Acoustic Flat-Top Guitars

Applause This is one of the original Applause guitars, made in the U.S.A. by Kaman Music, the parent company of Ovation, from 1976 through 1981. It has the Ovation-style deep-bowl back, a spruce top, sealed tuners, and a composite neck with an aluminum fingerboard...this guitar would work well in a bar fight, or as an all-around, very durable, camping or travel guitar! It plays easily, and also has amazingly good tone, plus an added small pickguard, on the bass side of the soundhole. VG, OSC photo
$150

Epiphone This 1967 FT-45 Cortez was built by Gibson in Kalamazoo, MI, and is almost identical to the small-bodied Gibson LG-2. It has x-bracing and an upper-belly bridge, with an adjustable ceramic saddle, and a nice original sunburst finish. Though it has some finish checking and small dings,it still looks pretty clean. This guitar has a nice slim neck, but not too narrow for fingerstyle playing...it plays easily, and sounds great! Call for an in-hand description... VG, HC photo soon!
$975

Gibson This 1966 LG-1 has a concert-sized body, with ladder bracing under its sunburst-finished solid spuce top. The back and sides are mahogany...the neck, also mahogany, is pleasantly slim, yet not too narrow, as some are. It is in near-mint, impeccable condition, with only extremely minor small marks on it, completely original except for a Gibson-made upper-belly ebony bridge, replacing the original plastic one. Call for an in-hand description... NEAR MINT, OSC, photo soon!
$1400

Gibson This 1962 J-45 slope-shoulder dreadnaught has now been returned to active service after extensive professional crack and brace repairs, plus bridge replacement. It still has the original finish on its solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides, though the finish has faded considerably over the years from its original reddish hue, and also has a considerable amount of checking...but overall, it looks pretty doggone good! This guitar still has its original Kluson Deluxe tuners, and comes with the original brown alligator case, in good shape. The frets are freshly milled, and the setup and playability are excellent, as is the sound quality...this has become a very nice guitar indeed! Call for an in-hand description... VG, OSC photo
$1950

Gibson This 1963 J-45 slope-shoulder dreadnaught beauty is in excellent condition, and 100% original, with the exception of an added inside-saddle pickup, and a jack installed in the treble side of the lower bout. The pickup works well, and the guitar also includes the original rosewood saddle and adjusting screws, in the case pocket. The reddish sunburst finish on its solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides is in great clean condition, with little or no fading, and just minor playing wear. The original Kluson Deluxe tuners look almost new, and work perfectly...the original Gibson hardshell case is also in good shape. The setup and playability are great, and the volume and tone are wonderful...a real cannon! Call for an in-hand description...photos soon! EX, OHC
$2850

Martin This 1976 D-35, with a natural solid spruce top and solid Indian rosewood sides and 3-piece back, is a really sweet playing, nice looking guitar, which also includes a Fishman Matrix pickup system. The original Grover Rotomatic tuners still work perfectly. The original nitrocellulose lacquer finish has the usual complement of teeny dings and scratches, some checking, and a couple of small back finish cracks, but looks very clean, overall. The outer panels of the three-piece back have some nice figure that almost looks Brazilian...could be, as this was the model Martin created to be able to use their narrowest pieces of Brazilian rosewood, and instruments using this exotic wood turned up well into the '70s. The neck has the typical Martin "ski jump" on the fingerboard extension, which in no way interferes with its excellent playability. Call for an in-hand description of this great-sounding instrument! VG+, OHSC front photo back photo
$1976

Martin This 1948 0-15, with it's solid mahogany top, back and sides. is an incredible blues guitar! It has a slim neck, with rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and original era Grover Sta-Tite tuners. Though it has several repaired body cracks, there are no cracks in the neck or headstock, and the neck, surprisingly, is as straight as an arrow, and requires no reset! VG, OSSC photo
$1500

Rex Professional A sweet-sounding and cool-looking parlor guitar from circa 1900, probably built by Lyon & Healy, with a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, pyramid bridge, slot-head 12-fret neck, ebony fingerboard, and original tuners. The bridge has been reset to improve the intonation. Call for an in-hand description... VG, SC photo
$600

Seagull Guitars are made in Quebec, Canada, and are premium instruments with solid cedar or spruce tops, easy-playing necks, great tone, distinctive body shapes, and gloss or semi-gloss finishes. Any model not in stock may be special-ordered. Mendocino Music includes a free hardshell case with every Seagull guitar!


Seagull Coastline Cedar Gloss Top, slope-shouldered dreadnaught body, natural solid cedar top with high-gloss finish, laminated dark-stained wild cherry back and sides with semi-gloss finish, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, sealed tuners, 2 year warranty, a beautiful and great-sounding instrument! NEW, HC, list $552 photo
SALE PRICE! $395

Seagull Coastline Cedar 12 String, slope-shouldered dreadnaught body, natural solid cedar top, laminated dark-stained wild cherry back and sides, semi-gloss finish, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, sealed tuners, 2 year warranty, sounds like a full orchestra, and may be tuned low or to concert pitch if desired! NEW, HC, list $562
SALE PRICE! $395

Silvertone 1960s auditorium size, by Harmony, reddish mahogany-stained solid birch top, back and sides, movable bridge with trapeze tailpiece, playing wear and scratches, some neck bow, but plays OK, VG, SC photo
$150

Stella 1960s auditorium size, by Harmony, sunburst birch top, birch back and sides, pin bridge, straight neck, good action, surprisingly good tone, repaired chip on side of headstock, otherwise very clean, VG, SC photo
$200

Stella 1960s 3/4 size, by Harmony, sunburst birch top, birch back and sides, w/faux-flame grain, tailpiece with moveable bridge, straight neck, good playability and tone, a couple of small dings, but overall pretty clean, and definitely cool! VG, SC photo
$200

Taylor This 1996 Taylor 814-C Grand Auditorium cutaway has beautiful Indian Rosewood back and sides, and a perfect, narrow-grained, Sitka Spruce top, with lots of cross-grain "silk." The one-piece mahogany neck has no "Frankenstein' joint at the headstock, and has an ebony fingerboard with abalone inlays, and original Grover tuners. This guitar was truly the "pick of the litter," in its first year of issue, and, best of all, it has no outmoded pickup system cut into its side! And, oh yeah, it sounds fantastic, with a nice fat bass, and clear mids and treble, using light-gauge strings, with a nice low action. It's in dead-mint, factory-perfect condition, and has its original brown hardshell case...a future collectable, that's a real bargain now! MINT, OHC photo
$2600

Resonator Instruments

National Reso-Phonic Triolian, steel body with brown sunburst painted finish, single 9-1/2" biscuit cone, 14-fret round maple neck with slotted headstock, sounds and looks great! This is a reissue (with modern improvements) of the very first single-cone metal-bodied guitar made by National in 1929...it's constructed of lighter-gauge steel than the Delphi, so is considerably lighter, also because of the slightly shorter body shape of the 14-fret model. NEW OLD STOCK, TKL deluxe OHC, list $2650, photo
SALE PRICE! $1995

National Reso-Phonic Vintage Steel Delphi, steel body with satin nickel plating, single 9-1/2" biscuit cone, 12-fret round mahogany neck with slotted headstock, sounds loud and bright, for a great Delta-blues tone...this plating looks very cool, and will age to attain a vintage appearance! NEW OLD STOCK, TKL deluxe OHC, list $2650, photo
SALE PRICE! $1995

National Reso-Phonic M2 Mahogany, all-mahogany body, single 9-1/2" biscuit cone, 12-fret round mahogany neck with solid headstock and pearloid overlay, MOP diamond shaped fingerboard inlays, nickel plated coverplate, a really beautiful instrument! NEW OLD STOCK, TKL deluxe OHC, list $2650, photo
SALE PRICE! $1995

National Reso-Phonic Vintage Steel Tricone, steel body with satin nickel plating, three 6" cones with satin nickel plated art-deco coverplate, 12-fret round ivoroid-bound mahogany neck, with solid headstock and ivoroid position markers...this is an updated version of the first instrument made by National in 1927! NEW OLD STOCK, TKL deluxe OHC, list $3050, photo
SALE PRICE! $1995

Mandolins, Banjos, Etc.

None right now!

Acoustic and Electric Arch-Top Guitars

Hagstrom 1975 Jimmy D'Aquisto-designed model, natural flamed maple back, sides, and arched top, with cats-eye f-holes...pickguard is missing, a few teeny dings and scratches, but nothing serious, replacement Schaller tuners, VG+, Gretsch hard case with lime-green lining photo
$950

Kay 1950s 16" wide acoustic archtop with f-holes, sunburst finish, top and back binding, solid maple top with herringbone binding, flamed maple back, sides and neck...the top has several scratches, but the back looks a lot better. The neck has some bow, and the neck angle has pulled up some, though it's still very playable, with low action. Very cool tailpiece, great sound, and no cracks! VG, SC photo
$250

Old Kraftsman 1960s 16" wide acoustic archtop with f-holes, made for Spiegel catalog by Kay, "faux-flame" sunburst finish, probably birch body, replacement tuners, VG+, SC photo
$250

Old Kraftsman 1960s 16" wide acoustic archtop with f-holes, made for Spiegel catalog by Kay, "faux-flame" blonde finish, probably birch body, straight neck, replacement Grover Sta-Tite tuners, EX, SC photo
$300

Solid-Body Electric Guitars and Basses

FenderThis 1964 Telecaster, with alder body and sunburst finish (possibly a refin), has a 1970 Fender Tele neck w/maple fingerboard, with replacement Kluson-style tuners. There is serious belt-buckle wear on the back, but the front looks great, and so does the neck, which is nice and straight! The neck pickup is original; the bridge pickup is a '70s one, and the bridge itself has been replaced with a Fender '80s 6-saddle type. This guitar plays and sounds just like it should, and it's a real bargain, too! OHC, photo
$6000

Amplifiers, Speakers, and Electronics

Bassic Equipment Monitor wedge with handle, carpet covered, 12" 150-watt Eminence speaker with horn, good sound, easy to handle, VG
$75

Fishman Acoustic guitar preamp, has volume, treble, and bass controls, runs on 9V battery, or AC adapter (not included), list $100, EX
$40

Strings

Darco Strings by Martin: $5/set, 12 for $50

• Electric Light, Nickel .010-.046
• Acoustic Extra Light, 80/20 Bronze .010-.047 (wound 3rd)
• Acoustic Light, 80/20 Bronze .012-.054
• Acoustic Medium, 80/20 Bronze .013-.056
• Classical Nylon, Hard Tension
• 12-String Light, 80/20 Bronze .012-.054 ($8/set, 12/$80)

Most other guitar, bass, mandolin and banjo string sets: 50% off list price, in box quantities!

Ordering Information

Mendocino Music
P.O. Box 335
Navarro, CA 95463

Phone: 707-895-3214
Email: rick@mendocinoguitars.com

Please call or e-mail to confirm condition, availability, and shipping charges, and for an in-hand description of any instrument. Photos of items, if not indicated on the list, may be available via e-mail.

UPS Ground shipping and insurance charges for most guitars, within the continental U.S., are $35-$80, depending on destination and insured value. Small goods may be shipped via Parcel Post or Priority Mail at a lower rate. Sorry, we do not ship overseas. We cannot accept credit cards, but do accept money orders and cashiers checks. Personal checks are also OK, but subject to a one week shipping delay for bank clearance. California residents must add 7.25% sales tax to the total merchandise price.

With prior notification within 48 hours of receipt, any instrument or piece of equipment in unchanged condition may be returned for a full refund, less shipping charges.

We can sell your instruments on consignment, at a fee of 25% of the selling price. We will hold instruments on layaway, for up to thirty days, with a non-refundable 25% deposit. We also maintain a "wish list" of instruments our customers are searching for. Let us know via phone or e-mail if we can help you sell, buy, or find something!