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⚌Reduced‼ Epiphone Texan FT79N Steel String Natural, 1966

⚌Reduced‼ Epiphone Texan FT79N Steel String Natural, 1966

The Epiphone Texan FT79N – the N indicating a Natural finish on the top rather than Sunburst – was built as a slope shoulder dreadnought from 1958 to 1970 when Epiphone production ceased in the USA. The Epiphone FT79 was originally built from 1941 to 1958 as a square shoulder dreadnought with Walnut back and sides until 1949, and then with laminated Maple until the company was sold to Gibson in 1958.

Vintage
Price: $3,999.99 CAD $4,999.00 CAD
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❌SOLD❌ Larson Bros Prairie State Steel String Brazilian Natural, 1930s

❌SOLD❌  Larson Bros Prairie State Steel String Brazilian Natural, 1930s

Here’s a real beauty! This is a Larson Bros Prairie State steel string guitar, likely a Model 425 with a OOO sized body, Adirondack Spruce top paired with Brazilian Rosewood for the sides and back. It is likely that the bridge is a replacement – the original would have had engraved, inlaid stars on each of the bridge ‘wings’. The Larson Brothers, Carl and August, began working for the Robert Maurer guitar company in 1893. In 1900, Maurer decided to retire, and the Larsons and investors purchased the company. Over the years, Carl bought out the investors giving the brothers full control.

Vintage
Price: $0.00 CAD

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❌SOLD❌ Wildwood Paragon LH Left Handed 5-String Banjo, 2013

❌SOLD❌  Wildwood Paragon LH Left Handed 5-String Banjo, 2013

Here’s another rarity, a Wildwood Paragon LH, Left Handed 5-String banjo in Maple, built to order in early 2013. The Wildwood Paragon LH relies heavily on Maple, with flamed Maple for the neck, binding, maple laminated rim, and resonator.

Used
Price: $3,800.00 CAD $4,200.00 CAD

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❌SOLD❌ Gibson F-4 Oval Hole Mandolin Sunburst, 1916

❌SOLD❌  Gibson F-4 Oval Hole Mandolin Sunburst, 1916

Built from 1902 to 1934, the Gibson F-4 Oval Hole F-Style mandolin was the top of the line until 1922 when Lloyd Loar introduced the F-hole F-5 model. Both models were then built until 1943, when WW2 interrupted production. The Gibson F-4 and F-5 paired an Adirondack Spruce top with a carved figured Maple back.

Vintage
Price: $5,000.00 CAD

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❌SOLD❌ Gibson ES-175T Thin Archtop Electric Natural, 1976

❌SOLD❌  Gibson ES-175T Thin Archtop Electric Natural, 1976

The Gibson ES-175T is based on the classic full bodied ES175, but with sides just over half the thickness. This model appeared in Gibson Catalogs from 1976 to 1979. Before being discontinued, approximately 333 were shipped in the Natural finish seen here, Wine Red, and Sunburst.

Vintage
Price: $4,500.00 CAD

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❌SOLD❌ Gibson ES-350T Thinline Archtop Electric Wine Red, 1978

❌SOLD❌   Gibson ES-350T Thinline Archtop Electric Wine Red, 1978

The Gibson ES-350T (or ES-350TD to the early 1960s) is a thin-bodied, single cutaway fully hollow archtop electric built from 1955 to 1963 with a 23.5 inch scale length, and from 1977 to 1993 with a 25.5 inch scale. It started as the full-bodied, single-cutaway, 25.5 inch scale length single P-90 ES-350 Premiere in 1947. The ES-350 models were used by a number of top artists in the 1950s, most notably Chuck Berry. At introduction in 1955, the Gibson ES-350T shared several things with the also-new Byrdland, particularly the 23.5 inch scale length.

Vintage
Price: $3,950.00 CAD $4,500.00 CAD

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