This is a very nice condition early Gibson ES-137 Classic model dating to March 22, 2022 at Memphis Tennessee; this model was built from 2002 to 2015. The Gibson ES-137 was launched in 2002 and combines the looks of the ES-175 and the performance practicalities of the ES-335 lineup.
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The Gibson F9 mandolin is a ‘no frills’ model featuring a carved and tuned spruce top and flame maple back, flame maple sides and neck, and an Ebony fingerboard, bridge and head plate with Mother of Pearl script Gibson logo. Only the top is bound, and the instrument sports a satin finish in a vintage brown tint. As stock, there is no pickguard.
This Larrivee L-10 Rosewood was built during 2002 in Oxnard California, within a year of the opening of that shop. The L series has been built since the 1980’s and shows Larrivee’s classical guitar influence, producing a full and well balanced tone.
There’s a small mystery around this Gibson ES-339s Compact Thinline built in Memphis in the meaning of the ‘s’ after the ES-339 on the label. A first suspicion is to indicate a Spruce top, but that’s not the case here; the top, like the back and sides, is Maple laminate.
This Vicente Carrillo Pasion Flamenco Negra model, was built during 2014 in Casasimarro, Cuenca Spain where his family has built since 1744; Vicente is the seventh generation. Casasimarro is roughly between Madrid and Valencia, about 220km southeast of Madrid. Vicente Carrillo has been building instruments all his working life.
Now discontinued, the Mahogany Grand Symphony Taylor 526ce has featured both Venetian (rounded) and Florentine (sharp) cutaways over its life. Dating to March 05 2015, this Taylor 526ce is in very good, original condition with only very minor wear.