Any info on this Regal? - FRETS.NET2024-03-29T11:40:33Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/any-info-on-this-regal?feed=yes&xn_auth=noToo bad you can't replicate t…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1163212013-08-23T17:17:25.898ZRobbie Collinshttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RobbieCollins
<p>Too bad you can't replicate the decal as an inlay by someone like Larry Robinson without devaluing it. I'm up in the air about some modifications, but this Regal is old enough and rare enough to be a historical item and therefore out-of-bounds.</p>
<p>I have an 1898 Lyon & Healy parlour guitar that has wonderful folk art fretboard inlays. The tailpiece was engraved with a signature in 1901, probably by the inlay artist. I wonder...would a replica inlay of the label be a plus in another…</p>
<p>Too bad you can't replicate the decal as an inlay by someone like Larry Robinson without devaluing it. I'm up in the air about some modifications, but this Regal is old enough and rare enough to be a historical item and therefore out-of-bounds.</p>
<p>I have an 1898 Lyon & Healy parlour guitar that has wonderful folk art fretboard inlays. The tailpiece was engraved with a signature in 1901, probably by the inlay artist. I wonder...would a replica inlay of the label be a plus in another 100 years?</p> Spent some time trawling the…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1161352013-08-23T16:10:00.298ZSteve Bettesworthhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/SteveBettesworth
<p>Spent some time trawling the net looking for information, found nothing to add to what has been said already. However Amazon have this book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Regal-Musical-Instruments-Bob-Carlin/dp/1574242733">http://www.amazon.com/Regal-Musical-Instruments-Bob-Carlin/dp/1574242733</a> your local library may be able to help you sourcing a copy. </p>
<p>Spent some time trawling the net looking for information, found nothing to add to what has been said already. However Amazon have this book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Regal-Musical-Instruments-Bob-Carlin/dp/1574242733">http://www.amazon.com/Regal-Musical-Instruments-Bob-Carlin/dp/1574242733</a> your local library may be able to help you sourcing a copy. </p> I like everything about this…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1162332013-08-23T10:17:15.666ZTim Macehttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/TimMace478
<p>I like everything about this ol'treasure except their funky logo ! Headstock/neck maple...oak? Brace grain wild...silk & steel would probably work better than full metal.</p>
<p>I like everything about this ol'treasure except their funky logo ! Headstock/neck maple...oak? Brace grain wild...silk & steel would probably work better than full metal.</p> Pickguard, dyed fingerboard a…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1163112013-08-23T03:42:06.240ZFrank Fordhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/FrankFord
<p>Pickguard, dyed fingerboard and painted bridge look like later instruments, near the Tonk days, so I'd say late 20s.</p>
<p>Pickguard, dyed fingerboard and painted bridge look like later instruments, near the Tonk days, so I'd say late 20s.</p> Can you take a picture of the…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1160752013-08-23T03:19:09.412ZRobbie Collinshttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RobbieCollins
<p>Can you take a picture of the bracing? Fan, x-brace or other?</p>
<p>Can you take a picture of the bracing? Fan, x-brace or other?</p> Definitely pre 1926 due to th…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1161272013-08-23T02:41:35.184ZEric Steven Johansenhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/EricStevenJohansen
<p>Definitely pre 1926 due to the tuners reverse gearing. I use D'Addario extra lights myself. Great little guitar.</p>
<p>Definitely pre 1926 due to the tuners reverse gearing. I use D'Addario extra lights myself. Great little guitar.</p> Cool little parlor. Looks lik…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-23:2177249:Comment:1161242013-08-23T01:19:09.599ZJohn McDonaldhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/JohnMcDonald
<p>Cool little parlor. Looks like 1920's or 30's. It was made for steel strings but I would use extra lights. I usually put d'addario custom lights on little parlors like this. They are a little lighter guage than d'addario light's and to my ears sound really good on these old parlors. </p>
<p> I sincerely hope you don't need to refret it. Those old dyed wood fingerboards are often extremely brittle and just want to fall apart when you pull the frets. </p>
<p>Cool little parlor. Looks like 1920's or 30's. It was made for steel strings but I would use extra lights. I usually put d'addario custom lights on little parlors like this. They are a little lighter guage than d'addario light's and to my ears sound really good on these old parlors. </p>
<p> I sincerely hope you don't need to refret it. Those old dyed wood fingerboards are often extremely brittle and just want to fall apart when you pull the frets. </p> I dig the pickguard!tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2013-08-22:2177249:Comment:1160712013-08-22T23:52:21.878ZRobbie Collinshttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RobbieCollins
<p>I dig the pickguard!</p>
<p>I dig the pickguard!</p>