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Guitars of the Month

Collings CJ - Mahogany back and sides / Adirondack Top - w/hsc --- $5775

Collings guitars are a mainstay here at the Pickin' Parlor. They are some of our favorite guitars and occasionally we'll order something really special. Collings guitars are some of the finest made. Their Dreadnoughts are great bluegrass guitars, their small-bodies are great fingerstyle guitars, and then there is their Gibson copies. Their CJ is one of our favorite model guitars. It has a unique sound and style that is truly differently than anything being produced today.

his is a unique Collings specialty guitar with an Adirondack spruce top and Mahogany back and sides. It has an Ebony bridge, an ebony fingerboard, a compensated bone saddle, a bone nut, Waverly open back tuners, and a tortoise pickguard. It has prewar style scalloped bracing, and Grained ivoroid binding. The scale length is 25.5" and the nut width is 1 3/4".

We chose this guitar for guitar of the month because it stands out amongst our best guitars. It has the clarity of a Collings and upgraded tonewoods to bring it a different vintage sound that is sure to please traditionalists and progressive players alike. It is loud, clear, rich and plays like a dream. A standard CJ comes with a Sitka Spruce top, and rosewood back and sides. This one has a change in tonewoods that certainly brings a different personality and aesthetic to a great guitar. For more information about this instrument, or Collings guitars in general contact the Olde Town Pickin' Parlor in Arvada, Colorado; or go to:

www.collingsguitars.com

Martin D-28 "Golden Era" --- $9500 Price

Occasionally we get a guitar in that really catches the eye and the ear of the guys here at the Shop. This Guitar came in awhile back, and it certainly earned its place amongst the high end guitars here in the Olde Town Pickin' Parlor. It has the right combination of tone woods for you vintage Martin Dreadnought lovers, and a sound that just won't quit. It is certainly a great feature of the Pickin' Parlors fine selection of unique Martin Guitars.

This is a Standard Martin Dreadnought with Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, and an Adirondack top. It has an ebony bridge and an ebony fingerboard. The Nut is Fossilized Ivory and the saddle is Fossilized Ivory as well. It has Waverly open-back tuners with Butterbean knobs. It has a nice traditional look with a tortoise colored pick-guard, and herringbone trim. The Peg head has a Brazilian rosewood veneer, and the Bracing pattern is D-OMLE forward shifted with the scalloped 5/16" "Golden Era" braces. The neck is Mahogany and it comes with Fossilized Ivory Bridge Pins. The Scale length is 25.4" and the nut width is 1 3/4".

We have a great assortment of signature Martins, and high end Martin guitars. This one is part of a discontinued series that are certainly great investments and collectors instruments...not to mention this one sounds great. We have in stock a D-18 Authentic, a D-28 Marquis, a D-18 Golden era (used), a 000-18 "Norman Blake" model, a D-18 "Andy Griffith" Model (used), an 000-40 "Graham Nash" model (used), a 1965 D-18, a 1922 0-28, an 1886 Style 2-20, and many more of the standard series and various used Martins. This one is a great representation of the Martin Stock here at the OTPP, and we are happy to call it guitar of the month for January, 2008. This guitar is in great shape and sounds awesome. For more information visit the Olde Town Pickin' Parlor in Arvada, CO.

D.W. Stevens 18" Archtop --- $4100 Price

Several people have called the store asking where they can find high end archtops and so we figured this one would be a great candidate for the guitar of the month starting the end of August. We have a great boutique of high-end archtops, as well as a fantastic archtop builder working in our repair facility (Greg German - German Guitars - www.germanguitars.com).

Denny Stevens guitars are some of our favorites. We have one of his flat-top orchestra models, and this one, an 18" archtop cutaway with maple back and sides, and a spruce top. It has cloud inlays on the fingerboard, and on the feet of the bridge, it has gold hardware, an ebony bridge and fingerboard, a 1 11/16" nut, and the scale length is 24 3/4".

This is just one of our outstanding archtops, but it is defiantly one of the favorites amongst customers and staff alike. It's big, both in sound and in size, it's fancy, and would be a perfect match for any jazz player, swing player, archtop aficionado, and rare guitar collector. Come in and check it out!!!