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!!

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Funky German Archtop

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  Don't know a whole lot about this one.  I do believe it is a German made guitar much like a Hoyer.  It is a pretty fun ride when you g...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

1969 Barclay Acoustic Guitar

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  Here we have a 1969 Barclay guitar.  These were made by Harmony and are basically the h-1203 model rebranded with the Barclay headstock.  ...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

David Lindley

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  When it comes to catalog guitars few people were farther ahead of the curve in terms of their cool factor than David Lindley.  It seems Da...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

60's/70's Japanese Teleblaster

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  Your guess might be as good as mine on this one.  Nonetheless, it fits the bill here.  Funky, off brand, lesser known, off the beaten path...

Mid '50's To Late 60's Regal Branded Parlor Guitars

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  Here we have a couple funky and rare parlor sized guitars.  As you can see they are Regal branded, but were actually made by Harmony in Ch...

Slingerland Songster 881-h

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  I posted this guitar a few years back but it merited another visit due its fantastic upgrade.  Here we have a 1930's Slingerland Songs...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Late 40's Harmony h162

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Is this thing a beauty or what.  The h162 has evolved into a different shape over time, but these figure 8 body style models from the 40...
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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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