Weymann 'Jimmie Rodgers Special Model 890' c 1931 | SOLD | (v2323) Jimmie Rodgers, aka The Singing Brakeman, The Blue Yodler and The Father of Country Music, was immensely popular in the 1920s and early 1930s. By the height of his popularity in 1929 he'd sold hundreds of thousands of records and was an in-demand performer. In 1928 he became the first country artist to receive a guitar endorsement. The Weymann company, in Philadelphia, PA, offered the Jimmie Rodgers Special Model 890. Weymann had been building quality instruments since the late 1800s, and this Special Model was an attemp to boost the brand. However, the depression hit, the company floundered and by the early 1930s had ceased its guitar production. The Model 890 was an expensive guitar for its day, costing $90. With that high price and the Great Depression very few Model 890s were produced, making the Jimmie Rodgers Special a very rare guitar in the vintage market today.
The guitar is made from select ribon mahogany for its back and sides. The back features a colorful inlaid marquetry center strip and white cellluloid binding. The X-braced top is a fine grade of spruce, featuring multiple marquetry rings around the sound hole and bound in colorful marquetry and white celluloid. The neck is mahogany, carved in a very flat 'V' and features 12 frets to the body. The fingerboard is white pearloid with black dot markers on the binding at 5, 7 and 9.. The headsock features a pointed profile and a white pearloid overlay with a colorful Weymann decal on the bias. The tuners are 'banjo style'. The back of the headstock features the gold foil Weymann decal. The ebony bridge is the 'flat' pyramid-type. The ebony bridge pins are tipped in pearl.
The body is grand concert size and measures 14 1/2" across at the lower bout. Body depth is 4 1/4" at the end pin. Scale length is 25". The neck measures 1 13/16" across at the nut, with string spacing 1 7/8" at the saddle. Necks on Weymann guitars are mortise and tenon style, not the traditional dovetail. The inside of the guitar is very clean and tidy and features a delicate X-brace pattern, braced for steel strings. The back brace under the sound hole states: "Jimmie Rogers Special Model Victor Recording and National Radio Artist".
Two prior repairs to this guitar are a top crack repair and neck reset, both executed impecabbly by John Arnold. The bridge appears original to the guitar as do the banjo tuners. The guitar shows a few scratches here and there.
The Jimmie Rodgers Special is among the most complete and desirable guitars we've had come through the shop. It's aesthetically pleasing, light as a feather, orignal, excellent condition inside and out, rare, and sounds as good as any other guitar produced in that era. A complete package, including its probable hard shell case, also in excellent condition!
Comes with what might be its original hardshell case.
Check the sound clip!
The guitar is made from select ribon mahogany for its back and sides. The back features a colorful inlaid marquetry center strip and white cellluloid binding. The X-braced top is a fine grade of spruce, featuring multiple marquetry rings around the sound hole and bound in colorful marquetry and white celluloid. The neck is mahogany, carved in a very flat 'V' and features 12 frets to the body. The fingerboard is white pearloid with black dot markers on the binding at 5, 7 and 9.. The headsock features a pointed profile and a white pearloid overlay with a colorful Weymann decal on the bias. The tuners are 'banjo style'. The back of the headstock features the gold foil Weymann decal. The ebony bridge is the 'flat' pyramid-type. The ebony bridge pins are tipped in pearl.
The body is grand concert size and measures 14 1/2" across at the lower bout. Body depth is 4 1/4" at the end pin. Scale length is 25". The neck measures 1 13/16" across at the nut, with string spacing 1 7/8" at the saddle. Necks on Weymann guitars are mortise and tenon style, not the traditional dovetail. The inside of the guitar is very clean and tidy and features a delicate X-brace pattern, braced for steel strings. The back brace under the sound hole states: "Jimmie Rogers Special Model Victor Recording and National Radio Artist".
Two prior repairs to this guitar are a top crack repair and neck reset, both executed impecabbly by John Arnold. The bridge appears original to the guitar as do the banjo tuners. The guitar shows a few scratches here and there.
The Jimmie Rodgers Special is among the most complete and desirable guitars we've had come through the shop. It's aesthetically pleasing, light as a feather, orignal, excellent condition inside and out, rare, and sounds as good as any other guitar produced in that era. A complete package, including its probable hard shell case, also in excellent condition!
Comes with what might be its original hardshell case.
Check the sound clip!