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| Author: | denton [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Hello everyone, I have a Kingman Guitar that says it was manufactured by the Kingman Guitar co., 19 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY. The luthier's name is Robert L. Kingman circa 1963. It is an oversized hollowbody archtop with a trapeze tailpiece very similar to a D'Angelico or D'Aquisto. Nobody seems to know anything about this guitar company or this luthier. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever heard of him or can maybe give me some info on the guitar. Thanks for your time, Denton |
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| Author: | Marc Lupien [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Can you post photos Benton? |
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| Author: | Steve Walden [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
You might try Evan Gluck at NY Guitar Repair. |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Hi Denton, thats a new one for me. I would ask Matt Umanov on Bleeker street in Manhattan. He has been around longer than me by a long shot. Michael Gurian is also an old time NY'er. Hope this helps, best, Evan |
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| Author: | denton [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Thanks for your help. Does anybody have a number where I can call these guys? |
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| Author: | denton [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Evan Gluck wrote: Hi Denton, thats a new one for me. I would ask Matt Umanov on Bleeker street in Manhattan. He has been around longer than me by a long shot. Michael Gurian is also an old time NY'er. Hope this helps, best, Evan Thanks Evan, Ill see if I can get a hold of these guys. I actually live in Virginia and I've worked at several big music stores in Tennessee, so I thought I had seen just about everything vintage out there. I even talked to George Gruhn in Nashville about this guitar, and even he had no knowledge of it. So I figured my best bet would be to find someone who's been around awhile in the NY area. I thought possibly it could have been one of the luthiers that worked for D'Angelico that made it because of its outstanding fit and finish, but I talked to them and they never heard of this guy either. Denton |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
I did a Google for ya! Matt Umanov (212) 675-2157] Michael Gurian (206) 467 7990 Fax - (206) 467 8288 |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
I've never heard of this one either. Maybe he didn't make a lot of guitars and therefore not very well known. Could you post a photo of the guitar ? Let us know what you find out Denton. |
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| Author: | denton [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kingman Guitar Co. Brooklyn, NY ???? |
Thanks for all your help, I couldn't attach the pictures I have on this forum for some reason, but I did however send some pictures to Matt Umanov. And we concluded that this guitar is probably not from 1963, it is more likely a newer model possibly an Ibanez that someone has upgraded and put their own name on it. Thanks, Denton |
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