April 2, 2014
You know, sometimes our little parlor guitars just scream out to be …well something different.
To that end, that’s exactly what we’ve done here. The P90, the gilded paint work, the roadwearing, all come together to make something truly unique. Some will love it, some, not so much, but boring she is not.
For those who choose to love this one off vintage treasure
Category Acoustic Guitars, Slide Guitars | Tags: acoustic,beaten,brisbane,guitar,Harmony,lap steel,old,slide guitar,stella,unique,vintage,worn | Comments Off on Stella Harmony Lapsteel
April 2, 2014
Made by the Richter guitar co. of Chicago, this little baby is one of the most beautiful sounding parlors that we’ve restored. Vintage tone with exceptional volume, coupled with incredible playability. Everything has been done here. Re built and re braced. Amazing mid range punch whilst keeping the highs and lows in the mix
inc case
Category Acoustic Guitars | Tags: 1940's,acoustic,american,brisbane,old,parlor,rebraced,resonant,restored,richter,sell,serenader,vintage | Comments Off on 1942 Serenader Parlor Guitar
March 26, 2014
As with a lot of broken headstocks this happened sometime between the guitar being put into airplane baggage and retrieving it from airplane baggage. Needless to say the owner was not impressed. But all is not lost, things can be done!
Category Repair info | Tags: american,break,brisbane,broken,guild,guitar,headstock repair,heritage,luthierie,old,pre-war,reglue,repair,restoration,sale,vintage | Comments Off on Broken Headstock Repair
March 18, 2014
Can you believe it! This beautiful vintage 1962 Harmony Rocket had been sitting around the shop in a half finished state for over 2 years, owing the fact that John was so daunted by the prospect of re wiring her, that it sat in the “too hard” basket.
until now…
Finally here she is, freshly re wired, re fretted and ready to go. The super slim neck will be a treasure for those with, shall we say “petite hands” or maybe not. The Gold top pick ups are surprisingly fat and the tone is warm and woody.
Category Electric - All Guitars, Electric - Hollow Body, Electric - Solid Body | Tags: 1962,1962 harmony rocket,acoustic,american,archtop,brisbane,chicago,electric,guitar,Harmony,heritage,hollow body,luthier,old,pre-war,repairers,restoration,rocket,sale,vintage | Comments Off on 1962 Harmony Rocket
March 13, 2014
A shiny, lovely 1977 Fender Telecaster Deluxe. What can we say that hasn’t been said about this little classic?
The fat, warm tone of the wide range humbuckers are offset by the one piece maple neck and northern ash body. This guitar is original in every way real stunner with street cred to burn.
Category Electric - All Guitars, Electric - Solid Body | Tags: 1977,american,brisbane,deluxe,fender,heritage,maple,northern ash,old,original,pre-war,rare,restoration,sale,telecaster,vintage | Comments Off on 1977 Fender Telecaster Deluxe
January 8, 2014
National Bluegrass 35 compact resonator C. 1963 with molded Reso-glass body.
The First time I ever saw one of these cutie’s was back in 1992 at a Deborah Conway Gig. Deb was cute, however her Reso glass took the cuteness and “cred” factor to a whole new level. As you can tell it left quite an impression on me, even though most of you, dear readers weren’t born at that stage. I coveted one then and still covet one now. If I could “back door” it without the little lady finding out. Listen to the intro of this song and you’ll get an idea of what our little girl sounds like, please excuse the second rate audio.
Category Acoustic Guitars, Slide Guitars | Tags: 1963,35,american,awesome,bluegrass,brisbane,fiberglass,heritage,national,old,pre-war,reso-glass,resonator,restoration,sale,vintage | Comments Off on National Bluegrass 35