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    Default I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Tenor.

    I should be getting this in the mail soon.
    Early Christmas present for myself.

    This will be a huge upgrade from my Old Kraftsman Tenor banjo.

    It will need a little attention, but not much.

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Nice choice

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Thanks.

    I gotta run this by the repair section, but I'm thinking I need to put some humidity back into this before I glue anything.

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Careful with the humidity. I nearly ruined my pre-war Martin tenor with too much. The glues they used back then were mot as strong as today.

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Nice little guitar, Cornfield has a point though as the two I have worked on were extremely easy to take apart.
    I completely rebuilt one with X bracing & re glued the back & neck of the other one.
    In both cases I replaced the tuning pegs with mini geared banjo pegs.

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Thanks for the tip. I was thinking that I would just use one of those guitar case tube-things.

    Would that be overkill?

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    It's kind of cool that the red-white-green herringbone rosette has a Christmas theme. Enjoy your new (old) tenor.
    Charley

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    I'm giddy with anticipation. Havent't got it in the mail yet.

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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Just a side question: what is the "third route" and how does it apply to tenor guitars?
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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Jim, the OP had a previous thread where he was deciding between a Goldtone and a Kala tenor guitar but opted to go for the Regal instead.
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    Default Re: I went the third route and bought a 1920s Regal Glee Club Ten

    Hah! I thought it was some sort of literary or movie reference.
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