Your Grandpa's Guitar

Welcome to Your Grandpa's Guitar. A blog dedicated to the guitars our grandparents may have owned. I hope to emphasize depression era instruments with an even greater emphasis on the so called working mans guitar. Guitars that were made and/or distributed by such companies as Regal, Sears and Roebuck(i.e. Supertone), Maybell/Slingerland, Tonk Brothers, Kay, Harmony and more. I hope you enjoy!!

Monday, November 16, 2015

Ry Cooder

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Had a chance last night to see Ry Cooder playing with Ricky Scaggs and The Whites.  If there is any player who I think could relate to the i...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

1930's Slingerland Songster Acoustic Guitar

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Time to take a little trip back to the 1930's when Hoover was ousted by Roosevelt and Ludwig was ousted by Slingerland as the country...
Monday, May 11, 2015

1950's Kay K161 Thin Twin Electric Guitar - AKA - Jimmy Reed

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At long last, my very own Thin Twin.  I have been on a search for this guitar for a number of years now and have never been able to nail o...
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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Stella/Harmony H1105 Grand Concert Acoustic Guitar

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Here's a quick little post about a 1949 Stella flat top acoustic guitar.  This guitar was actually made by Harmony as they had bought ...

1954 Kay K10 Auditorium Size(OOO) Acoustic Guitar

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Here we have a 1950's Kay 000 size acoustic guitar.  This guitar is in about as good a shape as you will find for something its age. ...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

1930's Maybell Style No. 25 Acoustic Guitar

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Whooo Weee!!  If Miss Maybell was walking by a construction site she would get whistled at. There have been occasions when a guitar j...
Friday, March 6, 2015

1930's/1940's Chicago Made Mystery Guitar

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Thought I would put up a quick post of this guitar as it was a bit of a mystery.  She just went off on the auction block and there were a ...
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I have always loved the style, look and sound of the off brand/department store guitar. In a world of Gibson, Martin and fender they are the underdog that i always find myself rooting for.
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