Kovacik Guitars and Fretted Instrument Repair
Steven Kovacik
Scotia, NY
4:31 AM
By appointment

Money order, personal check (must clear before item ships), cashier check, wire transfer, Paypal.

I generally ship by UPS and will ship an item within 48 hours (usually the next day) of having received or cleared payment. Exact shipping costs will be added to the total for the buyer once the buyer has provided a shipping address. I insure everything for fulll purchase price.

Items are sold with a 48 hour approval period unless clearly marked "AS IS" in the listing. AS IS items are not returnable. If an item is going to be returned it is at the buyer's expense and the item must be shipped within 24 hours of the buyer notifying Kovacik Guitars of intent to return. Any returned items must be shipped in the original packaging and MUST be fully insured when returned. Once an item is returned to Kovacik Guitars and judged to be in the same condition as when originally sold a full refund will be issued.

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1940 Harmony Round Up X brace conversion (James Burkett)

$3,500
1940 Harmony Round Up 'Gene Autry' w/hsc X braced conversion by Jim Burkett Produced in limited quantities by Harmony from 1939-1941 and sold through the Sears & Roebuck catalog, the Harmony Round Up guitar features a 15" lower bout (3 3/4" depth at the tail block) with birch back and sides with faux maple graining and a burst finish and fire stripe pick guard. The neck has a substantial...
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2001 Kim Griffin Grand Concert

$1,950
2001 Griffin Grand Concert acoustic guitar w/ohsc #GC60027 Kim Griffin is an upstate (lower Adirondack region) NY luthier who has been building guitars since 1976. This fine example is consigned to Kovacik Guitars by the original owner. The guitar is Griffin's "Grand Concert" model, which is a 000 (15" lower bout) body but with a full dreadnought body depth. The scale length is 25.4" and...
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1993 martin HD-28L Lefty project guitar AS-IS

$1,500
#530225...left hand (factory original lefty, not converted) HD-28 that is marginally playable but needs work to be totally right and is priced as such.  AS A PROJECT PIECE THIS GUITAR IS OFFERED AS IS WITH NO APPROVAL OPTION. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION, LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY. I GUARANTEE THE ITEM TO BE AS DESCRIBED. The guitar's back, sides and sides are...
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Stauffer/Martin style parlor guitar 1830s/40

$2,500
Stauffer/Martin style parlor guitar 1830s/40 44% off
1830s/40s Stauffer/Martin style parlor guitar This guitar has been through enough work in its nearly two century existence that any maker's mark that might have once existed (stamp, label, etc) are long gone. It bears some significant similarities in design, style and construction to examples built by Stauffer and also some of Martin's Stauffer-style instruments. But there were also other...
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1964 Gibson J-50

$4,400
1964 Gibson J-50 w/hsc All original and in excellent condition, no cracks or significant wear. This '64 J-50 (#171329) shows a few finish dings on the top, one or two on the sides and hardly a mark on the back or neck. The only mark on the finish of the back is where the former owner lightly scratched his name into the finish as a 15 year old right after acquiring the guitar (see final...
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1949 Gibson ES-125

$2,399
1949 Gibson ES-125 w/hsc Very nice '49 Gibson ES-125 (FON 2001 17), this guitar was brought in to the shop by the daughter of the original owner. While the neck finish shows plenty of wear indicating the guitar was loved and played, the body is quite clean. Top and back finish show few dings, the sides show more scrapes similar to the neck. The body and neck are free of cracks or damage of...
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~1890 Unknown, possibly J French 5 string fretless banjo

$1,200
c. 1890s Fretless 5-string open back banjo Nice late 19th century fretless 5 string banjo with open back. There's no maker's mark on the banjo that I can find but it is well made and in good condition. It bears resemblance to banjos made by J. French, a Cleveland OH maker of the last quarter of the 19th century. The headstock shape and the metal fret board inlays are identical to some of...
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1944 Martin D-28

$17,250
1944 Martin D-28 36% off
The back and sides are the kind of beautiful Brazilian that builders today covet but rarely have opportunity to obtain. The red spruce top is of equal quality, tight and even grain throughout the entire width of the top. Typically one would expect a '44 D-28 to have herringbone purfling around the top, which this one does not. During the restoration, the Martin archives were contacted in order...
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1923 Gibson Style O Artist

$9,250
1923 Gibson Style O Artist carved top acoustic guitar w/hsc Cool and rare...and still looking good after a century of play and use. The serial number penciled on the paper label is 74043, and the neck block is stamped in ink with the FON 11937. The guitar is entirely original including the hard shell case. The finish shows play and handling wear in the places you'd expect, most notably the...
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2014 Martin Custom Shop 14 fret 00 Guatemalan Rosewood/Adk

$5,700
2014 Martin Custom Shop 14 fret 00 Guatemalan Rosewood/Adk 10% off
THIS GUITAR IS FROM THE INVENTORY OF THE NOW CLOSED VINTAGE FRET SHOP (ASHLAND, NH), A MARTIN DEALER SINCE THE 1970S. KOVACIK GUITARS HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORIZATION FROM CF MARTIN & CO. TO SELL THE INVENTORY OF NEW AND OLD STOCK MARTINS FROM THE VINTAGE FRET SHOP. THESE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS NEW WITH WARRANTY FROM CF MARTIN & CO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT KOVACIK GUITARS WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY...
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2014 Martin 12 fret Dreadnought Cocobolo/Adk Custom Shop

$5,700
2014 Martin 12 fret Dreadnought Cocobolo/Adk Custom Shop 10% off
THIS GUITAR IS FROM THE INVENTORY OF THE NOW CLOSED VINTAGE FRET SHOP (ASHLAND, NH), A MARTIN DEALER SINCE THE 1970S. KOVACIK GUITARS HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORIZATION FROM CF MARTIN & CO. TO SELL THE INVENTORY OF NEW AND OLD STOCK MARTINS FROM THE VINTAGE FRET SHOP. THESE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS NEW WITH WARRANTY FROM CF MARTIN & CO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT KOVACIK GUITARS WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY...
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2019 Martin OM-21

$2,999
2019 Martin OM-21 $300 off
2019 (new old stock) Martin OM-21 w/hsc THIS GUITAR IS FROM THE INVENTORY OF THE NOW CLOSED VINTAGE FRET SHOP (ASHLAND, NH), A MARTIN DEALER SINCE THE 1970S. KOVACIK GUITARS HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORIZATION FROM CF MARTIN & CO. TO SELL THE INVENTORY OF NEW AND OLD STOCK MARTINS FROM THE VINTAGE FRET SHOP. THESE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS NEW WITH WARRANTY FROM CF MARTIN & CO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT...
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2006 Martin 000-17 Black Smoke (new-old-stock)

$1,999
THIS GUITAR IS FROM THE INVENTORY OF THE NOW CLOSED VINTAGE FRET SHOP (ASHLAND, NH), A MARTIN DEALER SINCE THE 1970S. KOVACIK GUITARS HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORIZATION FROM CF MARTIN & CO. TO SELL THE INVENTORY OF NEW AND OLD STOCK MARTINS FROM THE VINTAGE FRET SHOP. THESE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS NEW WITH WARRANTY FROM CF MARTIN & CO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT KOVACIK GUITARS...
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2017 Martin DSTG w/gig bag

$1,999
2017 Martin DSTG w/gig bag 11% off
New old stock from the inventory of the now closed Vintage Fret Shop of Ashland, NH...Superb new solid sapele and solid spruce dreadnought with full gloss finish. This guitar is similar to the venerable D-18 but with a few cosmetic upgrades including gold finish tuners, a tortoise center ring to the rosette, tortoise head veneer (quite dark but it is indeed tortoise), tortoise dot bridge pins...
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2012 Martin 00-15M

$1,499
2012 (new old stock) 00-15M from the inventory of the now closed Vintage Fret Shop of Ashland, NH...Lovely little finger picker that recalls the great all mahogany Martins of the 30s-50s. Small body mahogany top instruments have always been great, but have gained renewed attention thanks to the popularity of the use of vintage examples by Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids and a few...
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1931 Martin C-1 archtop w. Travelite case

$2,150
1931 Martin C-1 archtop w. Travelite case 10% off
#48863 1931 Martin C1 archtop: Some of the coolest guitars I've had in the nearly 30 years I've been in the trade have been like this one...whooped cosmetically, repaired repeatedly and often with no regard for cosmetic presentation, but still look cool and more importantly, play and sound great. I'll start with the visible repairs...at some time in the past both sides were badly cracked along...
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2016 CF Martin GP-14 Custom Shop

$5,900
#2028313...New (old stock) Gorgeous Custom Shop 000 size Grand Performance guitar by our favorite manufacturer with solid Cocobolo back and sides with a super narrow/straight grained spruce top and maple bindings. The top purfling is multiple layer black/while line pattern and the rosette has an abalone center ring. The low oval neck profile combines with the 1 3/4" nut and Martin's performing...
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Grover Kluson Waverly guitar tuners G-98, G-93, WG-31, etc

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Kovacik Guitars stocks an extensive inventory of vintage guitar tuners by Kluson, Grover, Waverly and other manufacturers that were found on various models of vintage flat top collectible guitars. Please visit my website at www.guitar-repair.com to view a complete listing of vintage guitar tuners currently in stock.
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