smips65 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Sure would like to try this beauty. Almost be afraid it would shatter. http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-1933-Deluxe-Archtop-1-owner-purchased-new_W0QQitemZ160389955475QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2557fc7f93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumbone Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Jeez louise, that thing belongs in a museum...after a total restoration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Jeez louise' date=' that thing belongs in a museum...after a total restoration![/quote'] Really Like the Smithsonian, along with the Picasso's, Van Gohs and DaVinci paintings I wonder where the amp is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 that thing belongs in a museum "IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7C Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 It's just crying out for a pair of EMG's and a fancy paint job. 7C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I am a real sucker for these vintage guitars. I think it is beautiful but the price........well out of my league I have a 1959 Levin Acoustic.....sheer beauty Here in Sweden, Levin's, beautiful guitars, can be had at reasonable prices, and if you look into the link between Levin and Martin you will understand the quality. here are two beauties on the Swedish e-bay just now. This one with Dearmond pickup for $840 would probably get it for $750 and this one for $560 No they should not be in a museum they should be played like this one [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 My first good acoustic was a Levin Goliath and I still rue the day I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hi JonnyG sad to hear you had to part with your Levin. I call mine "Misty" it is a 1959 Levin 335 acoustic. I am in the process of making three pickguards for it. One for acoustic silver (aluminum) and two with pickups. one with just neck pickup silver (aluminum), and on this two pickups black. Then I can dress it up, however I want, and underneath it is an acoustic. I only have three guitars but love them all, they are all very versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 This one with Dearmond pickup for $840 would probably get it for $750 and this one for $560 No they should not be in a museum they should be played like this one. That is CHEAP by todays standards. I bought my 1966 Epi Triumph archtop acoustic for less than $400 in 1966. Even though I electrified it with DeArmond SC2000s to replicate the Epiphone Tone Spectrum pickups and drilled holes in the top for the Gibson controls and jack...it still sold for around $1700 Cdn about 5 years ago. I could have got more for it, had I left it original, but I'm glad I electrified it. Epiphone used DeArmond p_ups on several of their models but not on the top of the line Emperor, Deluxe, or the Zephyr Emperor Regent. However on the Zephyr Regent, they seem to use both De-Armond and the Tone Spectrum depending on how the customer order wanted it at the time. One serial number would have the DeArmond and the next production sn would have the New York Tone Spectrum. These models of course today seem to rise in value consistently every year and some are now in the $5000-$10,000 range or even more depending on the rarity. BTW..the DeArmond pickups that were used on some Epiphone models before Gibson were also used on some of the Gretsch models of the same period. There doesn't seem to be much history on the actual construction of the New York Tone Spectrum . No mention of the type of magnet material (Alnico II? ), wire guage, number of turns or any electrical measurements to go by. However, it appears from my book that these Tone Spectrums were made inhouse, along with their Epiphone strings. ( Herb Sunshine applied for a patent on a Master Pickup in 1939.) My book (House of Stathopoulo..out of print btw) mentions that Nat Daniel (of Danelectro) designed the earlier electric guitars and amplifiers for Epiphone under the Electar name, so he could be considered somewhat of a parallel to Seth Lover in some ways. Herb Sunshine (inventor of the frequensator) and motivational force behind Epiphone hired him to do some amplifier development. He recalled in an interview that Epiphone was buying magnet material from some source and these had to be magnetized locally as shipping magnetized magnets was bad for attracting metal, so he built a magnetizer for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Interesting that it's described as "all original," yet has a pup from the next decade :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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