trebles of the Martin. The Merrill sounds and feels like an old guitar. The neck feel is identical to the 1932 Martin. It is a superlative example of a vintage recreation. It (here comes the wit) does not have an original bone in its entire body (except a truss rod) as it is a reverse engineered (hate that term) *perfect* interpretation (better term) of a 1930's Martin. Priced to sell quickly. The Merrill is a 2002, serial # 000273 | $5,150 | |||
| Miller | Model D | (Used) Exc.+ condition. Basically new. Coming in on consignment - mahogany dreadnought. A VERY 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.On consignment. | $3,250 | |||
| Olson | Olson SJ | Just arrived (Used) Exc.++ condition. 2000 Olson SJ. Rosewood and cedar with tortoise binding, abalone top purfling, 1 and 3/4" nut width and standard (Olson installed) passive pickup. Basically a James Taylor model without cutaway and without wood binding. As guitars go, they don't get much better: Perfect fit and finish, dazzling woods, and great playability. Schaller tuners with ebony knobs. Near mint (looks unplayed) condition. Plays beautifully and sounds magnificent. On consignment. | SOLD | |||
| Rockbridge | OM/OOO Brazilian Rosewood | Just arrived (USED) (EXC.) A 2007 Rockbridge. Our first Rockbridge. This one has some fine straight grain Brazilian rosewood, a very thin finish, and some very fine Adirondack spruce on top. We're just getting to know it, but we'll say it is a delightfully even sounding guitar with a smoothness and warmth that immediately distinguishes it. The short scale makes it a very easy player and the Gibsonesque neck has an oil varnish satin finish. Some very well thought out features. We've spoken with Brian Calhoun, the builder, and he tells us that this guitar used his very highest grade woods. This guitar sold new in 2007 for $7,000. Used, it was priced at $5,250. It is now priced at $4,950 - a great price for a Brazilian rosewood guitar. | $4,950 | |||
| Santa Cruz | F | Just arrived (USED) (EXC.) The Santa Cruz model F. A mid jumbo (J185) style guitar, this one with East Indian rosewood back and sides and sitka spruce top with nickel Schaller tuners. Excellent condition, nice sound, plays great. On consignment. New lower price. | $2,350 | |||
| Santa Cruz | Tony Rice Pro | Just arrived (USED) (EXC. ) We don't take a lot of Santa Cruz guitars here, but you can bet that when we do, we cherry pick the *very* best sounding ones. Here is a model that almost always reminds us of just how good the folks at Santa Cruz can be when they put their minds to it: a Tony Rice *Pro* model with wildly figured Brazilian rosewood and fine European spruce top. The TR Pro is built to Tony Rice's specs (slightly shorter scale, sharp "V" neck, enlarged soundhole, etc.) and is a remarkably warm and traditional sounding guitar. Sounds like an old Brazilian Martin. This one has a few light dings and scratches and one finish crack on the side (that does *not* penetrate the wood at all) and it has a strap button installed on the heel - not our favorite location - so all in all this guitar, though collectible, probably appeals more to the *player* than the *collector* - go figure. And what a "player" she is! The guitar of a lifetime for someone. Consigned here while the customer contemplates a new custom Collings City Limits electric guitar.. Nice price! | $5,250 | |||
| Santa Cruz | OO 12 fret | Just arrived (USED) (EXC. +) Another great used guitar from a very good customer. This is a Santa Cruz OO (12 fret short scale) #130, dating it to 2002. Santa Cruz is well known for the Tony Rice model dreadnought and their OM guitars. Our favorites have always been their model H and 12 fret dreads and small bodies. Very lightly crafted, with lots of subtlety. This is an exceptionally good sounding guitar. Quite bluesy, the sound is perfectly balanced. Sitka top, slotted headstock, 1 and 3/4" nut width, extremely fine condition overall with one ding on the headstock. A great little fingerstyle blues box or parlor guitar. Professionally set up with low action and light gauge strings. VERY nice. Traded here on a Collings mandolin. New lower price. | $2,650 | |||
| Recent Arrivals - BANJOS | ||||||
| Chuck Lee Banjo Company | Cottonwood Original 12" custom | Just arrived (NEW) Dobson-style tone ring , curly (and we mean "curly") 12" 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 young woman in the moonshadow inlay, offset abalone dot fret markers, fretboard scalloped beginning after 17th fret, Waverly geared tuning pegs, dots, No Knot tailpiece, and a Renaissance head. Chuck found and reserved for us some of the greatest select upgraded CURLY (did we say "curly"?) maple for this banjo. You just gotta see it to believe it. This thing is like Tony the Tiger. Fries? Make mine curly, thank you. Thanks to Chuck for this amazing banjo. What great mellow and rounded tone. A shop favorite, for sure. List Price $3,397 | $3,049 | |||
| Chuck Lee Banjo Company | Ovilla Vintage 11 | Just arrived (NEW) Our favorite open back banjos continue to be the Chuck Lee banjos - this one is serial # 460 and is carved from some beautiful walnut. From Chuck's "vintage" series, this banjo features a traditional quarter moon headstock design and Peghead brand tuners. A simple banjo with elegance and tone in abundance. Nice! List price $2,230 | $1,999 | |||
| 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 over 450 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. With case, priced to sell quickly! | SOLD | |||
| Chuck Lee Banjo Company | Glen Rose Vintage 11 | Just arrived (NEW) 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 in his new "vintage" style ( simpler inlay, Peghead tuners) but we have dressed this one up with curly maple ($300) and a bracket band ($335) List price as configured, with case: $3,235 Fresh pics! | $2,897 | |||
| Fender | Artist | Just arrived (USED) Circa 1970 - American made Fender Artist banjo. 5 string resonator, professional grade bluegrass strle banjo. Owned and consigned here by a professional player, this is a walnut banjo that stands toe to toe with many modern professional 5 strings. It's loud and bright with a nice neck. The condition is excellent, with hard shell case. Well set up - ready for the festival. | $1,975 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Chuck Lee Banjo Company | Chalk Mountain Vintage 12 | Just arrived (NEW) Another beauty - this one a walnut Chalk Mountain model with a sweet earthy tone with nice thwack and pop. Walnut neck and walnut rim, Peghead tuners, Nice! List price as configured, with case: $2,795 | $2,515 | |||
| OME |
Bright Angel - open back Blue |
Just Arrived and positvely magnificent! (NEW) 11" traditional open back with Silverspun brass tone ring in OME's shaded blue finish. We've waited a year for this banjo. It was worth the wait. A spectacular looking banjo with a mix of gold and silver parts and a musical ring and sparkle that is different from everyting else in the shop. Gold 11" Silver Spun tone ring. Just a magnificent banjo!! $4,370 Took a year to arrive - Didn't last a week! SOLD (BB) | SOLD | |||
| OME |
Bright Angel - Bluegrass Blue |
Just Arrived (NEW) Similar to the open back blue Bright Angel above, this study in banjo-perfection is a bluegrass-ready resonator version of the OME Bright Angel 5-string banjo. Nickel hardware, Blue for Bluegrass....list price $4,850 | $4,365 | |||
| 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 | |||
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