{"product_id":"kalamazoo-ktg-21-arch-top-acoustic-tenor-guitar-1935-13717","title":"Kalamazoo KTG-21 Arch Top Acoustic Tenor Guitar (1935)","description":"Kalamazoo KTG-21 Model Arch Top Acoustic Tenor Guitar (1935), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 291A, sunburst lacquer finish, mahogany back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, black gig bag case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a cool and fairly rare pre-war Gibson-made arch top tenor guitar, basically the Model KG-21 with a 4-string neck. The tenor versions were not built in nearly as great numbers as the 6-string Kalamazoos, and don't turn up often today. This is a fairly lightly built guitar with a solid spruce \"Arco Arched\" (not carved) top, mahogany back and standard period fittings. The A-suffix Factory Order Number under the treble side soundhole indicates a build date of 1935. It has a snappy tone with plenty of volume and for the original price at around $20 was a very good bargain at the time, as indeed it remains.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1\/8 in. (7.9 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1\/4 in. (32 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 90 year old tenor plays well and sounds good, it does show some general wear but no major repair. The all-original finish shows checking and dings, dents and scrapes overall with a large scrape mark to the back of the neck behind the second fret. The pressed-into-shape top arch is firm with no major shrinkage and the neck has an excellent angle. These ingredients help make for a \"good one\" with Kalamazoo arched models! All hardware is original except the bridge, which is a repurposed Gibson-style mandolin unit that works fine. The neck is nice and straight and the original frets are in excellent shape, this is a very solid prewar archtop tenor, resting in a modern gig bag. Very Good + Condition.","brand":"Kalamazoo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853707661452,"sku":"13717","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_e638faf0-443e-47bd-8760-cb554fb9f710.jpg?v=1774343942","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/kalamazoo-ktg-21-arch-top-acoustic-tenor-guitar-1935-13717","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}