EDIT: The neck block stamp reads "New York" on the lower side of the stamp, this is not a Larson brothers made guitar. If you do happen to know the maker of the guitar then please post here and let me know.
While on my usual rounds looking for instruments and tools I came across this 0 sized guitar. Not as small as a parlor pretty much just a 0 size BRW back and sides piece. I got excited for a bit because I thought I'd run across some reject 20s Martin that had been tossed at some point but the absence of binding anywhere threw that idea out of the window.
Apologies for the flash usage but it was dark as frig in the antique store. Guy had about 10 other cheapo guitars all stacked around it too. I was trying to take photos incognito to not draw attention to it.
Nut was ebony, 1 7/8 wide. Short scale maybe 24 3/4 ish
only identifying marks were the stamps on the center strip and the neck block.
Neck has obviously been monkeyed with and the bridge had been reglued with gorilla glue. Bridge was pyramid style and had fretwire for the saddle.
I thought it might be a Larson made piece because of the 3 dot fretboard markers that I've seen on several of the Maurer guitars. However the name Maurer is nowhere to be found just those 2 stamps. The neck is broken at the headstock and has extremely fancy actual ivory tuners. The tuners are way fancier than the guitar itself is over all.
Tag price was pretty low, obviously needs work. Any thoughts? I'd like to scoop it up but I'm working on convincing the wife that I need another guitar.
If it's just a random maker from the early 20th century it might be a good candidate for restoration. Headstock is pretty rough and bears the marks of a home gamer refinish at some point.
EDIT: The stamp on the Neck block has the words "New York" written in it, this is not a Larson, I apologize for the thread title.
