guitarsandgardens.com gibson l-2 Archtop Guitar 1923 Loar era Robert Johnson

This is a 1923 Gibson L-2 archtop acoustic guitar from the famed LLoyd Loar era.
Beautiful playing guitar, nice warm and chimey tone, surprising volume and sustain from a guitar of this size. Perfect for Blues/Folk or any style you care to play. Robert Johnson played a later 20's L-1, the L-0, L-1 and L-2 models were the same basic guitar with different appointments.

This one is available as of this posting at guitarsandgardens.com

Guitarsandgardens.com Martin R-18 Acoustic Guitar Vintage 1933

This is a Martin R-18 acoustic guitar, year of production 1933. This was an early Jazz archtop with a low production run of 1,928 between 1933-1942. It has an extremely comfortable V neck, smaller body size similar to a 00, solid mahogany construction with a spruce top. As you can see by the pics, she is a well-worn beauty, probably spent some time on the back of a pickup during the depression.

This particular guitar was sold to a bloke in the UK last year through our Guitarsandgardens.com ebay store.
I heard from him after the guitar was delivered, he was a real happy camper. Check our listings for current inventory. Thanks for looking.

Guitarsandgardens.com Princess Fairy Party

This is our annual Princess Fairy Party for our granddaughters and friends from this past August 2010.
The party was at the guitarandgardens back yard. The wings that our granddaughters are wearing were hand made and fairly easy to do. If you're interested in how to construct them just let us know, we'll be happy to share the info.. It appears a good time was had by all.

guitarsandgardens.com Marbled Creeping Charlie Glechoma Hederacea

This is our Marbled Creeping Charlie Plant. This variety is quite rare and hard to find; features white marbeling on green leaves. These grow well in shade to part shade and like moist soil. They make great house or patio plants in hanging containers. We have them available at our Amazon, Ebay and Ioffer stores, under seller: guitarsandgardens.

Please see our other post here for the standard variety Creeping Charlie.

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Guitarsandgardens.com Gibson Buddy Holly LTD J-45 Guitar

This is a 1995 Gibson J-45 Buddy Holly LTD Acoustic Guitar. Only 250 of these were built, the first two went to Jackson Browne and Graham Nash. This one is available as of this post at our Guitars and Gardens ebay store. These were built to the specs. of Buddys 1942 J-45 that he wrote most of his songs on, it has a soft V neck, banner headstock, and 1942 appointments. Beautiful Guitar from Gibson.
The Certificate of Authenticity is signed by Buddys widow.

guitarsandgardens.com Kramer Ripley Stereo Panning Guitar

Ths is a rare Kramer Ripley Stereo Guitar currently on auction at our Guitars and Gardens ebay web store.
These were played, endorsed and promoted by Eddie Van Halen during the mid 80's. Production was very low and numbers are reportedly around 200. The guitar features individual string controls which allow each string to be assigned to a different amplifier. Two amplfiers are required to make use of the panning feature. Take a listen to the Van Halen 1984 album, in particular the Top Jimmy track to hear one in action.

See the guitar at GuitarsandGardens.com

November 4, 2010

GuitarsandGardens.com Fender Harvard Vintage Guitar Amplifier

This is a 1960 Fender Harvard Guitar amplifier sold through our ebay store 2 years ago. These Tweed amps are pretty rare and real hard to find. At about 10 watts through a 10" speaker these bridged the gap between Princeton and Deluxe Amps. If you can find one they'll generally run $1500-$2k. These have the tone that the boutique builders emulate, don't let the price put you off if you find one and can afford it.

You can see all of our inventory currently available at our various on line sales outlets through our  GuitarsandGardens.com web site.