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Soft, sweet and magic. Has Brazilian rosewood back and sides so is very warm and mellow, not at all ‘boxy’ like many parlours can be. 

It has nylon strings and I tune it to E flat as it needs some tlc one day, but plays great :) 

Had it 11 or 12 years, it’s a real keeper. 

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15 years after getting my Martin parlour, which is in the first post of this thread, and 3 years after saying in that post I’d get it restored, I finally did and just got it back 😍
 

The out of place full size bridge was replaced with the proper smaller pyramid style - it’s a bit scarred now because of that, but it is over 180 years old so I can live with that! To make it look less scarred would have compromised the original finish, rosette and vibe. It’s also got new tuners, cracks were fixed, and the back was French polished.

 

Feel blessed to be a custodian of this one. Would love to know it’s stories. 

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On 18/08/2018 at 19:01, Chiliwailer said:

Get some wood.

Kicking off with a Martin from circa 1840 with original hard case, but a dodgy newer bridge... which will soon replaced with an original looking one when I get some cash! 

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Amazing - how did you get your hands on that?

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1 hour ago, CCL said:

Amazing - how did you get your hands on that?

Cheers. 

It was a wonderful gift from a friend who owned a shop in Denmark Street years back.  He kept it after a p/x though wasn’t into playing it, but I’d always get it out anytime I visited him. One day when I visited him in Cornwall he gave it to me, saying he was going to anyway in his will, but he could see how much I was enjoying it. 
Needless to say I’m so thankful. 

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