1938 Recording King L-00

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1938 Recording King L-00

FON DW-1212. The super-rare Recording King Carson Robinson /Model K has the body and neck of a standard Gibson L-00, but is ladder-braced, has notruss-rod, and a slightly different pickguard outline. This is a knockout of a guitar that we simply can't spare the time to work on. It's inexcellent condition, but for a small back crack, a pickguard margin crack, and a short crack between the soundhole and the fingerboard. The guitar hasits original lacquered bridge, and original bone nut and saddle, but is without tuners, and bridge pins. Repairs needed include fixing thaforementioned cracks, resetting the neck, and setting up he guitar. The ladder-braced top is quite bellied as you'll see in one of the photos,below. An option to explore would be to re-brace this top with X-bracing. A marvelous guitar with a great deal of potential.
$1799 (US $1399)
1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00
  • 1938 Recording King L-00

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