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1930s Tonk Brothers
Washburn "Dreadnought"

© Frank Ford, 2002; Photos by FF

From that peculiar Tonk Brothers period of Washburn's production in the 1930s, we have the one you hardly ever see. In those days, the dreadnought hadn't yet become a world wide standard, and today Martin and Gibson dominate our thoughts of that period of guitar development. Here's another competitor. It's a full dreadnought size Brazilian rosewood guitar and it rips!

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