The first thing that happens with a new batch is to disassemble the instruments into parts; stable, fretboard, neck, bottom and body. Tuning screws, upper saddle and bottom plug and any string holder are also loosened. Each instrument is given a marked plastic box to hold the parts together. The harp guitar is allowed to rest for a while, picked the next item in the queue instead. A typical …
Have always had problems getting what goes out of Levin parlor guitars with floating stables. Have tested several different ribs but never been really satisfied. The original birch / maple strip across the lid under the stable is the big culprit that squeezes the sound and makes it thin, pinched and lifeless, to get rid of it is…
A customer came in with three Levin parlors from 1920. Not so unusual, but they are in NUMBER ORDER! See the picture. 47232, 47233 and 47234 🙂 They have been in a Free Church congregation and have held together for almost 100 years. Of course purchased at one and the same time. Two with floating stables and one with fixed stables. The…
Has two Old Gura items waiting to come home. They are located in Lund. Maybe there is some old customer or helpful person who has his way past Ö-vik from the district of Lund and who has room in the car for two old parlor guitars? If so, please contact us and we will solve it together
The last GammelGuran in the previous batch is ready. Time to pick out those who are in line in the queue. Always just as fun. It is a mixed collection of 4 objects, three guitars and a mandolin. Bought a new and better camera that will hopefully give better pictures. Have thought about following these a little extra…
Got in an unusual Levin parlor with floating stables. Unusual because it is a late year model with a cut head and the last type of Levin medallion. Guitars with a flat head without a medallion can only be found in the 1928 catalog. This is a typical “unburst” where the dark brown original varnish is bleached by the sun and…
The work has continued in my room despite the heat and high humidity. My dehumidifier broke and for a few days I had 68% in the room! You can not glue ribs or the bottom in that moisture. Luckily I had to borrow a dehumidifier from Per Marklund and a new one is on the way. The fan has in…
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Old GammelGura customers can get a copy of an invoice stating that I bought Madagascar rosewood before it was banned from exporting in 2015. Madagascar rosewood is not red-listed, but if you want to sell an GammelGura outside the EU (eg Norway) you must be able to prove that rosewood from Madagascar was legally imported before 8/10 2015. I bought mine…
