Resonator and Slide Guitars - Steels and ...   Ukes  

UK - 0003 1920's Fancy No Name Banjo Uke     EXC +   What a cutie this is. And it is in splendid condition. The fancy cutouts in the metal clad rim are exquisite and there is a big metal tone ring that gives it a big but mellow tone. The two tiny screw holes in the head stock and the oval shadow indicate that there was once an oval placque residing there as is typical of British instruments. The original tuning pegs have a screw adjustment that allows quick and slip proof tuning. The mahogany resonator has a large knurled screw for quick easy removal. Some fancy inlays on the fingerboard. Original bridge and tailpiece . Cool old hardshell case with original ribbon hinges still intact! Rim = 7 1/2"   Scale Length = 13 1/4"   Nut Width = 1 1/4".  
Price:   $1350.00

KA - 0001 1934 Kay Wood Amplifying Guitar     EXC   Extremely rare all original example from the earliest years of the Kay Musical Instrument Company in Chicago. It's in beautiful condition and has a great woody 'resonant' sound just picked and really comes alive when you slide that bottleneck onto it. The top has a sunburst bound wooden coverplate under which is a wooden resonating chamber with a trough that 'feeds' the sound upward to the dual grille holes. It's a big guitar with a 15 3/4" lower bout and a 25 3/4" scale length. Nut width is 1 23/32". It is bound top, back and neck and it's sunburst all over, including the top and back as well as the sides and the back of the neck. It sports the patented Stromberg- Voisinette neck angle adjuster mechanism that actually allows you to change the neck angle without steam and glue and all the messy stuff. It has it's original tuning pegs and the headstock logo is in beautiful shape. It has been recently set up John Knutson and is in fine fettle. This is only the second one of these I've ever seen and it is an exceptional specimen. No case but we'll ship securely.
Price:   $3250.00 Reduced Price: $2450.00    SOLD

BU - 0004 ca. 1935 John Grey Banjo Uke     EXC   Very nice little banjo uke from the esteemed English maker John Grey. Birds eye maple back and blue striped maple sides.   10 1/4" head and 13 1/4" scale length. Maple rim and mahogany neck and dowel.   Resonator attaches with a single thumb knob. There is a dark grain line that definitely is not a crack in the heel of which we have large pictures. The letters R B E are stamped into the bottom of the heel. Friction tuning pegs with the number 13797 stamped into the back of the peghead. John Grey & Sons, London on the headstock. The piano shaped case is unique.
Price:   $795.00

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