Let's see some C&V guitars!
04-24-11, 06:25 PM
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All I can say is wow. Whudathunkit? Well, maybe it isn't surprising after all.
What defines a C&V guitar? (Hey, waitaminute, some of those pics aren't of guitars at all.) My oldest guitar is a Gibson J-50 I bought new when I graduated from high school in '66. My performance guitar is a Collings Clarence White made in May '89. My only other axe is a Fender Squier Bullet from '83 or '84. It doesn't get played much. Got no real pics of just the guitars though. Will have to remedy that.
What defines a C&V guitar? (Hey, waitaminute, some of those pics aren't of guitars at all.) My oldest guitar is a Gibson J-50 I bought new when I graduated from high school in '66. My performance guitar is a Collings Clarence White made in May '89. My only other axe is a Fender Squier Bullet from '83 or '84. It doesn't get played much. Got no real pics of just the guitars though. Will have to remedy that.
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All I can say is wow. Whudathunkit? Well, maybe it isn't surprising after all.
What defines a C&V guitar? (Hey, waitaminute, some of those pics aren't of guitars at all.) My oldest guitar is a Gibson J-50 I bought new when I graduated from high school in '66. My performance guitar is a Collings Clarence White made in May '89. My only other axe is a Fender Squier Bullet from '83 or '84. It doesn't get played much. Got no real pics of just the guitars though. Will have to remedy that.
What defines a C&V guitar? (Hey, waitaminute, some of those pics aren't of guitars at all.) My oldest guitar is a Gibson J-50 I bought new when I graduated from high school in '66. My performance guitar is a Collings Clarence White made in May '89. My only other axe is a Fender Squier Bullet from '83 or '84. It doesn't get played much. Got no real pics of just the guitars though. Will have to remedy that.
Jim - I'm calling you out on that ^ So OK, you might not have pictures, but here is a You Tube Video with your Clarence White in action!
(Thar's some terrific talent in these here parts!
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We were told not to post entire collections. Soooo... that's not my entire collection. I'm in the process of moving and only 4 guitars are staying here with me. Can't quite photograph them all singly.
So.... the C&V ones in the picture:
19-teens Lyon & Healy American Conservatory Parlor Guitar (nice little Brazilian Rosewood piece. Love playing it)
1930's Kalamazoo Mandolin
1936 Kalamazoo KG-14 Flat Top
Unknown Mail order mandolin
Old Teisco electric
1963 Gibson LG-1
The red electric in the photo is a 60's body that I built, but we'll actually call it a 2007 model.
I'll snap photos of the other vintage ones singly if the thread lasts long enough.
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Gibson L-00, early to mid-thirties, with Austro-Daimler Inter 10 in co-ordinating colors.
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Originally Posted by auchencrow
What are you going to pull out next - a 30's flathead Mastertone?
BIGGER PICTURES next time, OK?
BIGGER PICTURES next time, OK?
...Style O Ukulele! Doesn't quite fetch the same price (or respect) of a D-28 guitar, but still a GREAT C&V instrument.
04-24-11, 08:09 PM
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Mike - Your pictures show up larger if you link to them directly from your host site. (You just paste the image code that begins with "[img..."
Like this:
...True they don't command the same price as a '39 'bone, but have you seen what pre-war ukes do command?
Like this:
...True they don't command the same price as a '39 'bone, but have you seen what pre-war ukes do command?
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qualla - those are wonderful - the L-00 and the AD both.
PS - Have you noticed how well loved every pre-war L-00 seems to be? (There's a reason for that!)
PS - Have you noticed how well loved every pre-war L-00 seems to be? (There's a reason for that!)
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Jim - I'm calling you out on that ^ So OK, you might not have pictures, but here is a You Tube Video with your Clarence White in action!
(Thar's some terrific talent in these here parts!)
(Thar's some terrific talent in these here parts!
)I know little about L-00s but I do know a bit about the dreadnaughts. The pre-war guitars used Adirondack spruce for the top. It was essentially a local wood source for Martin. In 1945 (I think it was) NY state declared the Adirondack region a park with the designation "Forever wild". That made harvesting timber illegal. With little fanfare Martin looked around for some other wood and settled on Sitka spruce from Alaska. It makes a good guitar but it doesn't ring like Adirondack spruce. Another difference is that Brazillian rosewood is an endangered species. Indian rosewood is good but it sounds different. Limited stocks of both Brazilian and Adirondack wood can be found occasionally, for example from blown-down trees due to storms or hidden away in some storage house. However there is no large supply of either. So the sound of those old guitars is hard to re-create in great numbers.
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...... I do know a bit about the dreadnaughts. The pre-war guitars used Adirondack spruce for the top. It was essentially a local wood source for Martin. In 1945 (I think it was) NY state declared the Adirondack region a park with the designation "Forever wild". That made harvesting timber illegal. With little fanfare Martin looked around for some other wood and settled on Sitka spruce from Alaska. It makes a good guitar but it doesn't ring like Adirondack spruce. Another difference is that Brazillian rosewood is an endangered species. Indian rosewood is good but it sounds different. Limited stocks of both Brazilian and Adirondack wood can be found occasionally, for example from blown-down trees due to storms or hidden away in some storage house. However there is no large supply of either. So the sound of those old guitars is hard to re-create in great numbers.
Since the late 80's, there has been a second Golden age of Lutherie - with a number of individuals and small shops producing some truly great product: Dana Bourgeois, Bill Collings, James Goodall, and Richard Hoover being among the most well known, but many others (including our own David Newton) are building guitars in the same tradition - and sometimes even with the same methods, as the pre-war greats. This has raised the bar for the big companies too - so Martin, Gibson et al, are turning out terrific new instruments too, which (if we are all around 60 or 70 years from now) we may find will surpass the tonal quality of their 1930's efforts.
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Oh, I have GOT to take a picture of my crappy old Teisco Tulip! Are Teiscos the UO8 of vintage guitars? Or maybe they are the Huffy and Murrays?
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All true Jim, but I would venture that some of the guitars being made today are the equivalent of any Pre-war issue. (Your Collings is one such example).
Since the late 80's, there has been a second Golden age of Lutherie - with a number of individuals and small shops producing some truly great product: Dana Bourgeois, Bill Collings, James Goodall, and Richard Hoover being among the most well known, but many others (including our own David Newton) are building guitars in the same tradition - and sometimes even with the same methods, as the pre-war greats. This has raised the bar for the big companies too - so Martin, Gibson et al, are turning out terrific new instruments too, which (if we are all around 60 or 70 years from now) we may find will surpass the tonal quality of their 1930's efforts.
Since the late 80's, there has been a second Golden age of Lutherie - with a number of individuals and small shops producing some truly great product: Dana Bourgeois, Bill Collings, James Goodall, and Richard Hoover being among the most well known, but many others (including our own David Newton) are building guitars in the same tradition - and sometimes even with the same methods, as the pre-war greats. This has raised the bar for the big companies too - so Martin, Gibson et al, are turning out terrific new instruments too, which (if we are all around 60 or 70 years from now) we may find will surpass the tonal quality of their 1930's efforts.
04-25-11, 08:12 AM
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Auchen, the National and F-4 are killer! Those are valuable pieces, man!
And, Lugnut, that cherry 330 is my style!
Here's a cell phone pic of the axes we used last time we recorded. I wish all of them were mine.
And, Lugnut, that cherry 330 is my style!
Here's a cell phone pic of the axes we used last time we recorded. I wish all of them were mine.
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^^this guy....what a show off 
I know I've said it before but I freakin love those Bigsby Tremolos
I know I've said it before but I freakin love those Bigsby Tremolos
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I'm going to correct you because I'm that guy. They're actually vibratos; not tremolos. 
Here's an explanation. But, yeah I agree. Bigsbys rule.
Here's an explanation. But, yeah I agree. Bigsbys rule.
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Bigsbys are by far my favorite. I spent quite some time trying to get my hands on the perfect B-12 for the red guitar I built in the pic above. I've never had an issue with them going out of tune, they work incredibly well, look hot, so what's not to like?
04-25-11, 08:25 AM
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I love the B-12 cutout. I installed a gold one from the 70s with a Chet Atkins arm on my Epi Sheraton II. I much prefer the models with stabilizer bars.
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^ Thanks! I love it. I installed the Bigsby, TV Jones and SD pickups and all new guts. My wife bought it for me when she was just my girlfriend. If you want to snag a husband buy the guy guitars. She also bought me that sweet strap. She's a keeper for sure.
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04-25-11, 08:53 AM
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ColonelLloyd.....it's a beast & def my fave of all my guits!
Luv you Avatar, Anson is tops...
C&V is starting to look like The Gear Page!
Luv you Avatar, Anson is tops...
C&V is starting to look like The Gear Page!
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Had to say that version of friend of steel was fantastic. I'm a guitar player who turned to the fiddle, if I get I chance to steal my gf's digital camera I'll post her, the fiddle that is.
