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New Muth S15 East Indian/Carpathian
East Indian Rosewood back and sides + Carpathian Spruce top + innovative building techniques = Randy Muth’s S15, a killer 000 with tone to spare! Randy’s approach to lutherie is based in his education as a scientist, and the results of his experiments in, and they’re working wonderfully. From his brace construction and allocation to the materials used in his bridge plates, these guitars are novel concepts which consistently churn out great tone.
With a Carpathian Spruce top, this S15 has heaps of growl and fierce projection with focused trebles and a muscular lower register. This is the sort of guitar for which the more aggresssively your attack, the greater the sustain and richness, and it performs wonderfuly for both flatpicking solos and fingerstyle arrangements. Sealed up in an Ameritage hardshell case, this S15 is as secure as Fort Knox, but imminently more accessible.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Carpathian, Rosewood - Indian 
New Muth S16J Tasmanian Blackwood/Lutz
Randy Muth is another new builder to us that we met this year at the Woodstock guitar show. It is immediately apparent when you meet Randy that he is truly passionate about guitar building and eager to help advance the craft while honoring the past. This S16J is built from a jaw dropping set of Tasmanian Blackwood and Lutz Spruce. Randy has voiced this guitar expertly. It is perfectly balanced and the bass is one of the most fulfilling we have heard recently, while the trebles and mids blend and sing together like a choir. A true knockout of a guitar!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Lutz, Blackwood - Tasmanian 
2008 R. Taylor Style 1, All-Mahogany
This R. Taylor Style 1 comes to us from 2008 with Tropical Mahogany body, Cocobolo bindings, and Bob Taylor’s hallmark effortless setup for glassy playability. Very well preserved, this R. Taylor Style 1 is mint, comes with the original Ameritage hardshell case, and is more than ready to keep making music.
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Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, taylor guitars, sj, ga, all-mahogany, gotoh, abalone, fingerstyle
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.188 in Woods Mahogany, Mahogany 
2007 R. Taylor Style 1 Indian/Western Red Cedar
With the Taylor build quality and the hand built attention to detail that the R.Taylor line gives you, it’s hard to go wrong with this Style 1. Built with East Indian Rosewood and Western Red Cedar this Style 1 has a sweet and mellow tone with a wonderful bloom of warmth after the initial attack. Playability, as always with R.Taylor, is sublime – Taylor has set the bench mark for what a properly set up guitar should be. This is a true beauty of a guitar with a rich and sweet voice that will put a smile on your face every time you sit down to play.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Cedar - Western Red, Rosewood - Indian 
2007 R. Taylor Style 1 Quilted Honduran Mahogany/Adirondack (Red)
Here we have an R. Taylor style 1 in Red Spruce and “The Tree” quilted Mahogany. We currently have a twelve string here from R. Taylor made from the very same wood combination, and it has been interesting to see how the two different versions compare. This six string has a full voice with plenty of headroom thanks to the Red Spruce and an underlying woodiness that we expect from Mahogany. This really is an incredibly comfortable guitar to play, great for intimate practice or the big stage alike.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany - Honduran 
2008 R. Taylor Style 1 12-string Quilted Mahogany/Adirondack (Red)
This is one of the best sounding and playing twelve string guitars we have ever heard! This is an R.Taylor style 1 made from Red Spruce and “The Tree” Mahogany. Tonally this twelve strings is sweet and powerful, not at all brittle like twelve strings can tend to be. This is a showpiece guitar, the woods are top notch, and the inlay work is exquisite. This is a lifetime guitar!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.88 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Mahogany 
2007 R. Taylor Style 1 East Indian/Sinker Redwood
The R.Taylor division of Taylor guitars really knew how to build a perfect guitar, this style 1 is flawless. Built from a great set of Sinker Redwood and East Indian Rosewood, this guitar has chocolatey tones in appearance and sound. Balance is the major draw of this guitar, the basses and trebles work in harmony, never competing with one another. It is easy to get lost in the music while playing this guitar, playing is effortless. Yet another fine guitar from the R.Taylor shop.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Redwood - Sinker, Rosewood - Indian 
2009 R. Taylor Style 1 Cocobolo/Sinker Redwood
Bob Taylor started his career as a solo guitar builder much like the many great builders of today. Anyone who’s played one of those early Taylors knows how different they are from the Taylor Factory guitars, more open, alive and complex in tone. R. Taylor Guitars was setup to offer a smaller shop approach to building, offering custom guitars such as this beautiful Sinker Redwood and Cocobolo Rosewood Style 1.
The subtle sunburst over the natural colors in the Sinker Redwood makes this R. Taylor guitar stand out. Sinker Redwood comes from a famous log found near Mendicino California that spent it’s lifetime submerged. This Redwood is stiffer than most and here with it’s modified Adirondack bracing it produces a wonderful rich tone, that is also powerful. Paired here with dramatic Cocobolo Rosewood for a unique elegance and tone.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.34 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Redwood - Sinker, Rosewood - Cocobolo 
2007 R. Taylor Style 2 Brazilian/Adirondack
This one has all the upgrades, premium Brazilian Rosewood, Adirondack Spruce and 42 Style Abalone on the top, sides and back making this one stunning R. Taylor Style 2 guitar. The vintage bronze Gotoh tuners and Abalone Fret Markers complete the eye-catching appearance. The voice is the bright, clear Taylor sound with a bit more character thanks to the very dramatic set of figured Rosewood. The playability is superb.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian 
2006 R. Taylor Style 1 Cocobolo/Adirondack Red
Bob Taylor started his career as a solo guitar builder much like the many great builders of today. Anyone who’s played one of those early Taylors knows how different they are from the Taylor Factory guitars, more open, alive and complex in tone. The R. Taylor shop was setup to be a smaller shop approach to building, offering custom guitars. 5 Luthiers work in the shop and build instruments like this Cocobolo and Adirondack Style 1. This is a modified Dreadnought shape that can handle strumming, flatpicking and fingerstyle and do it all well. The tonewoods are beautiful and so is the resulting voice. This Style 1 R. Taylor guitar is in perfect, like-new condition.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Cocobolo 
2006 R.E. Phillips Tricone Cutaway, German Silver
We feel pretty confident saying that Ron Phillips has mastered his craft. These boutique-built resonators are well polished diamonds, every one, and this 2006 Tricone with a cutaway shines so bright. German Silver construction throughout with Flame Koa bindings over a Flame Maple neck; Waverly tuners; art deco-inspired aesthetics throughout the build. 12 frets to the body with a tricone resonator setup makes for a sweet, warm, intimate voice that’s a far cry from the shrill, smack-in-the-face tone of other metalbody resos. This beauty has gears. This is the first R.E. Phillips we’ve had in the shop featuring a cutaway—and we’re glad to have it! Not only does the Florentine point look great, it really affords the player uncompromised access for work at the top of the fretboard. This one is currently set up for slide work.
Other keywords: slide guitar, blues, dobro, reso guitar, fingerpicking, trycone,
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.313 in Woods Silver - German, Silver - German 
2006 Ron Phillips Parlor Resonator, German Silver
Rolls Royce meets Resonator: playing this 2006 Ron Phillips Parlor Resonator is an exercise in reso royalty. German Silver construction throughout, 12 frets to the body, and Ron’s art deco aesthetic all come together in a parlor-sized package that’s as easy on the eyes as it is on the ears. Our Phillips is an obvious choice for Open D or Open G, but honestly it sounds fantastic even in Standard, with a hybrid setup that works for fingers and slide. The sort of Resonator that you instantly settle into, lose track of time with, never want to let go.
Other keywords: slide guitar, blues, dobro, reso guitar, boutique, fingerpicking
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Silver - German, Silver - German 
2007 Phillips Large Parlor German Silver
Resonators just don’t come as slick as this. Ron Phillips’ hands have crafted numerous powerhouse resonator guitars, but this large-bodied Parlor has got to be one of the cleanest, most angelic voices we’ve had the pleasure of hearing in the shop. Slide players, in particular, will love the setup, and that extra peppering of smooth, silky tone that only the German Silver body Phillips’ hand-spun aluminum resonator cone can provide. The predominant aesthetic in Ron’s work is influenced by the Art Deco movement–which this Resonator Guitar exhibits in the elongated and asymmetrical F-holes and the dashed arrows encircling the bridge.With a voice so moving and sustained, it’s no wonder Phillips’ large-bodied Parlor model is so successful: thanks to that custom resonator cone, the guitar has crystalline clarity and a clean energy to the setup.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.5 in Nut Width 1.719 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Silver - German, Silver - German 
2012 Phillips Parlor German Silver/German Silver
Nothing sends shivers up your spine like a slide guitar in an open minor tuning. Similarly, nothing quite captures the kind of contentment that comes from playing old Blues numbers on your porch after a long day’s work like a metal resonator guitar in your lap. In this 2012 small-bodied Parlor from R.E. Phillips, you get both.Phillips has done a number on us this time: with a small but deep-bodied Parlor built from German Silver and his own resonator cone, Phillips has created a metal-bodied resonator guitar that is just as rich, dynamic, and elegant as its wooden-bodied brethren. For starters, German Silver has a clean, expressive tone, not warm like brass, not bright like steel. If German Silver were a wood, it would be a Rosewood for how much richer its voice is than other metals. The smaller body is amazingly easy to play, and the setup is excellent for slide or regular fingering. We tried out a number of different tunings on this Parlor, but we kept coming back to DADFAD and Open G–something about the elegant coolness of the German Silver turns the spooky factor up to eleven on minor tunings.Phillips’ Art Deco sympathies are evident in the design aesthetic of the F Holes and the diamond-over-mesh motif, which further help set it apart from other resonator guitars, while not being outlandish or inaccessibly appointed. It’s a classier resonator than you’re used to, but it can growl and scream with the best of them.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.625 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Silver - German, Silver - German 
2009 Phillips Parlor German Silver, Handmade
Ron Phillips hand makes his resonators with vintage style and big tone. He specializes in small body resos, like this little Parlor. It has a big authentic sound that is rich with overtones. Some of the country blues players Ron has built for include: late John Jackson and John Cephas, Del Rey, Steve James, Robert Lowery, Andra Faye, Annie Raines, Cathy Fink and many more. German Silver and handspun cones give Phillips Resonators a round attack that is full and powerful. This 2009 model is in excellent condition, dont’ miss adding a special voice to your collection.