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Family : Higher end archtop

Other brands : H1307 Cremona was also sold as Biltmore Ace | Broman King | Paramount Leader

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Original catalog description

[1940 catalog]
A genuinely hand crafted guitar that any artist may be proud to play. Grand Auditorium size. Carefully graduated carved spruce top. Gracefully arched flamed maple back and sides. Maple neck, steel reinforced. Pearl inlaid headpiece and fingerboard. Beautiful dart pattern marquetry inlay on top. Gold plated Tune-Rite individual machines and massive modern taipiece. Deep wine red shaded finish, in high lustre polish.
No. 1307 : $75.00

Original price

  1940 : $75.00
  1951 : $125.00

Verified production year(s) : 1935-1951
others years possible, not verified.

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• h1pst3r - 2006-03-12
  I own a H1307 (Cremona) but it is branded as a Weymann (a maker of fine bajos at in the early 20th century).
  A wonderful guitar with a woody tone due I think to the incredibly thick carved spruce top BUT she can bark due to the solid flamed maple back and sides. The neck is a thick V, has the center line inlay up the center of the brazilian rosewood fretboard (flanked by block inlays) and, is fully bound on the sides. The headstock is overlaid with brazilian rosewood and has extensive MOP inlays. The back of the headstock is also veneered and sandwiches the full triple bound center line that comes up the fretboard -- amazing craftsmanship.
  The neck is pulling a little, but the action is still very very nice and the neck dead straight. The tone of these guitars is unmatched. They can be so subtle and complex with light picking with a plectrum or fingers but then just dig in and scream with lead mid-range or wall of sound rhythm voices. I hate the word, but "mojo" really is the only way to describe it -- Not only like you found the voice of Mississippi John Hurt embodied in wood, but because you can get that fat Wes sound with your thumb, a David Nelson bluegrass lilt with your fingers, a full pop acoustic rhythm with a pick and a just about everything in between.
  I use elixir 10s on all my archies and really nothing sounds better (I just tried flats but cut'em off). I own a 1325 monterey, two 1407 patricians, a Broman King (actually another cremona), a Kraftsman 17" cutaway and the Weymann 75 (actually the 1307 pictured here). I love the high-end catalog guitars and think you need to grab'em and bring them back to life to keep the history alive
  I will post pics soon, thanks for keeping this site going. I have learned a TON here.
  Cheers -- get me at h1pst3r-AT-gee-mail-dot-com
• Lerxst - 2006-12-24
  I have a guitar similar to yours, it is a Broman King. I was hoping to find some information about it, so I guess I did. Awesome guitars by the way. Rock on.
  Mills cygnus231@hotmail.com