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GG142 No. 32, European parlor

Posted by Roger Häggström on April 28, 2019, 1:25 pm

Not all GammelGura are made on guitars that the customer sends in, some start with an object from the waiting room. This one was number 32. It's mostly about guitars I bought for a period a few years ago from German and American eBay. But it can also be guitars bought by me…

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Bought an archtop

Posted by Roger Häggström on April 17, 2019, 10:32 pm

It was only a matter of time. Today I bought an archtop from a local customer. Real crack in the lid and a piece of the edging on the fretboard is missing. The stable was a cheap plastic bib. But actually playable. Is not really that amused by archtop guitars, the ones that Levin did are probably the ones that sound best acoustically. So why …

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GG140 Levin 1916 concert size

Posted by Roger Häggström on April 14, 2019, 12:43 pm

Haven't been diligent with blogging lately. Has worked in the workshop and spent most of his free time translating old songs from English to Swedish and working with covers and everything around the upcoming new CD with Roger & The Rockets. We will have a record release on the 25th…

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