I have come across several old European parlor guitars with a globe stamp on the bottom. Often you can make out the words “Trade mark” in the stamp. Alternatively the same type of globe stamped on the back of the headstock. I have always wondered who used that logo. Now I found the following text online about a similar guitar with a globe stamp…
It's always good to have a finished GammelGura in the venue, partly to show off to visitors and partly as an instrument for myself to play. They tend to get sold when a customer takes a liking to it. Over the years I've had 3-4 local guitars sold that way. …
The situation is desperate right now, too many GammelGura objects in the queue and also 5-6 slightly larger repairs to be done. There is a stop to ordering for both new GammelGura projects and larger repairs. However, I cannot avoid helping local customers with simpler repairs or installing K&K pickups etc. A lot of time has been spent …
This gauge, intended for measuring tread depth in tires, I will use to measure that the tread groove is deep enough for the tang of the tire. The nice thing is that it has a noonie scale which allows you to measure in tenths of a mm.
My playing buddy Björn Sohlin brought the family's party instrument from the early 1920s onwards for repair. It was, to put it mildly, ravaged – in fact, one of the most abused guitars I've ever seen! I found some pictures on the phone that I got from Björn before I started working on it 🙂 Here are some pictures of it before …
One of my own projects was completed over the long weekend. An LTS-5 Levin 12, a guitar model that I have a bit of history with. I also made a 1953 Levin Mandolin playable for Andreas Nilsson who is currently recording in my home studio. These were the second instruments I bought (the first was a nylon-stringed Levin LG-17). …
