Currently working with five ordered GammelGura, three of which will go to Öland - the Nilsson guitar did a good job of advertising itself! A harp guitar, "Robert Johnson" Levinen and three guitar old men. Also has a number of repairs to complete, including an Edelton cello from the 30's. A pair of modern nylon stringers and a dread that received a …
A rare dried Levin parlor from 1943 needed help. It's grandpa's guitar that will be the first guitar for the 8 year old boy. I did more than I was paid for. Both lid and bottom had shrunk a few mm in width, in the lid there was a crack along the entire middle seam, the bottom had shrunk on the edge. …
Got in a rather ugly, but nice nylon guitar made in Umeå in the 50s. A Granström & Sundquist with a solid wood four-piece spruce top and walnut plywood in the bottom and sides. Walnut in the fingerboard and the Bo Wretling inspired paddle shape headstock. "Slope shoulders" built into the body shape. As wide as a jumbo guitar at the widest point (hard to find...
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Made a barter deal with bluesjohan in Östersund. He looked for his worst wreck, a "cowboy guitar" with a unique print. Just that I already had a similar one in a box at home! Got a surprise when it turned up, it was child sized, only 80cm long. A Terz guitar is what it is. Here is…
Reports another finished GammelGura, a European parlor from around 1910. This was overpainted with modern varnish and the spirit varnish underneath was crumbly and dried out. Had to repaint the entire instrument. Short mensur of 61 cm, thick lid with small dimensions and low stable leg meant that I could string it up with standard 0.11 strings. An interesting detail…
Took care of a nice Levin in concert size (larger than the usual parlor model) that had problems. Among other things, someone had sawed off the top of the head and thus the serial number which gives the exact year and Levin the "money"... why is a mystery. Maybe it would fit in a case? The most special thing is that the customer went…
Will hold a stock of Newtone Heritage strings to sell to GammelGura customers and others who have old fragile guitars. The NH strings are specially designed to load the guitar less than regular strings. An NH 0.12 set corresponds to a normal 0.10 set in traction in the stable .. Right now I only have 0.11 sets at home…
Two Swedish-made GammelGura in the last batch have been sent away. Made the mistake of trying to save thin maple original fingerboards. It ended up that they had to be replaced with bubinga and ebony with a lot of extra work with neck turnover and bandages… luckily it is the result that counts and not the way there! One made by Nils Nilsson approx…
Finished with two similar Levin with string holder and floating stable. One from 1909 and the other from 1946. The same body shape and the same wood except that from 1946 it also had birch in the lid. The ribs were different, the old one had a maple stick across it, while from 1946 it had two spruce ribs. Ribbed about both…
