oscar schmidt guitars

Subject: oscar schmidt guitars
From:
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 02:36 PM

I recently aquired ann oscar schmidt guitar, I know they made autoharps, but can find no info on guitars. Can anyone help? please.

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 03:19 PM

You bet Frank. here's the story

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Rick

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Lanfranc
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 06:41 PM

Thanks, Rick. I've had an Oscar Schmidt mandolin for years, but mine is from the Far East. OS is now part of Washburn, by all accounts.

Alan

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 06:46 PM

Frank.... Are you talking about an old Schmidt instrument or one of the new ones kinda' like this one? It's a kind of apples and oranges thing.

Spaw

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Rolfyboy6
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 08:53 PM

To complicate things, there are several different periods of the Oscar Schmidt brand name. Before 1939 there was the Original Oscar Schmidt Company, which made the original Stella, Sovereign, and Galliano guitars, of the types played by Leadbelly, Blind Willie McTell, Barbeque Bob, and countless others in the Blues and Old Time Music areas. These were not expensive guitars but were not the plywood doorstops that were made under the Stella name by the Harmony Company after WWII. Check this out. Stellaguitars.com

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 12:04 AM

The current Oscar Schmidt (Washburn) catalog includes two steel string guitars with solid spruce tops - OF4S and OG4S, if I remember rightly. All the rest appear to be laminates. They seem to be quite well made. Try www.oscarschmidt.com.

Sandy

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 08:41 AM

Rick, that is a great site. Wish I had an extra $12,000 bucks laying around for that 12 string. I wonder how much they keep in the register at the local convenience store.............hhmmmmmmmmmm?

Mick

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 11:21 AM

Thanks Mick, I LOVE that site. Check out Rolfyboy's site next!

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 11:59 AM

I think if you're broke they're both completely disgusting!

Spaw