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Still available. Kept in my smoke free, pet free home and humidified properly along with the rest of my instruments.
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Good weather for shipping is back! To the top with this wonderful guitar.

...I have a CJ35G and am looking for strings that give a little more warmth than the D'Add J17's. I just strung it up with a set of Martin Monel Retros.... How are the retros working out? I use 12-54 strings on acoustics. Currently I have Martin MA540 on my CJ35G and it's the best it's sounded. Nex...

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For Sale: 2017 Kopp K35. Delivered in May 2017. Excellent condition. No fret wear to mention. Some light swirls on pickguard from my pinky. One tiny ding, pictured, not through the finish. Great dry tone. 16” wide slope shoulder dreadnought 24.75” scale length 1 3/4" nut 2 1/4" string spac...

Damp cloth and dry. When the cleaning gets a little tough, Novus 1. When needed, Novus 2 followed by Novus 1. I remember seeing these on a work bench in pics of the Collings factory. But I've been using these for a long time. https://www.novuspolish.com/plastic_clean_shine.html https://www.novuspoli...

Another CJ35G here. For a long time I used MSP4100 p/b lights Martin strings. I still have several of those sets for gigging and such. But I decided to get some MA540 Martin 12-54 p/b strings.. the replacement for the MSP4100. I really like them on the CJ35G! Not as zinggy sounding. The guitar is fl...

I'd like to try a Fairbanks also. But with the purchase of the P*W last November, I'm pretty solid on the 14fret slopes. I'm out of room for anything else.

My current situation...
Pre*War J, Kopp K35, 1944 Gibson J-45, Collings CJ35GSB