Gallagher Shelby Western East Indian Dreadnought Guitar With Case

Totally unique, totally historic, and totally awesome!  The Gallagher Shelby line of guitars does some new things while paying homage to the companies lineage and history.  And all the while maintaining the quality, craftsmanship, and incredible tone and playability we’ve come to expect from Gallagher Guitars at an incredible price point! 

The history of the Shelby line goes way back to the early 60’s when JW Gallagher (then a skilled furniture maker) was approached by Slingerland (makers of Maybell Banjos among other things) about designing and building a new line of catalogue guitars in Shelbyville TN, hence the “Shelby” guitars were born.  This served as a springboard for Mr. Gallaghers passion to build the highest quality guitars he could, which later became “Gallagher Guitars”.  And thus this is an important part of Gallaghers roots.  

So the team at Gallagher wanted to homage to the spirit of those early guitars, while making improvements and keeping the quality high and up to their standards.  The results speak for themselves.  These guitars are rich, warm, resonant, and have an enormous amount of power.  All the while having their own unique tonal fingerprint. And then you price them right around or under the $3,000 price point…for an all American hand made guitar that sounds and plays this good, it’s one of the best values on the market currently.  Definitely worth a look!  And yes, even for demanding bluegrass guys like ourselves these deliver all the power and tone we need and then some while still being versatile enough to tackle any acoustic guitar role!

• Solid Rosewood back and sidesfor warm, deep tone and power
• Solid Sitka spruce tops
• Satin finish for a vintage-inspired aesthetic and resonant tone!
• The Western has ropepurfling and rosette
  
• The Folk has Black/White/Blackpurfling and rosette
• Original Shelby body shapes—unique to Gallagher, similar in size to a traditional dreadnought, but just a bit different and curvier.  
• Built entirely in the U.S.A., in the Murfreesboro TN shop
• Classic Gallagher Specs,25.25″ scale length, 14″ radius on the fretboard, all solid wood construction

-Comes Professionally set up with Hardshell case and Free Shipping to the Lower 48 US

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