NJBD

[PunkKitty]

New Jazz Box Day.

I found this little gem at the pawn shop this morning. It's hand made from the Galloup Luthery School. It's a student build. Solid spruce top. Solid figured maple back and sides. Ebony fretboard. These sell for about $5k new. I paid a lot less than that.

Here are pictures. I'm not planning to keep this one. I just don't have need for a jazz box. I dropped it off for a setup. It will go up for sale when I get it back.

 

[Scott Powell]

nice!!

 

[bsman]

It's a beautiful thing that would be about as useful to me as tits on a boar!

 

[PunkKitty]

It's a beautiful thing that would be about as useful to me as tits on a boar!

Same with me. Want to buy it?

 

[Flamencology]

Lovely. HNGD.

 

[CBHScott]

Helluva nice student build!

 

[Flamencology]

It's a beautiful thing that would be about as useful to me as tits on a boar!

You're thinking of this backwards.

You buy instruments in order to force you to learn new skills, not buy instruments in order accommodate your current skills. The latter road leads directly to perpetual GAS.

 

[bsman]

Same with me. Want to buy it?

lol-049

That's the reaction I would get playing my three-chord stuff on that guitar!

 

[Bob411]

HNGD

 

[Coralkong1]

Same with me. Want to buy it?

Ummm........pm me when you get a chance.

 

[LeftyTom]

HNGD!

Is Big Rapids a suburb of Grand Rapids? :rim:

 

[gtrjunior]

HNJBD!! Pretty sweet student build!

 

[vonbladet]

Is a looker. Happy new flippable churnbox day, and give a couple of 9th chords a strum on the way out.

 

[xStonr]

PK, you have the greatest pawn shop up your way.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I'm thinking about cashing out my retirement fund and doing a pawn shop tour with you.

 

[PunkKitty]

Keep in mind that I live in Chicago so there are a lot of pawn shops. But it's usually just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

 

[PunkKitty]

Apparently, the student builds are well regarded and fairly rare.

https://reverb.com/item/77069-handmade-archtop-galloup-guitars-school-of-lutherie-2008-sunburst
https://offerup.com/item/detail/162930270/
http://www.renchguitarwerks.com/www.renchguitarwerks.com/Photos/Pages/GSL_Term_4_Archtop.html
http://penderguitars.blogspot.com/2011/03/archtop-galloup-guitars-february-2010.html
https://offerup.com/item/detail/269879250/
https://reverb.com/item/4148033-ame...ddXrvu3RMnMAEHU0vniYvD5dT574aAvxC8P8HAQ&pla=1

I just got mine back from being set up. It plays well and sounds nice. I'm just not sure it's right for me.

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Nice!!

 

[instantsteve]

HNGD!

Is Big Rapids a suburb of Grand Rapids? :rim:

Its not that far from me. I ought to go on a pilgrimage there. I know someone with one of their acoustics that he got at a reduced price because of some cosmetic flaws.