A tenor guitar by Folksmen was used ala KT.   Was it Nick Reynolds played it or Bob Shane? (Can't remember). They looked to be Martins which would be consistent. There were two types of banjos, one long neck Seeger style (definitely in the period) and a resonator type.

Got to have a banjo in the Main Street Singers along with the guitars.
The vocal arrangements were actually quite good, nice spread and skillfully done. The voices were good but this is true with the groups that Sparks and others put together. The music was just plain funny in that it caught the musical cliches of the period. The "oohs" and "doohs" in the background while the vocal was in progress were hilarious, I thought. Got the feeling that the soundtrack contained overdubs to suggest larger than life arrangements. Also, the typical hokey endings with a big crescendo and finish ala 1940's pop vocal groups were a nice touch.

THe patter used by the groups was similar to what Gibson and Camp as well as others such as Bud and Trav used to use at the Gate of Horn. You even hear the far-out commentary in the patter used by some contemporary singer/songwriters when introducing their material. The innocent, ludicrous attempts at profundity, cliches about pseudo-humanitarianism and "serious" intimacy was caught beautifully. Every coffee house in the country must have it's own Mitch.

Ovation guitars weren't in vogue then. didn't see 'em.

There were apparently instrumenalist consultants to show the cast how to play the instruments but I'll bet a lot of the sound was pre-recorded or dubbed in.

Frank Hamilton