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LYON HEALY GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER
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LYON HEALY GUITAR SERIES

Parallaxe Series - New metal/shred-oriented series for 2013, and Washburn's introduction of 8-string guitars.

N Series – Nuno Bettencourt ( Extreme) signatures.

James Malone Series - James Malone ( Arsis) signature (Discontinued).

Heavy Metal Series-Guitars (Discontinued).

Washburn is mostly known for its electric guitars and acoustic guitars. The company also makes accessories including guitar cases, clothing, and other parts like tuners, pick ups, and straps. Washburn makes electric guitars, acoustic guitars, electric basses, acoustic basses, banjos, mandolins, travel guitars, and amplifiers. The design also lent itself well to acoustic basses and it wasn’t long before nearly every bassist of the era had to have one. In the early 1990s when MTV introduced their Unplugged series, hardly a show went by without seeing a Festival Series guitar. The addition of patented sound slots further reduced the possibility of feedback and the guitars quickly became the go-to stage acoustic for artists such as Jimmy Page, George Harrison and Bob Dylan. They were thinner than standard acoustic guitars, thereby reducing the susceptibility to feedback that previous acoustic/electric designs were notorious for. In the 1980s, Washburn introduced the Festival Series of Acoustic/Electric guitars. Washburn currently offers a reissue of that model as the LSJ749. It bridged the gap between smaller bodied parlor guitars of the late 19th and early 20th century and modern day dreadnought and jumbo acoustic guitars. In 1912 Washburn introduced the Lakeside Jumbo guitar which is considered the first dreadnought sized guitar.

The name "Washburn" originates from the middle name of George Washburn Lyon, one of the founders of Lyon & Healy. Washburn ( guitars, mandolins, banjos, and zithers) become the firm's premier line of plucked string instruments. Eventually, the firm began manufacturing a wide variety of musical instruments. Lyon & Healy sold sheet music, reed organs, and smaller musical instruments since 1864. Weight = 1.4kg.Washburn guitars began making hand-crafted instruments in 1883 in Chicago, IL, as a division of stringed instrument maker Lyon & Healy. In all, a fantastic playing guitar, which has been restored with no expense spared. Solid mahogany back and sides, solid spruce top, ebony finger board and bridge.

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This gives it a large free area for producing that all important element, TONE. The bracing for the top is very minimal, one above the soundhole, one slightly diagonal below the soundhole, and a bridge brace that runs the whole width across. The neck is perfectly straight with no fret or fingerboard wear. It has a bone nut & saddle, 5 bone bridge pins, the other being plastic. There is an ink stamp inside on the top block, 274-7. The brand in the back strip states “MADE BY LYON & HEALY CHICAGO ILL. You can see the filled screwholes in the bottom where the tailpiece used to be. Originally it had a tailpiece & floating bridge, now it has a fixed bridge of the appropriate style.

My knowledge of L&H guitars is limited, after all, they don’t turn up everyday! I’ll leave string choice to the new owner. Although they work fine, why keep them if they aren’t? Of course i may be totally wrong, you obviously have more experience of these than me. Also the ‘upside down’ tuner cogs date it earlier. I thought the ink stamp is a model or style number. I personally own a L&H of the same year with a bigger body but not in such a good shape and a 1912 Washburn. They will save the top and provide the perfect vintage sound of these instruments. This was made to strengthen the body, and at the time it was not a way to cut costs… It is not braced for modern steel strings so I would recommand Thomastik rope core or spectrum extra light.

Although it is possible that the back is solid, sides are for sure laminated like all L&H of this period.

LYON HEALY GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER

Hi from Paris, The serial number places your guitar in early 1926. Here is a Lyon & Healy parlour or parlor guitar made around late 1800’s, 1900? If you can help with dating it, please let me know. I have just been informed it may be early 1926.