Re: Curious sunburst Lyon & Healy Style A with Regal label
Since no similar models seem to have come out of the Regal factory, it seems likely that Regal got a bunch of unfinished carved top mandos in the white that had been made at Lyon & Healy or Stewart shops in the 20’s, that were left over and came to them with the Stewart stock they bought, and then the folks in the Regal shop finished them into the late 30’s as orders came in – and as mando sales were very slow in those days, this seems plausible and makes the most sense.
Gibson had a habit of clearing out old parts and stock in this same manner. If they had the instruments in the white sitting on a shelf perhaps somebody decided there was money to be made.
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