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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 20:09:22 (-0500) | | From: | David Tanner <dcsrt @.....net>
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| In reply to: | Message 7736 (written by George Rout) |
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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