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Updated 8-10-10

Instruments On Order

Martin 00-18V- 00 size 14 fret guitar with vintage appointments. Features a solid Sitka Spruce top with aging toner, solid genuine Mahogany back & sides, solid Black Ebony fretboard/ bridge/ heelcap, standard “x” scalloped bracing, tortoise binding, modified v vintage style neck, bone nut and vintage long saddle, Gotoh Nickel open-backed butterbean tuners, 1 3/4” nut width, 2 1/4” saddle spacing, beveled tortoise pickguard. Includes 534 Geib style case. 

August 2010

List Price $3,349 Our Price $2,519  

Martin 000-18 Norman Blake- The signature model of this great musician and songwriter. Hand signed and designed by the man himself. This unique guitar has a 000-14 fret body, but with a 12 fret neck giving it a short scale of 24.9”. Features a solid Italian Alpine Spruce top, solid genuine Mahogany back and sides, solid Black Ebony fretboard/ pyramid bridge/ pins, solid Rosewood Golden Era style headplate, Blake’s unique top bracing pattern, tortoise binding, style 28 rosette, modified V neck with 30’s style heel, Waverly Nickel tuners with ivoroid butterbean knobs, bone nut and vintage long saddle, 1 13/16” nut width, 2 5/16” saddle spacing, Delmar beveled tortoise pickguard. Includes 532 Geib style hardshell case. About the Norman Blake Martin.

August 2010

List Price $4,699 Our Price $3,529  

Bourgeois D-150 -Brazilian/ Adirondack/ Hide Glue- Featuring Dana's unique, single-scalloped X brace system, Premium Brazilian rosewood back and sides and premium Adirondack spruce top, the D-150 delivers a blend of balance and clarity absolutely required for bluegrass (and highly desirable for most other styles of playing!) --but rarely found in a contemporary dreadnought. Elegantly appointed with an abalone rosette, triple layer ivoroid body, fretboard and headstock binding, side purfling, fossilized ivory slotted squares and diamonds inlay, Gold Waverly tuners, Ebony fretboard and bridge, bone nut/ saddle/ pins, 1 23/32” nut.

mid August 2010

List Price $8,195 Our Price $7,375  

Martin LX1E Little Martin- Acoustic/ Electric short scale small body Martin features solid Sitka Spruce top, Mahogany HPL back and sides, solid East Indian Rosewood fretboard and bridge, Fishman Isys T Active pickup system, 23” scale length, 1 11/16” nut width. Includes embroidered Martin padded gigbag.

August 2010

List Price $499 Our Price $369  

Stelling Golden Cross 5 String Banjo- Fancy Curly Maple neck and resonator with golden sunburst stain and German hand made red and gold Maple purfling, full binding, Ebony fretboard, abalone fretboard and headstock inlays with gold celtic cross and truss rod cover on headstock, Tony Pass 600TS “Old Wood” Rim. Includes deluxe hardshell case.

September 2010

List Price $4,850 Our Price $4,199  

Bourgeois Small Jumbo Maple Custom- Brand new model from Dana Bourgeois. All custom features on this amazing new guitar are: highly Flamed Maple back/sides and neck( a rare offering from Dana, and always the best, most exquisite Maple), Adirondack top, Cocobolo binding, Triple bound purfling, Gold Waverly tuners, Fossil Walrus Ivory bridge pins, Brazilian headstock overlay, and Tortoise Fire Stripe pickguard. Standard features are Ebony fretboard and bridge, tiny dot inlay, 25” short scale, 1 23/32” nut width, 2.2” saddle spacing, and bone nut and saddle.

September 2010

List Price $5195 Our Price $4,675  

Bourgeois Vintage D- Adirondack Spruce Top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Nickel Waverly tuners, herringbone purfling, Ebony fretboard and bridge, ivoroid body binding, 1 23/32” nut, 25.5” scale length.

September 2010

List Price $3,895 Our Price $3,465  

Collings SJ Indian Sunburst Custom- This custom Collings ‘small jumbo” features East Indian Rosewood back and sides for more punch and tone while still retaining that midrange response the SJ is known for, a Sitka Spruce top with their awesome sunburst, custom gold Waverly tuners, Honduran Mahogany neck, Ebony fretboard/ bridge/ peghead veneer & pins, grained ivoroid bingings and rosette, double-bound fretboard and peghead, multi-color mosaic backstrip, modern diamond fretboard and peghead inlays, and 1 11/16” nut. Pictures last one.

September 2010

List Price $5,100 Our Price $4,590  

Bourgeois 00 Custom DB Sunburst- This one is going to be great. We can hardly wait! This 14 fret 25” short scale is made with Dana’s last set of great marbled Indian Rosewood with a sunburst Adirondack Red Spruce Top. Features DB Signature appointments: Dana’ sig. hand made purfling/ rosette and back strip, Koa binding, Gold Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons, and Ivory square and diamond fretboard inlays. Other specs include Ebony fretboard and pyramid bridge, bone nut and saddle, 1 3/4” nut and 2 5/16” saddle spacing.

September 2010

List Price $4,795 Our Price $4,315  

Collings MT2 Varnish ‘A’ Mandolin- Select Adirondack top, Premium Flamed Maple back/ sides/ neck, full high gloss varnish finish, Ebony radiused fretboard/ bridge/ peghead overlay, bound Ebony pickguard, grained ivoroid bound body/ neck/ peghead/ pickguard, Mother-of-Pearl logo and dots, Abalone Flourish peghead inlay, bone nut, hand-engraved Collings tailpiece, Gold Tuners, 1 1/8” nut width, 13 7/8” scale length. Includes deluxe hardshell case.

November 2010

List Price $4,700 Our Price $4,230  

Bourgeois OM Cutaway Custom Brazilian/ Bearclaw Italian/ Sunburst Hide Glue- Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Heavy Bearclaw Italian Alpine Spruce Sunburst top, Hide Glue construction, Zircote binding, lots more. This ones gonna kill.

November 2010

List Price $8,295 Our Price $7,465  

Martin D-42 Blackwood Limited Edition (only 10)- Flamed Tasmanian Blackwood back and sides, Adirondack spruce top, 42 Style Abalone top inlay, 45 Style Abalone rosette, European Flamed Maple bound body and neck/endpiece/heelcap, Abalone Torch headstock inlay, 42 style Golden Era Snowflakes fretboard inly, standard ‘X’ Golden Era style forward-shifted scalloped bracing, Modified V neck style, Black Ebony fretboard/ 1930’s belly bridge/headplate, bone nut/long saddle/pins with Abalone dots, Gold open-geared tuners with C.F. Martin logo engraved butterbean knobs, 13/4” nut, 2 5/16” saddle spacing, 25.4” scale. Signed by C.F.Martin IV, includes 545E Geib style slate grey hardshell case.

November 2010

List Price $9,999, Our Price $7,500  

Collings 16” Archtop- Fully Carved Adirondack or European spruce top, Premium flame maple back/sides/neck, Mortise and tenon neck joint, fully adjustable truss rod, Ivoroid-bound Ebony fingerboard, Ivoroid-bound peghead with Ebony veneer, Mother-of-pearl dot fingerboard inlays, high gloss lacquer finish, Ivoroid-bound Ebony floating pickguard, Collings custom Trapeeze-style tailpiece with nickel plating, Adjustable Collings Ebony bridge, Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 25.5” scale length and 1 11/16” nut.

2011/2012

List Price $9,000 Our Price $8,500