Mahogany

Ron Belanger M12 12 String Guitar, 2008

On September 4, 2019 /

The Belanger M12 comes from the workshop of Ron Belanger near Orillia, Ontario, between lakes Simcoe and Couchiching. A woodworker for many years, Belanger started building guitars in 1998, and also builds Irish Bouzoukis and resophonic guitars. His influences clearly include top Canadian luthiers including Grit Laskin.

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Gibson Herb Ellis Plus ES-165 Sunburst, 2004

On August 31, 2019 /

Signature models are sometimes unusual, as is the case with the Gibson Herb Ellis Plus – the two pickup version of the Herb Ellis ES-165, built from 1991 to 2013. The late Herb Ellis was one of the more prominent American Jazz guitarists, and his 1943 spot in Glen Gray’s Casa Loma Orchestra (that name is meaningful to those in Toronto, but it seems the band is not related to the Gothic Casa Loma mansion) brought him to the attention of the jazz world.

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Lowden L25 Jumbo Steel String Guitar, 1989

On August 28, 2019 /

This Lowden L25 is in good working order, and dates to 1989 at the shop in Bangor, County Down. It is built using a Red Cedar top paired with Indian Rosewood for the rather deep sides, back, neck stiffeners, head plate and bridge, with Mahogany for the neck and Ebony for the unbound fingerboard. The bridge is a pinless design, with the strings loading through the back edge of the bridge. Tuners are gold plated, with Lowden logos and faux pearloid buttons.

Vintage

This instrument has sold

C. A. Potter Criterion Guitar, Circa 1905

On August 28, 2019 /

Tags: acoustic, C. A. Potter, Canada, cleveland, criterion, guitar, ladder brace, made in USA, mahogany, Martin acoustic, ohio, OOO-28, rosewood, spruce, stauffer, steel string, The Twelfth Fret, toronto, Vintage

There isn’t a lot of information about C. A. Potter Criterion guitars but these were built around 1905 in Cleveland, Ohio. This was a higher-end instrument with features taken from other makers. Notably, the neck and head joints show significant influence from the Martin-Stauffer instruments built around the 1830s. It’s interesting how some of the features found on these early instruments have come back in improved form. On the Potter Criterion, there is a bolt through the heel to secure the neck joint – an arrangement used in a slightly different way by many modern builders including Taylor.

Vintage

This instrument has sold

Guild Aristocrat M75 Sunburst, 2017

On August 27, 2019 /

The Guild Aristocrat M75 appeared in 1954, a new instrument from the Guild Guitar company, formed in 2952 after the Epiphone strike and the factory’s move out of state. While electric guitars were new, the need for electric amplification was clear to everyone and new models and approaches appeared frequently. Guild produced the Aristocrat M75 until 1963.

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SOLD!! Bacon and Day Super Tenor Banjo, 1927

On August 26, 2019 /

It’s always interesting to see vintage pieces like this Bacon and Day Super Tenor banjo, built around 1927 at the Bacon Banjos shop in Boston, Massachusetts. The Super Tenor was built from 1920 to 1927. From 1906 to 1920, noted musician Fredrick Bacon sold banjos under his own name. In 1921, he partnered with David Day and while the company name remained Bacon, many instruments were branded Bacon and Day. Bacon, and Bacon and Day, operated independently until 1940 when they were purchased by Gretsch; the line was discontinued in 1967.

Vintage

This instrument has sold

Mahogany

Ron Belanger M12 12 String Guitar, 2008

Gibson Herb Ellis Plus ES-165 Sunburst, 2004

Lowden L25 Jumbo Steel String Guitar, 1989

C. A. Potter Criterion Guitar, Circa 1905

Guild Aristocrat M75 Sunburst, 2017

SOLD!! Bacon and Day Super Tenor Banjo, 1927

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