Front Room: In this room we have a wide variety of instruments,
ranging from standard "D" series Martins to a couple of members of the
lute family, notably a 10 string Scottish Cittern. There are a couple of
Dobros and several basses, including a Maple and Spruce Martin B 65. The
Autoharp is from the early sixty's, and the Tenor banjo from the
twenties. The early sixties Vox 12 string is cool, and the Santa Cruz
Tony Rice Model is a killer.
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Front Room Continued: Here is an all Koa wood Martin D 25K2, pretty rare.
Also a few new Olympia's, our line of entry level guitars. The stand up
bass is an Englehardt M 1, seriously worked over by Hammond-Ashley of
the Seattle area.
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Golden Era Room: On the left are two 1937 Martin D 18's, hanging around
with a 1949 D 28. To the right is a custom made Nashville Guitar
Company 12 fret dred, rosewood back and sides and Adirondack top with
herringbone trim. Next is a Kula guitar from Hawaii, also custom.
Adirondack top with Koa back and sides. Carvin lap steel on the floor.
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Golden Era Room Continued: That's an 1885 Martin O 28 in the corner, next to
a Merrill C 18 Shadetop. It shares the wall with an HD28 LSV Martin and
a 1933 o 17. that's a Collings D 3 on the floor in front of the Icicle
F 5 mandolin, made here by Cliff Sittman. The hand work is amazing, and
the sound is huge.
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New Stuff: We sell Tacoma guitars, great sounding solid wood guitars.
Big sound, usually for under $1,000 bucks.
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CD's and Accessories: The usual stuff here, strings and such, except
that we have about 500 of the coolest bluegrass and acoustic music CD's
you are likely to see.
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The Front Desk: This is where I occasionally nod off. Oh well...
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The Workshop: This is where I do set ups and minor repair. I also
watch a NASCAR race or two back there.
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