| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we identify the date of manufacture please? | | Date: | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 08:38:40 (-0400) | | From: | George Rout <georout @......ca>
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| In reply to: | Message 7733 (written by Mark Clifton) |
Thank you Mark so much for your detailed response. Hopefully Randolph and
Tom will pass judgement on the instrument.
My buddy's Dobro is a 6 string. Thanks again.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Clifton" <msclifton@comcast.net>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Early 1930's Regal-made Dobro guitar. Can we
identify the date of manufacture please?
> 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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