Resonator and Slide Guitars - Steels and ...   Ukes  

GF - 00026 1936 Gibson HG L Century Hawaiian Flat Top Guitar     EXC ++   Here's an incredible specimen. This guitar has a huge deep bright sound and absolutely sings. And it is in amazing all original condition. You could convert it to regular Spanish style but it is such an original gem and sounds so great Hawaiian style (and the neck is huge) that it seems a shame so we're selling it in its original configuration. Absolutely crack free with no issues. Sunburst spruce top and beautiful flamey maple back and sides. Big round "C" profile mahogany neck has a subtle dark sunburst. Perfect bridge, pickguard, original tuning pegs. Pearloid peghead with rosewood inset and the pearl "Gibson" logo and fancy slotted diamond inlaid into that. The fingerboard receives the same pearloid with inlaid rosewood and pearl treatment. The endpin is gone but not needed for lap playing. It has its original case in tattered but functional condition. So many of these guitars have been converted that it is a joy to find an all original one in such splendid condition that sounds so good.
Price:   $5250.00

LS - 00037 1939 Gibson EH- 185 Lap Steel     VG++   Here's the rare one with the aluminum headstock that becomes an aluminum slab that runs the whole length of the instrument under the fingerboard and surfacing on the body to surround the triple bound Charlie Christian pickup. The back has factory non slip paint. And it has the wonderful tweed hard shell case with the racing stripes we love so well.
Price:   $2195.00

KA - 0001 1934 Kay Wood Amplifying Guitar     EXC   Extremely rare all original example from the earliest years of the Kay Musical Instrument Company in Chicago. It's in beautiful condition and has a great woody 'resonant' sound just picked and really comes alive when you slide that bottleneck onto it. The top has a sunburst bound wooden coverplate under which is a wooden resonating chamber with a trough that 'feeds' the sound upward to the dual grille holes. It's a big guitar with a 15 3/4" lower bout and a 25 3/4" scale length. Nut width is 1 23/32". It is bound top, back and neck and it's sunburst all over, including the top and back as well as the sides and the back of the neck. It sports the patented Stromberg- Voisinette neck angle adjuster mechanism that actually allows you to change the neck angle without steam and glue and all the messy stuff. It has it's original tuning pegs and the headstock logo is in beautiful shape. It has been recently set up John Knutson and is in fine fettle. This is only the second one of these I've ever seen and it is an exceptional specimen. No case but we'll ship securely.
Price:   $3200.00

LS - 00030 1964 Supro Airline Eight     EXC   The classic tone in an eight string model with legs. And classic art deco styling to match that tone put out by the great pickup. Original tuning pegs and Lightning Bolt Supro Logo on the peghead. Original hard shell case is in pretty nice shape.
Price:   $975.00 Reduced: $750.00

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