Concert Classical Guitars
John F. Mello #15 European Spruce-Brazilian Rosewood-used 1978
$7200
John F.Mello #58 60 yr old Western Red Cedar- East Indian Rosewood-used $8000
John F. Mello #70 European Spruce-Honduras Rosewood-due late 2011 $9800
JohnF. Mello #74 60 yr old Western Red Cedar- East Indian Rosewood $9800

John F. Mello #79

Classic Convertible European Spruce-Honduras Rosewood-Steel Hybrid due late 2011 $9800
Alastair Fordyce 2001 Engelmann Spruce-Madagascar Rosewood $2500
Esteve 70 Western Red Cedar-East Indian Rosewood -used $1075
Orpheus Valley Fiesta FS European Spruce-East Indian Rosewood $899

Concert Steel String Guitars
John F. Mello #57
Classic Steel Cutaway w/Fishman pickup-European Spruce-Brazilian Rosewood-used $8400
John F. Mello #65 Classic Steel Cutaway 12 -European Spruce-Cocobolo-Steel Hybrid
- due late 2011
$9800
John F. Mello #71 Grande Steel Cutaway-European Spruce-East Indian Rosewood $8900
John F. Mello #77 Veranda-European Spruce-Brazilian Rosewood-in stock $9800
John F. Mello #79
Classic Convertible European Spruce-Honduras Rosewood-Steel Hybrid
- due late 2011
$9800


Student Steel String Guitars

In house prep and voicing give these instruments a sound and playability usually found way above their price points.
The factory direct Norman, Seagull, and Simon and Patrick guitars from Canada are priced between$465-$675. They're cutaway, standard and 12-string D-size guitars, classical size fingerpicking steels, mini-jumbos and a wonderfully portable, full sounding parlor guitar perfect for traveling. The tops are either solid spruce or western red cedar with some models with solid mahogany back and sides. Also available are select Recording King guitars from China with solid spruce tops; some with solid mahogany. In house prep and voicing give these guitars a sound and playability usually found way above their price points.Please call for details.

Student Classical Guitars

The guitars from the Esteve company in Valencia, Spain are clear, balanced, mechanically correct instruments capable of producing the quality of sound and variety of tonal colors needed by the serious beginning classical student. Our in-house fret filing, bone saddle, and careful adjustments optimize sound and playability. Priced between $625-$1275, they feature solid cedar or European spruce tops, with all wood construction starting at $1250. Additionally, Orpheus Valley guitars from Bulgaria start at $449 for a very musical solid cedar top guitar and an exceptional European spruce, solid Indian rosewood guitar at $899. Please call for details.

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