Levin Parlor Guitars - Part 2

On July 27th 1900, Herman Carlson Levin began building his wonderful stringed instruments in a small workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden. My great passion is collecting these instruments that, to my eyes (and ears), were some of the finest guitars ever built..

Certainly, many people today know of Levin for its fine old arch-top guitars or its plainer and not quite so fine-sounding beginners' instruments from the 50s and 60s.
But long before this, Levin was top of it's class in Europe and other parts of the world. It already achieved a high-point as an instrument maker at the 1907 World's Fair in Madrid, where it won the gold medal for the best guitar. Remember, this was in the Spanish guitar builders' home territory. Not only that, Levin was awarded the exhibition's Grand Prix!

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[fjmoralessanz]

Huge sound for such small guitars. Great playing too !!

[BottleneckJohn]

THANKS!!!

[5tonyvvvv]

@BottleneckJohn are those steel strings? i play a lute with natrual catgut..they are much softer on the finger nails..

[BottleneckJohn]

@5tonyvvvv

Yes, all the little ones have steel strings on, 0.10's..

They work fine for me! :-)

[thejunkyardbear]

hi

enjoyed both clips all i will comment is wow these are great guitars i have 2 questions

1...how does the guitars of the 1940s in part on compare in sound ,contruction tone etc to the guitars from 1910 etc....i.e the guitars 30 years older

2.. are they easy to find in sweden? still

al

[BottleneckJohn]

The earlier ones are mostly far better instruments than the newer ones..

Regarding Levin that only applies on these small "school" instruments, the fanicer 1940's Levins are awesome instruments!

They are extremely easy to find!

[lennyedwards62]

John,

Where do you find them, I can't seem to find any for quite some time, I'm looking for a 1900-1915 type, also could do you do an expected figure for one of this type?

Cheers

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks Nate!!

Good to hear that you found time to watch both clips!!!

[NateRushing]

Great playing and excellent guitars. I enjoyed part 1 and part 2.