Guitar Man Joe stopped by the shop this week with a vintage gem in a vintage chipboard case: a Lyon & Healy Marquette, a groovy parlor-sized guitar that is more than 100 years old!
Fretful Fret
Joe estimated this guitar was built between 1890 and 1920. Despite its age, this guitar was in amazing shape. The 8th fret was loose and buzzing, but a carefully placed drop of super glue fixed it right up.
A Century Of Music
Cleaned-up and re-strung, this Marquette sounds amazingly mellow. Playing its chunky triangular neck feels like holding 100 years of music history in your hands! Listen to that vintage tone—recorded with a Shure SM-58 microphone positioned six-inches from the sound hole—on the tracks below!
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- A 100 years of music history in one classic parlor guitar.
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- Guitar Man Joe’s Lyon’s & Healy Marquette, circa 1919-ish.
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- Vintage binding.
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- The ancient machine heads just needed a thorough cleaning and a bit of grease!
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- Love the interior craftsmanship on this Marquette
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- A peek inside the Marquette sound box.
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- Marquette guitars were made with sycamore backs and sides, coupled with a white spruce top.
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- The thick, triangular neck has no truss rod but is straight as an arrow.
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- The Marquette at rest in its chipboard case.