ZEPP Country Music, Inc.

P.O. Box 306
4 East Third St.
Wendell, NC 27591-0306
Local: 919-365-5189 or Call Toll Free within USA: 866-365-5189
Fax: 919-365-5179

Dobro F60 Roundneck .

This cool roundneck dobro has a handsomely flamed maple back and neck. The rosewood fingerboard is quite clean, and the instrument has a spider bridge & cone. There is some pitting of the nickel plating on the cover plate, where players' hands have rested over the years.

On the classic Dobro peghead are the high-end Grover brand Rotomatics, which work like a charm.

This one plays really well, and has that classic dobro sound for great bottleneck blues!

With its original hardshell case, this neat dobro is consigned at only $1050. Sold

2006 Eastman 615 F-style .

Eastman mandolins have created quite a stir, being very well made, hand crafted Chinese instruments.

This 615 model has solid maple back and sides--the back is beautifully flamed. One of the things I expect in inexpensive instruments is poor binding--this mandolin looks great.

The tailpiece is an Eastman exclusive--very easy to change strings!

It's technically used, but I can find no signs of use. No scratches, dings, rubs, or fret wear; it's like new!

This instrument has the look, feel, playability and sound of a much more expensive instrument.

With its really nice rectangular case, it's Sold

1917 Gibson A1 .

This vintage classic is in very nearly original condition. It still has its original, removeable pickguard, which attaches into its original bridge. It also has original tuners (which still work just fine, TYVM). The two non-original things I can see are its lacquer overspray (no idea when that was done) and a clearly too shiny and new tailpiece cover.

The back is a pretty maple (I used a flash to bring out the grain), and the paddle peghead has that famous "The Gibson" inlay.

This one plays really well, and has that full, mellow sound so characteristic of these fine old mandos.

With its original hardshell case, this totally playable piece of musical history is only $2250.

Old No-Name Banjo-Mandolin .

This instrument appears to be from the 1920s or '30s, and, while of "No-Name" provenance, it seems to be particularly well made.

Its neck is laminated, with maple predominanting, and it has what appear to be its original (and still functional!) tuners.

What's most interesting it the pot. It has a bracket band of sorts, made something like the tension hoop on a top-tension banjo. What's curious, though, it the ban is not held in place by a turned ridge in the pot, but is, instead, screwed to the pot from the inside. Of course, these screws kinda negate the purported benefit of replacing screws through the pot with a bracket band...

The tailpiece, which looks like one of the ubiquitous, stamped cheapies that were used on many cheap mandolins, is, in reality, a cast, substantial Bell Brand tailpiece !

The dowel stick has an interesting, adjustable connection to the back of the pot. There is a tone ring made of what appears to be a steel.

What's of perhaps most interest is the fact that this instrument actually plays fairly easily and sounds good!

It's here on consignment at $350. Sorry, no case.

Ray Webber F-5 Corrine mandolin. Gorgeous. Built under the auspices of Ray Dearstone. Click on thumbnail or link for more information

Old No-Name Ukulele .

This is a nicely made soprano uke, but I have no idea of its age or manufacturer. Judging by its color and condition, I'd say it's probably from the 1950s or '60s, but it's really hard to say.

It has a nice solid spruce top, and a wooden marquetry purfling around the sound hole. The back and sides are of mahogany (the stripe in the photo is there in the wood--looks like a natural stain in the wood), and it has a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. It has black plastic ukulele tuners in its mahogany peghead.

All-in-all, it's a well made, handsome, good sounding ukulele. And it's here on consignment for $175.