This is the very first Vintage Model R Gloss Paul Beard has shipped, and evokes the resonator guitars of the 1930’s with growling bass and clear bright trebles.
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Based closely on the banjo made for Leon Hunt, this beautiful example of the Nechville Phantom Curly Maple Leon Hunt Banjo features curly maple and cocobolo. The wooden tone ring combined with a mix of steel and nylon ball bearings gives the warm, fat tone of the famous Nechville ‘Zeus’ model. The attractive honey amber on the metal components is a limited run finish.
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This wonderful instrument uses Madagascar rosewood, which has many of the visual and tonal qualities of Brazilian, but isn’t endangered. It has the typical, lush and full Martin sound and the slightly slimmer ‘performance’ neck profile is very easy to get around on. The herringbone purfling and grained ivoroid binding are a very nice touch.
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he new master model KM-1500 from Kentucky uses the finest, most highly figured Michigan Maple combined with the whitest, most fine-grained Adirondack Spruce. These solid woods are meticulously hand carved and graduated — just as were the fabled originals of the early ’20s — to achieve the finest tone quality and volume possible in a new instrument. The delicately shaded Cremona sunburst finish is as close to the originals as you will ever see.
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Steve Huber is a unique individual; a superb player who is also a gifted Luthier and technician. Among his many achievements, this incredible “renaissance man” built his own forge and developed an authentic replica of the iconic prewar Gibson flathead tone ring, duplicating the alloy and pouring techniques from the 1930s era.
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