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Frank is rebuilding a 1920 Gibson K-2 Mandocello with a top that is caving in. Check out his blow-by-blow reporting!

Featured Instruments

New Collings 0-2H Adirondack/Brazilian


New Bourgeois Country Boy Adirondack Top


2006 Martin D-18 Authentic 1937


Events

Ed Johnsons Six-Week Winter Classes Begin Monday, January 30, 2012

with Ed Johnson
Next Week Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Ed is holding Two, 6-week classes
Blues You Can Use (Monday 6:25-7:40PM)
Non-Stop To Brazil! (7:45-9:00PM)
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Jug Band Ukulele Styles

with Li'l Rev
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
The Jug Band era of the 1920's & 30's brought with it, a wealth of ukulele friendly songs, tricks, progressions and strums. Join Lil Rev for a rollicking 90 minutes of sheer Jug Band fun as we explore the lost world of Jug Band Music thru its history, recordings, artists, and repertoire.
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Fiddle Techniques and Tunes

with Brittany Hass and Lauren Rioux
Sat, Mar 24, 2012
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Gryphon is in Acoustic Guitar Magazine again!

The February 2012 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine has an article called "19 Shopping Tips (smart guitar-buying ideas from five well-known shop proprietors)." Our own Richard Johnston was quizzed by the author, Jason Borisoff, and Gryphon web guy and photographer Grant Groberg provided the photos shown on the table of contents (page 7) and also on page 70.

Will Gryphon's Summer-Night Hero Please Check In?

In late July, a manufacturer's rep who had just visited Gryphon was saved from disaster by one of our local customers. The rep left some instruments on the sidewalk across the street, but our guardian angel figured they were left by accident.
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The Gryphon Advantage

One of the things that makes Gryphon special is something, or someplace, most people never see: our repair department. Before we put an instrument out for sale, we set it up for optimum playability. We guarantee that you will have an instrument that will play correctly. If we can't adjust it, we will not sell it. Our six full time technicians stand behind that guarantee. They can also repair and modify your instrument in the future electric or acoustic and if you purchased it here, you will get a 25% discount on labor.
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Gryphon Stringed Instruments

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10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday
10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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211 Lambert Avenue
at the corner of Park and Lambert
Palo Alto, California 94306
650.493.2131
Toll Free: 888.493.2131

Alex In the Fretboard Journal

posted Jan 19, 2012

Our Gryphon repair guy Alex Glasser recently finished building a ukulele with custom inlays that was presented to voice actor Dana Snyder. This uke was given a few pages in the latest Fretboard Journal, (the one with Eddie Vedder on the cover) that will be shipping in about a week.



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Tom Plays a Collings 0-2H Brazilian/Adirondack

posted Dec 27, 2011
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Introducing the Acacia Pono

posted Dec 27, 2011

Pono is introducing a new line of Acacia Ukuleles. Koa is a member of the Acacia family so these ukes have characteristics quite similar to Hawaiian Koa.