Hi there I saw this posting that you left on guitarsite. Fabulous Muscles Xiu Xiu Zip. com I have the same guitar. I was wondering if you ever had it appraised and how much you got for it?

Tom Santoyo:: Hello,:: I have an acoustic guitar - an Oscar Schmidt by Washburn and was wondering how much it is worth or was new.:: the serial # is and the model # is OG-11CE/AN.: it is in perfect shape and i gave 250 for it i was wandering what it was worth and the date it was made im guessing by the serial number it was made in 97 is it better than the plain og-11ce. Hello, I have a washburn around the year 1980 to 1981 acustic guitar made in korea. It is a d-12 model, from the sticker inside the guitar and says George Washburn model D-12, but the serial number is not there. It does not say model d-12 followed by a letter.The sticker also says made in Korea.

Washburn Acoustic 6 String Guitar Model D10 Serial Number SC99104241 244 0 results. Oscar Schmidt Serial Numbers. The Oscar Schmidt OE30 is a wonderful sounding electric hollow body guitar.

It is a 6 string guitar natural wood in front, and I think cherry on back. It is a very clean guitar with no scratches anywhere, and the adjustment keys are new. Wise Package Studio 7.0 Sp3 Serial Number more. Can you give me some kind of value on this guitar?

Began in 1864 as a partnership of businessmen George W. Lyon and Patrick J. Healy, acting as the outlet for publisher. By 1865, Lyon & Healy had expanded into and some small instruments.

The company achieved independence by 1880, and around 1888 the company launched fully into fretted and plucked instruments (,,, and ) under the 'Washburn' brand, which happened to be Lyon's middle name. Tracing the history of any particular instrument of this period presents many obstacles.

Not only did the Lyon & Healy company often change designs to follow the rapidly evolving consumer demand, but the company also repaired instruments, and offered engraving services, including decorating instruments that it retailed but did not actually manufacture. As well, they built instruments for other retailers and distributors under various, and outsourced construction of some models. In 1912, Washburn introduced the Lakeside Jumbo guitar, which some consider the first dreadnought-sized guitar.

It bridged the gap between smaller-bodied 'parlor' guitars of the late 19th and early 20th century and modern-day acoustic guitars. George Lyon retired from the company in 1889 (died 1894).

Patrick Healy then led the company into a period of major expansion, beginning with a larger new factory and improved mass-production techniques, and soon dominated the domestic market. Their 1892 catalog claimed to manufacture 100,000 instruments annually. Healy died 1905. By the 1920s, Lyon & Healy faced growing competition from other instrument manufacturers as well as from the rise of other forms of entertainment, particularly and. Lyon & Healy gradually shifted manufacturing chores onto wholesaler, to whom they sold the guitar portion of the business in 1928, continuing to produce their own lines of harps, pianos, and organs. Tonk Brothers turned to manufacturer to purchase and operate the massive factory, but this transition proved problematic and Stewart went bankrupt in 1930. Some of the Stewart assets were acquired by the, which had purchased the 'Regal' brand name in 1908 from Lyon & Healy (who acquired it in 1905).

Regal was chosen to reopen the Washburn factory (producing Regal instruments as well). Though the Washburn brand was preserved, it never regained its preeminence, and by the early 1940s had declined to nothing. Modern era [ ] An unbroken lineage is often alluded to by Washburn International (in press releases and advertising materials, and on the company website): 'Washburn has been building stringed instruments since 1883. 130 years of history is at the root of our strong foundation building high quality instruments.'

There is no direct connection between the original Washburn brand and the modern Washburn International. In the early 1960s, retail store The Chicago Guitar Gallery hired Rudolf 'Rudy' Schlacher, a young German violin builder, as a repair technician. A few years later, Schlacher opened The Sound Post (in Evanston, Illinois) to focus on guitars. He soon realized the sales potential for lower-cost quality instruments. Tom Beckmen and his wife Judy Fink Beckmen in 1972 left careers as music salesman and teacher (respectively) to launch a wholesale music business in Los Angeles, Beckmen Musical Instruments. It was Beckmen Music that resurrected the Washburn name, and beginning in 1974 applied it to a series of quality imported acoustic guitars, made in Japan by, as well as a selection of mandolins and banjos.