Levin Parlor Guitars - Part 3

More vintage guitars from Sweden! :)
I use 0.10's strings on both..

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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[toomuchrose]

Just a matter of interest, what kind of mic are you recording them with?

They sound awesome.

[BottleneckJohn]

It's the camera mic!! It's a SONY anf has a really good condenser mic built in, every clip you can find with me here is recorded with this camera microphone.. I'm really happy with this one!!!!

[toomuchrose]

Yeah! You got some great guitars John and you know how to make those things sing.

Fantastic stuff.

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks for the comments, they really are some fine old guitars!!

[CreepingCrumpet]

i cannot believe that someone would have the nerve to throw such a nice guitar in a dumpster , very nice find my friend. VERY NICE SOUND

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks!!

Oh well, these days people tend to throw anything away..

For me this is a beautiful instrument, for someone else, it's crap..

Lucky me!!! LoL!!

[TildeOliver]

I just found an old Levin model 111 from 1966 on its way to the dumpster yesterday, pretty awesome :D

[jagheterchristopher]

du har alltså hittat gitarrerna genom marknader och sånt? du har inte koll på var jag skulle kunna hitta såna här ställen nära göteborg? =) awesome playin' förresten!

[BottleneckJohn]

Fleamarkets, pawnshops etc...

[vleb]

You said on clip #2 that they are quite easy to find. Do you buy them in Sweden shops or pawnshops ?