This parlor guitar features a solid spruce top and solid Brazilian rosewood for the sides and back. The ebony fingerboard is adorned with beautiful mother-of-pearl inlays. The slotted headstock features non-original tuners, and on the back there is a metal plate engraved with \u201cThe A.C. Fairbanks & Co. Makers \u2013 Boston, Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n
This parlor guitar, which is over a hundred years old, has been through quite a bit over the years. The top, back, and sides show several repaired cracks, as can be clearly seen in the photos. The cracks are stable and do not affect the structural integrity of the instrument.<\/p>\n
The bracing and neck construction are not designed to withstand the high tension of modern steel strings. That is why we have chosen to string the guitar with Silk & Steel strings and tune it a half-step lower.<\/p>\n
The guitar also features an original ebony pyramid bridge with a slanted bone saddle. Despite its age and the inevitable signs of wear from its past, this Fairbanks plays and sounds exceptionally well.<\/p>\n
A truly unique early American parlor for the enthusiast who isn\u2019t put off by a bit of history and signs of wear. This vintage piece is certainly not for \u201cthe faint of heart,\u201d but that\u2019s exactly what makes it so interesting.<\/p>\n
Comes with a sturdy case.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A very special A.C. Fairbanks Co. Parlor from around the 1900s, built in Boston, Massachusetts. A.C. Fairbanks was best known as a renowned banjo maker, but he also began producing guitars in the late 19th century. Around the turn of the 20th century, the company was acquired by Vega. This guitar dates from that interesting transitional period.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10857,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[581],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10828","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-a-c-fairbanks","product_shipping_class-gitaren-versterkers","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","sold-individually","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n