A 1955 Made in USA Roy Rogers Cowboy Guitar with THE Original Cowboy Case.
What
we have here
is a great relic that is still very playable today. Most of these Cowboy
Guitars have been beaten up and have so many missing parts, that if you
can find
one, it probably isn’t playable. This 1955 Roy Rogers
Guitar is in great
shape. These cool Roy Rogers guitars were made by Harmony. It has Harmony
parts such as the
tuners and bridge ..These guitars were made from 1954 thru
1958...Marketed in the Sears Catalogs..This one has the Roy Rogers date
stamp of 1955...hard to see but its inside the sound hole... I included some
pics from the Cowboy Guitar Book to help with identifying it...see pics
12 and 13..
I got this one
with the original Waverly Open Back Tuners, wood nut and tailpiece...The
frets are hardly even used at all... It even has
the original Cowboy designed Softshell case.. it is still fully
functional. .. The original handle as
well as the working latches and hinges are still here.
This
guitar plays with
very nice easy to play action so it is not a wall hanger. I had our Tech
do a complete neck off reset to insure another 50 years of great
playing action...it plays as well as any guitar in my shop. Short 21 1/2
inch scale neck...it measures 11 1/4 inch by 32 3/4 inches long..the
nut measures 1 5/8 inches..This is not a toy..its a 1/2 size playing
guitar that sounds great and plays even better! We fixed a few body
cracks and some separations of the back from the sides. Our Tech did a
great job! Check those pics!
I have two of these
which are on the wall of my showroom. I have been collecting Cowboy Guitars for
a long time now and have many. This one needs to be played again. A great Showpiece or player that will get a lot of looks. Any
vintage guitar collector would love to have this one in their collection.
Sold
as-is as its vintage and used but know that I have been hand picking
vintage instruments for my customers for over 20 years now. They all
love theirs and this one will not be an exception..
