Cromwell (made by Gibson) 1935 G2 Sunburst

Before Gibson bought Epiphone in the mid 20th Century, they produced a series of lower tier, more affordable guitars under the name "Kalamazoo", a reference to their place of manufacture. These Kalamazoo guitars have gained quite a bit of popularity in the last few years, partly due to the skyrocketing prices of their Gibson counterparts, but also for the ability to essentially get a 30's Gibson without the name for much less. Made alongside these Kalamazoos, almost identically sparing minor trim differences, were a line under the Cromwell name, and were sold in catalogs as low cost alternatives to their other Kalamazoo made siblings. Usually, these featured an inlaid strip down the center of the fretboard, although this G2 does not, and is visually and structurally incredibly similar to the L-00 from the era- spruce, solid mahogany, Braz. rosewood fretboard, a large V shaped mahogany neck with a 1 3/4 ebony nut, and a gorgeous sunburst. The scale is a comfortable 24.75", and there's 1