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Fun Time Guitars sources only the funnest in vintage acoustic instruments from the glory days of Harmony, Kay, Silvertone, United, Airline, Regal, Truetone, etc. If it ain’t fun, we don’t wanna know about it!

Fun Time deals predominantly in six-stringed, birch-ply, ladder-braced, steel-reinforced necked, trapeze-tailpieced, three-quarter-sized parlor guitars and big ol’ archtops – the kind originally sold via mail order by retail chains like Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward and Western Auto. Some call them “beaters”. We call them endlessly playable.

These instruments were built to be affordable from day one, and they still are! Every guitar we list is cleaned up, strung up, and made ready to go, so you can spend less time tinkering and more time playing.

Check out the current range of Fun Time Guitars. There’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys, more coolness than a Siberian winter, and more action than a Schwarzenegger retrospective! Own them. Play them. Beat them. Love them.

Please note: all of our vintage instruments show signs of age and use. While we do our best to present each piece cleanly and free of major defects, you should expect scratches, scuffs, dings, pick wear, faded finishes, discoloration, chipped paint, missing varnish, oxidized hardware, warped wood, and other honest signs of life. Please refer to each item’s description and photos to assess its cosmetic condition before clicking the “Gimme!” button.

All our guitars are used, vintage items and as such are sold “as is”, no returns. Thank you for respecting that.

We pack our items well so that they’ll arrive to you players safely. For special shipping arrangements, please get in contact. Can also offer local pick-up in New York City.

Please feel free to reach out with questions, and have a Fun Time kinda day.

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