Steel String

Larrivee LS 09 Small Body Steel String Natural, 2000

On February 15, 2020 /

The Larrivee LS 09 uses the Larrivee Small body design – half an inch shallower, an inch narrower at the lower bout, half an inch narrower at the waist, but .2 inches wider at the upper bout. Otherwise, construction is very similar to the full size L body. As an ’09’ level guitar, the Larrivee LS 09 uses a Sitka Spruce top paired with Indian Rosewood for the sides and back, Mahogany for the body blocks and neck,and Ebony for the head plate, bridge and grained ivoroid-bound fingerboard.

Used

This instrument has sold

Larrivee LSV-11 Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar, 2006

On February 13, 2020 /

Designed with fingerstyle players in mind, the Larrivee LSV-11 features a slightly smaller, cutaway L body with a relatively short 24.8 inch scale length. This early Larrivee LSV-11 example dates to August 11, 2006 and was built at the Larrivee shop in Oxnard, California. It features the cutaway LS body and pairs a Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood for the back and sides, Mahogany for the body blocks, linings and neck, and Ebony for the pyramid-style bridge and ivoroid-bound fingerboard.

Used

This instrument has sold

Martin 00018 Standard Series Steel String Guitar, 2019

On February 12, 2020 /

Here we’re looking at a Martin 00018 Standard Series steel string guitar in nearly-new condition, built during 2019 at the Martin plant in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. It is very clean, with no appreciable wear of any kind. Almost ideal for fingerstyle playing, the Martin 00018 Standard delivers a very even harmonic representation, with lots of top end sparkle

Used

This instrument has sold

Gibson 1942 Banner J-45, Vintage Sunburst Limited Edition

On February 12, 2020 /

The Gibson 1942 Banner J-45 reproduces in as many ways as possible the initial 1942 models. I have to say that Gibson’s done a fantastic job in designing and building this guitar. It’s very light, as the originals were, and uses thermally aged Adirondack Spruce for the top, and Mahogany for the rest of the guitar, except for the Indian Rosewood bridge and Fingerboard. This model does have a truss rod; from time to time during the war, Gibson would run out of the steel rod, and some of their guitars from the era didn’t get them.

New

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Sold‼ Takamine DSF48C Santa Fe Steel String, 2002

On February 11, 2020 /

The Takamine DSF48c Santa Fe is now discontinued, but replaced by the TSF48c – the difference is in the installed preamp, while the rest of the guitar is unchanged. Takamine was one of the first companies to market a successful pickup-equipped steel string guitar, and one of their key developments was with the preamp and EQ systems. For a time, it seemed every Country stage had at least one Takamine.

Used

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Martin D-21 Dreadnought Brazilian Rosewood, 1958

On February 10, 2020 /

Built from 1955 to 1969, the Martin D-21 was a bridge between the Mahogany D-18 and the Rosewood D-28 models, with Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides but without extra binding or decoration. Martin stopped building the D-21 about the same time their stocks of Brazilian Rosewood were exhausted, and demand for the model was not enough to justify shifting it to Indian Rosewood.

Vintage

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Steel String

Larrivee LS 09 Small Body Steel String Natural, 2000

Larrivee LSV-11 Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar, 2006

Martin 00018 Standard Series Steel String Guitar, 2019

Gibson 1942 Banner J-45, Vintage Sunburst Limited Edition

Sold‼ Takamine DSF48C Santa Fe Steel String, 2002

Martin D-21 Dreadnought Brazilian Rosewood, 1958

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