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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we identify the date of manufacture please? | | Date: | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 22:48:41 (-0500) | | From: | David Tanner <dcsrt @.....net>
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Hi George - Like Mark, I too have a very similar pre-war Regal made
Dobro. It has a solid headstock which puts it around mid 30's also.
It's always hard to nail down exact years with these as the serial
numbers are very unreliable but the fact that it is a solid head with
no holes puts it in the mid, maybe late 30's. Has the faux mahogany
finish, no binding on the square neck. Mike A looked at it and said
it looked exactly like his two but that mine had an earlier serial
number (again, not necessarily significant). Chicago made definitely
with no 3-holes. Model 37. It's a keeper. - Dave
On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Mark Clifton wrote:
> Hi George,
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> I'll attempt to help with this. I have a similar pre-war Regal
> dobro that was originally a 7 string guitar but the body
> description resembles what you have described.
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> Mine is a dark sunburst with a feux mahogony finish.
> Slotted headstock with Chicago identifying features. Don't know
> about the solid headstock.
> No identifying numbers anywhere.
> No 3 holes at the end of the fingerboard.
> Square neck but tapered at the body (Chicago Regal clue)
> No neck binding
> Body has top and bottom binding
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> My guitar has been estimated as having been built by Regal in 1936
> originally as a 7 string dobro. That's all I know.
>
> The experts to check with are Randolph Getz and Tom Gray who know
> lots more about all things dobro than I do. Hopefully they might
> chime in.
>
> Mark
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