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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 368163, member: 55"]This was a low-quality instrument even when new, and has gone down in value since then....there is a missing fret, so even if the neck is not warped, you are looking at some luthier work to get it playable. Likely around 1940-ish, a small guitar; not really a parlor guitar, just an older guitar, and unlikely to be by any well-known maker - not one I recognize, anyhow. Older guitars are smaller than newer ones, in general. Many of these were made with plywood, rather than solid wood, and if so, it has minimal value.</p><p> The top is not spruce, and the tuning machines are quite low in quality; all indicators that this is not a high-quality instrument. </p><p> I'd hang it on the wall, or try to resell as-is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 368163, member: 55"]This was a low-quality instrument even when new, and has gone down in value since then....there is a missing fret, so even if the neck is not warped, you are looking at some luthier work to get it playable. Likely around 1940-ish, a small guitar; not really a parlor guitar, just an older guitar, and unlikely to be by any well-known maker - not one I recognize, anyhow. Older guitars are smaller than newer ones, in general. Many of these were made with plywood, rather than solid wood, and if so, it has minimal value. The top is not spruce, and the tuning machines are quite low in quality; all indicators that this is not a high-quality instrument. I'd hang it on the wall, or try to resell as-is.[/QUOTE]
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