Dream Fulfillment Center © "Best Acoustic “One of the Best Guitar Instrument Shop." EST. 1971 Shops in the World.” – The Village Voice – The Boston Globe Ltd. Ltd. Ltd. "One of the world's foremost dealers in “The Best Guitar Store in New York.” new and vintage fretted instruments." – New York Magazine Ltd. Ltd. – The New York Times PART 1 2011 Catalog Ltd. 629 Forest Ave., Staten Island, NY 10310-2576 • (718) 981-8585 • Fax: (718) 816-4416 www.mandoweb.com • [email protected] ® Welcome to Mandolin Brothers If you need product information, you may call us at (718) 981-8585 or 981-3226, Monday through Saturday. Our showroom is open from 10:00 am until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, and during those hours, we can be reached by phone to answer a question about fretted instruments or to accept an order. Our showroom contains many of the items in our catalog as well as a large number of other fine instruments that are not listed here but can be found in our monthly publication, The Vintage News. If you have any questions, or requests, please feel free to call, fax, email us at [email protected] or visit our website at Illustration by Marian Berntsen www.mandoweb.com. on the cover on the BAcK cover Our illustriOus staff – (see bios on next page) Our shOp – phOtO taken pHOTo taken by CHRIS Reilly by aMESSE PHOtOGRAPHY IMPORTANT NOTE: IMPORTANT NOTE: “The Catalog section of our website shows nearly every instrument that each Some pages may not reflect the very latest prices, manufacturer makes, and should not be construed as representing what we but we are in the process of updating them. All prices subject to have in stock. What we actually have in stock in fretted instruments is found change without notice; some prices may have already changed but in the main section of this Web site, under “Instruments,” “Builders,” “Featured have not yet been updated here. Please email or phone us to obtain Instruments” and “What’s New” or through the Search Engine. If you find or confirm our own selling prices which may be different than something in the “2011 Catalog” that you might wish to order, just email us the prices shown in the catalog. and we’ll let you know about its availability and/or the waiting time, and what the exact price is, as well as what’s required to place it on order.” PART 1 Collings ......................... 56-57 D'Aquisto . 46 IntroDUctIon. 2 Fender ............................. 64 Personnel ............................ 3 Flammang .......................... 59 Gibson ............................. 65 InFORMAtION Goodall. 45-46 Appraisals/Consignments ............... 4 Gretsch . 63 Vintage News Subscription Form . .66 Guild ........................... 52-53 Directions.and.General.Info . .67 Huss & Dalton ....................... 48 ontents Order.Form. .68 Kinscherff . 43 Lowden ............................ 44 c GUItARS: ARCHTOP, ACOUSTIc, McPherson . 6-7 cLASSIcAL, eLECTRIc R. Taylor ............................ 5 Avalon . ........................... 47 Ramirez ............................ 59 Bourgeois . 58 Rickenbacker . ...................... 62 Breedlove . 8-9 Santa Cruz ....................... 54-55 Buscarino . 60-61 Taylor. 49-51 Campellone ......................... 61 Veillette ............................ 43 C. F. Martin ...................... 10-42 MANDOLIN BROTHERS, LTD. 629 FOREST AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10310 FAX: (718)816-4416 All prices are subject to change, so please call us to confirm. Welcome to Mandolin Brothers® Staff Ltd. Ltd. Ltd. Ltd. Ltd. Ltd. (Front row): Janet LaFata, Showroom manager; Stanley Jay, PreSident; Lou Russo, art director; Michael Weiss, SaleSPerSon; (Second row): Bea Jay, webmaSter emerituS; Bonnie Cohen, bookkeePer/office manager; Rachel Cohen, ShiPPing/acceSorieS manager; Alison Jay, cuStomer Service manager/webmaSter ; Gil Rosado, rePair SPecializing in baSS; (Back row): Rocco Monterosso, rePair SPecializing in SetuPS and cuStom wiring, electric, PickuPS & SetuPS; Leroy Aiello, head of the rePair dePartment since 1987; Eric Jay, Showroom aSSiStant; Adam Rella, rePair aSSiStant. Stan Jay, PRESIDENT; Our president came to Staten Island (Sharon) from Penn Alison Jay, CuSTOMER SERvICE MANAGER/WEBMASTER; the eldest of State University to buy himself a Masters Degree in Education/English from Wagner Stan and Bea’s progeny, is in charge of clerical and customer service (dream fulfillment) College and then, deciding that this was an unusually comfortable place to live, stayed on work. She has worked at Mandolin Brothers for a dozen years as a fulltime employee but for more years of higher learning as a Columbia University Teachers’ College doctoral started here when she was a little girl, stuffing envelopes when she was only 10 years candidate for what became an Ab.D. (All but Dissertation) in the College Teaching of old (please don’t tell the authorities). She intends to become as well-versed in the history English. At various times in his youth a mail carrier, part-time salesperson at Rondo and evaluation of musical instruments as her father is today. Music in Union, NJ, temporary typist, musician, accompanist, writer of magazine articles, record producer, and college teacher of guitar and the arts, at age 28 Stan co-founded this Rachel Cohen, SHIPPING /ACCESSORIES MANAGER; is in charge of packing/ company (that would have been December 14, 1971, in the evening, actually) and, later shipping/receiving instruments, cases, books, apparel, DVDs, small goods display, and on, in Dec. of 1980, co-founded Steinberger Sound Corp. Music is his life. accessories purchasing. In 2005, Rachel took over for her dad (Steven Cohen) who was our former accessories manager. Someone from the Cohen family has held this position Janet LaFata, SHOWROOM MANAGER; Janet is like the woodwork at for, let’s see, 165 years now going back to Ebenezer Cohen in 1843. Mandolin Brothers. She has been here over 24 years and is our Showroom Manager. Janet, who is now a grandmother (imagine that), never toured with a group, never wrote Lou Russo, ART DIRECTOR. As well as being a striking, original commercial a song and doesn’t even play guitar, and yet she can answer any question you have artist, Lou is also a singer/songwriter/guitarist whose CDs are available on Amazon, about American fretted instruments (as any of us in sales here can). Call or email and and whose songs are played on local independent radio stations such as WFMU-FM. ask questions. Our Art Director has a background in both graphic design and fine art and has done both sales promotion and editorial design with major advertising agencies; he has also Michael Weiss, SALESPERSON; The “New Guy” at Mandolin Bros. is also new been an illustrator for Business Week, Thomson, Doubleday and others. Speaking of to musical instrument sales, having had a long career in fine furniture sales – most Abner Doubleday, Lou’s painting of Ebbets’ Field, called “First Game,” is on display recently a thirteen-year stint at Huffman Koos in Carle Place, Long Island. A guitar at the Brooklyn Gallery (Brooklyn Dodgers’ Hall of Fame) at Keyspan Park in Coney player since the age of 14 [a very good one] he has been known to say: “Selling a nice Island and, if you’re interested, signed/numbered prints are available on eBay. Martin Orchestra Model sure beats selling the average Long Island housewife a sofa.” Eric Jay, SHOWROOM ASSISTANT. Bonnie Cohen, OFFICE MANAGER; I was born a fairly long time ago and Rocco Monterosso, HEAD OF REPAIR DEPT.; Specializing in Setups and relatively far away and, after many years doing other things, I woke up one morning Custom Wiring and all other aspects of repairing stringed instruments. and found myself at Mandolin Brothers. I can’t play guitar. I tried – I was planning to be the next Joan Baez when I was a junior in high school, but it didn’t work out. I Leroy Aiello, CONSuLTANT; Expert in all types of repairs and restorations. do sing although my kids complain about the vintage music, and I did play saxophone in high school. We won’t discuss how well I played. I am, however, a very good Gil Rosado, REPAIR; Specializing in Bass, Mandolin and Banjo. bookkeeper–watching our pennies carefully. Adam Rella, REPAIR; Technician. Bea Jay, WEBMASTER, EMERITuS; Our Webmaster from 1996 through 2008, making her one of the earlier Web maintainers on record. She retired from Verizon after a 28½ year career humoring New York City telephone customers by allowing them to constructively deal with adversity. In addition to her Web duties she plays piano and organ at several Staten Island churches, and, is learning violin, viola and cello. PHONE: (718) 981-3226 or 981-8585 www.mandoweb.com [email protected] All prices are subject to change, so please call us to confirm. Since We’re Here and You’re There What’s it Worth? In our catalog we try very hard to provide you with the information necessary to make If you own or if you have been offered a vintage American guitar, a an informed choice, even though you may be far away. We can send you emailed or printed banjo or mandolin or electric bass and wish to know its current market photographs of the instrument you are considering purchasing, provide you a complete hands on value, just call and ask us for advice. Widely known as one of the largest description over the phone, and even play it for you and compare it to other similar pieces. We dealers in the world of vintage and new American fretted instruments, maintain an extremely large and varied selection including many unique or difficult-to-find brands and models that are seldom available from your average music store. We are in constant contact we are frequently recommended by Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, with the manufacturers so we can secure any item for you that we may not have in stock, or get TN, when they receive inquiries about vintage and used instruments.