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Vintage Howard Foote Parlor Guitar - $750 (Fair Oaks)
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
Howard Foote
model name / number:
"The Manitou"
size / dimensions:
See Above
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Price: $750 Firm ... no trades/no low ballers If you are local I can arrange for you to play it.
Brand: Howard W. Foote (Distributor)
Model: “The Manitou
Serial Number: N/A
Bracing: Ladder
Total Length: 37.625 “
Lower bout width: .13.25”
Upper bout wide: 9.75”
Sound hole Diameter: 3.5”
Nut Size:.1.875”(bone)
Scale Length: 25-25.0625”
Body Depth Lower & upper bout:.Lower=3.635 … Upper= 3”
Tuners: “Golden Age Restoration Tumors” (Stewmac)
Wood Type:
Back: Oak
Sides: Oak
Face: Spruce
Neck: Maple(?)
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood with a laminated sliver of the same where the fretboard overlaps the upper bout.
Finish: French polished Shellac (Natural)
Strings:Martin MA130FX, Silk & Phosphor (.011-.047) Note: D’Addario Phospher Bronze EJ26 (.011-052) work well too. But I would release the tension when not in use)
Action:Good and very good for finger-picking. Fingerpicks really pops the sound.
What’s New:
· “Golden Age Restoration Tumers” (Stewmac)
· Preizo –Artec PP-607 under-the-Saddle transducer
· Frets
· Fretboard
· Bridge
· Bone nut and Saddle
What’s restored:
· Chose not to do a neck reset and did a laminate reset.
· Filled and covered tearout in front of bridge.
· Took body down to bare wood and French-polished it. This was the original kind of finish
· Glued and cleated all cracks
· Covered missing wood in back bottom lower bout. (See Photo