Built from 2007 to 2012, the Taylor GA3 served as an entry point to the Grand Auditorium line, pairing a Sitka Spruce for the top and braces, with Sapele for the sides and back.
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Here’s a very nice, well preserved long scale Larrivee Classical Guitar built during 1975 in Toronto, in one of the last locations before the growing company moved to Victoria B.C. This Jean Larrivee classical guitar features a Sitka Spruce top paired with Indian Rosewood for the back, sides, head plate and bridge.
This Oscar Munoz AP72 Classical Guitar dates to May of 2019 and sports a French Polish finish over European Spruce, Indian Rosewood and Spanish Cedar. Typical of hand built models from Granada, this guitar is built in the Spanish style with an integrated ‘slipper’ heel neck to body joint. The top and top bracing are European Spruce, paired with Indian Rosewood for the sides, back and bridge.
Here’s a fantastic piece from early 1959, a Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet in Black Top finish. Just after this guitar was built, Gretsch altered the design to add a zero fret to the fingerboard. This is a great looking, playing and sounding guitar. It is one of the lightest electrics available at just over seven pounds (3.2kg), it plays well, and these Filter ‘Tron pickups are very good sounding. Introduced in 1954 just after the solid body, Pine capped 6130 Roundup, the chambered Duo Jet was aimed directly at Gibson’s Les Paul model, with a similar shape but very different yet hidden construction differences.
Here we’re looking at a Gibson Style A ‘Snakehead’ Black-top mandolin in A-1 trim from 1927 in overall good and largely original condition. The ‘Snakehead’ term refers to the tapered headstock, an innovation by Lloyd Loar that reduced string friction at the nut. ‘Snakehead’ models were built from 1923 to 1927.
The Boucher HG-26 OOO 12-Fret is a spectacular guitar, featuring a torrefied AAAA grade Adirondack Spruce top and African Bubinga back and sides. This Boucher HG-26 OOO example dates to 2019 and was built at the Boucher shop in Berthier-sur-Mer, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River and just east of Quebec City. This is a beautiful area where Red Spruce grows naturally, at the north end of the Adirondack Mountain chain