The Recording King brand has quite the history. It started out in the ’30s as the label stamped on mail-order acoustic guitars, and has since been revived for today’s players, carrying a number of affordable vintage style instruments under its name. The RPH-07 Harmonella 0 is part of this line up, dressed up in ’30s cosmetics without the frailty and excessive price tags of old instruments
Recording King Dirty Thirties RPH-07 Harmonella 0
Recording King is a relatively new brand that knows how to design and build themselves old school looking guitars – and do so at very accessible price points. Since vintage style is their specialty, it is only natural that they have a number of parlor guitars in their line up, including the RPH-P1. This parlor guitar is part of their Dirty 30’s line of instruments inspired by guitars that were available in the ’30s, while incorporating modern and more reliable building techniques.
The Peavey Composer is an affordable parlor guitar that strays from conventional design, sporting an offset soundhole.
Ibanez’ ability to churn out affordable acoustic-electric guitars while maintaining build quality is recognized worldwide. They have successfully broken free of their shred guitar stereotype
This ultra affordable “blues box” comes with a solid spruce top and vintage style sunburst finish. It is reminiscent of the mail order parlor guitars that were available back in the early parts of this century, but with modern reliability and playability.
Recording King Dirty Thirties RPH-05
Washburn was one of the first few guitar manufacturers to take advantage of the current renaissance of parlor guitars. The WP11SNS is but one of their extensive line up, an affordable solid cedar top equipped parlor guitar with aesthetically pleasing vintage style cosmetics.
Gretsch unveiled new guitars at the recently concluded NAMM Show, including two new parlor guitars. One of which is the G9511 Style 1 Single-0 Parlor,
Gretsch G9511 Style 1 Single-0 Parlor
An affordable sub $300 parlor guitar with solid spruce top, featuring the same build quality as what you’ll find on other more expensive made in Korea acoustics that they’ve produced for other brands.
Meet the descendant of the original “Blues box” from the ’30s and ’40s, the Epiphone EL-00 Pro. This parlor guitar features the same short scale and compact body design of the original, while utilizing modern building methods that include built-in Fishman electronics.<
Underneath the AVN1’s traditional look is Ibanez modern guitar building technology, giving players the chance to enjoy an instrument that feels “old” without sacrificing reliability and sound projection.
