1939 Prairie State Jumbo Euphonon
Description
* Seventeen Inches
* Fourteen Frets
* Pearl Body Trim
* "Bob" on the Peghead
* Pearl Engraved Fretboard and Bridge Inlays
By the Larson Brothers of Chicago. The Prairie State models have the unique attribute of a metal tube running through the body for extra support. This one comes from a later period than most, when their guitars were more modern. They were more into jumbo bodies and 14-fret necks with a greatly improved neck shape. This example has "Bob" inlaid on the peghead, which stood for the first owner, Bob Atcher, a successful cowboy singer, working on radio and TV in the early '50s. The guitar comes to us in excellent condition with a refinished top and sides, maybe the back. It's big - 17", but not deep, at 4" as was the practice of the Larsons through their whole career. I've come to agree: guitars need to be less deep. The Larsons were inventive and creative and followed their own noses, only taking the basics like body sizes and shapes from the style of the day and inventing stuff like laminated braces, doming tops and backs, the aforementioned metal tubes running through the body and the shallow body depth. As a result, Larsons have a unique sound of their own, lots of punch, a very out-front sound, a full tonal range with plenty of overtones across the range.
* Fourteen Frets
* Pearl Body Trim
* "Bob" on the Peghead
* Pearl Engraved Fretboard and Bridge Inlays
By the Larson Brothers of Chicago. The Prairie State models have the unique attribute of a metal tube running through the body for extra support. This one comes from a later period than most, when their guitars were more modern. They were more into jumbo bodies and 14-fret necks with a greatly improved neck shape. This example has "Bob" inlaid on the peghead, which stood for the first owner, Bob Atcher, a successful cowboy singer, working on radio and TV in the early '50s. The guitar comes to us in excellent condition with a refinished top and sides, maybe the back. It's big - 17", but not deep, at 4" as was the practice of the Larsons through their whole career. I've come to agree: guitars need to be less deep. The Larsons were inventive and creative and followed their own noses, only taking the basics like body sizes and shapes from the style of the day and inventing stuff like laminated braces, doming tops and backs, the aforementioned metal tubes running through the body and the shallow body depth. As a result, Larsons have a unique sound of their own, lots of punch, a very out-front sound, a full tonal range with plenty of overtones across the range.