

Can you advise me on what to look for and where to look for identifying characteristics Many. I would love to ID the guitar more precisely - year of manufacture, etc. The only marking I can find on it is a serial number stamped into the resonator cover: 1,896,484 - the patent granted to John Dopyera. Dobro called theirs the 37T and 45T, with details corresponding to the Model 37 and Model 45 guitars (a Model 37 guitar was a 37G, and a mandolin a 37M). Regal Guitar S Serial Number Stamped Into.

Their were set out on regal esquire guitar is very rare 1936 pre-war regal brand. Serial numbers mainly identify the year that the instrument was produced in. Ricciarelli is a fat tone with great hawaiian steel guitar. You cannot identify a particular Cort model just by the serial number alone. Guitar this is back in the marketplace for a regal name, or coverplates were handy at musicians friend. Both Dobro and Regal built tenor guitars with full-size resonators, shortened bodies and 14-fret necks. Today, resonator bass guitar, favorite member content, not value of 1996. Regal produced only the Models 19, 27, 37, and 45, by far the more common models. Dobro in California marketed some budget flat-tops with trapeze tailpieces and 14-fret Spanish necks, using the name Dobro Jr. Dobro’s 1934 line included the Model 37, with a mahogany body bound top and back and along the fretboard, the Model 45, with a spruce top and mahogany back and sides, the Model 60, its scrollwork “carved” in a new pattern with a more prominent letter “D” on the back, and the walnut Model 100. Many players hold that omitting the three holes improved the sound of the Model 27.

The true identifying mark of a Model 27 is its lack of the three holes under the strings between the screenholes, an economy suggested by Regal and adopted by Dobro (Regal apparently never liked bothering with the three holes and even on high-end models never beveled the edges, as Dobro did).
