Stahl #6 Replica - Alan Perlman

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Parlorman

That’s lovely.

Here’s my original Larson/Stahl:

Hey Bill, nice instrument. It looks to have abalone top purfling, yet marquetry rosette. Am I seeing that correctly? And if so, is that fairly common on the Larson/Stahl’s?
(And I hope the OP doesn’t mind a widening discussion on Stahl guitars...)

Steve

[SColumbusSt]

What a beautiful guitar! French polish finish? The top just glows.

[jt1]

Originally Posted by Steve Kinnaird

Hey Bill, nice instrument. It looks to have abalone top purfling, yet marquetry rosette. Am I seeing that correctly? And if so, is that fairly common on the Larson/Stahl’s?
(And I hope the OP doesn’t mind a widening discussion on Stahl guitars...)

Steve

That's a Stahl style 8, which had pearl purfling (as did the Style 9, which also had a tree of life inlay). In the Larson brothers' fascinating model designation system, the equivalent Maurer was a 493 (00 size) or 593 (000).

And back to the OP's gorgeous instrument: I imagine that I speak for all of us when I write that I'd love to hear a recording of the guitar!

[redir]

Very nice! I love those old Larson guitars. I've got one in the shop now for a restoration with very similar design scheme.

[Jofari]

Originally Posted by funkapus

Very pretty! I'd love to hear a recording, if you have one.

Originally Posted by jt1

I imagine that I speak for all of us when I write that I'd love to hear a recording of the guitar!

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately, I don't have any recording gear, so the best I can offer is a poor quality cell-phone video. Needless to say, the cell-phone microphone doesn't accurately capture the sound heard in the room.

[Jofari]

Originally Posted by SColumbusSt

What a beautiful guitar! French polish finish? The top just glows.

Thank you! I'm pretty sure it's a nitrocellulose lacquer, but the finish is very thin. I can see the texture of the wood through the finish if I tilt the guitar in the proper lighting.

[jt1]

Originally Posted by Jofari

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately, I don't have any recording gear, so the best I can offer is a poor quality cell-phone video. Needless to say, the cell-phone microphone doesn't accurately capture the sound heard in the room. ...

Well done!

Nice playing and the guitar sounds fantastic.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by jt1

That's a Stahl style 8, which had pearl purfling (as did the Style 9, which also had a tree of life inlay). In the Larson brothers' fascinating model designation system, the equivalent Maurer was a 493 (00 size) or 593 (000).

And back to the OP's gorgeous instrument: I imagine that I speak for all of us when I write that I'd love to hear a recording of the guitar!

Many thanks, John.

Originally Posted by Jofari

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately, I don't have any recording gear, so the best I can offer is a poor quality cell-phone video. Needless to say, the cell-phone microphone doesn't accurately capture the sound heard in the room.

Whoa, that was great. Beautiful playing! Thanks for sharing this.

Steve

[oliverkollar]

Very awesome....congrats!

Alan showed me this guitar quite a while back when I dropped off my '47 D-18 for a refret. The workmanship and detail are out of this world good. Sounds good in your video as well.

Enjoy it in good health!!!

[Parlorman]

Originally Posted by Steve Kinnaird

Hey Bill, nice instrument. It looks to have abalone top purfling, yet marquetry rosette. Am I seeing that correctly? And if so, is that fairly common on the Larson/Stahl’s?
(And I hope the OP doesn’t mind a widening discussion on Stahl guitars...)

Steve

Hi Steve,

The rosette is abalone as well. Here’s a closer look. My apologies as well for the thread drift. Hopefully the information will Be of interest to the OP.

[Jofari]

Originally Posted by Parlorman

Hi Steve,

The rosette is abalone as well. Here’s a closer look. My apologies as well for the thread drift. Hopefully the information will Be of interest to the OP.

No apologies necessary! I'm very interested in seeing these guitars. I'd be happy to see more photos and discussion about these Stahl/Larson guitars.

That's a beautiful Stahl you have. I also thought the rosette was not pearl until you posted the close-up picture. The red outline around the rosette makes the pearl look totally different than the outer purfling.

[justonwo]

Great playing! My kind of tune and guitar.

[Parlorman]

Originally Posted by Jofari

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately, I don't have any recording gear, so the best I can offer is a poor quality cell-phone video. Needless to say, the cell-phone microphone doesn't accurately capture the sound heard in the room.

That was lovely playing and the guitar sounds amazing. Very vintage sounding with the wonderful balance Larsons have across the bass, midrange and treble registers. Thanks very much for sharing.

[SColumbusSt]

Originally Posted by Jofari

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately, I don't have any recording gear, so the best I can offer is a poor quality cell-phone video. Needless to say, the cell-phone microphone doesn't accurately capture the sound heard in the room.

Oh my, that sounds wonderful and great playing. Enjoy that guitar! Thanks for giving me a bad case of the wants .

[Jofari]

Originally Posted by justonwo

Great playing! My kind of tune and guitar.

Thank you! By the way, the guitars in your collection are drool-worthy. You've got great taste

Originally Posted by Parlorman

That was lovely playing and the guitar sounds amazing. Very vintage sounding with the wonderful balance Larsons have across the bass, midrange and treble registers. Thanks very much for sharing.

Thanks very much. That's what I'm hearing as well. A very balanced sound across all registers.

Originally Posted by SColumbusSt

Oh my, that sounds wonderful and great playing. Enjoy that guitar! Thanks for giving me a bad case of the wants .

I definitely will enjoy it!