Y/Guitar_crack.jpg' alt='Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' title='Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' />Used Guitars Mandolins for Sale. Please click on the name of the. If you would like additional images of a specific instrument please email your request. Click here   for how to order and return policy information. Click here   for information on selling your instrument to me. Click here   for condition and case abbreviations. Click here   for appraisal service and fees. Click here   to return to the home page for Mandolin. World Headquarters. Guitars 1. 91. 3 Gibson A Mandolin. Serial No. 1. 78. FON 2. 05. 3 Excellent condition. Nice sounding and playing session mandolin. Natural finish top that has aged to pumpkin color and a reddish back and sides. No peghead logo as per factory, top bound only with unbound back, and it has the original Gibson label inside. Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' title='Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' />MANDOLINS, GUITARS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE OR TRADE. Are you looking for a vintage Martin guitar or Gibson guitar, a fine Gibson mandolin, or a good upright. Hardware is original, finish is original. The original fixed one piece bridge has been fitted with a bone intonated saddle. Shows typical playing wear and a few small nicks and dings. No repairs noted. Big open woody round hole sound. Just set up by luthier Jerry Ray. Comes with a newer hardshell case. USD 1. 20. 0. 1. Gibson A Mandolin. Blogs/HussDalton_cracked-top_WEB_290.jpg' alt='Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' title='Guitar Top Seam Crack Repair' />Len Verretts Guitar Collection Past and Present. Here is a list of instruments I currently own some are for sale, others not for sale, or owned in the past and. Serial No. 4. 84. FON 1. 11. 52 Excellent condition. Nice sounding and playing session mandolin. Natural finish top that has aged to pumpkin color and a reddish back and sides. No peghead logo as per factory, top bound only with unbound back, and it has the original Gibson label inside. Hardware is original, finish is original. Missing the pickguard. Shows some playing wear, especially where the pickguard would have been fitted. Big open woody round hole sound. Comes with the original hardshell case. USD 1. 45. 0. 1. Gibson A Mandolin. Another Quality Ibanez Guitar. This example is MODEL VINTAGE V302 BS. And it IS A REAL GEM and it has a Premium German Sitka SOLID Spruce Top, WoW what a nice. Lutes for Sale, Lutes Wanted, and Stolen Lutes Lutes for Sale Here are some lutes for sale. I am posting this as a service, and I can not make any recommendations, as. Heres a list of the things you should look for and consider when buying a used acoustic guitar. Besides saving money youll discover all sorts of benefits. Serial 6. 13. 68 FON 1. Excellent condition, Sheraton Brown top finish with dark back and sides. Peghead is blank as made by Gibson, but it has the original Gibson label inside. Top bound only. All hardware and finish is original showing a little playing wear. Neck is straight, the frets are in good shape, and the tuners work well. Original tailpiece and cover. The mandolin plays and sounds great. Just set up by my luthier so the action is low and playable and it has a good ringing sound. Excellent for Celtic or old time music. Original hardshell case included. USD 1. 45. 0. 1. Gibson A Mandolin. Serial No. 6. 83. If you are looking for a good session mandolin, and do not mind a little wear and do not need the fancy trim, this is your mandolin. Here is a 1. 92. 2 Gibson A style mandolin. Just an A, so its top bound only and does not have the pearl logo. It does have the Gibson label inside and, importantly, it has the adjustable truss rod. This lets you set the mandolin up for your local climate and allows you change it easily if needed. Keeps the neck straighter, too. Loar improvements to the mandolin such as the adjustable truss rod and adjustable bridge. Plays smoothly with excellent volume and tone. My luthier just dressed the frets and set it up its ready to play. No breaks, cracks or refinish. Sheraton Brown top finish and brown back and sides. Finish, tailpiece and tuners are original. The truss rod cover, although similar to the originals, is a custom size and shape. Missing the pickguard. Comes with a newer hardshell case. USD 1. 95. 0. 1. Gibson A Junior Snakehead MandolinSerial 7. Loar era snakehead. Excellent minus condition, Sheraton Brown top finish with dark back and sides. Looking for a good mandolin for fiddle tunes or sessions This is it Lots of volume in this oneThe A Junior model was the entry level mandolin for Gibson. Even so, these are excellent instruments. They do not have body or fingerboard binding, and the truss rod is not adjustable. Then again, all Gibson mandolins prior to 1. Where it counts, however all solid woods, carved spruce top, carved birch back and sides its the same mandolin as the higher grade versions. All hardware and finish is original. Shows some playing wear but no cracks or repairs are evident. Recent professional setup. No logo on the peghead as made by Gibson. Neck is straight and the frets are in good shape. Plays nice and has a good ringing sound. Excellent for Celtic or old time music. Nice original hardshell case included. USD 1. 65. 0. 1. Gibson A1 Snakehead Mandolin. Serial 7. 41. 56 FON 1. Excellent condition. Snakeheads are considered the best sounding of Gibson oval hole mandolins, as they ring out and punch well. Black top finish and a brownish back and sides. Original Gibson label inside. Tuners and tailpiece are original. Bridge has been changed out for a Cumberland Acoustics Loar replica. Missing the pickguard. Just set up by my luthier Jerry Ray. Frets are fine and neck set it good. Shows some playing wear as well as a few nicks and dings, but overall a nice solid mandolin. Shows some case wear on the side. Plays easy with the great round hole tone. Excellent for Celtic, old time and jazz. Comes with a hardshell case. USD 2. 95. 0. 1. Gibson A Snakehead Mandolin. Serial 8. 13. 27 FON 8. Excellent condition. Snakeheads are considered the best sounding of Gibson oval hole mandolins, as they ring out and punch well. Black top finish and a brownish back and sides. Original Gibson label inside. The date on this one is a bit of a mystery, as the serial number appears to be 8. Spann book to a 1. Maybe the 8. 1 is actually a 8. It is hard to tell with these penciled in numbers after 9. In any case, this is an excellent sounding and playing mandolin. I think it was originally built as a A model with no logo, and at some point it was sent back to Gibson for work possibly frets, as the painted logo The Gibson is straight across the peghead like a late 2. It also looks like the entire instrument was oversprayed with the correct nitro lacquer at some point in the distant past, as there is checking on the back under the finish. However, that top finish has its own checking, so if it was oversprayed it was a long time ago. The hardware is original, endpin is replaced, and the tuners are the type used in 1. Just set up by my luthier Jerry Ray. Frets are fine and neck set is good. Its a strong sounding very loud mandolin in excellent condition, with beautiful tone. Plays easy with a nice low action. Excellent for Celtic, old time and jazz. Comes with the original hardshell case. Consigned. USD 2. Gibson A1 Snakehead Mandolin. Serial 7. 42. 45 FON 1. Excellent condition. Snakeheads are considered the best sounding of Gibson oval hole mandolins, as they ring out and punch well. Black top finish and a brownish back and sides. No logo as made but it does have the original Gibson label inside. Bridge, tail piece and tuners are original with the fleur di lise backing plates and ivoriod buttons. Missing the pickguard. Just set up by my luthier Richie Dotson. Frets are fine and neck set it good. Shows some playing wear as well as a few nicks and dings, but overall a nice solid mandolin. Plays easy with the great round hole tone. Excellent for Celtic, old time and jazz. Comes with a original hardshell case. USD 2. 95. 0. 1. Gibson A2 Snakehead Mandolin. Serial No. 7. 47. Snakehead If you are looking for a top notch sounding roundhole Gibson, and do not mind some honest playing wear, this is your mandolin. The A2. Z variation is the most sought after of the Gibson A style round hole instruments, and for good reason. They sound great The label on this one is marked A2, but it has all of the characteristics of the A2. Vintage Guitars Info Martin collecting vintage martin guitars. Contact the vintage guitar info guy. Back to Table of Contents. General Martin Specs. Serial Number and SizeStyle Number Stamps. Oct 1. 93. 0 to present flat top model number stamped inside on neck block around. All Martin f hole arch tops have the serial and model number on the. Some letter suffixes clarify styles. B Brazilian Rosewood. BK Black finish. FMG Figured Mahogany. G Gut string classical. GE Golden Era. GM Grand Marquis. H Hawaiian style. K Koa wood back sides. K2 Koa wood back, sides and top. LE limited edition. M Mahogany of if a J prefix is used, Jumbo M body size. MB Maple Binding. MP Morado back and sides and low profile neck. N Non low profile neck when low profile necks were standard. P Plectrum pre WWII, low profile neck 1. Fishman Prefix pickup. Q Old style non adjustable truss rod neck 1. R Rosewood back and sides. S special order pre WWII or 1. SE signature edition. SW Special Wurlitzer. V vintage specs. The Martin name stamped in the back of a. Martin. This model had no peghead decaldeclaring it was a Martin, so this stamp sufficedon the back of the peghead. Martin Stamps, Peghead Logos, Labels. Older 1. 80. 0s Martins are a challange to date since they dont have. Martins. A New York stamp does not immediately suggest that the Martin guitar. To accurately date pre 1. Martins you must be familiar. Most useful though is the stamp, but you can only. INSIDE of the body on its center backstrip visible through the. And even then you can only date to a period and not. For example if it says on the center back strip. C. F. Martin, New York, then the guitar is pre 1. If it says. C. F. Martin Co., New York, it is between 1. Note 1. 86. 0 1. Martins have a date year of manufacture. Check with a mirror, looking just below the. Paper label Christian Frederick Martin or C. F. Martin. 1. 83. Some with paper label Martin Schatz. Some with paper label C. F. Martin and Bruno. Martin manufacturing moved from New York to Nazareth PA. Some with paper label Martin Coupa. Stamp C. F. Martin, New York on inside backstrip. Stamp C. F. Martin Co., New York on incide center backstrip. Date often written in pencil on the bottom side of the top. Stamp C. F. Martin Co., Narareth Pa on back of peghead center backstrip. Martin makes guitars for Wurlitzer. Some lack Martin. Late 1. 93. 1 CF Martin Co, Est. NO black. border around letters the silkscreening process was a single gold color. This appeared on. OM 1. 8 and OM 2. Martin decals, replacing the gold silkscreened logo. Nearly all Martin models had a Martin peghead decal. Mid 1. 93. 4 CF Martin Co, Est. Silkscreen logo no longer used. Mid 1. 93. 5 Stamp C. F. Martin Co, Narareth Pa on back of peghead no longer used. The back peghead stamp was discontinued between serial number 5. Interestingly the neck block stamping with model serial numbers started between Oct. Oct. 1. 5th, 1. 93. Some style 1. 5 and style 1. Martin logo. Seen mostly in 1. This celluloid peghead veneer is the same as the. Mid 1. 93. 5 1. 96. Stamp C. F. Martin Co, Narareth Pa on center backstrip only, as seen through. MADE IN U. S. A. designation added on the center backstrip. This appears to have. Mid 1. 96. 0s the bar across the F in CF Martin on the peghead decal changes. Martin 0 1. 7 peghead with a silkscreened logo. Martin 0. 0 1. 8 peghead with a decal logo. Martin 0 1. 5 celluloid peghead veneer with a decal logo. Note the lack of tuner ferrels because of war time metal shortages. Tops Style 1. 8 and higher. Martin experimented with Sitka spruce tops on some guitars. Adirondack red. spruce was the standard top material. Note this is not a for sure rule. Adirondack red spruce 1. Adi Red Spruce or Sitka. Sitka spruce darker than Adirondack. The change to Sitka happened. Group Policy Deploy Software Methodologies. D models first in very early 1. It took Martin a little while to use. Adirondack red spruce, hence the change to Sitka. This is also the reason multiple piece Adi red spruce. Adirondack red spruce. In 1. 95. 2 or 1. Martin bought a large supply of Engelmann. Though Martin. preferred Adirondack Red Spruce, it was no longer available after the mid 1. Martin would. have liked to switch from Sitka to Engelmann because he felt that. Engelmann was closer to Adi Red Spruce than Sitka was. He could not however. Engelmann commercially, so they went back to Sitka. Present some with Engelman spruce. Split Diamond style inlays as usedon pre 1. Rosewood Back and Sides Style 2. Brazilian rosewood ended with serial 2. Brazilian rosewood instead of the more traditional and. Indian rosewood. First Indian Rosewood model was a D 2. Note even though the cut off for Brazilian rosewood was. D 4. 5 and D 4. Brazilian rosewood bodies. For example 2. 54. Martin with Indian rosewood D2. D1. 2 4. 5 with Indian rosewood. D 4. 1 model with Indian Rosewood. D 4. 5 model with Indian Rosewood. Occasionally and rare Brazilian rosewood shows on on random models in 1. For example 2. 65. D 2. 8 models. Also some D 3. Brazilian rosewood center wedge in the back. Brazilian rosewood is more figured than the very straight grained Indian rosewood. Also. Brazilian is usually a dark redish brown, where Indian is a light brown. Back removed from a Martin showing the neck block and two top braces. Bracing. 18. 40s to 1. Scalloped X bracing, position of the cross of. X bracing one inch from edge of soundhole, aka forward braced or advanced bracing. Note this is not a for sure rule. Late 1. 93. 8 Scalloped X bracing with rear shifted bracing, where. X moved further than one inch from soundhole exact. D 1. 8 has 1 78 distance. So the X braces were moved about 78 further down. And the tone bars were angled more. These late 1. 93. This gives the. late 1. Martin guitars improved bass response dont. Martins are not as good as. Martins. mid 1. Popscicle bracing on D body sizes. See the above picture for what the popsicle or T 6 or upper transverse graft brace is. The popsicle brace was added to the underside of the top of the guitar, below the fingerboard. The brace was added to help prevent top cracks alongside the fingerboard. Since the first D body size was made in about 1. Martin added the brace by 1. The brace does not appear in pre 1. Martin. D sizes, but transitioned in around 1. D models. Without the popsicle brace, the top is attached only by the strength. With the popsicle brace there is an. Unfortunately. the popsicle brace can deaden the sound of the upper bout area of the soundboard. As people search for why the old Martins sound so good, they examine every. Heres some data on popsicle braces 1. D 1. 8 7. 15. 39 rear shifted X brace, no popsicle brace. D 2. 8 7. 19. 68 rear shifted X brace, no popsicle brace. D 1. 8 7. 26. 18 1 34 neck width, no popsicle brace. D 1. 8 7. 27. 02 1 34 neck width, popsicle brace stamp 2. May 1. 93. 9. All 1. Martins have the popscicle stick brace too. The 1 brace inside near the neck block changes from 51. This happened. at the same time as the popscicle brace addition. The neck block thickness was also reduced by 14. About the same time neck width reduced from 1 34 to 1 1. Late 1. 94. 4 According to Martin, the last scalloped braced Martin in. Though some models have been seen after this number with scalloped braces, and before this number with tapered braces. For example 9. 00.