"Pick of the Day" - 1920s Lyon & Healy Parlor Acoustic

1920’s Lyon & Healy Parlor. An ornate parlor guitar with a fantastic tone! Small repaired back crack and an old repaired bottom side crack running the length of the body. Back and sides have been oversprayed. Neck reset and refretted by Eric Daw as well as a pickup with endpin jack installed. This guitar is in excellent playing condition and frets easily and cleanly up the entire neck. The small body and old wood delivers a very present sound with outstanding string balance and a warm, yet brilliant tone. A really fun picker with tons of vibe! Includes hardshell case.
Just to test out the pickup, we grabbed a cool little tweed Fender Deluxe from 1953!
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Music: The Hollers "The Great Recluse" (Instrumental)

[@jacobschmitt9983]

i love these videos

[@chasejohnson6195]

Wouldn't it be better to string a guitar like this with silk and steel? Or am I wrong?

[@gordongiobanni7543]

Nylon

[@stevebismarck5878]

Unfortunately, the decision to replace the original bridge with a modern factory-made bridge (as opposed to a handmade period-appropriate copy) drastically reduces the value of the instrument. The pyramid and box-end bridges on the L & H guitars were one of their more distinctive features and is something important to collectors. This is what happens when guitar techs who aren't savvy about the vintage ethics of particular brands and models take a stab at "restoring" an instrument using the materials and techniques they have at hand.
I also have to wonder what was done to brace the bridge on the underside of the top. L & H guitars usually shipped with gut strings and came with a metal tailpiece that could be screwed into the endblock if the player wanted steel strings. The tailpiece was necessary to transfer the stress of the steel strings into the interior tailblock because the soundboard itself was too light for the tension of steel strings. That instrument will have a lot of belly lift in coming years. Too bad.

[@travishemryalienproduckshu9939]

I have one just like this all original untouched. May sell.

[@garymelnyk7910]

Did you sell it? ​@@travishemryalienproduckshu9939

[@falcongunner33]

Any tech that knows what they’re doing would ensure the guitar is properly braced before putting steel strings on. And this example looks and sounds great with a reproduction bridge. The intent here was clearly to make a playable instrument, which was clearly achieved. So much useless negativity in this comment.

[@liberioescriba6158]

0:38 when you dont really have anything to say about something

[@ofershragay]

Cool, modern twists make this payable. My eyes wondered to that amp...

[@travishemryalienproduckshu9939]

I have a guitar exactally like this. How do i contact you.

[@tycoyle3789]

If you're interested in selling, let me know

[@mr.nobody68]

TL;DR
5:41

[@centerice]

Nice video but the background soundtrack is too loud. Became very distracting and for those starting to lose a bit of their low tone hearing, your low voice gets lost among the high and mid range tones of the loud background music. Those who watch these videos don't need mood music in the background anyway. We are all transfixed by the instruments and come here to hear them, and your descriptions.