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VINTAGE 1930's Orpheum Number 3 Arch top Guitar
Estimated price for orientation: 999 $
Category: Electric Guitar
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Description Model: Vintage String Configuration: 6 String Series: Vintage
Vintage 1930's era Orpheum Number 3 arch top guitar in great playing condition. However.. There are 2 top cracks 1 is stable and the 2nd one is split and should be glued. It would be an easy clean repair. See pics. There is also some damage to the bottom by the end pin, small cracks that appear to have been repaired a long time ago. It's structurally solid. None of these cracks interfere with the playability. It has Gibson Kluson tuners that are old should be replaced soon. The guitar is in excellent playing condition and plays great and sounds even better. The frets are in great shape and It plays like butter and it's easy to bend strings on. Great for playing lead. This guitar is high quality craftsmanship, With nice inlaid binding. 3 color sunberst Has normal playing wear and finish checking/ light pick scratches for an 80 yr old guitar. It comes with a non original case. I will pack it very well. Pleas ask any questions before bidding Thanks. "In the late 1890s, William L. Lange was a partner in Rettberg & Lange, a major East coast banjo producer and distributor. Lange expanded the company into the William L. Lange Company in the early 1920s, and supplied the C. Bruno & Son distributor with both Paramount and Orpheum banjo lines. In 1934, Lange debuted the Paramount guitar series - and some of the models were built by the C.F. Martin guitar company. Lange was quick to add Orpheum-branded guitars, and some of those models were built by Chicago's Kay company. Lange's company went out of business in the early 1940s, but New York distributor Maurice Lipsky resumed distribution of Orpheum guitars in 1944. By the late 1940s, the Paramount guitar line was distributed by Gretsch & Brenner. Source: Tom Wheeler, American Guitars."
Description
| Model: | Vintage | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| Series: | Vintage |
Vintage 1930's era Orpheum Number 3 arch top guitar in great playing condition. However.. There are 2 top cracks 1 is stable and the 2nd one is split and should be glued. It would be an easy clean repair. See pics. There is also some damage to the bottom by the end pin, small cracks that appear to have been repaired a long time ago. It's structurally solid. None of these cracks interfere with the playability. It has Gibson Kluson tuners that are old should be replaced soon. The guitar is in excellent playing condition and plays great and sounds even better. The frets are in great shape and It plays like butter and it's easy to bend strings on. Great for playing lead. This guitar is high quality craftsmanship, With nice inlaid binding. 3 color sunberst Has normal playing wear and finish checking/ light pick scratches for an 80 yr old guitar. It comes with a non original case. I will pack it very well. Pleas ask any questions before bidding Thanks. "In the late 1890s, William L. Lange was a partner in Rettberg & Lange, a major East coast banjo producer and distributor. Lange expanded the company into the William L. Lange Company in the early 1920s, and supplied the C. Bruno & Son distributor with both Paramount and Orpheum banjo lines. In 1934, Lange debuted the Paramount guitar series - and some of the models were built by the C.F. Martin guitar company. Lange was quick to add Orpheum-branded guitars, and some of those models were built by Chicago's Kay company. Lange's company went out of business in the early 1940s, but New York distributor Maurice Lipsky resumed distribution of Orpheum guitars in 1944. By the late 1940s, the Paramount guitar line was distributed by Gretsch & Brenner. Source: Tom Wheeler, American Guitars."