c.1955 US Strad "Parlor" Guitar

This plywood-bodied wonder was made in the '50s, branded US Strad, and
...and... this one plays nice and has a full, balanced, and pretty loud sound to it.

My work on it included a fret level/dress, cleaning, a replacement bridge (I typically use rosewood flattop mandolin blank bridges for these, as I've done here), and setup. It plays just about as good as you could ask and has a pretty comfortable neck, too. It's no '60s Gibson, but it's also not like gripping a 2x4.

The "US Strad" label's United States map section has worn off. Plastic nut. Tuners are original but a few of the shafts have been replaced by me (since they were missing).

Fun painted-on 50s-o-rama fret markers.

Rosewood bridge sounds dandy.


The color is sort of a muted orangey-red-brown.

Note that the tuners and tailpiece are held on by pronged nails! It works...

Good tight heel.



...and it even has its end-pin!
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