Now Bill, over here on bass--I'm sure you've heard of people who don't know nothing--he don't even suspect nothing - Lester Flatt, introducing the members of the Nashville Grass
Here's my latest eBay find, guys! It's a 1930's resonator guitar, that much is certain, the rest is a bit hazy, haha! The coverplate is a Charles E. Brasher, made in Canada. The guitar was imo built by a luthier(not a factory) as a Dobro copy, Regal style.. Solid mahogany sides, mahogany veneer top and back.
Anyhow, check out the clip if you want and find time. It's a nice oldie brought back to life.. It was amazingly beaten up and abused.. Had 5 big holes in the sides.
The guitar costed me $76.. The shipping $75, haha!!
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Inneresting ... it reminds me in appearance and sound of the Australian Wayne, a Dobro copy produced in Melbourne in small quantities from the 1930s to possibly as late as the 1950s. Cover plate is similar, but the bridge handrest is different; sound is very similar -- quite strong but definitely not a Dobro or a National (I'm assuming that it has its original cone??). What does this add to the discussion? Probably nothing ... still, it reminds me of a Wayne.
it might have a few buzzes and rattles, but it sure sounds great to my ears! hope you post another video, so we can all have another listen when the restoration is fully complete.
Great character indeed, thanks! And the restoration is pretty much done, just some tweaking after all has settled down and vibrated together a bit more.. Just a matter of moving the cone and bridge to where they stop buzzin' too much, some acoustic distortion(buzz) can even be cool sometimes when playing ol'timey blues, haha!
Seen those guitarists who nail bottle caps to the guitar body to GET the buzz?!