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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we identify the date of manufacture please? | | Date: | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 22:19:31 (-0400) | | From: | George Rout <georout @......ca>
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Thanks David T. I wasn't thinking, I know (not personally) Mike Auldridge
and have much music by him. I was thinking I had missed some response to
the thread!!!
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tanner" <dcsrt@qwest.net>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we
identify the date of manufacture please?
> HI George - Mike A is Mike Auldridge - one of the dobro gods (and my
> hero). Yours is a Regal made Dobro from the mid-30's. Very nice, classic
> instrument. I love mine. Cheers! - Dave
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 7:36 AM, George Rout wrote:
>
>> Hello Danny Turner & Mark Clifton:
>>
>> Thank you both for your comments which I am collecting for my buddy. I
>> negflected to mention that his is a 6 string.
>>
>> Danny, who is Mark A (if you can say) in your response? Did I miss
>> some response?
>> George
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tanner" <dcsrt@qwest.net>
>> To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we
>> identify the date of manufacture please?
>>
>>
>>> 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,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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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