• Cool little guitar!  Sunburst finish on all solid birch body.  This one needs fixing up, but is all there. NO CASE.  VGC but needs work (reset neck, reglue bridge, fretwork, etc. - sold AS-IS).

     

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  • Full front and side of Slingerland May-Bell Style No.5 Parlor Guitar (1930s)
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  • Sound hole of Slingerland May-Bell Style No.5 Parlor Guitar (1930s)
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  • Full back and side of Slingerland May-Bell Style No.5 Parlor Guitar (1930s)
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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. 
For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • No SN 
  • Style No.5 
  • 1930s 
  • VGC *(see below)
  •  0-Size body (13-1/8" lower bout) 
  • Semi-gloss sunburst finish 
  • Solid birch top, back and sides
  •  Transverse top bracing 
  • 12-fret maple neck 
  • Slotted (Stella-style) headstock with straight sides 
  • "May-Bell" decal logo 
  • 3-on-a-plate open-gear tuners with black buttons 
  • 18-fret pearwood fingerboard (some finger indentations, some small cracks) 
  • White dot markers at frets 5, 7, and 9
  •  Wood bridge with metal saddle 
  • Painted on soundhole rosette of dots and diamonds (same as on College Pal models) 
  • Pearloid pickguard added 
  • 1-23/32" nut, ~23-7/8" scale, 4" body depth at end block 
  • Strung with nylon strings 
  • Missing endpin NO CASE *VGC but needs work (reset neck, reglue bridge, fretwork, etc. - sold AS-IS)

Slingerland May-Bell Style No.5 Parlor Guitar (1930s)

Slingerland May-Bell Style No.5 Parlor Guitar (1930s)

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SKU: 20U-219606

$195 USD
$195.00 USD
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Cool little guitar!  Sunburst finish on all solid birch body.  This one needs fixing up, but is all there. NO CASE.  VGC but needs work (reset neck, reglue bridge, fretwork, etc. - sold AS-IS).

 

More Details

More Details

The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. 
For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • No SN 
  • Style No.5 
  • 1930s 
  • VGC *(see below)
  •  0-Size body (13-1/8" lower bout) 
  • Semi-gloss sunburst finish 
  • Solid birch top, back and sides
  •  Transverse top bracing 
  • 12-fret maple neck 
  • Slotted (Stella-style) headstock with straight sides 
  • "May-Bell" decal logo 
  • 3-on-a-plate open-gear tuners with black buttons 
  • 18-fret pearwood fingerboard (some finger indentations, some small cracks) 
  • White dot markers at frets 5, 7, and 9
  •  Wood bridge with metal saddle 
  • Painted on soundhole rosette of dots and diamonds (same as on College Pal models) 
  • Pearloid pickguard added 
  • 1-23/32" nut, ~23-7/8" scale, 4" body depth at end block 
  • Strung with nylon strings 
  • Missing endpin NO CASE *VGC but needs work (reset neck, reglue bridge, fretwork, etc. - sold AS-IS)
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