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JeffD
Feb-25-2008, 12:28am
This is cool.

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Regal-Tenor-Guitar-Benedetto-Restored-WWI-WWII_W0QQitemZ280203365512QQihZ018QQcate
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West
Feb-25-2008, 1:04am
An honest question: what's cool about it?

JeffD
Feb-25-2008, 2:12am
The thing is, I kind of think of the tenor guitar as guitar-in-name-only. I mean, I play it in a very un-guitar fashion. So tenor guitars that don't look like standard guitars are attractive in that way.

Apart from that, the white fret board, the flowing shape, sort of aching to be a scroll but not making it, and the inlay or decal at the bottom.

But, cool is, like other aesthetic considerations, in the eye of the beholder.

Jim Garber
Feb-25-2008, 9:12am
KayKraft model by Stromberg-Voisenet freely borrowed by Regal. They also made guitars and mandolins in the same shape. Late became the Kay Company and continued the "florentine" shape. They also had a similarly-shaped pushbutton model called the KeyKord.

JeffD
Mar-03-2008, 12:41am
Seen this one?

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Antique-Early-1900s-Regal-Tenor-Guitar-Deluxe_W0QQitemZ110228833563QQihZ001QQcateg
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Greg Stec
Mar-03-2008, 10:17pm
Why are screws used to hold the bridges down on Regal (see the picture in the link above), and later (late-1960s early-1970s) Stella and Harmony TGs? #Where they just being cheap or did they know something the rest of us don't?

PT66
Mar-11-2008, 12:35pm
You would be suprized by how many guitars have screws through the bridge. Most of the cover them with inlays. In this case I would say it was done after the bridge came off and the person didn't trust the glue job. I think the center two bridge pins are also screws holding the bridge in place.

Griffis
Mar-12-2008, 3:59pm
Seen this one?

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Antique-Early-1900s-Regal-Tenor-Guitar-Deluxe_W0QQitemZ110228833563QQihZ001QQcateg


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I don't believe that's from the "early 1900s." I'm not an expert, and I could be wrong, but I believe that's more of a 1950s-60s vintage. The Regals up through the 1920s--the ones I have seen anyway--are more parlor-sized and often had decalcomania. If they had a pickguard, it was generally of the mounted (removable) variety, and those were generally on their archtops.

I have a Silvertone tenor guitar that is identical to that one (probably made at the same Chicago factory) and I am pretty positive it is from the 50s or 60s.

jim simpson
Mar-13-2008, 10:37pm
"Why are screws used to hold the bridges down on Regal (see the picture in the link above), and later (late-1960s early-1970s) Stella and Harmony TGs? Where they just being cheap or did they know something the rest of us don't"?

In the description, the seller states that he installed a "bridge doctor" in it. It's a pretty cool device that can be seen in Stewart McDonald's catalog. I have an old guitar that I'm considering using one in. One method of installation requires screws through the bridge to secure it.

For what it's worth, I have found fixed bridge tenor guitars to be my preference over archtops w/floating bridge.

Bruce Evans
Mar-14-2008, 7:05am
Why are screws used to hold the bridges down on Regal (see the picture in the link above), and later (late-1960s early-1970s) Stella and Harmony TGs? #Where they just being cheap or did they know something the rest of us don't?
Screws are used on bridges with many instruments as a manufacturing expedient. If the bridge is held only by glue, the manufacturer needs a clamp or clamps for every instrument, a place to store it while the glue sets, and has a full days worth of production sitting around in inventory at all times. With screws, you screw it down, string it up and ship it.

Bill Snyder
Mar-14-2008, 10:26am
Seen this one?

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Antique-Early-1900s-Regal-Tenor-Guitar-Deluxe_W0QQitemZ110228833563QQihZ001QQcateg



oryZ118982QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage....iewItem</a>
I don't believe that's from the "early 1900s." I'm not an expert, and I could be wrong, but I believe that's more of a 1950s-60s vintage. The Regals up through the 1920s--the ones I have seen anyway--are more parlor-sized and often had decalcomania. If they had a pickguard, it was generally of the mounted (removable) variety, and those were generally on their archtops.

I have a Silvertone tenor guitar that is identical to that one (probably made at the same Chicago factory) and I am pretty positive it is from the 50s or 60s.
The text of the add states " I don't know when it was manufactured. My best guess is some time during the 1940's. If anyone can help further identify this baby, please let me know".
It does seem odd to have early 1900's in the title and 1940's in the description.