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@@PaisleyPatchouli Thank you!

@@patrickevelyn8028 $1795.00 which includes a new hard case and new guitar warranty. This one has been sold but we have several other H165’s available just like it to purchase.

@@scottbaxendale323 thank you

@@scottbaxendale323 Where are they available to purchase?

@@wildesquirewww.staygoldguitars.com/baxendaleconversions

I am 70, been playing violin since about 8, got some guitars and more violins when I hit about 40. What motivates me about instruments is the sound, or tone, or the interwoven vibrations or whatever word is appropriate. I have big problems with humidity, I live in Los Angeles and it swings between 50 to 61 per cent with a dehumidifier running constantly. Anyway,,, when I hear a certain tone it grabs me and I want to own it. I have a half dozen of those Harmony's, one is pretty good and I play it, it does not sound like the one in this video, but the other thing is, it feels clunky, like the fingerboard is too wide maybe,, I don't know. Whoever reads this,,, trust me: THAT guitar is a major winner. Send the money and put a smile on your face for many years.

@@cugir321 they range in price from $850-3000 depending on model, age, woods, etc. The H1260 Sovereign sells for $2300 with a new case and new guitar warranty. See our inventory at www.staygoldguitars.com/baxendaleconversions

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@@winstonoboogie2424 the later years have adjustable rods, but the steel reinforced neck models sound better. These necks have done all the twisting and warping they are going to do being over 50 years old. Once we plane them straight and do our neck magic they are extremely stable to the point we give a lifetime warranty to the original purchaser for playability. One some models we do install graphite reinforcement rods, but only if we are replacing the fingerboard.

These are $1795.00 with a new hard case.

@@scottbaxendale323 Thank you.

Thanks. It’s a nice one.

Thanks!

@@redrock1963 here is another video of the same model with studio mics. czcams.com/video/cex3VszTPbg/video.htmlsi=TjrER0euFcazJSeq

@@Les3201 it’s a Supertone with Honduras.

@@simoncroft Thanks! They do sound great. These can be strung and tuned a bunch of different ways. As a mandocello, an octave mandolin, a tenor banjo, a bouzouki, or just the top 4 strings on a guitar. I like them tuned in 5ths starting with D on the low string. We currently have this one available. $1695.00 w pickup and case. I’ve sold three of these to folks in the UK.

I potentially have one (in the EU) which I would be willing to part with Simon. Can we get in touch somehow?

@@Chronic_Town Thank you for the offer, but I'm more interested in selling than buying at the moment.

@@firecrackerheart …..I’m a Boomer too,….lol.

@@scottbaxendale323 lols, i know. i was definitely "2 birds'n" it on that comment .. . ;)

Thank you! Cheers!

It is a customer owned guitar. We do both: we sell remanufactured guitars from our inventory and people send us their guitars to rebuild. Unfortunately, this one is not currently for sale. The guy we rebuilt it for may want to resell it though.

The Martin is over three times the price of the h162 conversion. $6k vs $1795.00 The point is about the comparison. Try listening through headphones.

Thanks so much!

Every sound except the drums are guitars.

John C Baxendale. He builds guitars in Durango, Co. Colorado Guitar Comapny. He sells them through Mass Street Music in Lawerence Ks, and the Great American Guitar Co, in Nashville.

Yes, but certain lower end models don’t really qualify, so email pictures to us.

@@scottbaxendale323 thanks for the quick reply! I just picked up a 1950s 3/4 Kay and remembered Warren Huart raving about your work!

@@owdeguy Send a picture of it. Some of those Kay’s make great mandocello’s. These are very popular and sound fantastic! I’m buying those.

Is that a trick question? Martin, Gibson, Fender, Goya, Eko, Hofner, Vega, are just a few. Those were all big factories. Mossman produced between 4-9 guitars per week, and at the time there was only Gurian, Gallagher, and Mossman. Mossman started in 67.

@@scottbaxendale323 no it’s was a real question. Thank you for answering it. I’m not very educated on guitar building. Guess most of these companies quit making quality instruments in the 60’s.

@@stonephilips9361 That’s not exactly true. However, the quality and quantity of guitars during the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’, have a direct correlation with the guitar boom era which began in 1958 and peaked in 1980. Gibson’s quality began to suffer, especially on acoustics, around 1960. Martin’s quality never dropped off, but in 1969 they switched from Brazilian rosewood to Indian rosewood which is considered inferior wood, but isn’t really inferior.

@@scottbaxendale323 Thanks for info, really enjoyed the movie 🙏