The Guild F-512 was originally made in the Westerly, R.I., plant, at first as a special order model to supplement the slightly smaller F-312 and then standardized as a response to Gibson’s super jumbo guitars; it is...

This wonderful Guild 12-string F-112NT guitar was apparently made in the fabled Westerly, Rhode Island, plant in early 1970, judging from its serial number (OA1176) and the Guild website. It features a full jumbo body...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

This veteran Guild D-50 Bluegrass Special dreadnought guitar was made in Guild’s Westerly, Rhode Island, plant in 1992, judging from its serial number (D500846) and the Guild website. The D-50 was a rosewood version of...

While most folks reading this description already know much more about banjos than I do, a brief history of the Rettburg & Lange Orpheum banjo company of New York might be useful to some. The company dates back to 1897,...

Many companies sprang up in Japan and other Asian countries starting in the late '60s making quality copies of popular American guitars for the folk/rock music market of the time, frequently the same models under a...

When Kazuo Yairi began designing and hand-crafting these guitars in the 1960’s, he was deliberately competing with Martin, Gibson, and Guild for the higher end guitar market in the U.S. This DY-45 Natural “Wood Ridge”...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

This 1999 Larrivee C-10E Rosewood Deluxe is a highly appointed gloss finish guitar from the studio of Jean Larrivee, one of the early pioneers of custom guitar-making, and like all modern Larrivee guitars it is...

The Gibson Heritage dreadnought was manufactured at the famed Kalamazoo plant from 1965-1982, significantly featuring spectacular Brazilian rosewood backs and sides on the 1965-1967 models. In many respects, the...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

The Epiphone “Texan” FT-79 is the successor to the brand's acclaimed '40s flattops. Right after Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957, the company redesigned those '40s flattops to incorporate some of the design elements of...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...

The Martin 000-16GT Auditorium acoustic guitar is part of the “16” series of Martin guitars which combine modern guitar specifications with the famous Martin quality and sound. The 000-16GT is the Glossy Top version,...

I have been encouraged to list my entire current inventory of guitars, even though it is constantly changing and I have not yet taken pictures or written full descriptions of many of them. As you can see, I generally...